• Reference: 2021/0449
• Question by: Caroline Pidgeon
• Meeting date: 25 February 2021

What preparatory work is being undertaken within MOPAC and the Met to ensure in-person ICV visits can take place again as soon as it is safe to do so?

• Reference: 2021/0448
• Question by: Caroline Pidgeon
• Meeting date: 25 February 2021

Will MOPAC and the Met work to improve communications with ICVs, especially on important information such as custody suites that may be closed?

• Reference: 2021/0447
• Question by: Caroline Pidgeon
• Meeting date: 25 February 2021

I have been made aware that concerns have been raised regarding the reliability of the ICV database software, including that it regularly times out in the middle of ICVs submitting their reports and that the necessary information needed is often not stored on the system. Is MOPAC working with the Met and getting feedback from ICVs to look at the way the ICV database works with the aim of improving it?

• Reference: 2021/0446
• Question by: Caroline Pidgeon
• Meeting date: 25 February 2021

Are there any dedicated staff within MOPAC dealing with ICVs and queries and engagement with ICVs and ICV Panels?

• Reference: 2021/0445
• Question by: Caroline Pidgeon
• Meeting date: 25 February 2021

There are concerns over the way the Independent Custody Visitors scheme is being managed in certain parts of London. Given the understandable challenges the pandemic has presented, is MOPAC actively engaging and listening to feedback from ICV Panels across the capital to ensure the scheme can continue to run as effectively as possible during this period?

• Reference: 2021/0444
• Question by: Caroline Pidgeon
• Meeting date: 25 February 2021

How are you working with the Met, the NHS in London and others to tackle the concerning issue of vaccine fraud, including the offering of false appointments to steal personal and financial information?

• Reference: 2021/0443
• Question by: Caroline Pidgeon
• Meeting date: 25 February 2021

What investment is being made by the Met in digital training for new and existing officers, particularly given the huge rise we have seen in online hate and extremism in recent years and with the new responsibilities that are likely to be placed on the police in the Online Harms Bill?

• Reference: 2021/0442
• Question by: Caroline Pidgeon
• Meeting date: 25 February 2021

What provision are you making in your Adult Education Budget for the improvement of online literacy skills – crucially, empowering people to use a wide range of online platforms and teaching key skills including how to report hate online?

• Reference: 2021/0441
• Question by: Caroline Pidgeon
• Meeting date: 25 February 2021

I am aware that over the last ten years the Met Police has periodically tried using the tactic of ‘bait bikes’ to catch bicycle thieves and infiltrate theft networks. Alongside an increase in cycling, we are now seeing an increase in cycle thefts. What is the Met doing to reduce bike theft, and will you look at tactics used by other forces such as Lancashire and Hampshire Police where they have used ‘bait bikes’ as a tool?

• Reference: 2021/0440
• Question by: Caroline Pidgeon
• Meeting date: 25 February 2021

On 11 December the Deputy Mayor for Policing and Crime told me that said she would have a list of police estate disposals for the next financial year (2021-22) “prepared by February.” Please can you update me on the progress with this work?