• Reference: 2020/4050
• Question by: Peter Whittle
• Meeting date: 19 November 2020

I note the report in the Evening Standard of 21 October 2020 which states: ‘Scotland Yard is being urged to withdraw “misleading and unlawful” advice that pubs ask customers for photo ID to stop households mixing. The Metropolitan Police sent a letter telling licence holders that they should take steps to ensure groups in their premises were only from one household or part of a support bubble. This could include asking for photographic identification with names and addresses, it added. The letter, dated October 16, came the day before new Tier 2 coronavirus restrictions banning households from mixing indoors came...

• Reference: 2020/4049
• Question by: David Kurten
• Meeting date: 19 November 2020

On 28 October 2020, you tweeted: ‘It is simply wrong to hit 4 million more Londoners with a proposed congestion charge extension, which would have a serious effect on BAME-owned small and medium-sized businesses. I'll say it again — I will not agree to these draconian terms.’ What do you anticipate the impact of the proposed congestion charge extension will be on white-owned small and medium-sized businesses?

• Reference: 2020/4048
• Question by: Peter Whittle
• Meeting date: 19 November 2020

On 8 October 2020, the Press Association reported: ‘Five police officers are being investigated for misconduct by the Independent Office for Police Conduct over stopping Team GB athlete Bianca Williams in a car in Maida Vale, London, in July.’ Could you please explain why these five officers have been referred to the IOPC?

• Reference: 2020/4047
• Question by: Peter Whittle
• Meeting date: 19 November 2020

On 20 September, LBC reported: ‘London mayor Sadiq Khan is said to be pressing for a 10pm curfew for pubs and work-from-home orders in the capital amid rising coronavirus cases.’ ‘The mayor is now urging ministers to extend the latest regional curbs – including ordering bars and restaurants to close at 10pm – to cover the capital as well, despite pleas from business leaders that such a move would be “devastating”.’ 1 However, on 7 October you tweeted: ‘We need a rapid review of the 10pm curfew. It is clearly hitting hospitality businesses hard, and it’s contributing to dangerous overcrowding...

• Reference: 2020/4046
• Question by: David Kurten
• Meeting date: 19 November 2020

The killing of Sgt Ratana at Croydon Custody Suite in September caused public horror and revulsion. I understand that the suspect has been deemed mentally and physically unfit to stand trial, and that he is unlikely ever to be recorded as the murderer of Sgt Ratana. Furthermore, he has not been named as the suspect by the Metropolitan Police. I would be grateful if you would provide rationale for these decisions. Would you agree that this failure to name and prosecute detracts from public confidence in criminal justice?

• Reference: 2020/4045
• Question by: David Kurten
• Meeting date: 19 November 2020

In cases that were heard in court, in the Metropolitan Police District in the period 2019-20, how many of those charged were deemed to have diminished responsibility?

• Reference: 2020/4044
• Question by: David Kurten
• Meeting date: 19 November 2020

What information (if any) is recorded on cannabis or other illicit drug use by homicide suspects?

• Reference: 2020/4043
• Question by: David Kurten
• Meeting date: 19 November 2020

How many homicides that occurred in the Metropolitan Police District were attributable to mental illness in the period 2019-20?

• Reference: 2020/4042
• Question by: David Kurten
• Meeting date: 19 November 2020

What is the Metropolitan Police doing to reduce the risk of homicide by mentally ill persons during a time of restricted mental health service operation?

• Reference: 2020/4041
• Question by: David Kurten
• Meeting date: 19 November 2020

I am concerned about the impact of the Covid-19 lockdown (and related rules) on the safety of mental health care. NHS services are not running at full capacity and face-to-face contact with patients has reduced. How many incidents of homicide and other violent crime involving psychiatric patients have been recorded since the lockdown began in March 2020 by the Metropolitan Police?