• Reference: 2022/3624
• Question by: Siân Berry
• Meeting date: 13 October 2022

In your answer to question 2022/3358 you said: “the GLA is sometimes able to provide a change in grant approval, which allows homes completed and intended as shared ownership to be converted to other affordable housing tenures.” Could you provide me with data on the number, size of homes and development/scheme title that the GLA provided a change in grant approval for to enable this to happen. Could you provide this data in table format from 2016 to the current date?

• Reference: 2022/3623
• Question by: Siân Berry
• Meeting date: 13 October 2022

In your response to the Assembly motion, Safer Homes for Women Leaving Prison, you said: “London Blueprint partners have submitted an Expression of Interest to the government to pilot a London Women’s Problem-Solving Court.” Could you update me on the Blueprint partners’ progress with this?

• Reference: 2022/3622
• Question by: Siân Berry
• Meeting date: 13 October 2022

In your response to the Assembly motion, Safer Homes for Women Leaving Prison, you said: “I am supporting the rollout of the Women’s Community Sentence Treatment Requirement (CSTR) pilot across London.” MOPAC decision PCD 1110 extended this pilot until 30 September 2022. What plans do you have to further extend this pilot to prevent a gap in service provision, which was one of the reasons for extending its original end date of 31 March 2022, especially as the provision has since been doubled to cover 12 boroughs?

• Reference: 2022/3621
• Question by: Siân Berry
• Meeting date: 13 October 2022

In your response to the Assembly motion, Safer Homes for Women Leaving Prison, you said that: “together with Blueprint Delivery partners, [we] are lobbying the MoJ to obtain reliable data on the extent to which electronic monitoring is used for women in London, both on bail, remand and post sentence, as alternatives to prison.” Could you share copies of your correspondence with the Ministry of Justice with me as well as any response received?

• Reference: 2022/3620
• Question by: Siân Berry
• Meeting date: 13 October 2022

In your response to the Assembly motion, Safer Homes for Women Leaving Prison, you noted: “the opportunity that the Community Accommodation Service Tier 3 (CAS3) MoJ-commissioned service presents, which is currently out to tender in London” and said that you would raise the need for women-specific accommodation to be part of this service. Could you share copies of your correspondence with the Ministry of Justice with me and provide an update on progress?

• Reference: 2022/3619
• Question by: Caroline Russell
• Meeting date: 13 October 2022

It was reported by The Guardian on 30 September 2022 that the Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) refused permission for a ‘March of the Mummies’ protest organised by the group Pregnant Then Screwed, to go ahead on 29th October. Later that day, @MetPoliceEvents tweeted a statement saying: “it is not the case that the Met is refusing to police or support this or any other protest, as reported.” What guidance is in place for officers engaging in a proactive approach to MPS communications on social media?

• Reference: 2022/3618
• Question by: Caroline Russell
• Meeting date: 13 October 2022

The Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) said in 2014 that it was wrong not to review its use of the ‘hard stop’ tactic employed in the shooting of Mark Duggan in 2011, despite being advised to do so by the Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC). Does the MPS today still use the ‘hard stop’ as a policing tactic?

• Reference: 2022/3617
• Question by: Caroline Russell
• Meeting date: 13 October 2022

The Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) confirmed that 67 people were arrested on 19 September 2022 as part of the policing operation for the Queen’s funeral. Could you confirm how many people were arrested in total in the multi-day policing operation for the Lying-in-State and the Queen’s funeral, broken down by offence? Could you provide this data in table format?

• Reference: 2022/3616
• Question by: Caroline Russell
• Meeting date: 13 October 2022

Queensland police in Australia recently announced that they would ban the use of spit hoods. Do you or the Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) have any plans to follow their lead and ban the use of spit hoods in London?

• Reference: 2022/3615
• Question by: Caroline Russell
• Meeting date: 13 October 2022

Police Horse Sandown died after collapsing on duty at Notting Hill Carnival on 28 August 2022. It was announced that an investigation into his death would be launched. Could you update me on the progress of this investigation, and if any operational changes will be made as a result of this death?