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supplementary planning guidance on the design of new homes

  • Reference: 2017/4000
  • Question by: Tom Copley
  • Meeting date: 12 October 2017
Will you consider bringing forward supplementary planning guidance on the design of new homes?

Loss of Social Rented Homes

  • Reference: 2017/3999
  • Question by: Tom Copley
  • Meeting date: 12 October 2017
You have rightly pledged that there must be no net loss of social rented homes on estate regeneration schemes. Does this pledge include council homes rented out on temporary licenses, or just those rented on secure tenancies?

Affordable Rent

  • Reference: 2017/3998
  • Question by: Tom Copley
  • Meeting date: 12 October 2017
You have rightly said that so-called Affordable Rent homes let out at up to 80% of market rents in London are unaffordable. Why does your Housing Strategy include a section on Affordable Rent?

Discounted or Free Travel for Carers

  • Reference: 2017/3994
  • Question by: Jennette Arnold OBE
  • Meeting date: 12 October 2017
Many of my constituents with disabilities can only travel due to the help of their carers. Will anything be changing in TfL's fare policies to enable carers to travel for free or for a reduced price?

Diversity in Schools

  • Reference: 2017/3993
  • Question by: Jennette Arnold OBE
  • Meeting date: 12 October 2017
In the response I received to question no. 2017/3210 you said that you would be announcing further details of your plans to help with teacher retention and recruitment this autumn. Is it possible to get an update on this?

Help to prevent fraud - small and medium enterprises

  • Reference: 2017/3992
  • Question by: Siân Berry
  • Meeting date: 12 October 2017
City of London Police estimate that 80 per cent of fraud and cybercrimes can be stopped by a better understanding of how to be aware of and protect against potential cyberattacks. What are MOPAC and the Metropolitan Police Service doing to support London's small and medium enterprises (SMEs) and educate them about the steps they can take to help protect themselves from fraud and cybercrime?

Homeless ex-offenders (2)

  • Reference: 2017/3991
  • Question by: Siân Berry
  • Meeting date: 12 October 2017
According to your Police and Crime Plan, published in March 2017, 24 per cent of all offenders reoffend within a year of ending their sentence. To what extent do you think insecure housing is a contributing factor to this problem?

Homeless ex-offenders (1)

  • Reference: 2017/3990
  • Question by: Siân Berry
  • Meeting date: 12 October 2017
Do you share the concerns expressed by the Independent Monitoring Board for Thameside prison that ex-offenders are becoming homeless and reoffending due to the lack of "good hostel accommodation" in London?

Diversity and direct entry detectives

  • Reference: 2017/3989
  • Question by: Siân Berry
  • Meeting date: 12 October 2017
I note that the Metropolitan Police Service direct entry detective recruitment campaign in July received 2,900 applications and that 33 per cent of applicants were BAME and 51 per cent were female. Please provide a breakdown of successful applicants by a) gender, and b) ethnicity, including the total number of successful applicants and the number in each group.

Police on bikes (2)

  • Reference: 2017/3988
  • Question by: Siân Berry
  • Meeting date: 12 October 2017
What has been the cycling capacity within the Metropolitan Police Service in each of the years 2014-2017? Could you provide this in a table format, broken down by a) total number of bikes available and, b) number of cycle trained officers.
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