• Reference: 2022/1399
• Question by: Caroline Pidgeon
• Meeting date: 19 May 2022

A new senior housing lead has recently been appointed, as recommended by Lord Kerlsake’s review. How does this new role relate to the Deputy Mayor for Housing’s role? Where is the delineation of responsibilities?

• Reference: 2022/1398
• Question by: Caroline Pidgeon
• Meeting date: 19 May 2022

Lord Kerlsake refers to a review undertaken by PWC into the possibility of a new Land Fund. Please can you publish this work?

• Reference: 2022/1397
• Question by: Caroline Pidgeon
• Meeting date: 19 May 2022

Lord Kerlsake’s review of GLA Housing Delivery examines your manifesto pledge of creating a ‘City Hall Developer’. Lord Kerslake concludes that if the GLA is serious about direct delivery of housing, it must look to ‘creative funding solutions’ beyond capital support from central Government or joint ventures. Do you accept this conclusion?

• Reference: 2022/1396
• Question by: Caroline Pidgeon
• Meeting date: 19 May 2022

What will the internal oversight arrangements of the sale of the Green Bond be? How will Assembly Members be involved and consulted?

• Reference: 2022/1395
• Question by: Caroline Pidgeon
• Meeting date: 19 May 2022

When can Assembly Members expect to see some sort of framework which sets out the principles of the Green Bond and the criteria for which expenditures are eligible to be financed by it?

• Reference: 2022/1394
• Question by: Caroline Pidgeon
• Meeting date: 19 May 2022

How exactly will the £86m apportioned in your budget to facilitate the sale of the bond be used?

• Reference: 2022/1393
• Question by: Caroline Pidgeon
• Meeting date: 19 May 2022

How long has this Green Bond been in the planning and why has it not been subject to scrutiny through the GLA budget process? It wasn’t even mentioned until your Final Draft Consolidated Budget was published on 16 February 2022.

• Reference: 2022/1392
• Question by: Caroline Pidgeon
• Meeting date: 19 May 2022

Is this bond a one off or do you anticipate using debt funding for further initiatives of this sort, or perhaps more broadly and rolling over debt you already have when it comes due (i.e borrowing new money to repay old bonds)?

• Reference: 2022/1391
• Question by: Caroline Pidgeon
• Meeting date: 19 May 2022

Are any additional staff with specialist knowledge of bond sales or ‘green finance’ required at the GLA, or are you working with external support to facilitate the sale?

• Reference: 2022/1390
• Question by: Caroline Pidgeon
• Meeting date: 19 May 2022

What sort of interest rate do you expect the GLA will pay on the bond, and over what term?