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• Reference: 2023/4438
• Question by: Siân Berry
• Meeting date: 16 November 2023

You have made an announcement that the GLA has attained a Living Hours accreditation. Does this accreditation cover just the GLA or the whole GLA group including functional bodies, and are contractors also included?

• Reference: 2023/3976
• Question by: Siân Berry
• Meeting date: 12 October 2023

Are you aware of plans by Royal Botanic Gardens Kew (RBG Kew) to move its herbarium collection to Thames Valley Science Park in Reading, and are you concerned at the impact this will have on the standing of RBG Kew as a world-renowned centre of science excellence in London?

• Reference: 2023/3592
• Question by: Siân Berry
• Meeting date: 14 September 2023

What support could you provide through your Culture and Community Spaces at Risk programme to the artists in Omega Works Warehouses in Haringey, who are facing eviction due to proposed redevelopment?

• 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: 2023/1244
• Question by: Siân Berry
• Meeting date: 23 March 2023

Could you explain what Old Oak and Park Royal Development Corporation (OPDC) bought from the Bill Amberg Studio for £91,000 as per the P1-250-2022-23 spreadsheet on the report of all payments made by OPDC for value equal to or greater than £250 excl. VAT? [Reference: https://www.london.gov.uk/who-we-are/city-halls-partners/old-oak-and-pa…]

• Reference: 2023/1247
• Question by: Siân Berry
• Meeting date: 23 March 2023

Are the Environment Team within the Good Growth Directorate and/or iChoosr aware that Green Energy Together (GET-UK) was refused permission by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) on 25 March 2022 to: “carry on the regulated activities of: a) Agreeing to carry on a regulated activity, and b) Credit Broking” and, if so, when did they know? [Reference: https://www.fca.org.uk/publication/final-notices/green-energy-together-…]

• Reference: 2023/1248
• Question by: Siân Berry
• Meeting date: 23 March 2023

In the February 2023 document, Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park Fixed Estate Charge Review, Submission to the Mayor, a breakdown of categories of uses that pay the Fixed Estate Charge (FEC) is provided. These are: Commercial, £1.80 per sq ft; Private housing, state schools, civic, community and culture amenities, £1.26 per sq ft; Affordable Housing, £0.63 per sq ft. Could you explain what methodology the London Legacy Development Corporation (LLDC) used to decide these categories and levels of charge?