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• Reference: 2024/1388
• Question by: Len Duvall OBE
• Meeting date: 23 May 2024

A rapidly increasing number of Greenwich and Lewisham residents are being forced into paying extortionate service charges. What discussions are you taking to ensure that my residents are not forced to sell their property as a result of unfair and completely unreasonable services charges?

• Reference: 2024/1389
• Question by: Len Duvall OBE
• Meeting date: 23 May 2024

A recent survey of London homeowners showed that only 35% felt their ground rent and service charges were affordable. What are you doing to safeguard residents against increasing ground rents?

• Reference: 2024/0364
• Question by: Caroline Pidgeon
• Meeting date: 18 January 2024

Please advise how many people were supported in the first activation of the Severe Weather Emergency Protocol in December? Please break this number down by borough.

• Reference: 2024/0365
• Question by: Caroline Pidgeon
• Meeting date: 18 January 2024

Are there any restrictions on homeless people qualifying for shelter as part of the Severe Weather Emergency Protocol or is anyone who is homeless in London entitled to support when the protocol is active?

• Reference: 2023/4655
• Question by: Caroline Pidgeon
• Meeting date: 21 December 2023

You recently activated the Severe Weather Emergency Protocol for the first time this winter. From 29 November 2023 to 4 December 2023, how many homeless people were supported into emergency accommodation, and can you please break down by borough?

• Question by: Len Duvall OBE
• Meeting date: 21 December 2023

Len Duvall AM: This year, you have managed to exceed your delivery targets on affordable housing despite the challenging economic climate. London is also building more council homes than the rest of the country. The Government, on the other hand, has missed its targets by several thousand. What do you intend to do in terms of the coming year? Is it more of the same or are you going to raise your game even further by exceeding those targets in the coming years if you are able to?

• Reference: 2023/4184
• Question by: Caroline Pidgeon
• Meeting date: 16 November 2023

The Combined Homelessness and Information Network (CHAIN) confirmed that 4,068 people were counted sleeping rough in London between July and September 2023. This is an increase of 12% compared to the same period in 2022 and London’s highest rough sleeping count since records began. How will you support rough sleepers this winter given that this increase will lead to additional pressures on current services?

• Reference: 2023/4190
• Question by: Caroline Pidgeon
• Meeting date: 16 November 2023

Will you consider asking OPDC to call an extraordinary board meeting on the future of HS2 in London and the impact of the potential cancellation of the Old Oak Common to Euston link to hear evidence from a range of stakeholders?

• Reference: 2023/3734
• Question by: Caroline Pidgeon
• Meeting date: 12 October 2023

In response to MQ 2023/1495, you stated, "I have made certain that all victims, regardless of gender identity, can access support", yet in response to MQ 2023/2724 you stated, "at the end of Q1, 2023/24 there were 910 refuge bedspaces across London. This number is exclusively for women", so when will male victims be able to access support in the form of refuge bedspaces in London in proportion to the needs of male victims?

• Reference: 2023/2376
• Question by: Caroline Pidgeon
• Meeting date: 22 June 2023

In your recent press release on affordable homebuilding in the capital, you claimed to have surpassed the target of starting 116,000 genuinely affordable homes for Londoners between 2015/16 and 2022/3. Why did you include the financial year of 2015/2016 in this calculation when you were only elected as Mayor of London in May 2016?