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• Reference: 2023/3581
• Question by: Siân Berry
• Meeting date: 14 September 2023

The Health and Safety Executive has said that Reinforced Autoclaved Aerated Concrete (RAAC) is now beyond its lifespan and may: “collapse with little or no notice”. Have Transport for London (TfL), London Fire Brigade (LFB) and the Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) all assessed their estate to ensure that the buildings they own do not contain any RAAC and, if they have found any related risks, what are they and what actions are being taken?

• Reference: 2023/3582
• Question by: Siân Berry
• Meeting date: 14 September 2023

The Health and Safety Executive has said that Reinforced Autoclaved Aerated Concrete (RAAC) is now beyond its lifespan and may: “collapse with little or no notice”. What wider assessment have you made of the implications of this problem for resilience and strategic planning in London?

• Question by: Siân Berry
• Meeting date: 07 September 2023

Siân Berry AM: Thank you very much, Chair. My first question is to Hannah Boylan from the GLA Migration Team. Like my colleague, Caroline [Russell AM], I also met with the Joint Council for the Welfare of Immigrants, who raised a separate issue about asylum seekers living in Home Office asylum accommodation. The guidance from the Home Office says that category 2 health hazards should be made safe within 24 hours and fixed within five days, but I have heard countless examples of Migrant Help - which Caroline [Russell AM] discussed earlier - failing to respond to complaints and help...

• Reference: 2022/3919
• Question by: Siân Berry
• Meeting date: 17 November 2022

According to an Inside Housing article, LGBTQ+ Homelessness: the Data Hole that Undermines Services, young people who identify as LGBTIQA+ are at greater risk of homelessness compared with their straight and non-trans contemporaries, yet this data is not routinely collected. Do the Combined Homelessness and Information Network (CHAIN) record data on how many LGBTIQ+ people are sleeping rough on London’s streets? If so, could you provide a breakdown of these numbers over the last four years, and if not, could you start collating and publishing this information?

• Reference: 2022/3920
• Question by: Siân Berry
• Meeting date: 17 November 2022

What capital and revenue funding have you provided to which organisations in London supporting homeless LGBTIQA+ people over the last four years? Could you provide this information in table format?

• Reference: 2022/3626
• Question by: Siân Berry
• Meeting date: 13 October 2022

In your answer to my question 2022/2923, you stated that your commitment to requiring full consent for estate regeneration, as well as the replacement of any social housing lost through demolition, “stood to benefit Londoners from ethnic minority backgrounds, who are more likely to live in social housing”. Could you provide details as to how you are measuring and monitoring these potential benefits?

• Reference: 2022/2923
• Question by: Siân Berry
• Meeting date: 15 September 2022

Your Good Growth By Design Forward Plan, published in May 2022, emphasises the importance of an: “inclusive recovery from a pandemic that has highlighted inequalities in the capital and the need to counter racism and other forms of prejudice in the built environment.” Given the ongoing disproportionate impact of demolition on displacing Londoners from African, Caribbean, Asian, Latino and other minority ethnic backgrounds, how will you improve your estate redevelopment policies to ensure that this aspect of racism in the built environment is addressed?

• Reference: 2021/1470
• Question by: Siân Berry
• Meeting date: 27 May 2021

The campaign organisation Transport for All has had to write to Westminster Council complaining that newly licensed outdoor dining areas on streets have blocked access to people using wheelchairs and made them difficult for others to use safely. What guidance has Transport for London (TfL) provided to ensure that much-needed outdoor space for London’s bars and restaurants actually improves accessibility both to businesses and for passing through these areas?

• Reference: 2021/0036
• Question by: Siân Berry
• Meeting date: 21 January 2021

In your answer to my question 2019/14230 you told me that, to date, no recruitment for Transport for London (TfL) had been name-anonymous but you planned future changes to support this. Have these changes now happened and does TfL now use name-anonymous shortlisting in recruitment?

• Reference: 2021/0037
• Question by: Siân Berry
• Meeting date: 21 January 2021

Can you confirm whether shortlisting for recruitment in all GLA bodies is now name-anonymous, including recruitment done through partner bodies, outsourced specialist recruitment agencies and for any other work programme, such as apprenticeship schemes run by the GLA and Transport for London (TfL)?