• Reference: 2022/0052
• Question by: Siân Berry
• Meeting date: 20 January 2022

Could you tell me: a) What training Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) officers and staff have received around illegal evictions, b) how many people from the MPS have been trained and when, and c) what data is collected in connection with such evictions?

• Reference: 2022/0051
• Question by: Caroline Russell
• Meeting date: 20 January 2022

How many London-wide Independent Advisory Groups (IAGs) are funded by the Metropolitan Police Service (MPS)? Could you provide a list of these groups along with the amount of funding received broken down by year from 2016 to date?

• Reference: 2022/0050
• Question by: Caroline Russell
• Meeting date: 20 January 2022

When will your Drug Commission be launched and when will you publish the terms of reference?

• Reference: 2022/0049
• Question by: Caroline Russell
• Meeting date: 20 January 2022

In response to an article in the Daily Telegraph on 4 January 2022 about cannabis decriminalisation in London, a spokesperson from your office released a statement that said: “This limited trial, which is still in development and has yet to be approved by City Hall, would involve three of London’s 32 boroughs and would only apply to 18-24 year olds found in possession of a small amount of cannabis. It would not apply to any other drug.” When will this limited trial begin?

• Reference: 2022/0048
• Question by: Caroline Russell
• Meeting date: 20 January 2022

Did the two licensed premises involved in the drug swabbing exercise in Shoreditch between 6 and 12 December 2021 pay for this service from the Metropolitan Police Service (MPS), and if so, how much did they pay?

• Reference: 2022/0047
• Question by: Caroline Russell
• Meeting date: 20 January 2022

What legal basis was used to justify the ‘stop and swab’ of people entering two licensed premises in Curtain Road EC2A between 6 and 12 December 2021 shown in the @MetPoliceUk tweet of 2 January 2022?

• Reference: 2022/0046
• Question by: Caroline Russell
• Meeting date: 20 January 2022

On 2 January 2022 at 5 pm the Twitter account @MetPoliceUk tweeted a film of Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) officers stopping and swabbing people for drugs on a night out in Shoreditch. The tweet drew so much attention that 24 hours later an explanation was issued to answer the many questions it prompted around the legality and purpose of the exercise. Could you tell me: a) what message were Londoners expected to take from the tweet and film, and b) if the intention was to support women’s safety, why was this not made clear in the original tweet?

• Reference: 2022/0045
• Question by: Caroline Russell
• Meeting date: 20 January 2022

What is your response as Police and Crime Commissioner for London about the Good Law Project’s view that the policy of the Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) not to retrospectively investigate breaches is likely to be unlawful, a failure to publish the policy is likely to be unlawful, and a decision not to investigate based on an absence of evidence is also arguably unlawful? What discussions have you had with the MPS about this policy?

• Reference: 2022/0044
• Question by: Caroline Russell
• Meeting date: 20 January 2022

Baroness Jones of Moulsecoomb complained to the Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) that Commissioner Dame Cressida Dick refused to investigate allegations of an unlawful gathering on 18 December 2020. This complaint has now been referred back to the Mayor's Office for Policing and Crime (MOPAC). When will this complaint be responded to, and could you share the outcome of the complaint with the London Assembly?

• Reference: 2022/0043
• Question by: Caroline Russell
• Meeting date: 20 January 2022

What work are you, the Mayor's Office for Policing and Crime (MOPAC), and the Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) doing to reduce the number of victims that are giving up on pursuing prosecution for crimes that they experience?