Agenda item
Questions from Members of the Council
7.1 Cllr Adejare to the Cabinet Member for Finance,
Insourcing and
Customer Service
Amid the cost of living crisis, the Household Support Fund has allowed us to help our most vulnerable residents. With the government proposing to end this financial lifeline, can the Cabinet member advise on how residents most in need will continue to be supported?
7.2 Cllr Garbett to the Cabinet Member for Health, Adult Social Care,
Voluntary Sector and Culture
Given the successful summer Ridley Road Market event, the Council’s commitment to an inclusive economy and intention to ‘activate’ spaces in Dalston, its heritage and the views of residents and traders - will the Council review the Hackney Carnival route to ensure it goes through Ridley Road?
7.3 Cllr Lynch to the
Cabinet Member for Health, Adult Social Care, Voluntary Sector and
Culture
What was the impact of the Hackney Health and Wellbeing Day, held at the Town Hall in partnership with the Richmond Road Medical Centre and have any lessons been learnt for the future?
7.4 Cllr Garbett to the Mayor
How would five and a half million pounds of cuts to children's and youth services square with the Mayor’s manifesto commitment for “a bright future for every child and young person” in Hackney?
7.5 Cllr Suso-Runge to the Deputy Cabinet Member, Private Rented Sector
and Affordability
Given the significant pressures renters are experiencing, including unaffordable rents, poor quality homes and illegal evictions, could the Deputy Cabinet Member please provide Council with an update on the progress of the Private Sector Housing Strategy?
7.6 Cllr Garbett to Cabinet Member for Housing Services and Resident
Participation
What action does the Council plan to take to account for, and reduce, pay-outs to scaffolding providers incurred because of delays to the start of building works?
7.8 Cllr Walker to the Cabinet Member for Health, Adult Social Care, Voluntary Sector and Culture
With local government budgets pushed to breaking point, this will have a direct knock on effect for many community services. Will the Cabinet Member comment on how more effective partnership and collaboration with the voluntary community sector is being encouraged to ensure services to our most vulnerable residents are protected?
7.9 Cllr Binnie-Lubbock to the Cabinet Member for Climate Change,
Environment and Transport
The Cabinet member suggested in public statements and to the scrutiny panel that motorbike parking charges will start at 6p, does he accept that that charge is for bays that don't exist and that no budget has been allocated for installing them?
7.10 Cllr Grace Adebayo to the Deputy Cabinet Member for Housing Needs and Homelessness
Due to the failure of the Government’s policy on housing since 2010, we have seen a huge rise in homelessness which has directly affected many families in Hackney. Can the cabinet member update us on what is being done to tackle this crisis?
7.11 Cllr Rathbone to the Deputy Mayor for Delivery, Inclusive Economy &
Regeneration
Could the situation be clarified regarding the future of the former Thames Water depot site in Lea Bridge Road which although just over the border in Waltham Forest is of considerable interest and concern from Hackney residents, particularly in Lea Bridge ward?