• Question by: Roger Evans
• Meeting date: 27 March 2002

But will the GLA continue to contest any appeals or will there be conditions under which you would decide to drop a case before it reaches appeal?

• Question by: Roger Evans
• Meeting date: 27 March 2002

In that case please take that as a request for that detailed information which I hope you will be able to provide. What will be the GLA's policy about taking disputed tickets to appeal?

• Question by: Jenny Jones
• Meeting date: 13 November 2002

Moving on to probationers and how they're treated on the boroughs, I'm very well aware that borough commanders have very different attitudes to them. So, I'm very positive about seeing it as an opportunity and others see it as a real pain. Are we doing anything to actually monitor the way the borough commanders are thinking about their intake, and whether this is having an impact on the intake of the probationers?

• Question by: Jenny Jones
• Meeting date: 13 November 2002

You did - not traffic. Two questions - one on the percentage of women now, amongst probationers, and whether that's fluctuated through the intakes.

• Question by: Jenny Jones
• Meeting date: 13 November 2002

One thing to clarify in your opening statement, and that is you mentioned 200 more officers on transport. Please tell me you meant traffic, which is what I've understood.

• Question by: Jennette Arnold OBE
• Meeting date: 13 November 2002

Can I take you back to the number of recruits? Can you tell us how we're going to ensure that this opportunity - I'm talking about increasing numbers - is going to be used to ensure that the police represent the population of London? It will not be acceptable to any Member here or to the MPA if, by increasing the numbers over the next two years, we end up with the current profile. I'm talking about the police force being 90% white male. That cannot be acceptable in our city. So, how are we going to deal with that?

• Question by: Tony Arbour
• Meeting date: 13 November 2002

I'd hoped that we would say what are the appropriate targets, rather than the Home Secretary.

• Question by: Tony Arbour
• Meeting date: 13 November 2002

We're very supportive of the MPA's policy to devolve as much as possible to the boroughs. Certainly on my patch, we agree with your expectation that the public should expect to see police officers around every corner. But isn't there a conflict between what we are proposing and the National Policing Plan? It does seem that if we are to continue with this policy of devolution, we are going to be opposing what the Home Secretary wants to do, which is to set targets nationally. How are we going to cope with that?

• Question by: Lynne Featherstone
• Meeting date: 13 November 2002

So, that is an assurance that numbers aren't going to plummet after the restrictions are removed on 1 April?

• Question by: Lynne Featherstone
• Meeting date: 13 November 2002

Sorry, virtually all. Even better, Toby, and that goes for my link borough of Islington and my home base of Haringey. But there is fear in Haringey, for sure, that 40 officers who would wish to be taking jobs elsewhere are being blocked from moving. And I just wanted your assurance and wondered if you would be able to reassure me that not only will the numbers be up to strength on 31 March, but they will be sustained as such from 1 April onwards.