• Reference: 2022/1867
• Question by: Siân Berry
• Meeting date: 23 June 2022

Could you provide me with a table of all resident ballots, regardless of outcome, that have been held since 18 July 2018 to date, including details of: a) the landlord or investment partner, b) the dates of the ballot period, c) the name of the independent body appointed, d) the local planning reference if available, e) turnout data, and e) the percentage of returned votes in favour of and against proposed development plans?

• Reference: 2022/1866
• Question by: Siân Berry
• Meeting date: 23 June 2022

Your regularly published list of positive ballots, last updated 4 May 2022, is useful to see but does not include the local planning reference where available, the turnout, or the result in terms of the percentage of returned votes in favour of and against proposed development plans. Could you in future provide a table of ballots that includes this information as well as any negative results in the same table?

• Reference: 2022/1865
• Question by: Siân Berry
• Meeting date: 23 June 2022

Are you doing anything to monitor housing acquisitions by local authorities for social rent and London Affordable Rent outside your Right to Buy-back fund? I If so, could you share that data with me in a suitable table format, including all the years for which you have data?

• Reference: 2022/1864
• Question by: Siân Berry
• Meeting date: 23 June 2022

What data are you collecting on local authority acquisitions of homes for social rent or London Affordable Rent via your Right to Buy-back fund, and could you share that data with me in a suitable table format?

• Reference: 2022/1863
• Question by: Siân Berry
• Meeting date: 23 June 2022

Thank you for your answer to my question 2022/1357. Could you tell me: a) how many training sessions the GLA’s Housing Mobility team has run since 2016 and with which landlords, b) how many delays to properties being let through this scheme have been identified, c) what types of issues have been identified, and d) what actions have been taken to resolve them?

• Reference: 2022/1862
• Question by: Siân Berry
• Meeting date: 23 June 2022

What response have you had from ministers to your call, made in February 2022, to double the rent repayment order limit from a maximum of 12 months’ rent or housing benefit for landlords or agents found guilty of offences against tenants? And what more can you do to tackle this within your own powers?

• Reference: 2022/1861
• Question by: Siân Berry
• Meeting date: 23 June 2022

Could you tell me: a) how many local authority staff, and from which councils, have participated in the Better Renting training programme annually since its launch in May 2020, including the current year, and b) what projection you have made of funding and numbers trained for the next two hears to 2024?

• Reference: 2022/1860
• Question by: Siân Berry
• Meeting date: 23 June 2022

During the London Assembly Housing Committee investigation into London’s private rented sector in March 2022, we heard that 23 local authorities had not listed any landlords on the Rogue Landlord and Agent Checker. Could you tell me: a) what work you are doing with these boroughs to get them to make use of this facility, b) how you are monitoring its usefulness, and c) how many unique page views the checker webpage has had since its launch in 2017?

• Reference: 2022/1859
• Question by: Siân Berry
• Meeting date: 23 June 2022

During the London Assembly Housing Committee investigation into London’s private rented sector in March 2022, we heard that introducing selective landlord licensing schemes is onerous and costly for boroughs. What work are you doing to support boroughs seeking to bring in these schemes, and how are you working to ensure consistency across London?

• Reference: 2022/1858
• Question by: Siân Berry
• Meeting date: 23 June 2022

Thank you for your answer to my question 2021/4055. Could you provide me with an update on your progress on: “developing further mechanisms to share data and insights with boroughs,” as set out in your reply?