• Reference: 2021/3600
• Question by: Caroline Pidgeon
• Meeting date: 09 September 2021

Given the significant pressures and challenges of the last year, when was the last time the Met surveyed both officers and staff to ask about morale, workload and to gain other feedback on the pressures and concerns of those within the Met, and what were the results of this survey?

• Reference: 2021/3599
• Question by: Caroline Pidgeon
• Meeting date: 09 September 2021

It is essential that mental health support is linked to ongoing work on knife crime prevention and work programmes discouraging young Londoners from joining gangs. Please provide details of how the Violence Reduction Unit is working with the NHS and other health partners in this area.

• Reference: 2021/3598
• Question by: Caroline Pidgeon
• Meeting date: 09 September 2021

If you insist on proceeding with the sale of Teddington Police Station will you at the very least consider retaining the site for either social housing or wider public use?

• Reference: 2021/3597
• Question by: Caroline Pidgeon
• Meeting date: 09 September 2021

Given the rising number of police officers in London and increasing concern over crime from residents in Teddington, particularly around Teddington Lock, will you reconsider the decision to sell Teddington Police Station?

• Reference: 2021/3596
• Question by: Caroline Pidgeon
• Meeting date: 09 September 2021

Concerns have been raised about the level of criminal activity on DLR services, as well as around DLR stations, partly due to the lack of staff present at stations. Considering this, how are you working with the British Transport Police (BTP) and others to ensure the DLR is as safe as possible?

• Reference: 2021/3595
• Question by: Caroline Pidgeon
• Meeting date: 09 September 2021

Please provide a breakdown of reported criminal activity on the DLR when compared with the wider Tube network, the London Overground and TfL Rail services over the last five years. Please break this down by month.

• Reference: 2021/3594
• Question by: Caroline Pidgeon
• Meeting date: 09 September 2021

What safeguards and processes have been put in place since Operation Tiberius to ensure former Met officers are not used as conduits for organised criminal gangs to access and corrupt serving Met officers?

• Reference: 2021/3593
• Question by: Caroline Pidgeon
• Meeting date: 09 September 2021

In terms of corruption and misconduct the Met has previously had a reactive team investigating complaints and a proactive team working on intelligence to catch those involved in serious misconduct and corruption. Can you confirm if a proactive team still exists within the Met and if so the size of the team?

• Reference: 2021/3592
• Question by: Caroline Pidgeon
• Meeting date: 09 September 2021

Are you content and satisfied with the current provisions and protections the Met has in place to protect police whistleblowers and do you welcome the Daniel Morgan Independent Panel’s recommended HMIC inspection, which will, amongst other things, look at practices and procedures within the Met to determine whether sufficient resources are available to protect whistleblowers?

• Reference: 2021/3591
• Question by: Caroline Pidgeon
• Meeting date: 09 September 2021

In their report the Daniel Morgan Independent Panel stated that “at times our contact with the Metropolitan Police resembled police contact with litigants rather than with a body established by the Home Secretary to enquire into a case.” Do you believe this was an appropriate way for the Met to engage with the Panel?