• Reference: 2023/1874
• Question by: Siân Berry
• Meeting date: 18 May 2023

Residents living around the OPDC area have raised concerns that community infrastructure is not being provided or safeguarded. The Pentecostal City Mission Church, which was located at 2 Scrubs Lane, has been evicted despite the developer having an agreed obligation as part of a Section 106 (S106) agreement to relocate it. The church is now operating the foodbank Mission Food Aid Partnership for hundreds of local residents from an outdoor courtyard requiring a monthly licence. Residents maintain that OPDC did not follow up in a timely manner to enforce the S106 and rehouse this valued community asset. Could you investigate...

• Reference: 2023/1873
• Question by: Siân Berry
• Meeting date: 18 May 2023

In the follow-up letter of 31 January 2023 from David Lunts, CEO of OPDC, to the Budget & Performance Committee, he says: “We are proud of our record on affordable housing delivery which stands at 41% - a higher proportion than many boroughs achieve.” However, the Authority Monitoring Report 2021-22 shows that the 41 per cent cited is for both intermediate and affordable housing (see table 5.4: Tenure split of all affordable housing secured through S106 Agreements). The actual total of Affordable Rent Products is 26 per cent by Habitable Room, with only 17 per cent at Social Rent. These...

• Reference: 2023/1872
• Question by: Siân Berry
• Meeting date: 18 May 2023

Thank you for your answer to my question 2022/2594. How will you: a) carry out informal monitoring, b) compile and publish the results, and c) collate the outcomes of your engagement with councils to understand their experience (including the economic benefits) of the Right to Buy-Back fund?

• Reference: 2023/1871
• Question by: Caroline Russell
• Meeting date: 18 May 2023

In a 20 February 2023 letter to me, your Deputy Mayor for Policing and Crime said your: “London Drugs Forum is also exploring how the new two-tier framework for Out of Court Disposals can be used to address drug use and encourage diversion and rehabilitation across London.” When will your London Drugs Forum be ready to provide an update on this work?

• Reference: 2023/1870
• Question by: Caroline Russell
• Meeting date: 18 May 2023

On 20 April 2023 at 3:47 pm @MPSIslington and @MPSCamden twitter accounts tweeted: “We'll be using Live Facial Recognition (LFR) technology in Camden and Islington today from 1600hrs. This technology helps keep Londoners safe and will be used to find people who threaten or cause harm, those who are wanted, or have outstanding arrest warrants issued by the court.” From 4 pm, signs announcing the deployment were attached to lamp-posts and the LFR van had a sign saying live facial recognition was in operation. What engagement was undertaken with the local community, council and local police before this deployment, and...

• Reference: 2023/1869
• Question by: Caroline Russell
• Meeting date: 18 May 2023

On 20 April 2023 Live Facial Recognition (LFR) technology was deployed at Highbury Corner. What was the law enforcement purpose for this deployment, and how have you and MOPAC satisfied yourselves that the deployment was lawful, necessary, and proportionate?

• Reference: 2023/1868
• Question by: Caroline Russell
• Meeting date: 18 May 2023

Thank you for your answer to my question 2022/2907, in which you state that the integration work for the retrospective facial recognition (RFR) system into the Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) digital infrastructure will be completed in March/April 2023. Could you confirm whether this work has now finished, and when the Equalities Impact Assessment you also refer to in your answer, will be published?

• Reference: 2023/1867
• Question by: Caroline Russell
• Meeting date: 18 May 2023

Thank you for your answer to my question 2022/3918. How many Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) officers are currently facing multiple misconduct claims? Could you provide this in a table grouped by number of claims?

• Reference: 2023/1866
• Question by: Caroline Russell
• Meeting date: 18 May 2023

Thank you for your answer to my question 2023/1215. I've been speaking with young people on the London Youth youth board and they want a more robust process to be in place before a strip search takes place. Will you speak with the Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) about increasing the evidence threshold before a strip search takes place?

• Reference: 2023/1865
• Question by: Caroline Russell
• Meeting date: 18 May 2023

Thank you for your answer to my question 2023/1215. I've been speaking with young people on the London Youth youth board and they tell me that they are concerned that underlying racism causes an unjustified level of strip searches on young Black people. They want to know how the Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) can ensure racism does not lead to unfair strip searches and that this power is not overused?