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Police use of out of date technology

  • Reference: 2022/1840
  • Question by: Caroline Russell
  • Meeting date: 23 June 2022
With reference to the answers received to questions 2017/2213, 2018/0016 and 2019/21107, how many software programs and items of hardware currently in use by the Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) are being used beyond the manufacturer’s End of Service Life (EOSL) date?

Working with boroughs to provide affordable lateral flow tests to vulnerable Londoners

  • Reference: 2022/1839
  • Question by: Caroline Russell
  • Meeting date: 23 June 2022
At Mayor’s Question Time on 19 May 2022, you told me my suggestion of London councils providing affordable lateral flow tests for Londoners who are cut out of the Government’s free tests was a: “cracking idea.” What work have you and your office begun with London councils on this?

Increasing access to dental health services

  • Reference: 2022/1838
  • Question by: Caroline Russell
  • Meeting date: 23 June 2022
Several constituents have written to me to raise the issue of not being able to access NHS dental services, with some drastic home interventions being used in desperation. In light of the prediction from experts of an imminent rise in oral cancer among adults, what work is your office doing with the NHS to improve access to dental services in London?

Mentors for young people from Gypsy, Roma and Traveller communities (2)

  • Reference: 2022/1837
  • Question by: Caroline Russell
  • Meeting date: 23 June 2022
Thank you for your answer to my question 2022/0992, in which you stated that all young people in need will have access to a personal mentor by 2024, and that this: “includes those young people such as Gypsy, Roma and Traveller communities.” What reporting will you and your office do on the progress of your promise to provide a mentor for every young Londoner, and will any data provided include a breakdown of the diversity of young people supported, including the number from Gypsy, Roma and Traveller groups?

Support for people with monkeypox in London

  • Reference: 2022/1836
  • Question by: Caroline Russell
  • Meeting date: 23 June 2022
According to the latest UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) data, 86 per cent of monkeypox cases identified in England (132 of 153 cases) are in London residents. Given that the current NHS guidance is to isolate if you are infected with monkeypox, what support is being given to people in London who are advised to isolate?

Extreme weather preparations for this summer

  • Reference: 2022/1835
  • Question by: Zack Polanski
  • Meeting date: 23 June 2022
What weather extremes are you preparing for this summer, and what lessons have you learnt from previous years that are being factored into your planning?

Funding to follow the Rewild London Fund

  • Reference: 2022/1834
  • Question by: Zack Polanski
  • Meeting date: 23 June 2022
What support will you be providing in future to help organisations who applied for, but missed out on, funding under your Rewild London Fund in February 2022?

London Gatwick Northern Runway Consultation

  • Reference: 2022/1833
  • Question by: Zack Polanski
  • Meeting date: 23 June 2022
Thank you for your answer to question 2022/0525, in which you stated that you: “fail to see how any airport expansion can be justified, being incompatible with achieving the UK’s net zero target.” Will you be submitting an objection to the consultation by Gatwick Airport Limited on bringing its northern runway into use, which closes on 27 July 2022?

Training for boroughs on local nature protection

  • Reference: 2022/1832
  • Question by: Zack Polanski
  • Meeting date: 23 June 2022
The London Wildlife Trust said, at an Environment Committee meeting on 26 May 2022, it is working on a project with your team to review criteria for Sites of Importance for Nature Conservation (SINCs) and provide training for boroughs. Where are the key gaps in knowledge of SINCs, and what are you doing to improve knowledge of their importance in boroughs?

Councils applying for GLA funds without engagement with community groups

  • Reference: 2022/1831
  • Question by: Zack Polanski
  • Meeting date: 23 June 2022
I have been contacted by volunteer groups who manage a range of green spaces in Hackney, and who have discovered that allegedly Hackney Council successfully applied for the GLA’s Grow Back Greener Fund in their name but without their knowledge. These applications require councils to demonstrate that they are working with community groups, so can you provide me with the evidence you received of this?
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