• Reference: 2021/1025
• Question by: Caroline Pidgeon
• Meeting date: 18 March 2021

Further to the letter, dated the 4 March 2021, sent to the Transport Committee by the Deputy Mayor for Transport, on the subject of the delivery of capital projects and programmes listed in the 2016 Transport for London (TfL) Business Plan, please list by name the 11 London Underground stations that are expected to become step free by the end of 2022. Please also provide the estimated completion dates between now and the end of 2022.

• Reference: 2021/1024
• Question by: Caroline Pidgeon
• Meeting date: 18 March 2021

Several well-respected individuals within the housing sector have suggested the benefits of a ‘Buy Back’ scheme for shared owners impacted by the cladding and fire safety scandal. Such a scheme would mean the housing associations that sold these properties on a shared ownership basis could buy the shares back from anyone who is struggling and unable to move due to the crisis. Given the number of shared owners impacted by the scandal in London is this something you will work with housing associations to explore?

• Reference: 2021/1023
• Question by: Caroline Pidgeon
• Meeting date: 18 March 2021

At present if a developer puts forward proposals with at least 36% affordable housing they do not have to provide a financial viability assessment. Can you clarify whether within this 36%+ of affordable housing developers are required to offer a mix of affordable housing and cannot simply put forward only so-called ‘intermediate’ forms of affordable housing. Do you insist that they must include at least some social rented homes, and if this is not the case, will you consider introducing this as part of the upcoming Affordable Housing Programme?

• Reference: 2021/1022
• Question by: Caroline Pidgeon
• Meeting date: 18 March 2021

If a development’s affordable housing provision consists of only ‘intermediate’ forms of affordable housing and no social rented homes, does this affect the amount of funding the development receives from the GLA?

• Reference: 2021/1021
• Question by: Caroline Pidgeon
• Meeting date: 18 March 2021

As part of the planning conditions for the Energy Recovery Facility in Sutton, Viridor is required to restore the adjacent landfill site on Beddington Farmlands to a nature reserve by 31 December 2023. There are serious concerns about progress on this commitment. Given the area forms part of the All London Green Grid and is recognised as a significant regional asset in the London Plan, and the planning permission required GLA sign off, will you join Sutton Council in putting pressure on Viridor to ensure they deliver the restoration on time and as promised?

• Reference: 2021/1020
• Question by: Caroline Pidgeon
• Meeting date: 18 March 2021

A recent report by Inclusion London on disabled people’s experiences of the COVID-19 pandemic in London highlighted the importance of supporting disabled Londoners in getting and keeping good jobs, with good pay and working conditions. What work are you doing to ensure disabled individuals are given more opportunities for high quality employment and how are you working to strengthen protections for disabled workers against discrimination and equipping employers with the knowledge that allows them to support and develop disabled workers in an inclusive work environment as we recover from the pandemic?

• Reference: 2021/1019
• Question by: Caroline Pidgeon
• Meeting date: 18 March 2021

It is essential that women leaving prison have access to housing, support and advice to keep them safe and reduce the risk of re-offending, as outlined in the recent report by the Safe Homes for Women Leaving Prison. What work is MOPAC doing with London Boroughs and others to ensure there is a single point of contact for (re)housing women released from prison?

• Reference: 2021/1018
• Question by: Caroline Pidgeon
• Meeting date: 18 March 2021

We have seen a considerable increase in many online crimes during the COVID-19 lockdown including hate speech and child sexual exploitation. Will you consider expanding the iREPORTit app or using the investment to date to develop a similar app for reporting a wider range of serious online criminal activity?

• Reference: 2021/1017
• Question by: Caroline Pidgeon
• Meeting date: 18 March 2021

I very much welcome the launch of the iREPORTit app to support Londoners in reporting terrorist content online. Please provide more information on how you will be working with the Met and others to promote the app so that Londoners are aware of it and how to use it, which will be essential to its success.

• Reference: 2021/1016
• Question by: Caroline Pidgeon
• Meeting date: 18 March 2021

Has the investigation into the fire that occurred on a DLR train at Poplar station on the 16 January 2021 been completed? As the initial cause of the fire has been identified as a fault on the shoe that picks up the power, has any assessment been undertaken on this part of other trains throughout the DLR?