• Reference: 2021/2711
• Question by: Hina Bokhari OBE
• Meeting date: 15 July 2021

If Government continues to refuse to provide free evacuation plans to disabled residents in all low and high-rise blocks in London will you work with housing associations, boroughs and others to ensure that all disabled Londoners in such blocks have personal evacuation plans in place at no cost to leaseholders?

• Reference: 2021/2710
• Question by: Hina Bokhari OBE
• Meeting date: 15 July 2021

Not only are disabled Londoners in blocks less than seven storey (or under 18m) being refused a mandatory personal escape plan by Government, but many disabled Londoners and their neighbours are also being told they could have to pay for personal evacuation plans through service charges. Do you agree with this approach and what are you doing to ensure that personal evacuation plans are not added to service charges?

• Reference: 2021/2709
• Question by: Hina Bokhari OBE
• Meeting date: 15 July 2021

A key recommendation in part one of the Grenfell Tower Fire Report in 2019 was that individual emergency evacuation plans should be a legal requirement for all disabled individuals in high-rise blocks. Yet despite this recommendation Government has ruled out personal evacuation plans for disabled individuals in blocks less than seven storeys (or under 18m). What are you doing to highlight this issue with Government and ensure all disabled Londoners can be as safe as possible in their homes?

• Reference: 2021/2708
• Question by: Caroline Pidgeon
• Meeting date: 15 July 2021

In answer to MQ 2021/1401 you stated that the Met only had two off-road motorcycles and only two trained officers to ride them. Illegal motorcycle use, especially in areas such as parks is an issue in certain areas of South London in particular. Do you share my concerns over the lack of off-road motorcycles and trained officers given the prevalence of these crimes in boroughs such as Sutton?

• Reference: 2021/2707
• Question by: Caroline Pidgeon
• Meeting date: 15 July 2021

The Information Sharing to Tackle Violence Programme (ISTV or Cardiff Model) of data sharing which has been adopted in A&Es across London is a scheme I have consistently supported as it shares key information on things like the location of crimes and weapons used, whilst protecting personal data. Do all organisations commissioned for prevention services by MOPAC operate similar data sharing arrangements with the Met and MOPAC to help them target resources and get a better understanding of crime in our city?

• Reference: 2021/2706
• Question by: Caroline Pidgeon
• Meeting date: 15 July 2021

HMICFRS recently responded to the charity Hestia’s super complaint on the police’s response to victims of modern slavery. How are you working with the Met and MOPAC to understand specific learning recommendations that are relevant to the force from this report to ensure victims of modern slavery in London get the best support and service possible when engaging with the Met?

• Reference: 2021/2705
• Question by: Caroline Pidgeon
• Meeting date: 15 July 2021

Given the increased prevalence of e-scooter enabled crime what investment is the Met making in technology and resources to ensure that those committing such crimes can be apprehended where possible, especially given e-scooters allow those committing crimes to flee from the scene quickly?

• Reference: 2021/2704
• Question by: Caroline Pidgeon
• Meeting date: 15 July 2021

The recent research paper ( The role of prejudicial stereotypes in the formation of suspicion: An examination of operational procedures in stop and search practices) also stated “it was found that the recorded grounds for stop and search in the documentary records we examined were lacking in detail concerning information that would have been known to police officers.” Is the Met confident in the record keeping and recorded grounds for all stop and search activities conducted by its officers and how is this being monitored?

• Reference: 2021/2703
• Question by: Caroline Pidgeon
• Meeting date: 15 July 2021

Do you share my concern at the conclusions of the recent research paper, The role of prejudicial stereotypes in the formation of suspicion: An examination of operational procedures in stop and search practices, published in the International Journal of Police Science and Management, which states in its findings, based on data and interviews with officers from a UK shire force, that “negative stereotypes might well be a potential key contributing factor in the overall disproportionate number of Black, Asian and Mixed communities in stop and search figures.” How are you reviewing Met stop and search practices in light of this?

• Reference: 2021/2702
• Question by: Caroline Pidgeon
• Meeting date: 15 July 2021

What further work will you be doing over the next three years to try and improve child safeguarding practices within the Met? I am particularly interested in any work you will undertake to improve data sharing between the Met and local authorities in terms of vulnerable children and those in out of area placements.