• Reference: 2007/3097
• Question by: Tony Arbour
• Meeting date: 12 December 2007

Given that 90% of the Thames Gateway is in a flood plain, what measures have been taken to ensure that the predicted 100,000 new homes will be protected from flooding, and that the new homes can be insured? How can the Mayor be confident of the level of flood protection in advance of the Environment Agency's Thames Estuary 2100 Report, expected to be published in 2009/2010?

• Reference: 2007/3096
• Question by: Tony Arbour
• Meeting date: 12 December 2007

Home many new homes have been completed in the London Thames Gateway in the past year?

• Reference: 2007/3095
• Question by: Tony Arbour
• Meeting date: 12 December 2007

What evidence is there to suggest that 100,000 new homes, together with the required infrastructure, can be delivered in the London Thames Gateway by 2016?

• Reference: 2007/3093
• Question by: Tony Arbour
• Meeting date: 12 December 2007

The Mayor's Decision List reveals an expected shortfall of £100,000, resulting from the latest extension to the Home Insulation Scheme. It admits that 'there is no specific budget provision for this shortfall within the 2007/08 GLA budget, with no funds being allocated to an earmarked reserve during the closure of accounts process for 2006/07'. Before the Mayor makes open-ended headline-grabbing financial commitments, should he not check that he has sufficient funds to fulfil these commitments? What other GLA services will be cut in order to make up this shortfall?

• Reference: 2007/3092
• Question by: Tony Arbour
• Meeting date: 12 December 2007

Could the Mayor please provide a borough breakdown of the number of homes that have taken up the Home Insulation Scheme offer?

• Reference: 2007/3091
• Question by: Tony Arbour
• Meeting date: 12 December 2007

The GLA/British Gas home insulation scheme was originally intended to only run until 1st July 2007 and stop after 30,000 homes had taken part. Given that only 3,098 homes have taken up the offer, does this suggest that there was something fundamentally wrong with the scheme as originally conceived?

• Reference: 2007/3090
• Question by: Tony Arbour
• Meeting date: 12 December 2007

Would the Mayor please provide 2006/07 figures, by borough, for:- a) Total net conventional housing completions b) Total net affordable housing completions c) Total net completions for social housing schemes Total net completions for intermediate home ownership schemes

• Reference: 2007/3089
• Question by: Tony Arbour
• Meeting date: 12 December 2007

The Docklands Light Railway is listed as a sponsor of the Aluna Moon project. Why has funding been channelled through the DLR for this project?

• Reference: 2007/3088
• Question by: Tony Arbour
• Meeting date: 12 December 2007

Further to discussions with London Council, does the Mayor still expect 100% of new build homes to be included in Capital Moves from 2009, as stated in the Draft Housing Strategy? If not, what figure has been agreed?

• Reference: 2007/3087
• Question by: Tony Arbour
• Meeting date: 12 December 2007

How will the work of 'London Leaders' be monitored, and how will the Commission judge their success?