• Reference: 2023/3961
• Question by: Caroline Russell
• Meeting date: 12 October 2023

On 19 September 2023, The Guardian newspaper reported that drug advisers to the Government recommended a formal repeal of the criminalisation of personal use drug possession back in 2016. Will this be considered by your London Drugs Commission, and when will the Commission report to you?

• Reference: 2023/3960
• Question by: Caroline Russell
• Meeting date: 12 October 2023

Thank you for your answer to question 2023/3079, in which you said the loans made by the Green Finance Fund will be financed with “GLA’s working capital and reserve cash balances that it holds from time to time”. Were these reserve cash balances and working capital available in 2020, 2021 and 2022, and would such internal borrowing have been permitted in those years?

• Reference: 2023/3959
• Question by: Zack Polanski
• Meeting date: 12 October 2023

Do you share the same concerns as the Fire Brigade Union that trainee apprentice firefighters are paid £10,000 less per year than qualified firefighters during their 18-month qualification period, despite doing identical or very similar work?

• Reference: 2023/3958
• Question by: Zack Polanski
• Meeting date: 12 October 2023

In September 2023, step-free access became unavailable at several Transport for London (TfL) stations due to flooding. Could you provide information for each year since 2019 when step-free access became unavailable at a TfL station due to flooding, covering: a) which station lost step-free access, b) the date it lost access, c) how long access was unavailable, and d) whether the station remained operational?

• Reference: 2023/3957
• Question by: Zack Polanski
• Meeting date: 12 October 2023

Thank you for your answer to my question 2023/3550, in which you said: “Further rounds of engagement are planned.” How will you engage with climate advocacy groups, fuel poverty charities and green thinktanks to ensure their expertise features in these discussions?

• Reference: 2023/3956
• Question by: Zack Polanski
• Meeting date: 12 October 2023

As Phase 3 of the Warmer Homes programme has completed, could you provide a full breakdown of: a) how many households were considered fully eligible for works to take place, b) how many individual measures of each type were installed, and c) how many homes were upgraded throughout Phase 3?

• Reference: 2023/3955
• Question by: Zack Polanski
• Meeting date: 12 October 2023

As we head towards another winter that will be incredibly costly to Londoners in terms of their fuel bills, when will you be launching Phase 4 of the Warmer Homes grants programme?

• Reference: 2023/3954
• Question by: Zack Polanski
• Meeting date: 12 October 2023

Mayoral Decision 3132 outlines the current funding plans for the next phase of the Warmer Homes grants programme. How many households do you expect to upgrade with this funding?

• Reference: 2023/3953
• Question by: Zack Polanski
• Meeting date: 12 October 2023

You won £12 million from the Government for Phase 4 of the Warmer Homes programme, a significant drop-off from the £40 million for the previous phase. What assessments have you made of: a) why this huge drop-off in funding occurred, and b) the impacts a smaller Warmer Homes scheme will have on London?

• Reference: 2023/3952
• Question by: Zack Polanski
• Meeting date: 12 October 2023

My recent report, London’s ‘Retrofit Revolution’: What’s going wrong?, highlights London councils’ poor delivery of home upgrades via the Social Housing Decarbonisation Fund (SHDF). How do you plan to work with councils to ensure this does not happen again in the next round of the SHDF, given £131.5 million will be made available to London?