Skip to main content
Mayor of London logo London Assembly logo
Home

Solar power on the GLA group buildings and land

  • Reference: 2020/0050
  • Question by: Caroline Russell
  • Meeting date: 16 January 2020
Thank you for your response to my question 2019/8864 regarding use of solar power on GLA group buildings. Could you tell me: a) when you anticipate the 1.1 MW target in your Solar Action Plan to be operational on the Transport for London (TfL) estate, b) how much solar photovoltaic (PV) capacity has been installed and is now operational on London Fire Brigade (LFB) and Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) buildings, and c) whether the LFB is on track to meet its target of 12 per cent of its energy demand from renewable sources, including solar energy technologies, by 2020-21?

Solar power in London

  • Reference: 2020/0049
  • Question by: Caroline Russell
  • Meeting date: 16 January 2020
Analysis by the London Assembly Environment Committee in 2015 showed that London had the lowest amount of installed solar power capacity in the UK. How did London compare with the other UK regions in 2019? Please provide this information as a data table.

Single-use packaging campaigns and initiatives

  • Reference: 2020/0048
  • Question by: Caroline Russell
  • Meeting date: 16 January 2020
The consultation draft of the GLA Group Budget Proposals and Precepts 2020-21 highlights funding for the provision of more drinking water fountains and behaviour change campaigns to drive a water refill culture. What other campaigns and initiatives exist, or are in the pipeline, to cut the volumes of single-use packaging?

Recycling streams

  • Reference: 2020/0047
  • Question by: Caroline Russell
  • Meeting date: 16 January 2020
Not everything that can be recycled is recycled. What are your plans to ensure all residents can recycle the maximum amount of recyclable waste?

Households affected by cold homes and fuel poverty

  • Reference: 2020/0046
  • Question by: Caroline Russell
  • Meeting date: 16 January 2020
There are more than 146,000 cold and damp homes in London. What plans do you have to further expand the Warmer Homes programme to ensure all Londoners, especially vulnerable ones affected by fuel poverty, are protected?

Trees and insurance companies (2)

  • Reference: 2020/0045
  • Question by: Caroline Russell
  • Meeting date: 16 January 2020
Thank you for the response to my question 2019/20117. What steps are you taking to encourage more councils and insurers to sign up to the Joint Mitigation Protocol?

Offline air pollution monitors (2)

  • Reference: 2020/0044
  • Question by: Caroline Russell
  • Meeting date: 16 January 2020
Air pollution monitors in London, particularly the one on Brixton Road, have been offline for not just hours but several months in 2019. Given you use this data to model effectiveness for programmes like the Ultra Low Emission Zone (ULEZ), how will this impact your ability to monitor the results of the ULEZ and wider air pollution programmes at key locations?

Offline air pollution monitors (1)

  • Reference: 2020/0043
  • Question by: Caroline Russell
  • Meeting date: 16 January 2020
How many times were the 100 fixed air pollution monitors in London: a) offline, broken or out of action, and b) for what duration, in 2019? Please provide this data by location.

Stop and Search – Statistics on Race

  • Reference: 2020/0040
  • Question by: Caroline Pidgeon
  • Meeting date: 16 January 2020
In the 24-month period from November 2017 – October 2019 Section 60 stops resulted in further action being taken more often on white individuals than black. Why then (in the 12-month period from Nov 2018 – Oct 2019) was a black individual three times more likely to be stopped under Section 60 than a white individual?

Anti-Semitic Graffiti

  • Reference: 2020/0039
  • Question by: Caroline Pidgeon
  • Meeting date: 16 January 2020
Following the recent sickening reports of anti-Semitic graffiti in Hampstead and Belsize Park, how will you be increasing your efforts to tackle hate-crime in the capital and ensure communities, such as London’s Jewish community, feel safe?
Subscribe to