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  • 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?
  • Mayor's academies programme

    • Reference: 2013/5309
    • Question by: Stephen Knight
    • Meeting date: 18 December 2013
    Can you confirm the revised budget for your academies programme in 2014/15 and 2015/16?
  • Housing Moves (1)

    • Reference: 2013/5310
    • Question by: Stephen Knight
    • Meeting date: 18 December 2013
    How many social tenants have moved through your 'Housing Moves' pan-London mobility scheme since its launch in May 2012?
  • Housing Moves (2)

    • Reference: 2013/5311
    • Question by: Stephen Knight
    • Meeting date: 18 December 2013
    How many households are currently registered with the Housing Moves scheme, and how many properties have been advertised on the Housing Moves website to date?
  • 2012 Employment Legacy

    • Reference: 2013/4599
    • Question by: Stephen Knight
    • Meeting date: 18 December 2013
    The Investment and Performance Board's latest performance report for the 2012 Employment Legacy project is very poor, due to its employment outcomes being below target. Can you comprehensively explain why this is the case and how you plan to improve on this?
  • Construction Employer Accord

    • Reference: 2013/4600
    • Question by: Stephen Knight
    • Meeting date: 18 December 2013
    The Investment and Performance Board's latest performance report for the Construction Employer Accord project is poor, due to it underperforming on twelve month sustained employment outcomes. Can you comprehensively explain why this is the case and how you plan to improve on this?
  • Business rate relief in Croydon

    • Reference: 2013/4601
    • Question by: Stephen Knight
    • Meeting date: 18 December 2013
    The Investment and Performance Board's latest performance report for the LB Croydon Business Rate Relief project is very poor, due to a low take up which is resulting in a forecast underspend of £370,000 from a budget of £476,000. Can you comprehensively explain why this is the case and how you plan to improve on this?
  • Peckham Rye Station

    • Reference: 2013/4602
    • Question by: Stephen Knight
    • Meeting date: 18 December 2013
    The Investment and Performance Board's latest performance report for the LB Southwark Gateway to Peckham project is very poor, due to capacity problems within LB Southwark and their coordination with Network Rail. Can you comprehensively explain why this is the case and how you plan to improve on this, particularly given that this has been allocated of the biggest project budgets?