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  • Data on rough sleepers

    • Reference: 2020/4311
    • Question by: Siân Berry
    • Meeting date: 17 December 2020
    How have the numbers of homeless people sleeping rough across London changed since the last figures released by CHAIN? Could you share any up-to-date weekly figures to help with winter policy discussions?

  • Demographics of people housed by GLA hotels programme

    • Reference: 2020/4312
    • Question by: Siân Berry
    • Meeting date: 17 December 2020
    Could you provide a breakdown of the people, both ever and currently, housed in the GLA hotels programme to house homeless people during the coronavirus pandemic by gender and age, including how many of those are under 25, and separately provide data on how many of those housed in hotels have no recourse to public funds (NRPF)?

  • Lack of affordable housing in the London Legacy Development Corporation area

    • Reference: 2020/4313
    • Question by: Siân Berry
    • Meeting date: 17 December 2020
    What are you doing about the fact that the London Legacy Development Corporation (LLDC) area is currently predicted to only provide 22 per cent affordable housing, compared with its target of 50 per cent?

  • London housing data survey and analysis

    • Reference: 2020/4314
    • Question by: Siân Berry
    • Meeting date: 17 December 2020
    The Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government (MHCLG) publishes a detailed factsheet on the accessibility of existing homes as part of the English Housing Survey (EHS) (https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/english-housing-survey-2018-ac…). The data is not broken down by region because of the small sample size. However, for other measures, such as for overcrowding as part of the Strategic Housing Market Assessment, the GLA carries out analysis of EHS data at a London level, based on a three-year rolling average. Have your officers done the same with this detailed accessibility data? If so, could you share this analysis with me and, if not, could...

  • Action against developers of buildings with unsafe cladding

    • Reference: 2020/4315
    • Question by: Siân Berry
    • Meeting date: 17 December 2020
    In your answer to question 2020/3826 you state: “In September I wrote to more than 40 building owners who have failed to begin the remediation of unsafe ACM cladding demanding that they accelerate their plans to remove cladding and supply my officers with a timetable for action. Since then 13 of these buildings have begun remediation work.” Could you share with me the timetable for the 13 buildings on which work has started, as well as what action you are taking in respect of the owners of the 27 buildings that have yet to start remediation of unsafe cladding?

  • Community-led housing

    • Reference: 2020/4293
    • Question by: Siân Berry
    • Meeting date: 17 December 2020
    How committed are you to community-led housing?

  • Youth homelessness

    • Reference: 2020/3829
    • Question by: Siân Berry
    • Meeting date: 19 November 2020
    What are you doing specifically to support young people at risk of homelessness? Many cannot currently be helped by friends and family because of coronavirus restrictions.

  • Privately owned public spaces data

    • Reference: 2020/3850
    • Question by: Siân Berry
    • Meeting date: 19 November 2020
    The latest data given on privately owned public spaces via the Green Space Information for Greater London (GiGl) was last updated on the London Datastore website in 2017 (https://data.london.gov.uk/dataset/privately-owned-public-spaces). Could you publish more up-to-date spatial data, including permissions given and completions for any new public spaces that are privately owned?

  • Privately owned public spaces and the draft Public London Charter (1)

    • Reference: 2020/3851
    • Question by: Siân Berry
    • Meeting date: 19 November 2020
    The newly published consultation draft of your Public London Charter (https://consult.london.gov.uk/public-london-charter) does not mention facial recognition technology by name, although privacy guidance is included with reference to compliance with the Surveillance Camera Commissioner’s code of practice. Do you agree that facial recognition technology controlled by private companies should not be used in these spaces, and will you consider adding restrictions on facial recognition technology to the final charter?

  • Privately owned public spaces and the draft Public London Charter (2)

    • Reference: 2020/3852
    • Question by: Siân Berry
    • Meeting date: 19 November 2020
    Your draft Public London Charter has finally been published and is out for public consultation until 15 January 2021 ( https://consult.london.gov.uk/public-london-charter ). Do you still intend to publish the final Public London Charter alongside the London Plan and, if not, how will new applications be judged after the London Plan is published until the Public London Charter is finalised?