• Reference: 2023/4415
• Question by: Caroline Russell
• Meeting date: 16 November 2023

Could you confirm how many times powers under Section 43 of the Terrorism Act 2000 have been used by the Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) near police stations on photographers and videographers in the past year?

• Reference: 2023/4414
• Question by: Caroline Russell
• Meeting date: 16 November 2023

Could you tell me the average time a child spent in Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) custody in the calendar year 2022 broken down by age group and ethnicity? If the data allows, could you also include data on Gypsy, Roma, Traveller children.

• Reference: 2023/4413
• Question by: Caroline Russell
• Meeting date: 16 November 2023

How many people who identify as Gypsy, Roma, or Traveller were strip searched by the Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) in the calendar year 2022?

• Reference: 2023/4412
• Question by: Caroline Russell
• Meeting date: 16 November 2023

What proportion of arrests in the calendar year 2022 made by the Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) were of people from an Ethnic Gypsy, Roma, or Traveller background?

• Reference: 2023/4411
• Question by: Caroline Russell
• Meeting date: 16 November 2023

Since the publication of the April 2019 report, Tackling Inequalities faced by Gypsy, Roma and Traveller Communities, from the House of Commons Women and Equalities Committee, what progress has the Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) made in working with the Race Disparity Unit and others to enact the recommendations of the report, specifically those focused on data collection?

• Reference: 2023/4410
• Question by: Caroline Russell
• Meeting date: 16 November 2023

A New Met for London 2023-25, published by the Metropolitan Police Service (MPS), commits to addressing longstanding concerns about keeping children safe. The plan states More Thorough Intimate Parts searches have been halved and commits to rebalancing the approach by the MPS to young people, whether they are victims or perpetrators. It is welcome to see that the MPS recognises: “the personal impact of strip searches on children, so we'll only use the tactic where the gravity of the crime under investigation, or the risk of harm to the child, outweighs that impact.” How will the MPS assess whether the...

• Reference: 2023/4409
• Question by: Caroline Russell
• Meeting date: 16 November 2023

It was reported in The Guardian on 29 October 2023, that Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) safer schools officers have increased their intelligence gathering in response to the Israel-Hamas war at schools in the boroughs of Wandsworth, Kingston, Merton and Richmond. Could you tell me: a) why those boroughs in particular have been selected, and b) what has occurred to prompt the MPS to take this step?

• Reference: 2023/4408
• Question by: Caroline Russell
• Meeting date: 16 November 2023

Could you confirm the annual cost of maintenance for toilets at the following recently opened and upgraded Transport for London (TfL) stations: a) Bank, b) Battersea Power Station, c) Nine Elms, d) Tottenham Court Road, e) Custom House, f) Barking Riverside and g) Abbey Wood?

• Reference: 2023/4407
• Question by: Caroline Russell
• Meeting date: 16 November 2023

Could you confirm the toilet provision installed, and cost of installation for toilets at the following recently opened and upgraded Transport for London (TfL) stations: a) Bank, b) Battersea Power Station, c) Nine Elms, d) Tottenham Court Road, e) Custom House, f) Barking Riverside, and g) Abbey Wood?

• Reference: 2023/4406
• Question by: Caroline Russell
• Meeting date: 16 November 2023

A constituent has raised concerns that the guidance from the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health regarding the rise of Paediatric Inflammatory Multisystem Syndrome (PIMS) cases inadequately reflects the reality of Londoners struggling to protect their children. Are you aware of the number of PIMS cases and/or deaths among children in London?