• Reference: 2022/2303
• Question by: Caroline Pidgeon
• Meeting date: 21 July 2022

Are you confident enough is being done to protect young Londoners from gangs who recruit them to assist with illegal activity and often lead to involvement in drug dealing and prostitution and what further work are you planning to tackle this issue?

• Reference: 2022/2302
• Question by: Caroline Pidgeon
• Meeting date: 21 July 2022

What work are you undertaking with the Met to understand the prevalence of the grooming of young Londoners by criminal gangs and how are you ensuring grooming gangs are tackled effectively and robustly?

• Reference: 2022/2301
• Question by: Caroline Pidgeon
• Meeting date: 21 July 2022

Please outline which organisations have received funding from the additional £11.3 million investment in specialist services for victims of domestic abuse you announced in March 2022?

• Reference: 2022/2300
• Question by: Caroline Pidgeon
• Meeting date: 21 July 2022

Will you commit to publishing and sharing the findings of the Met’s current review into the impact of the changes to healthcare in custody that were introduced in May 2021?

• Reference: 2022/2299
• Question by: Caroline Pidgeon
• Meeting date: 21 July 2022

In answer to MQ2022/1780 you made clear that the Met has been exploring the purchase of noise detection devices for trial on London’s roads. Please provide more detail on the devices being considered.

• 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?