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• Reference: 2023/1893
• Question by: Siân Berry
• Meeting date: 18 May 2023

Could you provide a summary breakdown of the 23,000 council home starts described in your press release of 3 May 2022, showing for each year the total number of new starts, and the number within that total that is: a) new build starts that are replacements for demolition, b) new build starts that are not replacements for demolition, c) acquisitions purchased using Right to Buy back funding, d) acquisitions purchased through any other means, and e) other starts not in the categories above.

• Reference: 2023/1840
• Question by: Siân Berry
• Meeting date: 18 May 2023

Do you agree with the Chartered Institute of Housing that, while the announcement that Local Authorities can keep 100 per cent of Right to Buy receipts for two years is welcome, the Government should also suspend the Right to Buy policy?

• Reference: 2023/1245
• Question by: Siân Berry
• Meeting date: 23 March 2023

Your recent announcement of a Refugee Housing Programme (RHP) stated that housing associations and local authorities will be able to bid for funding from early spring. When will: a) the first funding decisions be approved by the GLA, and b) the first accommodation to be available for households to move in to?

• Reference: 2023/1246
• Question by: Siân Berry
• Meeting date: 23 March 2023

Could you confirm whether Government guidance within the May 2021 document, The Sourcing Playbook, was followed by: a) the Environment Team within the Good Growth Directorate in appointing iChoosr, b) iChoosr in awarding contracts to any of the seven installers (SolarCentury, Ecolution, First 4 Solar, Spirit Energy, GET-UK, Dynamis and Solar Bureau), and c) if not, what guidance was used?

• Reference: 2023/1250
• Question by: Siân Berry
• Meeting date: 23 March 2023

Members of the Manor Gardening Society have contacted me about the delay in resetting the lease for Pudding Mill allotments back to its original 38 years once development is completed, to give back the time allotment holders have lost on the site due to disruption from both the negotiation of the Section 106 agreement and the proposed works on and off site. Could you update me on this process and what is holding up progress?

• Reference: 2023/1251
• Question by: Siân Berry
• Meeting date: 23 March 2023

In the February 2023 document, Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park Fixed Estate Charge Review, Submission to the Mayor, it is stated that the Fixed Estate Charge (FEC): “contributes towards the management of the parklands, footpaths, cycle ways, bridges, waterways and venues that make up Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park,” including the: “Provision of security and CCTV.” Residents in Chobham Manor pay the FEC because the area is within the Park, but have also raised concerns about community safety and lack of security staff on their estate. Could you clarify whether the services listed above, funded by the FEC, are meant to extend...

• Reference: 2023/1252
• Question by: Siân Berry
• Meeting date: 23 March 2023

Brent Council’s planned infill housing development on the Kilburn Square estate has been allocated grant from the Affordable Homes Programme 2016-23, but on 7 March it informed residents that work will not start on site by 31 March 2023, and that it will now review all the options to provide a more viable and desirable scheme. Does this mean you will withdraw the grant funding, or will you be able to extend it or transfer the funding to the Affordable Homes Programme 2021-26?

• Reference: 2023/1254
• Question by: Siân Berry
• Meeting date: 23 March 2023

Thank you for your answer to my question 2022/1007. Have you assessed the total impact of your policy for awarding exceptions for these demolitions in terms of embodied carbon?

• Reference: 2023/1217
• Question by: Siân Berry
• Meeting date: 23 March 2023

With regard to your answer to my question 2022/1870, could you now be more transparent about the exemptions you allow for the demolition of homes deemed ‘obsolete’?

• Reference: 2023/1253
• Question by: Siân Berry
• Meeting date: 23 March 2023

Could you tell us the final outturn as of 31 March 2023 for the Affordable Homes Programme 2016-23, broken down by tenure, money allocated and total number of homes for each of: a) new build, b) demolition then rebuild, and c) acquisitions?