• Reference: 2023/3255
• Question by: Sem Moema
• Meeting date: 14 September 2023

Does TfL have sufficient grinding capacity to meet the need for grinding? And would sufficient capacity be available for grinding at both 6 monthly and 12 monthly intervals, if required?

• Reference: 2023/3254
• Question by: Sem Moema
• Meeting date: 14 September 2023

Is there an ongoing increase in demand and need for grinding in Islington and/or across the London Tube network?

• Reference: 2023/3253
• Question by: Sem Moema
• Meeting date: 14 September 2023

Can you please outline the TfL decision-making process involved in changing the approach to grinding in this Islington ‘hotspot’? I would like to know whether a single set of criteria is applied across London in relation to grinding decisions or whether decisions are made locally. I would also like to know which part and level of the organisation made the decisions (e.g. which teams are involved and which management body took the decision).

• Reference: 2023/3252
• Question by: Sem Moema
• Meeting date: 14 September 2023

I have been told by TfL that the new approach to grinding the rails between Kings Cross to Islington results in the same level of noise reduction as the old approach. This is not, however, the experience of many Islington residents. Please outline the noise measurement programme used by TfL to assess the noise levels inside people’s homes and provide the data evidencing the claim that the same level of noise reduction is achieved via both approaches.

• Reference: 2023/3251
• Question by: Sem Moema
• Meeting date: 14 September 2023

My constituents in Islington have endured years of tube noise from the Victoria line intruding into their homes. A successful biannual grinding programme provided respite over 2020-22 but this has now been replaced by a new approach involving less frequent and less comprehensive grinding. Please provide the data (trackside and inside homes), analysis and reasoning that that led Transport for London (TfL) to this change in approach.

• Reference: 2023/3250
• Question by: Sem Moema
• Meeting date: 14 September 2023

What steps are you taking to try to reverse the rise the rise in homelessness in London, both in terms of rough sleeping and temporary accommodation?

• Reference: 2023/3249
• Question by: Sem Moema
• Meeting date: 14 September 2023

What steps would you like to see from the government to support Londoners struggling with rising mortgage rates?

• Reference: 2023/3248
• Question by: Sem Moema
• Meeting date: 14 September 2023

Do you have data on the number of London households whose mortgages will increase in cost over the next 12 months as a result of rising interest rates?

• Reference: 2023/3247
• Question by: Sem Moema
• Meeting date: 14 September 2023

Is City Hall planning to do any work with the Department for Work & Pensions and London boroughs to count the number of supported accommodation units there are in London and estimate annual spend on these units?

• Reference: 2023/3246
• Question by: Sem Moema
• Meeting date: 14 September 2023

In March, the London Assembly Housing Committee recommended that use of your Report a Rogue Landlord Tool should be broadened to allow Londoners to report substandard supported accommodation providers. Is this being considered?