• Reference: 2024/3218
• Question by: Zack Polanski
• Meeting date: 10 October 2024

During our conversation at Mayor’s Question Time on 18 July 2024, you told me that more tax receipts for Government will be needed to support the Environment Agency. Could you summarise what ability you currently have to raise funds for investment in London’s environment and what the current sources of income used for GLA Group environmental projects are?

• Reference: 2024/3217
• Question by: Caroline Russell
• Meeting date: 10 October 2024

Constituents in Havering have contacted me to raise concerns that there is a lack of data on air pollution in their borough due to the small number of sensors installed, particularly those monitoring PM10 or PM2.5. They have asked if you could install either more or improved sensor equipment in order to give more evidence for air quality in Havering?

• Reference: 2024/3216
• Question by: Zack Polanski
• Meeting date: 10 October 2024

A constituent from Island Gardens in Greenwich has raised concerns with me about a 25-year-old cruise ship that was moored nearby, which caused them to have breathing difficulties due to the diesel fumes and to use up their inhalers. They would like to ask what action you can take with the Port of London Authority (PLA) to insist they only allow cruise ships meeting Tier III emissions standards, as set out by the International Maritime Organisation (IMO), to come upstream of the Thames Barrier?

• Reference: 2024/3215
• Question by: Zack Polanski
• Meeting date: 10 October 2024

Your press release, Mayor brings together partners to clean up London’s rivers, on 18 September 2024 stated that: ‘five times more sewage flowed into London’s rivers in 2023 compared to the previous year, with many species in decline’. Could you share the analysis that provides this evidence?

• Reference: 2024/3214
• Question by: Zack Polanski
• Meeting date: 10 October 2024

What is your definition of ‘open water swimming’ used to produce the London Open Water Swimming Guide?

• Reference: 2024/3213
• Question by: Zack Polanski
• Meeting date: 10 October 2024

The charity Butterfly Conservation has declared a ‘butterfly emergency’ as the most recent big butterfly count they have organised recorded the lowest ever numbers of butterflies. What actions has the GLA taken in the past three years to provide further habitat for butterflies on GLA Group sites?

• Reference: 2024/3212
• Question by: Zack Polanski
• Meeting date: 10 October 2024

Could you provide a table of all investment in green and wild spaces by GLA since May 2021 including: a) financial year, b) location or area of green or wild space, c) investment, and d) scheme name?

• Reference: 2024/3211
• Question by: Zack Polanski
• Meeting date: 10 October 2024

The Transport for London (TfL) Corporate Environment Action Plan published in 2021 included a roadmap which stated: “We will add to and update our roadmap of environmental improvement as part of our regular public reporting on progress.” Where is this regular public reporting, including updates on the roadmap and actions, and can you summarise the current position?

• Reference: 2024/3210
• Question by: Zack Polanski
• Meeting date: 10 October 2024

Thank you for your answer to my question 2022/0016 which provided details of investment in Sustainable Drainage Systems (SuDS). Can you provide an updated table showing the same categories of information for financial years 2021-22, 2022-23 and 2023-24?

• Reference: 2024/3209
• Question by: Zack Polanski
• Meeting date: 10 October 2024

The web page on the City Hall site providing updates on the progress of the London Sustainable Drainage Action Plan has references to work planned for 2022-23 and other such dates in the past but does not indicate if this work happened. Could you update this page and also provide me with any report on the final outcomes of the London Sustainable Drainage Action Plan?