• Reference: 2025/4553
• Question by: Zoë Garbett
• Meeting date: 18 December 2025

What mitigations is the Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) putting in place to ensure that the ‘crime hotspots’ they deploy Live Facial Recognition (LFR) technology at are not subject to circular logic resulting in them always being considered crime hotspots by the MPS due to the arrests they are making as part of deployments?

• Reference: 2025/4552
• Question by: Zoë Garbett
• Meeting date: 18 December 2025

The October 2025 report, Live Facial Recognition Annual Report, from the Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) contains a line that states: “We have regularly reached out to external bodies to seek others’ advice, challenge and expertise, to help make our policy as good as it can be.” Could you share what external bodies the MPS has sought advice, challenge and expertise from?

• Reference: 2025/4551
• Question by: Zoë Garbett
• Meeting date: 18 December 2025

The October 2025 report, Live Facial Recognition Annual Report, from the Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) contains a line that states: “LFR helps the MPS locate these people without resorting to more intrusive, expensive and time-consuming tactics” and, “We know that LFR boosts productivity. By making officers more effective during hotspot operations, LFR allows us to achieve more arrests and deliver a greater impact on public safety than would be possible with the same resources alone.” Could you provide evidence proving that LFR boosts productivity and is less expensive and time consuming than other tactics?

• Reference: 2025/4550
• Question by: Zoë Garbett
• Meeting date: 18 December 2025

Thank you for your answer to my question 2025/3114. Given the reason provided for a lack of an answer is due to the volume of data, could you share with me the number of arrests, charges and cautions broken down by offence that have resulted from Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) use of Live Facial Recognition (LFR) technology from 12 September 2023 to 11 September 2024?

• Reference: 2025/4549
• Question by: Zack Polanski
• Meeting date: 18 December 2025

What progress is Transport for London (TfL) making on the solar private wire project, and what contribution to TfL’s energy needs might private wire be able to support?

• Reference: 2025/4548
• Question by: Zack Polanski
• Meeting date: 18 December 2025

What engagement does the GLA and Transport for London (TfL) have with the Flood Ready Partnership, and what are you expecting from your initial investment with it?

• Reference: 2025/4547
• Question by: Zack Polanski
• Meeting date: 18 December 2025

After legal action taken against them by Clean the Air in Havering, Havering Council has now declared Launders Lane as contaminated land. Residents are pleased by this, but are concerned to ensure that there is not another summer of fires and toxic smoke. What actions are you taking for the GLA, along with London Fire Brigade to act to reduce the danger of this land?

• Reference: 2025/4546
• Question by: Zack Polanski
• Meeting date: 18 December 2025

Did you, your Deputy Mayors or any GLA officers attend the National Emergency Briefing on climate & nature, hosted in London on 27 November 2025, and do you support their call for an urgent televised national emergency briefing for the public and a comprehensive public engagement campaign?

• Reference: 2025/4545
• Question by: Zack Polanski
• Meeting date: 18 December 2025

Budget submissions from GLA Group bodies including the London Fire Brigade and Transport for London include commentary in the climate budget section that they are on track for the original 2050 net zero target date, and that further investment and actions are still needed to reach your 2030 Accelerated Green Pathway. What scenario is the GLA Group as a whole currently planning for, and do you accept you need to update your pathway?

• Reference: 2025/4544
• Question by: Zack Polanski
• Meeting date: 18 December 2025

The present Government has left empty the position of Minister for London London, and as a result your London Partnership Board now has no Government representative present. What has changed in your relationship with Government since the office of Minister for London became vacant in July of 2024, and how is the Government now engaged in GLA work?