• Reference: 2023/3967
• Question by: Siân Berry
• Meeting date: 12 October 2023

In your answer to question 2023/3054 you said: “My housing team has secured agreement from government that my Affordable Homes Programme 2021-26 will also be able to fund replacement homes.” Could you tell me how much funding within the Affordable Homes Programme 2021-26 has the Government agreed can be spent on replacing existing homes, and is this greater than ten per cent of the total grant allocation?

• Reference: 2023/3966
• Question by: Caroline Russell
• Meeting date: 12 October 2023

Data provided in response to an FOI request by Refuge about police officers accused of VAWG-related misconduct found that just 12 per cent of officers and staff are being suspended from duties after being accused of crimes such as sexual assault and domestic violence. What are you doing to ensure all Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) officers accused of VAWG-related misconduct are suspended pending investigation?

• Reference: 2023/3965
• Question by: Caroline Russell
• Meeting date: 12 October 2023

From 1 May 2022 to 1 May 2023, there were 1,124 cases of VAWG-related misconduct or gross misconduct across the 26 police forces in England and Wales that provided data in response to an FOI request by Refuge. Could you tell me, for each year since 2016: a) the number of officers in the Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) accused of VAWG-related misconduct, b) how many of these officers were suspended pending investigation, and c) how many of these officers were reinstated after suspension? Could you provide this information in a table.

• Reference: 2023/3964
• Question by: Caroline Russell
• Meeting date: 12 October 2023

At an event hosted by Policy Exchange, the Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) said: “live facial recognition is massively effective at picking out wanted offenders from crowds of people.” Out of 395,357 faces of Londoners scanned by Live Facial Recognition (LFR) technology since 2020 only 13 arrests have been made by the MPS, suggesting this is not ‘massively effective’. Have you checked with the Commissioner whether it would have been a more efficient use of police resources to make these arrests using conventional policing methods, and if not, will you?

• Reference: 2023/3963
• Question by: Caroline Russell
• Meeting date: 12 October 2023

In July 2023 it was reported that Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) officers must declare all romantic relationships under new vetting guidelines. What safeguards does the MPS have in place to ensure that officers do not have to disclose their sexuality against their will as a result of these declarations?

• Reference: 2023/3962
• Question by: Caroline Russell
• Meeting date: 12 October 2023

How do the Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) and the Mayor’s Office for Policing and Crime (MOPAC) use the findings arising from investigations into police-related deaths to inform their work and prevent future deaths? This includes the findings from coroners’ inquests, including Prevention of Future Death reports, as well as recommendations made in public inquiries, Independent Office of Police Conduct investigations and official reviews.

• Reference: 2023/3961
• Question by: Caroline Russell
• Meeting date: 12 October 2023

On 19 September 2023, The Guardian newspaper reported that drug advisers to the Government recommended a formal repeal of the criminalisation of personal use drug possession back in 2016. Will this be considered by your London Drugs Commission, and when will the Commission report to you?

• Reference: 2023/3960
• Question by: Caroline Russell
• Meeting date: 12 October 2023

Thank you for your answer to question 2023/3079, in which you said the loans made by the Green Finance Fund will be financed with “GLA’s working capital and reserve cash balances that it holds from time to time”. Were these reserve cash balances and working capital available in 2020, 2021 and 2022, and would such internal borrowing have been permitted in those years?

• Reference: 2023/3959
• Question by: Zack Polanski
• Meeting date: 12 October 2023

Do you share the same concerns as the Fire Brigade Union that trainee apprentice firefighters are paid £10,000 less per year than qualified firefighters during their 18-month qualification period, despite doing identical or very similar work?

• Reference: 2023/3958
• Question by: Zack Polanski
• Meeting date: 12 October 2023

In September 2023, step-free access became unavailable at several Transport for London (TfL) stations due to flooding. Could you provide information for each year since 2019 when step-free access became unavailable at a TfL station due to flooding, covering: a) which station lost step-free access, b) the date it lost access, c) how long access was unavailable, and d) whether the station remained operational?