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Increase in Taser-trained officers

  • Reference: 2017/3016
  • Question by: Siân Berry
  • Meeting date: 10 August 2017
Commissioner Cressida Dick announced on 20 June 2017 that the Metropolitan Police Service will be increasing the amount of Taser-trained officers to 1,800 "which takes the total number of officers trained to just under 6,500." What percentage of officers in response teams will therefore have Tasers?

Landlord licensing and devolution (2)

  • Reference: 2017/3015
  • Question by: Siân Berry
  • Meeting date: 10 August 2017
Thank you for your response to my question 2017/2089. Have you approached the new Minister for London to resume talks about the devolution of landlord licensing powers to London? If so, what progress have you made in these talks?

London Estates Board (2)

  • Reference: 2017/3014
  • Question by: Siân Berry
  • Meeting date: 10 August 2017
Given the community interest in developing public land, such as the NHS site in Haringey with the establishment of the St Ann's Redevelopment Trust, are there or will there be any community organisations or community housing groups included on the London Estates Board?

London Estates Board (1)

  • Reference: 2017/3013
  • Question by: Siân Berry
  • Meeting date: 10 August 2017
The Assembly's Budget and Performance Committee received a letter from your Deputy Mayor for Housing and Residential Development on 25 May 2017. It stated that the aim of the London Estates Board is to "improve the way surplus and underused NHS assets are identified and released. It will provide a single forum for estate discussions in London and ensure early involvement of London government partners." Who or what organisations sit on this board and when will more information about its work be published online?

Battersea Power Station - affordable homes (2)

  • Reference: 2017/3012
  • Question by: Siân Berry
  • Meeting date: 10 August 2017
Has your office sought or received legal advice on whether the decision of Wandsworth Council to reconsider the provision of affordable homes at the Battersea Power Station site via a Deed of Variation to the Section 106 agreement is challengeable?

Battersea Power Station - affordable homes (1)

  • Reference: 2017/3011
  • Question by: Siân Berry
  • Meeting date: 10 August 2017
On which date did your office first receive information about the intention of Wandsworth Council to reconsider the provision of affordable homes at the Battersea Power Station site via a Deed of Variation to the Section 106 agreement?

Resident involvement in plans for Lambeth Housing Zone

  • Reference: 2017/3010
  • Question by: Siân Berry
  • Meeting date: 10 August 2017
I have still not received a response to my question 2016/3053, submitted in September 2016, which asked "Before releasing funds for the Lambeth Housing Zone, will you ensure that a) Lambeth Council runs a full and transparent consultation on plans for the estates involved, including options put forward by resident groups and b) no option is pursued without majority resident support?" Could you respond to this question please?

Kingston Housing Zone - estate regeneration

  • Reference: 2017/3009
  • Question by: Siân Berry
  • Meeting date: 10 August 2017
Thank you for your response to my question 2016/1949 submitted in June 2016. Are you now able to tell me how many homes are expected to be a) built, and b) demolished as part of the Kingston Housing Zone? If so, please provide a breakdown of the figures by tenure.

Kingston visit - Cambridge Road Estate

  • Reference: 2017/3008
  • Question by: Siân Berry
  • Meeting date: 10 August 2017
In your press release dated 13 December 2016 you outlined "plans to put local people at the heart of estate regeneration in the capital." On 18 July 2017 you visited Cambridge Road Estate in Kingston but did not meet the local residents affected by regeneration plans. Local residents have conducted their own resident engagement and proposed their own plans for new homes. Will you now arrange to meet the residents separately to see their plans and listen to their concerns?

Affordable homes in East Village

  • Reference: 2017/3007
  • Question by: Siân Berry
  • Meeting date: 10 August 2017
Did the GLA provide grants for the affordable rented homes in the East Village development in the Olympic Park that are run by Triathlon housing? If so, please give details of a) the total grant, b) the total number of affordable homes supported, and c) a breakdown of the different types of affordable properties.
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