EIR - Carbon offsetting [June 2020]

1. Details of any auditing procedure carried out in 2018 or 2019 on behalf of the Mayor's office on carbon offsetting funds established by local planning authorities including who is employed to do the audit, how much it cost, the procedure of what they did. Please also provide any documents that offer proof and outcome of audits (these documents might contain all the relevant info).

2. Any grants or subsidies given to local authorities or developments in London for them to pay for carbon offsets or to meet their climate targets, and details of what this money paid for.

3. A copy of the viability assessment that led to the decision that led to the £95/tonne carbon offset price outlined in the draft new London plan (as discussed here https://www.london.gov.uk/what-we-do/planning/londonplan/new-london-pla…).

4. A copy of minutes from any meetings, or email chains where the decision to raise the former recommended carbon price of £60/tonne (as indicated in SPG here https://www.london.gov.uk/sites/default/files/gla_migrate_files_destina… ainable%20Design%20%26%20Construction%20SPG.pdf) to £95/tonne in the draft New London Plan was discussed.

5. Documents or information that outlines any safeguards that the Mayor's office has to ensure money paid into offset funds enables exactly one tonne of carbon savings elsewhere, either for their own offsetting schemes or for those carried out by LPAs.