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• Reference: 2015/3164
• Question by: Stephen Knight
• Meeting date: 21 October 2015

What impact will the Government's decision to scrap the requirement for developers to build affordable rented housing as part of their new developments have on the supply of affordable rented housing in London? What if any revisions do you plan to make to the affordable housing targets set in your Housing Strategy and London Plan in light of this announcement?

• Reference: 2015/3165
• Question by: Stephen Knight
• Meeting date: 21 October 2015

What is your projection for the number of social rented homes that will remain in London following the Government's announcement that housing associations will be able to replace rented homes with other tenures such as shared ownership as and when they are sold through the extension of the Right to Buy scheme?

• Reference: 2015/3166
• Question by: Stephen Knight
• Meeting date: 21 October 2015

How will the Prime Minister's announcement to end developers' obligation to provide low-cost rented homes in new developments help the 255,729 households currently on local authority housing waiting lists in London?

• Reference: 2015/3167
• Question by: Stephen Knight
• Meeting date: 21 October 2015

Given the average cost of a home for first-time buyers in London is now over £400,000 (and requires a minimum income of £82,400 to afford), how realistic is the Prime Minister's recently stated ambition to transform "generation rent" into "generation buy" in London?

• Reference: 2015/3168
• Question by: Stephen Knight
• Meeting date: 21 October 2015

Prior to becoming Mayor in 2008 you stated that "we had the epoch of the Georgians, and the Johnson era will also be one of outstanding quality… I will take direct, personal responsibility for architectural quality" [The Observer, 20 April 2008]. As you approach the end of your second and final term, a constituent asks how you would sum up the architectural legacy of your time in office? Which building best sums up the "Johnson era"?

• Reference: 2015/3183
• Question by: Stephen Knight
• Meeting date: 21 October 2015

Further to the publication of the House of Commons Public Accounts Committee's report on the disposal of public land for new homes - which found that there were significant omissions in the Government's data collection - will you ensure that your new London Land Commission collects information on the actual number of houses built or under construction on surplus public land, the sums raised from any disposals of land and how they relate to prevailing market prices?

• Reference: 2015/3190
• Question by: Stephen Knight
• Meeting date: 21 October 2015

Can you provide an accurate record of the number of residences, tenure type and number of bedrooms that have been supplied as a result of the introduction of the office to residential element of the Permitted Development Rights extension?

• Reference: 2015/2572
• Question by: Stephen Knight
• Meeting date: 16 September 2015

Please outline the timescale and phasing of the "50,000 new homes for Londoners" you recently announced would be delivered as part of your Housing Zone scheme.

• Reference: 2015/2573
• Question by: Stephen Knight
• Meeting date: 16 September 2015

Are you content for the proposed level of GLA investment in pan-London rough sleeping services to remain the same for the next four years (£8.45million per annum) when the number of rough sleepers in London has almost doubled in the last four years alone? What steps will you take to ensure that additional resources are made available to tackle rough sleeping where necessary?

• Reference: 2015/2574
• Question by: Stephen Knight
• Meeting date: 16 September 2015

Please provide an update on the emerging results of the Social Impact Bond (SIB) for rough sleeping, begun in 2012. If successful, will you look to create a similar SIB in addition to the projects and programmes you have already commissioned for forthcoming years?