• Reference: 2020/3558
• Question by: Murad Qureshi
• Meeting date: 15 October 2020

You have previously lobbied the Government for the powers to approve selective and borough-wide schemes in London to be devolved. Can you update me on your efforts and the Government’s response?

• Reference: 2020/3557
• Question by: Murad Qureshi
• Meeting date: 15 October 2020

How many boroughs had a selective landlord licensing scheme in May 2016? How many have them now? Please list the councils by name.

• Reference: 2020/3556
• Question by: Murad Qureshi
• Meeting date: 15 October 2020

Please outline how many rental properties have been listed on your property portal from any borough’s social letting agency. Please breakdown the data by month and by borough.

• Reference: 2020/3555
• Question by: Murad Qureshi
• Meeting date: 15 October 2020

Please list which boroughs have social letting agencies.

• Reference: 2020/3554
• Question by: Murad Qureshi
• Meeting date: 15 October 2020

In MQ 2018/0868 you said, “Because of the Government’s agreement to ban letting agencies’ fees, what we are going do in the short-term and medium-term is use the [property] portal to amplify those social letting agencies that boroughs have already set up. At this stage, we do not think there is a need to set up our own London social letting agencies”. What plans, if any, do you have to re-visit the idea of a London-wide not-for-profit lettings agency?

• Reference: 2020/3553
• Question by: Murad Qureshi
• Meeting date: 15 October 2020

How have you exercised your ‘use it or lose it’ powers? What effect, if any, as it had on the number of homes built and the amount of land banked?

• Reference: 2020/3552
• Question by: Murad Qureshi
• Meeting date: 15 October 2020

What ‘use it or lose it’ powers do you have that allow you to make sure developers who have planning permission build homes and do not land-bank?

• Reference: 2020/3551
• Question by: Murad Qureshi
• Meeting date: 15 October 2020

How have you taken the lead in developing public land?

• Reference: 2020/3550
• Question by: Murad Qureshi
• Meeting date: 15 October 2020

What level of funding was allocated to London in the 2011-15 Affordable Homes Programme (not including any rollover amounts from previous programmes)? How many homes were due to be delivered under this programme? How many were delivered?

• Reference: 2020/3549
• Question by: Murad Qureshi
• Meeting date: 15 October 2020

What level of funding was allocated to London in the 2008-11 Affordable Homes Programme (not including any rollover amounts from previous programmes)? How many homes were due to be delivered under this programme? How many were actually delivered?