• Reference: 2025/2044
• Question by: Susan Hall
• Meeting date: 19 June 2025

Will you adopt a target for reducing the number of police officers leaving due to mental health?

• Reference: 2025/2043
• Question by: Susan Hall
• Meeting date: 19 June 2025

The Police Federation of England and Wales notes that: “59 per cent of police officers who quit said the job’s impact on their psychological health had a major effect on their decision to leave, compared to 34 per cent of retirees.” “41 per cent of resigners and 32 per cent of retirees pointed to physical health issues as a reason for their departure.” What action have you taken to improve psychological and mental health for police officers?

• Reference: 2025/2042
• Question by: Susan Hall
• Meeting date: 19 June 2025

What action has been taken by MOPAC in response to police misconduct timeliness reports when investigations surpass the 12-month time frame, prompting a letter to be sent to your office?

• Reference: 2025/2041
• Question by: Susan Hall
• Meeting date: 19 June 2025

What work are you doing on the rise in harmful synthetic opioids hitting the UK drugs markets, with some having 500 times the potency of heroin?

• Reference: 2025/2040
• Question by: Susan Hall
• Meeting date: 19 June 2025

Your report into the abuse of cannabis in the LDC’s report notes that simple Cannabis possession has a sentencing option of 5 years in prison. What is the longest sentence someone has been sent to prison for simple possession of cannabis in the past 10 years in London?

• Reference: 2025/2039
• Question by: Susan Hall
• Meeting date: 19 June 2025

How much has been spent in total on the London Drugs Commission (LDC) since its creation in 2022?

• Reference: 2025/2038
• Question by: Susan Hall
• Meeting date: 19 June 2025

An independent review of My Ends by Cordis Bright notes that it is challenging to state the ways in which funded activities are linked to violence reduction and their likely contribution to this longer-term goal. There is also a “A lack of clearly identified intended outcomes or mechanisms of change.” How have you addressed this?

• Reference: 2025/2037
• Question by: Susan Hall
• Meeting date: 19 June 2025

Can you list all of the Violence Reduction Unit’s programmes since launch (2019) and the respective funding for each programme to present?

• Reference: 2025/2036
• Question by: Susan Hall
• Meeting date: 19 June 2025

Your MOPAC report to the Police and Crime Committee from 14th of March to the 9th of May notes there is a combined overspend of £64.6 million on staff pay. How will you manage a subsequent increase in staff pay? The Police Remuneration Review Body (PRRB) forecasts a 4% increase in pay.

• Reference: 2025/2035
• Question by: Susan Hall
• Meeting date: 19 June 2025

In the MOPAC report from 14th March to 9th of May, you note that there was a £19.4 million pound overspend on police staff overtime. How will you manage this overspend moving forward with further cuts to officer numbers planned for the Met?