• Reference: 2023/4395
• Question by: Zack Polanski
• Meeting date: 16 November 2023

Could you provide a figure of how many homes your Retrofit Accelerator-Homes Innovation Partnership has helped retrofit to date, and how many are forecasted to be upgraded by the end of the scheme?

• Reference: 2023/4394
• Question by: Zack Polanski
• Meeting date: 16 November 2023

In October 2023, the Energy Intelligence Forum ran for three days in a London hotel, hosting representatives from some the world’s largest oil companies. The Chair of COP28, His Excellency Dr Sultan Ahmed Al Jaber, was due to speak but pulled out at the last minute. Do you think it is appropriate for leading figures in the oil industry to meet the COP28 president in London ahead of the world's most important climate summit?

• Reference: 2023/4393
• Question by: Zack Polanski
• Meeting date: 16 November 2023

In your response to MQ 2022/2958, you said: "I would welcome discussions with my officers and Havering Council and the Environment Agency to look at where the GLA might be able to provide support to help reach a long-term solution." What discussions have since taken place between your officers, Havering Council and the Environment Agency, and what progress has been made towards a long-term solution?

• Reference: 2023/4392
• Question by: Zack Polanski
• Meeting date: 16 November 2023

In the 25th Mayor’s Report to the Assembly: Mayor’s Question Time 12 October 2023, it says your Deputy Mayor for the Environment and Energy met with Deidre Costigan, Deputy Leader of Ealing Council and Cabinet Member for Climate Action on 11 September 2023. During that conversation, did the Deputy Mayor discuss concerns raised by local environment campaigners who have raised concerns with Ealing Council over: a) the planned development on Warren Farm, and b) air pollution from the Green Quarter (Southall Gasworks), and could you provide a summary of what was said about each issue?

• Reference: 2023/4391
• Question by: Zack Polanski
• Meeting date: 16 November 2023

What is your response to the October 2023 report, Mission Retrofit: The Building Mission Zero, from the Mission Zero Coalition, in relation to London?

• Reference: 2023/4390
• Question by: Zack Polanski
• Meeting date: 16 November 2023

Thank you for your answer to my question 2023/3957, in which you said, “as part of the development of a new Retrofit Delivery Model a range of stakeholders will be consulted.” Will you provide a list of which stakeholders the Partnership Board: a) have engaged, and b) plan to engage, during the development of the Retrofit Delivery Model?

• Reference: 2023/4389
• Question by: Zack Polanski
• Meeting date: 16 November 2023

Thank you for your answer to 2023/3954, in which you said you aimed to install 580 homes using HUG2 funding, and 178 homes using GLA funding. What estimates did you make of the anticipated costs to reach these delivery estimates, broken down by a) administration and project management (for both the GLA and RetrofitWorks), b) assessment of homes, c) installation labour, and d) materials for installation?

• Reference: 2023/4388
• Question by: Zack Polanski
• Meeting date: 16 November 2023

Thank you for your answer to my question 2023/3954, in which you said, “my funding will aim to install retrofit measures on up to 178 low-income households”. In the process of making this forecast, what steps did you take to consider alternative funding mechanisms to the individual grant funding approach, which may have enabled you to upgrade more homes through economies of scale?

• Reference: 2023/4387
• Question by: Zack Polanski
• Meeting date: 16 November 2023

Thank you for your answer to my question 2023/3953, in which you said the drop-off in funding for Phase 4 of the Warmer Homes programme was: “due in main to central government stopping the LAD funding stream for households heated by gas.” Could you provide the: a) number, and b) percentage of low-income households in London on the gas grid, which no longer have access to this funding?

• Reference: 2023/4386
• Question by: Zack Polanski
• Meeting date: 16 November 2023

Thank you for your answer to my question MQ 2023/3956, in which you said the final delivery reports for the Warmer Homes 3 programme are being compiled. When you publish this data, could you also provide a breakdown of how much was spent on a) administration and project management (for both the GLA and RetrofitWorks), b) assessment of homes, c) installation labour, and d) materials for installation?