• Reference: 2021/4440
• Question by: Caroline Russell
• Meeting date: 18 November 2021

A constituent has raised concerns with me about the noise levels and costs associated with the use of police helicopters in London. Have you or the Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) had discussions with National Police Air Service (NPAS) to use drones in place of helicopters where appropriate, and what issues may be preventing this already?

• Reference: 2021/4439
• Question by: Caroline Russell
• Meeting date: 18 November 2021

I welcome your new campaign to tackle sexual harassment on the transport network. What training will be delivered to front line Transport for London (TfL) staff to help them play their part?

• Reference: 2021/4438
• Question by: Caroline Russell
• Meeting date: 18 November 2021

How many offensive weapons were found on the Transport for London (TfL) network, including bus, tube and train stations, bus shelters, tracksides, and station car parks, in the years 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019 and 2020? If possible, could you also break down this data by type of weapon?

• Reference: 2021/4437
• Question by: Caroline Russell
• Meeting date: 18 November 2021

Constituents working for Transport for London (TfL) have contacted me saying that the British Transport Police (BTP) has refused to collect knives found on the London Underground if there is no obvious sign of them being used in a crime. Will you work with the BTP to ensure that all knives found on the transport system are collected, in order to protect transport workers and Londoners?

• Reference: 2021/4436
• Question by: Caroline Russell
• Meeting date: 18 November 2021

In how many cases has body worn video from Transport for London (TfL) been used as evidence since the cameras have been rolled out to staff? And of these, how many resulted in a sentence or conviction?

• Reference: 2021/4435
• Question by: Caroline Russell
• Meeting date: 18 November 2021

The Uber app uses a facial recognition system to ensure that a driver using the app is the person licensed by Transport for London (TfL). There have been reports that the facial recognition system has poor accuracy when used by people of colour, resulting in instances of people losing their private hire licenses. What are you doing to ensure that drivers are not dismissed in error following the failure of facial recognition systems?

• Reference: 2021/4434
• Question by: Caroline Russell
• Meeting date: 18 November 2021

What progress has been made by Transport for London (TfL) on the feasibility and design work for the installation of permanent hostile vehicle mitigation on the pavements away from existing gullies on Tower Bridge? Is TfL working with the Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) on this?

• Reference: 2021/4433
• Question by: Caroline Russell
• Meeting date: 18 November 2021

How many Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) Forensic Collision Investigators are currently assigned to the Serious Collision Investigation unit? How many vacant posts are there?

• Reference: 2021/4432
• Question by: Caroline Russell
• Meeting date: 18 November 2021

What was the budget for the Serious Collision Investigation unit in the Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) in 2018, 2019, 2020 and 2021? Could you provide the projected budget for future years?

• Reference: 2021/4431
• Question by: Caroline Russell
• Meeting date: 18 November 2021

How many collisions resulting in fatalities or serious injuries did the Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) Serious Collision Investigation Unit attend and investigate in the years 2018, 2019 and 2020? Could you break this down by the number of collisions that the Serious Collision Investigation Unit attended and the modes of travel involved in each incident? How many of these were serious collisions, and of those how many were passed to the MPS Central Collision Unit?