• Question by: Valerie Shawcross
• Meeting date: 16 January 2002

I think the experience that all of us have had, and hopefully none more than you, with the problems with financial control of the Police Authority has been quite an education, I was wondering if you could take us through your experience of how we understood the cost of a police officer during this year and the lessons that has taught you?

• Question by: Nicky Gavron
• Meeting date: 16 January 2002

What budgetary commitment is going towards securing key worker housing for recruits?

• Question by: Nicky Gavron
• Meeting date: 16 January 2002

Does it make sense to cut back on publicity in the recruiting of extra police?

• Question by: Nicky Gavron
• Meeting date: 16 January 2002

There has been a long strategy of selling off capital assets starting off with police houses, continuing on to police stations. What strategy is behind these trends and how are the funds being used?

• Question by: Lord Duvall of Woolwich in the Royal Borough of Greenwich OBE
• Meeting date: 16 January 2002

Chair, one last question. Do you think they were the only options that could have been taken for the short term?

• Question by: Nicky Gavron
• Meeting date: 16 January 2002

I know you inherited something very complex and impenetrable, but I don't think that TfL's situation, because it was bringing together a whole lot of different organisations (whereas at least however large, this is one) was a less difficult task. I am very struck by the complacency of the speed with which we are trying to get to grips with something, which is really desperately important for Londoners. The question is, don't you think you are a trifle complacent over this?

• Question by: Lynne Featherstone
• Meeting date: 16 January 2002

Can I move on to the same question I put to TfL in terms of capital and revenue budget in that to what extent is your expenditure that is currently provided in revenue budget, possible to spread out over a longer period in terms of capital? Can we be provided with an overarching schedule of those items?

• Question by: Louise Bloom
• Meeting date: 16 January 2002

Yes I meant MPS sorry, a slight slip of the tongue. That sounds great, but then are we going to have more consultants to manage the review of consultants? Exactly how is it going to happen and who is it going to be lead by? Where will we end up with the actual results, figures, performance indicators and all the rest of it, so we actually know that we have got the right level of consultants? Obviously I accept there is a need for what they do, but equally I share a concern you have already expressed about what they...

• Question by: Lynne Featherstone
• Meeting date: 16 January 2002

Can I just simply ask then that you furnish me, and anyone else who wants one, with a schedule of items that might be available to move from one to another so that I can look at, in a sense, your judgement on this? I can then use my judgement on your judgement as to what has gone where. I think if you're asking London to pay now for something that might be better paid for later, I want to see what that is in detail.

• Question by: Lynne Featherstone
• Meeting date: 16 January 2002

The point is that the objective, as London would understand it in terms of policing, is that there is a thread of baseline policing across all the boroughs to deal with street crime. There is not a borough that is not experiencing it. However, the reaction is to target six boroughs and, actually, I would argue with you that the baseline removal of officers is what has created this boom in street crime in the first place. What I am asking you is, if you're cutting £10 million in civilianisation, then the argument I'm getting from the boroughs is they...