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• Reference: 2023/1870
• Question by: Caroline Russell
• Meeting date: 18 May 2023

On 20 April 2023 at 3:47 pm @MPSIslington and @MPSCamden twitter accounts tweeted: “We'll be using Live Facial Recognition (LFR) technology in Camden and Islington today from 1600hrs. This technology helps keep Londoners safe and will be used to find people who threaten or cause harm, those who are wanted, or have outstanding arrest warrants issued by the court.” From 4 pm, signs announcing the deployment were attached to lamp-posts and the LFR van had a sign saying live facial recognition was in operation. What engagement was undertaken with the local community, council and local police before this deployment, and...

• Reference: 2023/1871
• Question by: Caroline Russell
• Meeting date: 18 May 2023

In a 20 February 2023 letter to me, your Deputy Mayor for Policing and Crime said your: “London Drugs Forum is also exploring how the new two-tier framework for Out of Court Disposals can be used to address drug use and encourage diversion and rehabilitation across London.” When will your London Drugs Forum be ready to provide an update on this work?

• Reference: 2023/1872
• Question by: Siân Berry
• Meeting date: 18 May 2023

Thank you for your answer to my question 2022/2594. How will you: a) carry out informal monitoring, b) compile and publish the results, and c) collate the outcomes of your engagement with councils to understand their experience (including the economic benefits) of the Right to Buy-Back fund?

• Reference: 2023/1873
• Question by: Siân Berry
• Meeting date: 18 May 2023

In the follow-up letter of 31 January 2023 from David Lunts, CEO of OPDC, to the Budget & Performance Committee, he says: “We are proud of our record on affordable housing delivery which stands at 41% - a higher proportion than many boroughs achieve.” However, the Authority Monitoring Report 2021-22 shows that the 41 per cent cited is for both intermediate and affordable housing (see table 5.4: Tenure split of all affordable housing secured through S106 Agreements). The actual total of Affordable Rent Products is 26 per cent by Habitable Room, with only 17 per cent at Social Rent. These...

• Reference: 2023/1874
• Question by: Siân Berry
• Meeting date: 18 May 2023

Residents living around the OPDC area have raised concerns that community infrastructure is not being provided or safeguarded. The Pentecostal City Mission Church, which was located at 2 Scrubs Lane, has been evicted despite the developer having an agreed obligation as part of a Section 106 (S106) agreement to relocate it. The church is now operating the foodbank Mission Food Aid Partnership for hundreds of local residents from an outdoor courtyard requiring a monthly licence. Residents maintain that OPDC did not follow up in a timely manner to enforce the S106 and rehouse this valued community asset. Could you investigate...

• Reference: 2023/1875
• Question by: Siân Berry
• Meeting date: 18 May 2023

A number of residents have contacted me about the delays in getting their deposits back from Green Energy Together (GET-UK). What action are you taking to oversee this process and to ensure that GET-UK meet their obligations within the 14-day timeframe promised?

• Reference: 2023/1876
• Question by: Siân Berry
• Meeting date: 18 May 2023

Residents are contacting me to complain that Green Energy Together (GET-UK) has left their homes with half-completed solar installations. As GET-UK no longer has an MCS certification, what mechanisms are there to get these installations finished and what is Solar Together doing to oversee them?

• Reference: 2023/1877
• Question by: Siân Berry
• Meeting date: 18 May 2023

Residents are contacting me to query the often substantial differences in their quotes for solar PV and battery installations between Green Energy Together (GET-UK) and Dynamis, which has replaced the now discredited company. Some of the increases run into the thousands of pounds, and when questioned, customers are told different reasons, for example: “the new price offer is for a better spec system,” or: “because of a price adjustment.” I understand from emails sent by Solar Together to Londoners affected by this scandal that: “the cost you will be offered by the new installer will not be the same as...

• Reference: 2023/1878
• Question by: Siân Berry
• Meeting date: 18 May 2023

What processes do you have in place to support residents who are trying to staircase a property, which they have bought from a developer that was provided with funding from the GLA, when they are not happy with the response from the developer?

• Reference: 2023/1879
• Question by: Siân Berry
• Meeting date: 18 May 2023

Could you tell me how many developments with proposed buildings more than 30 metres in height, in applications that are referrable to you, are being or will need to be redesigned to include a second staircase?