• Reference: 2025/1755
• Question by: Zoë Garbett
• Meeting date: 22 May 2025

There is a chronic shortage of housing in London that is both affordable and accessible. When you allocate grant funding to projects under the current Affordable Homes Programme, is there flexibility to ensure the additional costs of building accessible homes can be covered?

• Reference: 2025/1754
• Question by: Zoë Garbett
• Meeting date: 22 May 2025

How much funding have you awarded to estate regeneration projects under the AHP 2016-2023 and AHP 2021-2026? Please provide the answer in a table format.

• Reference: 2025/1753
• Question by: Zoë Garbett
• Meeting date: 22 May 2025

Your city-wide role in rough sleeping has a huge role in supporting marginalised groups, where numbers of rough sleepers might be quite small at a borough level but amount to a large population London-wide. How will your Rough Sleeping Action Plan acknowledge the distinct experiences of LGBTIQA+ rough sleepers?

• Reference: 2025/1752
• Question by: Zoë Garbett
• Meeting date: 22 May 2025

On 14 December 2024 the Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) used Section 14 of the Public Order Act 1986 to disperse a group of carol singers who had gathered outside of the Houses of Parliament. Complaints were made by members of the public to the MPS about this incident. How is MOPAC working with the MPS to help them learn from this incident as part of their learning culture?

• Reference: 2025/1751
• Question by: Zoë Garbett
• Meeting date: 22 May 2025

In the Project ADDER: Impact evaluation published by the Home Office on 12 February 2025 it states that: “There was no observable effect of Project ADDER on a reduction in the prevalence of drug use.” Following this evaluation what discussions are you and MOPAC having with the Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) about the effectiveness of their current approach to policing drugs in London?

• Reference: 2025/1750
• Question by: Zoë Garbett
• Meeting date: 22 May 2025

In the Project ADDER: Impact evaluation published by the Home Office on 12 February 2025 it states that: “In the longer term, Project ADDER aims to achieve an overall reduction in drug-related offending. The wider literature, including research from North America, suggests that we are unlikely to observe reductions in the number of people using drugs and in levels of drug-related crime over the duration of a 2 to 3 year programme. Evidence from similar diversionary programmes has shown mixed success in terms of crime reduction. However, the evidence for the impact of treatment programmes on reducing crime is somewhat...

• Reference: 2025/1749
• Question by: Zoë Garbett
• Meeting date: 22 May 2025

What work is MOPAC doing to: a) support victims of domestic abuse to reduce the likelihood of them dying via suicide, and b) track the number of domestic abuse victims taking their own lives in London?

• Reference: 2025/1748
• Question by: Zoë Garbett
• Meeting date: 22 May 2025

The March 2025 report, The impact of drug-related law enforcement activity on serious violence and homicide: A systematic review, by RAND Europe, commissioned by the Home Office found that: “Overall, the available evidence suggests that drug-related law enforcement activities are of limited effectiveness in reducing violence. Indeed, more studies demonstrated an association between drug-related law enforcement activities and increased violence than decreased violence.” What learning will MOPAC and the Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) be taking from the publication of this report?

• Reference: 2025/1747
• Question by: Zoë Garbett
• Meeting date: 22 May 2025

The Standard reported on 12 March 2025 that the Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) is launching a review into whether it will continue funding full-time union roles at the Black Police Association, Asian Muslim Police Association, Disability Support Association and the Network of Women. Could you tell me when this review will be concluded and share the outcome with me once it happens?

• Reference: 2025/1746
• Question by: Zoë Garbett
• Meeting date: 22 May 2025

St George's Hospital in Tooting recently brought in a knife amnesty bin near the emergency department for people to anonymously dispose of weapons. It’s been reported that during the first six months 87 knives were surrendered. Will you, MOPAC, and the Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) explore working with other hospitals in London to install knife amnesty bins to help take these knives off London’s streets?