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  • ALMO funding raid

    • Reference: 2009/3825
    • Question by: Mike Tuffrey
    • Meeting date: 16 December 2009
    Following the government's raid of ALMOs decent homes money, you said 'My message to all tenants affected by the Minister's decision, not just tenants of Sutton Housing Partnership, is that I am determined to use my powers to reinstate the funding promised by the government. I am not prepared to stand by and condemn them to even longer waits for what are basic improvements to their homes.' [MQ 2319/2009]. When can ALMOs who achieve their 2 star rating expect to receive your promised funding and from what budgets?
  • English Partnership's Land

    • Reference: 2009/3826
    • Question by: Mike Tuffrey
    • Meeting date: 16 December 2009
    Further to MQ 1561/2009 please provide an update on the status of former English Partnerships land holdings in London; including what sites have already been sold off, which it is planned to sell and what the total housing capacity of these sites is.
  • Private Institutional Investment in Housing

    • Reference: 2009/3827
    • Question by: Mike Tuffrey
    • Meeting date: 16 December 2009
    When can we expect the first private institutional investment in housing in London further to the HCA's private rental sector initiative?
  • Number of staff in City Hall

    • Reference: 2009/3828
    • Question by: Mike Tuffrey
    • Meeting date: 16 December 2009
    Please list, broken down by grade, how many people the GLA employed in City Hall on Grades 1 to 15 inclusive on May 1st 2008, November 1st 2008, May 1st 2009 and November 1st 2009?
  • Number of staff on spot salaries

    • Reference: 2009/3829
    • Question by: Mike Tuffrey
    • Meeting date: 16 December 2009
    How many staff were employed by the GLA in City Hall on spot salaries, and how much in total were these spot salaries, on May 1st 2008, November 1st 2008, May 1st 2009 and November 1st 2009?
  • TfL permanent employees

    • Reference: 2009/3830
    • Question by: Mike Tuffrey
    • Meeting date: 16 December 2009
    TfL's Annual Report for 2009 states there were 25,625 permanent employees across the group in 2008/09. How many permanent employees are there forecast to be in 2009/10, 2010/2011 and 2011/12?
  • Christmas Travel

    • Reference: 2009/3831
    • Question by: Mike Tuffrey
    • Meeting date: 16 December 2009
    Was any thought given to increasing the number of services operated by Transport for London on Christmas Day? If so why was any option to increase services rejected?
  • Food Waste

    • Reference: 2009/3832
    • Question by: Mike Tuffrey
    • Meeting date: 16 December 2009
    Food wasted in the UK increases by a massive 80% during the Christmas period, according to WRAP (Waste & Resources Action Programme). What action are you taking to encourage those London boroughs that do not already offer a household food waste collection recycling scheme, to start offering such a service to their residents?
  • Temporary Staff in City Hall

    • Reference: 2009/3833
    • Question by: Mike Tuffrey
    • Meeting date: 16 December 2009
    In the financial 2008/09, 33% of the GLA's total spend on temporary staff incurred in Corporate Services, 20% in the Finance and Performance directorate and 18% in the Media and Marketing directorate. Please could you tell me? A/ the total number of staff employed on temporary contracts in each directorate during 2008/2009; B/ The average length of these temporary contracts broken down by directorate; C/ The total cost, broken down by directorate, of these temporary appointments.
  • Bus stop on City Road, Duncan Terrace

    • Reference: 2009/3834
    • Question by: Caroline Pidgeon
    • Meeting date: 16 December 2009
    Is it possible for TfL to consider re-positioning the shelter for south-east bound buses on the City Road, Islington at the end of Duncan Terrace ? The removal of the extension to the adjoining old Tube station (owned by TfL) would create a pleasant open space where a shelter could be sited with room for passengers to wait safely.