• Reference: 2021/0033
• Question by: Siân Berry
• Meeting date: 21 January 2021

Has the Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) investigated and identified all past examples of undercover police taking part in sexual relationships with subjects whilst carrying out surveillance?

• Reference: 2021/0032
• Question by: Siân Berry
• Meeting date: 21 January 2021

Baroness Williams of Trafford, Minister of State for the Home Department in the House of Lords debate on the Covert Human Intelligence Sources (Criminal Conduct) Bill on 3 December 2020 said that undercover officers forming sexual relationships with those under surveillance: “was not acceptable and it was never lawful.” Do you share the Government view that undercover officers forming sexual relationships with those under surveillance is illegal now and was also ‘unlawful’ in the past?

• Reference: 2021/0031
• Question by: Siân Berry
• Meeting date: 21 January 2021

Of the £200 million loan from the Government to enable affordable housing in London’s 30 Housing Zones, could you tell me: a) how much has the GLA loaned out, b) to which organisations/boroughs, c) at what interest rates, and d) what repayments have been received? Could you provide this information in an accessible table format?

• Reference: 2021/0030
• Question by: Siân Berry
• Meeting date: 21 January 2021

In the document, Homes for Londoners: Affordable Homes Programme 2021-2026 Funding Guidance, published in November 2020, it states that £1 billion of the £4 billion allocated by the Secretary of State to London comes from the Long-Term Strategic Settlement. It said that these projects: "will be subject to additional approvals from central government, which the GLA will undertake with the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government.” Could you give me more detail on what these approvals will involve, and what impact they will have on your ability to deliver affordable homes for Londoners?

• Reference: 2021/0029
• Question by: Siân Berry
• Meeting date: 21 January 2021

One of the recommendations in the London Assembly Housing Committee letter to you after its review of affordable home ownership in March 2020, was that you: “require housing associations to report on an annual basis how many of their shared owners have 85 years or less remaining on their lease." In your response you said: “I do not believe that requiring housing providers to report this information to the Greater London Authority (GLA) is appropriate […] However, I am encouraged that housing providers told the Committee that they would be interested in exploring what more can be done to offer...

• Reference: 2021/0028
• Question by: Siân Berry
• Meeting date: 21 January 2021

Can you tell me how many tower blocks in London under 18 storeys high have been rejected for funding by the Government to have their Aluminium Composite Material cladding replaced, and what are you doing to help the leaseholders and housing providers affected by this problem of being excluded from support?

• Reference: 2021/0027
• Question by: Siân Berry
• Meeting date: 21 January 2021

In your answer to my question 2019/14193, you said: “I cannot give you the answer in relation to the specific tender going out because that would be subject to discussion between the Housing team and StART,” which you followed up with a commitment saying: “I am not sure about whether they have signed off the tender process, but I can get someone to write to you about that.” Could you now tell me if StART, the community land trust that came up with the idea for community-led homes in the first place, agreed to the terms of the tender and...

• Reference: 2021/0026
• Question by: Siân Berry
• Meeting date: 21 January 2021

In your answer to my question 2016/1942, you said: “LLDC is liaising with the housing team at the GLA to understand better the lessons learned from the St Clements CLT in Tower Hamlets and, assuming the issues can be resolved, the selection process should begin later this summer, with a CLT (Community Land Trust) partner expected to be on board by the summer of 2017.” Could you inform me who this CLT partner is and, if one has not been appointed, what has happened to the promised 100 CLT homes at East Wick and Sweetwater?

• Reference: 2021/0025
• Question by: Caroline Russell
• Meeting date: 21 January 2021

Much of London’s world-renowned arts and cultural industries rely on self-employed creative workers, many of whom have been excluded from the Chancellor of the Exchequer’s support packages during the coronavirus pandemic. In addition, many people have been made redundant from arts and culture institutions while money has been given by the Treasury to keep the buildings running. What support are you making available to these forgotten parts of London’s creative workforce?

• Reference: 2021/0024
• Question by: Caroline Russell
• Meeting date: 21 January 2021

The London Assembly Economy Committee report, Tackling London’s Disability Employment Gap, published in March 2019, contained the following recommendation: “Part of the Greater London Investment Fund should consider giving a share of its fund to disabled entrepreneurs wishing to scale up.” What action are you taking to support disabled entrepreneurs?