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  • Sadiq Khan – 2015 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Transport

    Sadiq Khan – 2015 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Transport

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Sadiq Khan on 2015-10-26.

    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many British Transport Police officers were working night shifts in London on each day of September 2015.

    Claire Perry

    The table below sets out the number of British Transport Police (BTP) officers working in Greater London (all London boroughs) on 1 October in each year between 2010 and 2015:

    2010

    2011

    2012

    2013

    2014

    2015

    1,715

    1,638

    1,643

    1,608

    1,592

    1,732

    The table below sets out the number of officers in Greater London (all London boroughs) which were contracted to work night shifts as at 1 October in each year between 2010 and 2015:

    2010

    2011

    2012

    2013

    2014

    2015

    46

    49

    53

    55

    52

    57

    All BTP officers could potentially be rostered on to night shifts if necessary.

    The table below sets out the number of BTP officers that were working night shifts in Greater London (all London Boroughs) on each day of September 2015:

    01 September 2015

    49

    02 September 2015

    62

    03 September 2015

    64

    04 September 2015

    61

    05 September 2015

    62

    06 September 2015

    59

    07 September 2015

    62

    08 September 2015

    61

    09 September 2015

    59

    10 September 2015

    57

    11 September 2015

    60

    12 September 2015

    61

    13 September 2015

    61

    14 September 2015

    57

    15 September 2015

    50

    16 September 2015

    60

    17 September 2015

    59

    18 September 2015

    59

    19 September 2015

    58

    20 September 2015

    57

    21 September 2015

    58

    22 September 2015

    57

    23 September 2015

    61

    24 September 2015

    62

    25 September 2015

    63

    26 September 2015

    60

    27 September 2015

    61

    28 September 2015

    58

    29 September 2015

    61

    30 September 2015

    55

    It is important to note that the number of officers contracted and due to work night shifts would have increased if the night tube had not been deferred.

  • Sadiq Khan – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Communities and Local Government

    Sadiq Khan – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Communities and Local Government

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Sadiq Khan on 2014-01-22.

    To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what the average proportion of market rent of all affordable housing is in each London borough.

    Kris Hopkins

    I have placed in the Library of the House, a table showing affordable and social rents as a proportion of market rents, for each London borough.

    The affordable rent model allows for more new affordable housing to be delivered with lower levels of taxpayer capital subsidy and by levering in more private investment. The programme is helping deliver £15 billion of private investment in new affordable housing over the current spending review, alongside £4.5 billion of public investment. Social rent and affordable rent go hand in hand; both help provide accommodation for those on low incomes.

    As the National Audit Office has observed: “the Department selected the best delivery model open to it for the funds it had available” and “the Department has so far achieved its policy objective to maximise the number of homes delivered within the available grant funding” (National Audit Office, “Financial viability of the social housing sector: introducing the Affordable Homes Programme”, 4 July 2012, HC465, pp.6-7).

    I note in his recent Fabian Society pamphlet, the rt. hon. Member has complained that affordable rent would result in rents of 80 per cent of market rents in London. Whilst it varies by borough, as the table shows, for example, affordable rent levels are 38 per cent of average local market rents in Camden, 48 per cent in Islington, 54 per cent in Southwark and 35 per cent in Westminster, reflecting local circumstances.

    I also observe that the housing policy announced at the Labour Party Conference in October 2012 also endorsed the use of affordable rents to build new homes; albeit this point is frequently lost on many Labour hon. Members who proceed to attack the basic principle of affordable rent in allowing more new affordable homes to be built using taxpayer capital subsidy.

  • Sadiq Khan – 2015 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Energy and Climate Change

    Sadiq Khan – 2015 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Energy and Climate Change

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Sadiq Khan on 2015-10-23.

    To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what the cost to the public purse was of the solar industry feed-in tariff in (a) the UK and (b) London in each year from 2010-11 to 2014-15.

    Andrea Leadsom

    The Feed-in-Tariff is not financed through the public purse. The cost of the Feed-in Tariff (FIT) scheme is paid for through a levy on consumer electricity bills and managed within the Levy Control Framework (LCF).

    The table below shows total payments for all technologies under the FITs scheme as reported by Ofgem. Payments made under the FIT scheme are not available by technology, but the majority of deployment is solar photovoltaic. We do not hold this data by region.

    2010/11

    2011/12

    2012/13

    2013/14

    FIT Total Expenditure

    £14,526,123

    £151,147,686

    £511,137,737

    £690,991,283

    Below you can find a link to Ofgem’s webpage of Annual Reports:

    https://www.ofgem.gov.uk/environmental-programmes/feed-tariff-fit-scheme/feed-tariff-reports-and-statistics/annual-reports

    Ofgem’s Annual Report reporting generation payments for 2014/15 will be released in the next few months.

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  • Sadiq Khan – 2021 Statement on the Removal of the Heathrow Free Travel Zone

    Sadiq Khan – 2021 Statement on the Removal of the Heathrow Free Travel Zone

    The statement made by Sadiq Khan, the Mayor of London, on 17 March 2021.

    I was disappointed by the decision by Heathrow Airport Limited (HAL) to suspend the bulk of its support for public transport services, including the Heathrow Bus Free Travel Zone. As soon as Transport for London (TfL) and I became aware of HAL’s plan, our concerns were relayed, both verbally and in writing. On 3 December 2020, TfL’s Director of City Planning wrote to the HAL Surface Access Director citing concerns that these changes may encourage more staff to switch to making journeys to and from work by car.

  • Sadiq Khan – 2022 Statement on Arts Funding

    Sadiq Khan – 2022 Statement on Arts Funding

    The statement made by Sadiq Khan, the Mayor of London, on 4 November 2022.

    Many of our world-leading cultural organisations will be left devastated by this announcement of over £50 million worth of Government cuts to London’s arts funding.

    These cuts could not have come at a worse time as arts organisations already face a triple whammy of spiralling operating costs, soaring energy bills, and the impact of both the pandemic and the cost of living crisis on audience figures.

    London’s cultural organisations contribute billions and power our capital’s economic comeback as well as the wider UK economy every year which is why they need continued investment. A strong London equals a strong UK that’s why I am urging the Government to think again and reconsider the consequences of these detrimental cuts.

  • Sadiq Khan – 2022 Comments on Gang Violence in London

    Sadiq Khan – 2022 Comments on Gang Violence in London

    The comments made by Sadiq Khan, the Mayor of London, on 1 November 2022.

    The fact Black Londoners have less trust in the Met should concern us all. That is why the comprehensive overhaul of the Gang Violence Matrix is so important – increased scrutiny and transparency will help increase the degree of confidence all of London’s diverse communities can have in the Met.

    As a direct result of the police acting on the recommendations, the Matrix database is now more effective and more evidence-based than ever before.

    We know that gang-related violence still accounts for a significant proportion of the most serious crime in London and the Matrix is a necessary enforcement tool as well as a means to support and intervention, but it’s vitally important that the police continue to evaluate how it is used. It’s something the new Met Commissioner and I have committed to improving together in order to build a fairer and safer London for everyone.

  • Sadiq Khan – 2022 Comments on Interest Rate Rises

    Sadiq Khan – 2022 Comments on Interest Rate Rises

    The comments made by Sadiq Khan, the Mayor of London, on 3 November 2022.

    Today’s rates rise is more bad news for the thousands of Londoners trying to get on the ladder or who must renegotiate their mortgages in the next year. The Tories took a gamble with the British economy, and households will pay the price for years to come.

  • Sadiq Khan – 2015 Parliamentary Question to the Department of Health

    Sadiq Khan – 2015 Parliamentary Question to the Department of Health

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Sadiq Khan on 2015-10-09.

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many medical students studying in London medical schools are in their final year of study.

    Ben Gummer

    The Medical and Dental Students Survey records the total intake for medical schools for the 2014/15 academic year for London as1,616.Data is not held centrally on numbers of medical students studying in London for their final year of study or current totals of medical students in medical schools in London.

  • Sadiq Khan – 2015 Parliamentary Question to the Department of Health

    Sadiq Khan – 2015 Parliamentary Question to the Department of Health

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Sadiq Khan on 2015-10-09.

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many medical students studying in London medical schools are in their first year of study.

    Ben Gummer

    The Medical and Dental Students Survey records the total intake for medical schools for the 2014/15 academic year for London as1,616.Data is not held centrally on numbers of medical students studying in London for their final year of study or current totals of medical students in medical schools in London.

  • Sadiq Khan – 2015 Parliamentary Question to the Department of Health

    Sadiq Khan – 2015 Parliamentary Question to the Department of Health

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Sadiq Khan on 2015-10-09.

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many junior doctors worked in the NHS in London in each year since 2006.

    Ben Gummer

    The number of full time equivalent NHS Hospital and Community Health Services (HCHS) doctors in training and equivalents1 in London, as at 30 September each year between 2006 and 2014 and at 30 June 20152 is shown in the following table.

    2006

    2007

    2008

    2009

    2010

    2011

    2012

    2013

    2014

    2015

    10,360

    10,443

    10,916

    11,645

    11,971

    12,083

    12,187

    12,455

    12,584

    12,288

    Source: Health and Social Care Information Centre Medical and Dental Workforce Census.

    Source: Health and Social Care Information Centre, Provisional NHS HCHS Monthly Workforce Statistics.

    Notes:

    1 Doctors in training and equivalents refers to the Registrar group, Senior House Officer, Foundation Year 2, House Officer & Foundation Programme Year 1, other doctors in training and other staff at these grades that do not hold an educationally approved training post.

    2 June 2015 data is the latest data available. This is sourced from the NHS HCHS Monthly Workforce Statistics.