• Reference: 2022/2909
• Question by: Caroline Russell
• Meeting date: 15 September 2022

The uniform and dress code policy of the Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) states that the MPS don't wear badges advertising causes, beliefs, or charities, except in a few circumstances such as the Police Memorial Day badge, the red poppy of The Royal British Legion, and the Help for Heroes badge and wrist band. Despite this, I still regularly see officers walking around with the ‘thin blue line’ badges. Are these badges considered acceptable under the MPS uniform and dress code policy and if not, what steps are the MPS taking to ensure that these badges are not worn by officers...

• Reference: 2022/2908
• Question by: Caroline Russell
• Meeting date: 15 September 2022

In a Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) update on 16 May 2022 following Operation Vespa on Ashwin Street and Kingsland High Street on 14 May 2022, the MPS said: “The operation was to target e-scooters and moped enabled crime following concerns of anti-social behaviour reported by the local community.” In your answer to my question 2022/1848 you said: “it is not possible to provide information for anti-social behaviour (ASB) at street level, nor specifically in relation to moped riders.” Could you provide the anti-social behaviour (ASB) reports for Hackney, broken down by: a) ward, and b) month from January 2020 to...

• Reference: 2022/2907
• Question by: Caroline Russell
• Meeting date: 15 September 2022

At the Police and Crime Committee meeting on 17 November 2021, the then Deputy Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) said that he expected the retrospective facial recognition technology system agreed in an August 2021 decision by the Deputy Mayor for Policing and Crime (PCD 1008) would be live and in use by the middle of 2022. Could you confirm whether this retrospective facial recognition technology system is currently live and in use and provide details of any consultation that took place with groups such as the independent advisory groups (IAGs) for race, disability and LGBTQ+, as well as...

• Reference: 2022/2906
• Question by: Caroline Russell
• Meeting date: 15 September 2022

Could you provide the most recent figures for numbers of casualties relating to hit and runs in London in 2021, broken down by: a) road user mode of both parties, b) severity type by CRASH/COPA categories: Fatal, Very Serious, Moderately Serious, Less Serious, and Slight, c) borough, and d) whether there was a prosecution?

• Reference: 2022/2905
• Question by: Caroline Russell
• Meeting date: 15 September 2022

In January 2022 it was announced that the Young People’s Action Group working with London’s Violence Reduction Unit (VRU) had commissioned research to better understand the impact on young Londoners of images seized by police that are published on social media. Could you update me on the progress of this research and when it will be publicly available?

• Reference: 2022/2904
• Question by: Caroline Russell
• Meeting date: 15 September 2022

Could you provide data about whether an appropriate adult was present during each strip search or More Thorough Searches with Intimate Parts Exposed (MTIP) search of a child that took place in the years 2018, 2019, 2020, and 2021?

• Reference: 2022/2903
• Question by: Caroline Russell
• Meeting date: 15 September 2022

The November 2021 report, the Toilet Paper, from the London Assembly Health Committee, raised an urgent issue about the lack of data on available toilets in London, as well as their quality, accessibility and opening times. What work will you and your office do to address this urgent data gap?

• Reference: 2022/2902
• Question by: Caroline Russell
• Meeting date: 15 September 2022

As recommended in the November 2021 report, the Toilet Paper, from the London Assembly Health Committee, will you lobby alongside London Councils for the provision of public toilets to become a statutory duty for local councils, alongside ring-fenced funding to achieve this?

• Reference: 2022/2901
• Question by: Caroline Russell
• Meeting date: 15 September 2022

In your response to the November 2021 report, the Toilet Paper from the London Assembly Health Committee, you told me your officers would raise the issue of each borough producing a toilet strategy based on population and need with London Councils. What work has progressed from these meetings and discussions?

• Reference: 2022/2900
• Question by: Caroline Russell
• Meeting date: 15 September 2022

What ongoing analysis will there be of the Transport for London (TfL) ban on advertising food deemed to be high in fat, sugar or salt (HFSS) and its impacts on the health of Londoners?