• Reference: 2023/2593
• Question by: Caroline Russell
• Meeting date: 22 June 2023

Has the Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) developed an in-house Retrospective Facial Recognition (RFR) capability?

• Reference: 2023/2592
• Question by: Caroline Russell
• Meeting date: 22 June 2023

Could you tell me: a) what plans the Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) has to monitor the equitability of its use of Live Facial Recognition (LFR) technology, b) what assessments are made over equitability of human decisions in LFR, and c) and how will the results of these efforts be made available to the public?

• Reference: 2023/2591
• Question by: Caroline Russell
• Meeting date: 22 June 2023

Thank you for your answer to question 2020/0442 where you told my colleague Sian Berry: “Live Facial Recognition has never been used at protests or demonstrations in London.” Following the use of Live Facial Recognition (LFR) at the coronation and the arrests of protestors, will you confirm whether known protestors were on the watch list used by the Metropolitan Police Service (MPS)?

• Reference: 2023/2590
• Question by: Caroline Russell
• Meeting date: 22 June 2023

Thank you for your answer to my question 2021/4432. Could you confirm what unit in the Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) the Forensic Collision Investigators were moved to and provide the budget for this unit in 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021 and 2022?

• Reference: 2023/2589
• Question by: Caroline Russell
• Meeting date: 22 June 2023

Thank you for your answer to my question 2022/2579. What progress has been made on child centric stop and search review panels since this answer?

• Reference: 2023/2588
• Question by: Caroline Russell
• Meeting date: 22 June 2023

What plans do you and the Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) have to add more data, for example more specific location data, to the “Stop and search data dashboard – more through searches (intimate parts exposed)” and the “Custody dashboard – arrests, disposals, strip searches”?

• Reference: 2023/2587
• Question by: Caroline Russell
• Meeting date: 22 June 2023

A constituent has raised concerns that, in the UK over the past year around 80 people under the age of 20 have died within 28 days of a positive Covid-19 test. Could you tell me: a) how many people under the age of 20 in London have died within 28 days of a positive Covid-19 test over the past year, b) what assessment the GLA Group Public Health Unit and your Statutory Health Advisor have made of the ongoing threat of coronavirus to London’s children, and c) how you are working to mitigate any threat?

• Reference: 2023/2586
• Question by: Caroline Russell
• Meeting date: 22 June 2023

In the minutes of the London Drugs Forum meeting on 8 March 2023, it states that the Head of Alcohol, Drugs and Tobacco (London) for the Office for Health Improvement and Disparities’ (OHID) made a presentation to attendees on the Government's continuity of care position and outlined "the key challenges and recommended steps to take to meet the Government's targets.” Could you provide more detail about the challenges and recommended steps described by OHID?

• Reference: 2023/2585
• Question by: Caroline Russell
• Meeting date: 22 June 2023

In the minutes of the London Drugs Forum meeting on 8 March 2023, it states that: "representatives from the Metropolitan Police Service (MPS), local authorities, GLA Housing and Office for Health Improvement and Disparities (OHID) Housing spoke to partners about the various barriers in terms of housing for those exiting prison and entering into substance misuse treatment." Could you provide more detail on the barriers discussed?

• Reference: 2023/2584
• Question by: Zack Polanski
• Meeting date: 22 June 2023

I have seen advice for London Fire Brigade (LFB) staff offering help if they are suffering from gambling addiction. Unite and the TUC have both issued guidance for employers tackling problem gambling. Does the London Fire Commissioner (LFC) have any estimate of the likely severity of gambling issues within the LFB, and what policies is it proactively taking to reduce the risk of harm to staff, their colleagues, friends and family?