• Reference: 2023/2613
• Question by: Siân Berry
• Meeting date: 22 June 2023

I have received a number of emails entitled “Siân, how to buy a home up to 10x your income 🏡”, which come from a company called Wayhome, the trading name of the Unmortgage Group, but sent by Keaze using the email address [email protected] with a different postal address to the registered office for Unmortgage Group. I believe I received this advertising a result of a Homes for Londoners (HfL) mailing list I joined via the intermediate homes scheme, because the Keaze.com website lists HfL among its partners. Could you explain how Wayhome and Keaze are connected to the Homes for...

• Reference: 2023/2612
• Question by: Siân Berry
• Meeting date: 22 June 2023

In MD2503 Solar Together London, it says: “iChoosr will make money from a small fee per installed PV panel, paid for by the selected solar PV provider – this fee will be the same and agreed by iChoosr with all suppliers who will participate in the reverse auction.” How much money has iChoosr earned in fees since it first started managing the solar PV collective purchasing scheme in London?

• Reference: 2023/2611
• Question by: Siân Berry
• Meeting date: 22 June 2023

The Solar Together bidding system run by iChoosr, which has so far appointed seven different companies over five phases to take on solar PV installations across London, appears to both support bigger businesses over smaller ones and push companies into taking on more contracts than they can actually handle, potentially forcing them into bankruptcy, as seemingly happened with Green Energy Together (GET-UK). Will you analyse the existing bidding arrangement before you commission future Solar Together rounds, and any other Mayoral schemes using a similar method, to ensure there are no inherent flaws within it?

• Reference: 2023/2610
• Question by: Siân Berry
• Meeting date: 22 June 2023

Thank you for your answer to my question 2023/1246, in which you said: “Under our Concession Agreement with iChoosr - they are responsible for ensuring that any installers entering the Solar Together auction can offer the required level of service to a large group of customers in the specified timeframe, and for ensuring that the scheme meets the expected standards set out in their contract with the installer.” Given the number of customers left being owed money or with half-completed installations since Green Energy Together (GET-UK) lost its industry accreditation, insurance and filed for liquidation, are you satisfied that iChoosr...

• Reference: 2023/2609
• Question by: Siân Berry
• Meeting date: 22 June 2023

Could you: a) clarify which line in the GLA Housing Starts on Site and Completions, specifically Table 1: GLA Housing Starts on Site and Completions by Financial Year, Programme and Tenure to end March 2023, show the Right to Buy-back figures, and b) confirm out of the council homes ‘built’ in the last two years under the Affordable Homes Programme 2016-23 how many were acquired through the Right to Buy-back Fund since its inception in 2021, rather than built?

• Reference: 2023/2608
• Question by: Siân Berry
• Meeting date: 22 June 2023

There were a number of recommendations in the Fixed Estate Charge (FEC) review at Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park. One was that, given the cost-of-living crisis and exceptionally high RPI, there should be a temporary cap on the indexation of the FEC. It was also suggested that the London Legacy Development Corporation (LLDC) look at facilitating a package of benefits for residents who contribute to the funding of the Park and venues through the FEC. Could you update me on progress on these recommendations?

• Reference: 2023/2607
• Question by: Caroline Russell
• Meeting date: 22 June 2023

A report to the GLA Oversight Committee on the State of London Debate 2023, tabled on 24 May 2023, states that “disruptive behaviour will not be tolerated, with a right of non-admittance to previously known protagonists.” Could you tell me: a) what is the definition of a “previously known protagonist”, b) who will identify “previously known protagonists” ahead of the event and how, c) will “previously known protagonists” be informed that they have been identified as such ahead of the event, d) what third parties will be engaged in the security of the event in addition to the GLA security...

• Reference: 2023/2606
• Question by: Caroline Russell
• Meeting date: 22 June 2023

The Climate Genocide Act Now (CGAN) group has contacted me to raise a query about the refusal by the Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) to both investigate a case and to answer technical points raised by CGAN in 2020. CGAN submitted a dossier of evidence to the MPS, that sought to use international criminal law to prevent senior UK politicians from engaging in conduct that they say is contributing to mass loss of life and the other harms set out in The Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court. An appeal was lodged with MOPAC, who replied on 4 January 2021...

• Reference: 2023/2605
• Question by: Caroline Russell
• Meeting date: 22 June 2023

Could you tell me: a) how many officers and staff are assigned to the Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) war crimes team, b) the budget assigned to the MPS war crimes team, c) how many scoping exercises they have carried out and are currently carrying out, and d) which Government departments the war crimes team is working with for its investigation into British mercenaries in Sri Lanka?

• Reference: 2023/2604
• Question by: Caroline Russell
• Meeting date: 22 June 2023

Could you tell me: a) the number of arrests carried out by the Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) war crimes team since November 2020, and b) the prosecution outcomes of these arrests?