• Reference: 2022/0508
• Question by: Caroline Russell
• Meeting date: 24 February 2022

The Independent Office for Police Conduct’s (IOPC) Operation Hotton was launched in April 2018. Were you aware of the IOPC Operation Hotton report before September 2021, when you supported a two-year extension to the five-year term of the Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police Service (MPS)?

• Reference: 2022/0507
• Question by: Caroline Russell
• Meeting date: 24 February 2022

At the People’s Question Time (PQT) meeting on 3 February 2022, you said that 86,000 young people had been helped by the Young Londoners Fund (YLF). Could you tell me: a) how much money from the YLF has been spent in each borough since the fund’s creation, and b) how many young people were helped in each borough?

• Reference: 2022/0506
• Question by: Caroline Russell
• Meeting date: 24 February 2022

When did the Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) first become aware of the potential for the drug gamma-hydroxybutyrate (GHB) to be used non-consensually as an offensive weapon, and of the risk people using it as such may pose? When was consideration of the non-consensual use of GHB, or other drugs, as part of crime investigations introduced to MPS training?

• Reference: 2022/0505
• Question by: Caroline Russell
• Meeting date: 24 February 2022

When did the Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) first become aware of chemsex and when was information about chemsex introduced to MPS training?

• Reference: 2022/0504
• Question by: Caroline Russell
• Meeting date: 24 February 2022

Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) officers were stationed at Downing Street and the Government Security Zone while parties seemingly took place in contravention of coronavirus laws. Will there be an internal review of these officers’ response to the parties, and will the review include any reasons for the delay in taking action?

• Reference: 2022/0503
• Question by: Caroline Russell
• Meeting date: 24 February 2022

With reference to the Live Facial Recognition (LFR) deployment in Westminster on 28 January 2022, could you tell me: a) which watchlist was used, b) how many individuals were on the watchlist, c) how many faces were scanned, d) how many alerts there were, and e) how many false positives were found?

• Reference: 2022/0502
• Question by: Caroline Russell
• Meeting date: 24 February 2022

On 28 January 2022 at 11 am, the local Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) twitter account @MPSWestminster stated that Live Facial Recognition (LFR) technology would be deployed at key locations in Westminster from 12 noon. Why was so little notice given?

• Reference: 2022/0501
• Question by: Caroline Russell
• Meeting date: 24 February 2022

In 2018, 2019, 2020, and 2021, how many searches were conducted on members of the public by Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) officers, where the search involved the removal of some or all of the individual’s clothing, exposing them naked or partially naked? Could you break these searches down by race, gender and age group and the type of search, for example (but not limited to): a) more thorough searches b) more thorough searches where intimate parts are exposed (MTIP), and c) other forms of strip searches, including PACE Code C defined strip and Intimate searches.

• Reference: 2022/0500
• Question by: Caroline Russell
• Meeting date: 24 February 2022

On 24 January 2022, The Guardian reported that the Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) apologised and paid compensation to Dr Koshka Duff for the: “sexist, derogatory and unacceptable language,” officers directed at her while she was strip searched at Stoke Newington Police station in May 2013. Could you explain why an apology was not given for the strip search itself?

• Reference: 2022/0499
• Question by: Caroline Russell
• Meeting date: 24 February 2022

Thank you for your answer to my question 2021/2757, in which you stated that from 2016-17 to 2020-21, there were 533 allegations made against Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) officers or staff, and that 28 MPS officers or staff have been subject to formal action within the same time period, with a further 74 cases that remain ongoing. Of the 74 cases that remained ongoing in July 2021, how many cases have now resulted in disciplinary action, how many have resulted in prosecutions, and how many cases remain open?