• Reference: 2022/2923
• Question by: Siân Berry
• Meeting date: 15 September 2022

Your Good Growth By Design Forward Plan, published in May 2022, emphasises the importance of an: “inclusive recovery from a pandemic that has highlighted inequalities in the capital and the need to counter racism and other forms of prejudice in the built environment.” Given the ongoing disproportionate impact of demolition on displacing Londoners from African, Caribbean, Asian, Latino and other minority ethnic backgrounds, how will you improve your estate redevelopment policies to ensure that this aspect of racism in the built environment is addressed?

• Reference: 2022/2922
• Question by: Siân Berry
• Meeting date: 15 September 2022

The April 2022 report, Community Recovery Plan, from Just Space, suggests that ‘care hubs’ should be created on high streets, and that these should be considered: “part of social infrastructure, acting as a place for unpaid carers and residential care workers to go to for support.” Have you read and considered Just Space’s recommendations for use within your planning policies, and how do you plan to integrate ideas such as these within your vision for social infrastructure?

• Reference: 2022/2921
• Question by: Siân Berry
• Meeting date: 15 September 2022

In your Good Growth By Design Forward Plan, you state that you will: “further highlight the importance of social infrastructure in the planning of new neighbourhoods.” What is your definition of social infrastructure, and could you give examples of organisations, groups and institutions that would be considered as contributing to social infrastructure?

• Reference: 2022/2920
• Question by: Siân Berry
• Meeting date: 15 September 2022

In your background statement to the Final Draft Consolidated budget for 2022-23, you outline: “regeneration expenditure of £0.629 billion which includes… Environment programmes, such as Warmer Homes and drinking fountains.” Could you update me on plans for distributing these funds to support new drinking fountains and set out how councils, groups and individuals can apply for funding?

• Reference: 2022/2919
• Question by: Siân Berry
• Meeting date: 15 September 2022

What actions are you taking to assess and mitigate the risks in building the homes Londoners need over the next two decades, specifically in respect of electricity grid capacity, drinking water supply and construction carbon emissions?

• Reference: 2022/2918
• Question by: Siân Berry
• Meeting date: 15 September 2022

Thank you for your answer to my question 2021/4837. Do you consider that funding eight projects for community groups taking over empty shops is providing enough support to local grassroots organisations across the whole of London, and what more could you do to enable communities to take over empty public spaces in their neighbourhoods?

• Reference: 2022/2917
• Question by: Siân Berry
• Meeting date: 15 September 2022

Could you provide a breakdown of how the unallocated £535 million in the Affordable Homes Programme 2016-23, which was notified to the London Assembly Budget and Performance Committee in September 2020 (https://www.london.gov.uk/about-us/londonassembly/meetings/mgChooseMDoc…) has been spent or committed since that date, including the amount allocated through specific new initiatives, such as the Right to Buy-Back Fund, and how much remains unallocated today?

• Reference: 2022/2916
• Question by: Siân Berry
• Meeting date: 15 September 2022

Could you provide a breakdown of how the Community Housing Fund has been allocated and spent since it was initiated in 2019? Could your response cover the original £38 million fund, plus any additional funding added, and be broken down into revenue funding, capital grants and development finance, along with a list of all schemes supported and the number of homes in each?

• Reference: 2022/2915
• Question by: Caroline Russell
• Meeting date: 15 September 2022

To what extent has the Young Londoners Fund reached young members of the Gypsy, Roma and Traveller (GRT) community in London? Could you provide details of any assessment carried out of funded programmes to ascertain the number of GRT young people reached, and whether any specific funding has been allocated to GRT youth projects?

• Reference: 2022/2914
• Question by: Caroline Russell
• Meeting date: 15 September 2022

The public can report driving offences to the Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) on their website and provide digital evidence such as dash cam and head cam footage. How many public reports of driving offences supported by digital evidence have the MPS received from 2016 to 2021 broken down by year and how many have resulted in investigation and Notice of Intended Prosecution (NIP)?