• Reference: 2019/20561
• Question by: Nicky Gavron
• Meeting date: 14 November 2019

Housing and Planning Minister Esther McVey announced the Government will establish an “A-Team” of planning experts to help under-resourced local authority planning departments. Do you know how much money has been cut from London boroughs’ planning and building control departments since 2010?

• Reference: 2019/20560
• Question by: Nicky Gavron
• Meeting date: 14 November 2019

Are you concerned about the potential impact on London of proposals announced by Secretary of State Robert Jenrick that would use “Permissions in Principle” to allow the demolition of commercial buildings to be rebuilt as residential, without requiring a full planning application?

• Reference: 2019/20559
• Question by: Nicky Gavron
• Meeting date: 14 November 2019

Your response to my question 2019/19990 defines a studio as “A self-contained flat where there is no separate bedroom.” The minimum internal space standards for new dwellings set out in table 3.1 of your new draft London Plan state that the smallest dwelling allowed is 37 square metres for a one-person one-bedroom flat. In which case, is it right for developers to be building homes with no bedroom?

• Reference: 2019/20558
• Question by: Nicky Gavron
• Meeting date: 14 November 2019

The scenario from the 2017 Strategic Housing Market Assessment that is based on current evidence finds that approximately 30% of new homes in London should have one bedroom. Your response to my question 2019/19990 shows that 44% of new approvals in 2018/19 were for one-bedroom flats, and 43% of those referable to you. What steps are you taking to reduce this figure, to ensure that a greater proportion of new homes given permission are two-bedroom and family-sized?

• Reference: 2019/20557
• Question by: Nicky Gavron
• Meeting date: 14 November 2019

Following your response to my question 2019/19990, could you break down the number of studio and one-bedroom flats given permission by tenure type?

• Reference: 2019/20556
• Question by: Florence Eshalomi MP
• Meeting date: 14 November 2019

Will TfL conduct any public awareness campaigns on e-scooters, given their lack of safety?

• Reference: 2019/20555
• Question by: Florence Eshalomi MP
• Meeting date: 14 November 2019

I have had a constituent contact me with the following question: “I understand the late-night services finish at New Cross because the rest of the track is owned by Network Rail. Is anything being considered to improve the night service for south Londoners? It appears to me that an extension to Crystal Palace or Croydon would be beneficial to many.”

• Reference: 2019/20554
• Question by: Florence Eshalomi MP
• Meeting date: 14 November 2019

Please update me on your plans to implement local zero emission zones in town centres from 2020?

• Reference: 2019/20553
• Question by: Florence Eshalomi MP
• Meeting date: 14 November 2019

What is the current level of the provision of renewable energy to TfL controlled rail services? What level do you want there to be in 2030?

• Reference: 2019/20552
• Question by: Florence Eshalomi MP
• Meeting date: 14 November 2019

What opportunities to decarbonise TfL controlled rail services have you identified, especially surrounding options to power services through local renewable generation in London and using procurement options to increase the provision of renewable energy?