• Reference: 2008/1091
• Question by: Mike Tuffrey
• Meeting date: 18 June 2008

How many of the 25 residential units that LFEPA owns are currently empty? How much is it estimated that it would cost to bring them back into use?

• Reference: 2008/1090
• Question by: Mike Tuffrey
• Meeting date: 18 June 2008

How many of the 526 residential units that TfL owns are currently empty? How much is it estimated that it would cost to bring them back into use?

• Reference: 2008/1089
• Question by: Mike Tuffrey
• Meeting date: 18 June 2008

How many of the 750 houses that the MPA owns are currently empty? How much is it estimated that it would cost to bring them back into use?

• Reference: 2008/1088
• Question by: Mike Tuffrey
• Meeting date: 18 June 2008

How many of the 3,337 homes owned by the LDA are currently empty? How much is it estimated that it would cost to bring them back into use?

• Reference: 2008/1087
• Question by: Mike Tuffrey
• Meeting date: 18 June 2008

You state in your manifesto that the LDA owns 318 hectares of surplus land, which would provide 32,000 new homes, some of which you will seek to release for your 'FirstSteps' scheme. Which boroughs does this land fall within and how do you foresee the division of units between these boroughs?

• Reference: 2008/1086
• Question by: Mike Tuffrey
• Meeting date: 18 June 2008

Trees for Cities have recommended that a steering group should identify the 40 areas that will benefit from the Street Trees scheme. Has work begun to bring together this steering group? Which other charities will be involved? What role do you envisage for the boroughs in this process?

• Reference: 2008/1085
• Question by: Mike Tuffrey
• Meeting date: 18 June 2008

According to the Environment Agency, nearly 2 million cubic metres of raw sewage was pumped into the Thames at Crossness in July 2007. Given that improvements to the secondary capacity at Crossness sewage works are not expected to be completed until March 2014, what plans do you have to ensure that the 2012 Olympics are not blighted by enough raw sewage to fill nearly 785 Olympic sized swimming pools being pumped into the Thames around the Park at Games Time?

• Reference: 2008/1084
• Question by: Mike Tuffrey
• Meeting date: 18 June 2008

Would you update us on the progress of the Thames Interceptor Tunnel? Has a planning application been made for the first phase tunnel, from Abbey Mills in the Lower Lea Valley to Beckton Sewage Treatment Works, and the necessary upgrade to Beckton Sewage Treatment Works? How will you work with the 12 boroughs concerned and other stakeholders to ensure that this application progresses swiftly and the long-awaited work can start?

• Reference: 2008/1083
• Question by: Mike Tuffrey
• Meeting date: 18 June 2008

You have withdrawn the legal challenge to Thames Water's plans for a desalination water treatment plant at Beckton on the basis of a quid pro quo whereby Thames Water will work with you on a range of water efficiency measures across the capital. Would you describe what these measures will be? When work will begin to implement them? And when can Londoners expected to see an improvement in their water supply?

• Reference: 2008/1082
• Question by: Mike Tuffrey
• Meeting date: 18 June 2008

One of the most controversial aspects of the previous Mayor's housing policy - from the London Councils' perspective - was Capital Moves and decisions on the scheme were deferred until after the elections. What are your plans for Capital Moves and if - as London Councils anticipates - you do plan to scrap it, what alternative vehicle do you propose to create a pan-London choice-based lettings scheme by 2010?