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Garden Bridge

  • Reference: 2015/3647
  • Question by: Stephen Knight
  • Meeting date: 18 November 2015
Further to your answer to MQ2014/5117, can you confirm what legal agreements the GLA and/or TfL have entered into (or are in the process of negotiating) with Westminster City Council in relation to the ongoing maintenance costs of the Garden Bridge?

Energy Efficiency in the Private Rented Sector

  • Reference: 2015/3646
  • Question by: Stephen Knight
  • Meeting date: 18 November 2015
Do you accept that the closure of the Green Deal Home Improvement Fund (GDHIF) will make it harder to improve the energy efficiency of privately rented properties in London at no upfront cost to the landlord, as required by the Private Rented Sector Energy Efficiency Regulations (Domestic)?

London Rental Standard

  • Reference: 2015/3645
  • Question by: Stephen Knight
  • Meeting date: 18 November 2015
To what extent has your London Rental Standard helped to expose those rogue landlords and agents who neglect their responsibilities?

London Rental Standard

  • Reference: 2015/3644
  • Question by: Stephen Knight
  • Meeting date: 18 November 2015
What if any steps do you take to ensure that accredited landlords and lettings agents continue to comply with the requirements of your London Rental Standard?

London Rental Standard - transparency and statistics

  • Reference: 2015/3643
  • Question by: Stephen Knight
  • Meeting date: 18 November 2015
Please provide a table showing the number of i) private landlords; and ii) letting agents that have been accredited to your London Rental Standard in each and every month since its launch? Will you agree to publish the data in this format from now on (as you do for the GLA affordable housing statistics) so that progress against your target can be more easily monitored?

London Rental Standard

  • Reference: 2015/3642
  • Question by: Stephen Knight
  • Meeting date: 18 November 2015
Given the aim of your London Rental Standard is to raise professional standards in the capital's private rented sector by providing "a consistent standard of accreditation to consumers", is it not also time to consider adopting a common procedure for dealing with complaints among the different accrediting bodies to provide a consistent standard for renters?

Affordable Housing Grant, 2015-18

  • Reference: 2015/3641
  • Question by: Stephen Knight
  • Meeting date: 18 November 2015
Based on the contracts currently in place, what is the average grant per unit under your 2015/18 affordable housing programmes? Please provide a breakdown by tenure.

Breathe Better Together campaign

  • Reference: 2015/3640
  • Question by: Stephen Knight
  • Meeting date: 18 November 2015
How many schools have signed up to receive direct alerts when air pollution is moderate or high since the launch of your Breathe Better Together campaign?

Air quality near schools

  • Reference: 2015/3639
  • Question by: Stephen Knight
  • Meeting date: 18 November 2015
Further to the publication of a recent investigation by the Sunday Times - which confirmed that hundreds of London schools are sited in areas with dangerous levels of air pollution - will you agree to look again at strengthening the air quality provisions in the London Plan to actively discourage new schools, care homes or health clinics being located near existing air pollution hotspots, when less polluted sites are available?

Diesel vehicles in GLA fleet fitted with 'defeat devices'

  • Reference: 2015/3638
  • Question by: Stephen Knight
  • Meeting date: 18 November 2015
How many diesel vehicles, made by Volkswagen and related brands, with 'defeat devices' installed are in use by each body within GLA Group?
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