• Reference: 2022/1870
• Question by: Siân Berry
• Meeting date: 23 June 2022

Thank you for your answer to my question 2022/1007. Could I ask for a further detailed breakdown of the home demolitions (and replacements) that were given grant based on the existing homes being ‘obsolete’, including a breakdown showing the housing provider, estates concerned, and the reasons given for defining homes as ‘obsolete’ for the following three council areas: a) Camden, b) Kensington and Chelsea, and c) Lambeth?

• Reference: 2022/1869
• Question by: Siân Berry
• Meeting date: 23 June 2022

Thank you for your answer to my question 2022/1007. Could you provide further information about the different criteria submitted by councils and social landlords to determine why these homes are classified by them as ‘obsolete’ and incapable of letting for long-term tenancies? If different criteria were used by different councils could you provide a table showing which criteria were used by each council and social landlord?

• Reference: 2022/1868
• Question by: Siân Berry
• Meeting date: 23 June 2022

Thank you for your answer to my question 2022/1007, in which you wrote that an obsolete home is defined as one: “where an affordable home is no longer considered by the landlord to be capable for letting for long term tenancies.” Could you provide further clarification about what you mean by ‘long term tenancies’ in this context? For example, could a home that was previously used for secure tenancies but has been used for several years as temporary accommodation be classified as ‘obsolete?’

• 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?