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Town Centre Zero Emission

  • Reference: 2019/14477
  • Question by: Leonie Cooper
  • Meeting date: 18 July 2019
Can the Mayor provide an update on his commitment in the Environment Strategy to deliver town centre zero emission zones from 2020, in addition to the one recently announced in the City Fringe?

Under 30s spending

  • Reference: 2019/14476
  • Question by: Leonie Cooper
  • Meeting date: 18 July 2019
The Resolution Foundation found under-30s are spending 7 per cent less than that age group did 18 years ago. Over-65s' spending has risen by 37 per cent. How can you support young Londoners facing increasingly higher costs and wages that are not keeping pace?

London’s economic outlook

  • Reference: 2019/14475
  • Question by: Leonie Cooper
  • Meeting date: 18 July 2019
The Bank of England has said it expects economic growth to be flat in the second quarter of the year. What impact will this have on London’s economy and Londoners individually?

Low Pay Commission consultation

  • Reference: 2019/14474
  • Question by: Leonie Cooper
  • Meeting date: 18 July 2019
Did you respond to the Low Pay Commission’s consultation into the National Minimum Wage from 2020, and if so, can you share a copy with me?

Rough sleeping outreach services (2)

  • Reference: 2019/14471
  • Question by: Tom Copley
  • Meeting date: 18 July 2019
Can you confirm that any information given by a member of the public, concerned about the welfare of a rough sleeper in London, through the Streetlink app or website, will be protected by the GDPR and retained only by the relevant local authorities and outreach services, to be used only to assist individual rough sleepers? Please can you provide reassurance to Londoners that their concern and generosity do not unwittingly contribute to what is in my view, the Government’s cruel “Hostile Environment” policy and the deportation of non-UK rough sleepers.

Rough sleeping outreach services (1)

  • Reference: 2019/14470
  • Question by: Tom Copley
  • Meeting date: 18 July 2019
Do the GLA, StreetLink or any of the charities involved in the “TAP London” project participate in the Home Office’s “Rough Sleeper Support Service” (RSSS) programme, and/or pass on personal information about a rough sleeper to the Home Office or other Government agency without the individual’s consent?

Mayor’s Land Fund

  • Reference: 2019/14469
  • Question by: Tom Copley
  • Meeting date: 18 July 2019
Following your response to question 2019/12132, could you provide: the size of each site in hectares; whether the GLA has purchased the freehold or leasehold, or whether it is a loan facility to the existing land owner; if leasehold, the name of the freeholder; if loan facility, the loan term length and expected return to the GLA.

Affordable Housing Acquisitions

  • Reference: 2019/14468
  • Question by: Tom Copley
  • Meeting date: 18 July 2019
Could you provide the number of affordable housing acquisitions – as distinct from new build starts and completions – that the GLA has funded in each of the last five years, broken down by London Borough, and including the total amount of grant given in each case.

Gypsy and Traveller Pitches

  • Reference: 2019/14467
  • Question by: Tom Copley
  • Meeting date: 18 July 2019
Following your responses to questions 2019/6235 and 2019/6236, I welcome your work to encourage boroughs to take up funding for new or remodelled Gypsy and Traveller sites and pitches. However, your response shows that since 2007/08, only 24 new pitches have been provided. The need identified in your new London Plan was for 484. Additional pitches have only been provided in 7 boroughs in the past ten years, while there is an identified need in 30 London Boroughs. Would you consider setting aside a specific funding pot for Gypsy and Traveller accommodation given that recent delivery has been so low?

Leasehold

  • Reference: 2019/14466
  • Question by: Tom Copley
  • Meeting date: 18 July 2019
The Government has committed to ending leasehold for all new houses (but not flats), and capping ground rents on new leases to £0. London has a much higher proportion of people living in flats and new build flats than the rest of the country though, so would you work with Government to explore alternatives to leasehold – such as commonhold – so that new build owners in London are not disadvantaged compared to the rest of the country?
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