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Overcrowding in the private rented sector

  • Reference: 2021/4842
  • Question by: Siân Berry
  • Meeting date: 16 December 2021
Given the sharp increase in overcrowding in the private rented sector in England (reported on page 79 of the November 2021 report, Housing in London 2021), are you planning any work to reduce overcrowding in London, specifically in the private rented sector?

Leaseholders on regeneration schemes

  • Reference: 2021/4841
  • Question by: Siân Berry
  • Meeting date: 16 December 2021
Since 2012, how many leaseholders on regeneration schemes supported by GLA funding have been turned into shared owners in order to stay living in their areas? And could you provide similar figures for other schemes developed without GLA support?

Green Homes Grant Local Authority Delivery Scheme (2)

  • Reference: 2021/4840
  • Question by: Siân Berry
  • Meeting date: 16 December 2021
Thank you for your answer to my question 2021/4086. Could you: a) provide me with the numbers of homes that received improved electric heating, b) give details of what these measures comprised, c) provide the number of homes that had solar photovoltaic panels installed, and d) tell me where you publish the data for carbon savings through this programme?

New charter for service charges

  • Reference: 2021/4839
  • Question by: Siân Berry
  • Meeting date: 16 December 2021
Thank you for your answer to my question 2021/4450. Could you tell me: a) when your new charter for service charges will be published, b) whether it will be consulted on, and c) whether it will be in addition to the Shared Ownership Charter for Service Charges that already exists, and which is being updated and expected for publication in December 2021?

GLA precept arrears

  • Reference: 2021/4838
  • Question by: Siân Berry
  • Meeting date: 16 December 2021
Noting that many councils have seen an increase in council tax arrears during the pandemic, could you tell me the total number of London households in arrears and the total amount of GLA council tax precept owed in arrears, broken down by: a) the financial year for which precept is outstanding, and b) London borough?

High Streets Fund supporting community groups to use empty commercial space

  • Reference: 2021/4837
  • Question by: Siân Berry
  • Meeting date: 16 December 2021
Thank you for providing information about your High Streets for All Challenge: Stage 2 projects. Could you give me a complete list of which community groups your High Streets Fund had helped to take over empty shops, and the average grant awarded to these projects?

Coronavirus police enforcement

  • Reference: 2021/4836
  • Question by: Caroline Russell
  • Meeting date: 16 December 2021
With the new legal requirements to wear face masks in shops and on public transport, what conversations have you had with the British Transport Police (BTP) over enforcement on the London transport network, and how will enforcement be a priority for the BTP?

Roads protest injunction

  • Reference: 2021/4835
  • Question by: Caroline Russell
  • Meeting date: 16 December 2021
The recent ‘persons unknown’ injunction granted against protesting on roads has effectively created a national anti-protest law without involving parliament which applies to any protest on any major road. What are you doing to protect the right to protest within London?

Operation Autumn Nights

  • Reference: 2021/4834
  • Question by: Caroline Russell
  • Meeting date: 16 December 2021
After the completion of Operation Autumn Nights, the six-week “surge of activity to prevent and bear down on violence, including violence against women,” how are you planning to continue to protect Londoners, and particularly women, at night?

Drill music

  • Reference: 2021/4833
  • Question by: Caroline Russell
  • Meeting date: 16 December 2021
At the 17 November 2021 Police and Crime Committee meeting, the Deputy Commissioner said that the Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) did not want to be the ‘culture police.’ How is the MPS ensuring that it treats drill music in a way that is proportionate and does not stifle cultural expression?
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