• Reference: 2023/3971
• Question by: Siân Berry
• Meeting date: 12 October 2023

At the London Assembly Plenary meeting on 7 September 2023 Tom Copley, Deputy Mayor for Housing and Residential Development, said that he would try to obtain information from the Home Office regarding the number of deaths per year of asylum seekers in contingency accommodation, and the causes. Could you confirm if this information is available, and if so, could you share it with me?

• Reference: 2023/3970
• Question by: Siân Berry
• Meeting date: 12 October 2023

At the London Assembly Housing Committee meeting on 27 June 2023 investigating the Affordable Homes Programme 2016-23, Tom Copley, Deputy Mayor for Housing and Residential Development, said: “Where we do get funding in return to us would be through things like the Recycled Capital Grant Fund (RCGF), which, as you know, is the funding that comes back when people buy or staircase in Shared Ownership properties. We are actively looking at how we can deploy our unrestricted funds, as it were, strategically. The Assembly and Londoners will be hearing more about that over the coming months.” Could you tell me...

• Reference: 2023/3969
• Question by: Siân Berry
• Meeting date: 12 October 2023

Thank you for your answer to my question 2023/3111, in which you said: “The UGF [Urban Greening Factor] guidance was published in February 2023 and monitoring of scores is still at an early stage. Applicants provide data on UGF scores, and my officers are looking at ways of improving data collection and quality.” Could you tell me when this data will be available, how it’s being evaluated and where it will be published?

• Reference: 2023/3968
• Question by: Siân Berry
• Meeting date: 12 October 2023

Thank you for your answer to my question 2023/1879, in which you said: “My officers are aware of many developers who have paused their schemes until the Government can provide further clarity on the detailed requirements and transitional arrangements for the second staircase and I have already written to the Secretary of State regarding the urgency of this matter.” However, in your response to my question 2023/3587, you said you are still waiting on: “clarity from Government on the proposed transition arrangements for these developments.” Could you tell me what response you received from the Secretary of State, and what...

• 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.