• Reference: 2022/2298
• Question by: Caroline Pidgeon
• Meeting date: 21 July 2022

In answer to MQ2022/1776 you stated that the Met was in the process of establishing a Taser Independent Advisory Group. Please outline the timescale for the creation of this group and how you will be ensuring it is representative of London’s diverse range of communities.

• Reference: 2022/2297
• Question by: Caroline Pidgeon
• Meeting date: 21 July 2022

What work are you undertaking with the Met’s leadership to ensure all child strip search cases which raise concerns are referred to the IOPC and how will you be ensuring lessons are learnt as quickly as possible?

• Reference: 2022/2296
• Question by: Caroline Pidgeon
• Meeting date: 21 July 2022

Please confirm how many child strip search cases relating to the Met have been referred to the IOPC since the beginning of the year.

• Reference: 2022/2295
• Question by: Caroline Pidgeon
• Meeting date: 21 July 2022

Given calls from many in the LGBTQ+ community, once the IOPC has completed its re-investigation of the Met’s initial response to the murders of Anthony Walgate, Gabriel Kovari, Daniel Whitworth and Jack Taylor by Stephen Port, will you finally commit to giving your full backing to a public inquiry into the murders and their handling?

• Reference: 2022/2294
• Question by: Caroline Pidgeon
• Meeting date: 21 July 2022

Do you agree with the Met’s decision to pursue prosecutions against six attendees of the Sarah Everard Vigil on Clapham Common in March 2021, especially given the High Court ruling in March 2022 that the Met had acted unlawfully in blocking the planned vigil by Reclaim These Streets due to restricting rights of freedom of speech and assembly?

• Reference: 2022/2293
• Question by: Caroline Pidgeon
• Meeting date: 21 July 2022

The latest data from the MOPAC Public Attitudes Survey shows that police confidence has fallen to a record low of 49% as of March 2022. This fall has been steady and consistent since June 2017, when confidence was at 69%. What further action will you be taking to tackle this, above and beyond what you are already doing?

• Reference: 2022/2291
• Question by: Caroline Pidgeon
• Meeting date: 21 July 2022

Will you carry out an assessment into the cost of launching a Litter Free Zone Campaign for businesses and communities in London, similar to the one in Wales https://keepwalestidy.cymru/caru-cymru/litter-free-zones?

• Reference: 2022/2290
• Question by: Caroline Pidgeon
• Meeting date: 21 July 2022

London Boroughs are reliant on TfL for funding for their roads and transport infrastructure. The GLA Act (1999) does not devolve boroughs’ funding and there is currently a huge backlog of investment that is needed across the capital on borough roads. Given that transport funding in London is not a fully devolved matter, what are you doing to secure the funding needed for London’s borough roads?

• Reference: 2022/2289
• Question by: Caroline Pidgeon
• Meeting date: 21 July 2022

Please list dates and times for which each lift on the London Underground was out of service by month for (a) 2021 and (b) 2022.

• Reference: 2022/2288
• Question by: Caroline Pidgeon
• Meeting date: 21 July 2022

Please state the expenditure by TfL in providing alternative transport to disabled passengers facing the situation of unplanned closures of lifts due to mechanical faults and where there is an absence of alternative fully accessible forms of transport provided by TfL for every year since 2019.