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• Reference: 2023/3355
• Question by: Neil Garratt
• Meeting date: 14 September 2023

On 3rd August 2023 you published a statement claiming that, "The Mayor today met with Londoner Alexandra Rodriguez-Romero at her rented home in Sutton". Multiple eyewitnesses say that in fact you did not attend the meeting, instead you were represented by Deputy Mayor Tom Copley. Why did you tell people you were there?

• Reference: 2023/2585
• Question by: Caroline Russell
• Meeting date: 22 June 2023

In the minutes of the London Drugs Forum meeting on 8 March 2023, it states that: "representatives from the Metropolitan Police Service (MPS), local authorities, GLA Housing and Office for Health Improvement and Disparities (OHID) Housing spoke to partners about the various barriers in terms of housing for those exiting prison and entering into substance misuse treatment." Could you provide more detail on the barriers discussed?

• Reference: 2023/0296
• Question by: Caroline Russell
• Meeting date: 19 January 2023

Thank you for your answer to my question 2022/1319 on London Plan Policy S6, which requires that large-scale developments are open to the public and large areas of public realm should provide free, publicly accessible toilets suitable for a range of users. In your response you said: “Data on the loss or gain of public toilets is not monitored in planning applications. My officers will look at how we might monitor information on public toilets for referable schemes in the future.” Could you update me whether this monitoring now takes place and, if so, where it is reported?

• Reference: 2022/5281
• Question by: Caroline Russell
• Meeting date: 15 December 2022

Your Warmer Homes programme has been running since 2018 when it was launched with £20 million of Mayoral and Government funding. In December 2021 it was extended with a further £11.1 million and then in May 2022 you announced another £43 million of funding. For the initial £20 million funding could you provide an update on: a) the number of households that qualified for grants, b) the amount of each grant, and c) how many households used the funds on ventilation systems?

• Reference: 2022/5283
• Question by: Caroline Russell
• Meeting date: 15 December 2022

One of the findings of the February 2019 report, Keeping out the chill: fixing London’s cold, damp and mouldy homes, from the London Assembly Environment Committee, was that “living patterns in over-occupied households can contribute to additional moisture in the air” showing the need to prioritise overcrowded households. Since the introduction of the Warmer Homes programme in 2018, how many overcrowded households and in which boroughs have been supported with ventilation measures to reduce the negative health impacts of condensation, damp and mould?

• Reference: 2022/5284
• Question by: Caroline Russell
• Meeting date: 15 December 2022

When you wrote to me in April 2019 regarding the February 2019 report, Keeping out the chill: fixing London’s cold, damp and mouldy homes, from the London Assembly Environment Committee, you said you will be “working with social landlords to broaden the provision of advice” available to tenants on energy efficiency measures, energy bills and ventilation. Could you provide a progress update on this work, in particular any actions you have taken with social landlords to target ventilation improvements for overcrowded households?

• Reference: 2022/5285
• Question by: Caroline Russell
• Meeting date: 15 December 2022

The minutes of the 12 May 2022 meeting of the London Fuel Poverty Partnership show it decided to establish four working groups: Health led by NHS England London, Private Rented Sector led by Greater London Authority (GLA), Cost of Living crisis led by National Energy Action (NEA) and Decarbonisation of Heat led by the Association for Decentralised Energy. Will these working groups address ways to reduce the likelihood of condensation and mould in people’s homes to improve Londoners’ health?

• Reference: 2022/4206
• Question by: Neil Garratt
• Meeting date: 17 November 2022

When you commissioned public water fountains across London, did you give any consideration to making them beautiful enhancements to the public realm?

• Reference: 2022/3009
• Question by: Neil Garratt
• Meeting date: 15 September 2022

Please specify who is responsible for maintaining and managing each of the sporting venues used for the 2012 London Olympics within the Olympic Park Zone.

• Reference: 2022/3036
• Question by: Neil Garratt
• Meeting date: 15 September 2022

Could you please provide details of any schemes that were approved for funding under the 2016-23 Affordable Homes Programme, which have been granted a time extension to their funding milestones? For each scheme, please provide the name of the scheme, borough, housing provider, the original deadline and the time extension.