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  • Cycling on the proposed Garden Bridge

    • Reference: 2013/5303
    • Question by: Caroline Pidgeon
    • Meeting date: 18 December 2013
    What steps will you take to consider ways to allow cyclists to cross the Thames on the proposed Garden Bridge?

  • New Bus for London - roll

    • Reference: 2013/5305
    • Question by: Stephen Knight
    • Meeting date: 18 December 2013
    Further to the conversion of route 390, can you confirm how many New Bus for London vehicles will be in operation by the end of 2013?

  • New Bus for London - Euro VI engine standard (1)

    • Reference: 2013/5306
    • Question by: Stephen Knight
    • Meeting date: 18 December 2013
    When do you expect the first Euro VI-compliant New Bus for London to be in service?

  • New Bus for London - Euro VI engine standard (2)

    • Reference: 2013/5307
    • Question by: Stephen Knight
    • Meeting date: 18 December 2013
    How many Euro VI-compliant New Bus for London vehicles will be in service by the end of 2014?

  • Council borrowing caps

    • Reference: 2013/5312
    • Question by: Stephen Knight
    • Meeting date: 18 December 2013
    Further to the announcement made by the Chancellor of the Exchequer that the government will increase local authority Housing Revenue Account borrowing limits by £300 million, how much of this additional funding do you expect to be spent in London?

  • Benefit Caps

    • Reference: 2013/5313
    • Question by: Stephen Knight
    • Meeting date: 18 December 2013
    New figures released by the Department for Work and Pensions show that 47 per cent of households affected by the benefit cap (so far) live in London. Are you monitoring the impact of these benefit changes, and what is your assessment of the slow allocation by some London boroughs of government funding to mitigate the impact of welfare reforms?

  • Affordable housing grants

    • Reference: 2013/5314
    • Question by: Stephen Knight
    • Meeting date: 18 December 2013
    Further to your answer to MQ2013/4038, can you confirm the average capital grant per unit for social rent dwellings completed under the previous affordable housing programme?

  • Help to Buy

    • Reference: 2013/5315
    • Question by: Stephen Knight
    • Meeting date: 18 December 2013
    Your chief economic advisor is reported as having said that "Help to Buy was not necessary" and will create a "lethal combination" of cheap money and expectations among householders that ever-rising house prices are a "one way bet." He joins a growing list of critics which include the House of Commons Treasury Committee, the former governor of the Bank of England and the International Monetary Fund. In view of these shared concerns - and in light of your housing responsibilities - will you commit to monitor the impact of this policy on the price, affordability and demand for homes across...

  • Mayoral Development Corporation in Old Oak Common (1)

    • Reference: 2013/5316
    • Question by: Stephen Knight
    • Meeting date: 18 December 2013
    Further to the comments made by your Chief of Staff and Deputy Mayor for Policy and Planning to the Evening Standard newspaper on 26 November 2013, when can we expect proposals for a new Mayoral Development Corporation in Old Oak Common to be published?

  • SME payments

    • Reference: 2013/5308
    • Question by: Stephen Knight
    • Meeting date: 18 December 2013
    What percentage of invoices to the GLA group from small and medium enterprise [SME] suppliers were paid within 10 working days, and what percentage where paid within 30 working days? Please also list the average number of days taken to pay SME invoices?