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• Reference: 2015/3593
• Question by: Caroline Pidgeon
• Meeting date: 18 November 2015

Please state when the following questions about the Garden Bridge, which were submitted to you on the 12th October will finally be answered: 2015/3118, 2015/3121, 2015/3122, 2015/3123, and 2015/3124.

• Reference: 2015/3594
• Question by: Caroline Pidgeon
• Meeting date: 18 November 2015

Please state how many freedom of information requests relating to the Garden Bridge remain unanswered by (a) Transport for London, and (b) your office, despite being submitted more than 20 working days ago.

• Reference: 2015/3641
• Question by: Stephen Knight
• Meeting date: 18 November 2015

Based on the contracts currently in place, what is the average grant per unit under your 2015/18 affordable housing programmes? Please provide a breakdown by tenure.

• Reference: 2015/3642
• Question by: Stephen Knight
• Meeting date: 18 November 2015

Given the aim of your London Rental Standard is to raise professional standards in the capital's private rented sector by providing "a consistent standard of accreditation to consumers", is it not also time to consider adopting a common procedure for dealing with complaints among the different accrediting bodies to provide a consistent standard for renters?

• Reference: 2015/3643
• Question by: Stephen Knight
• Meeting date: 18 November 2015

Please provide a table showing the number of i) private landlords; and ii) letting agents that have been accredited to your London Rental Standard in each and every month since its launch? Will you agree to publish the data in this format from now on (as you do for the GLA affordable housing statistics) so that progress against your target can be more easily monitored?

• Reference: 2015/3644
• Question by: Stephen Knight
• Meeting date: 18 November 2015

What if any steps do you take to ensure that accredited landlords and lettings agents continue to comply with the requirements of your London Rental Standard?

• Reference: 2015/3645
• Question by: Stephen Knight
• Meeting date: 18 November 2015

To what extent has your London Rental Standard helped to expose those rogue landlords and agents who neglect their responsibilities?

• Reference: 2015/3647
• Question by: Stephen Knight
• Meeting date: 18 November 2015

Further to your answer to MQ2014/5117, can you confirm what legal agreements the GLA and/or TfL have entered into (or are in the process of negotiating) with Westminster City Council in relation to the ongoing maintenance costs of the Garden Bridge?

• Reference: 2015/3648
• Question by: Stephen Knight
• Meeting date: 18 November 2015

Were you right to welcome the government's permanent relaxation of planning rules on the conversion of offices to residential properties, given the hugely negative impact this policy has had on the viability of local economic centres in outer London, with over 3,000 local jobs displaced from Richmond-upon-Thames alone since the introduction of the policy?

• Reference: 2015/3649
• Question by: Stephen Knight
• Meeting date: 18 November 2015

Do you dispute the figures collated by London Councils which indicate that over 7,000 new dwellings (in schemes of 10 units or more) have been granted prior approval for residential conversion which, had they been approved through the normal planning system, would have supported the delivery of around 1,000 new affordable homes?