• Reference: 2020/3331
• Question by: Siân Berry
• Meeting date: 15 October 2020

Has the Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) war crimes team been given access to all relevant files held by the Foreign Office, Ministry of Defence and intelligence agencies for their scoping exercise into allegations of war crimes by British mercenaries in Sri Lanka during the 1980s?

• Reference: 2020/3330
• Question by: Siân Berry
• Meeting date: 15 October 2020

How many members of the Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) war crimes team are conducting the scoping exercise into allegations of war crimes by British mercenaries in Sri Lanka during the 1980s, and what are their ranks?

• Reference: 2020/3329
• Question by: Siân Berry
• Meeting date: 15 October 2020

Could you tell me: a) the number of arrests carried out by the Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) war crimes team and, b) the prosecution outcomes of these arrests?

• Reference: 2020/3328
• Question by: Siân Berry
• Meeting date: 15 October 2020

Could you tell me: a) how many officers and staff are assigned to the Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) war crimes team, b) the budget assigned to the MPS war crimes team, c) how many scoping exercises they have carried out and are currently carrying out and, d) which Government departments the war crimes team is working with for their investigation into British mercenaries in Sri Lanka?

• Reference: 2020/3327
• Question by: Siân Berry
• Meeting date: 15 October 2020

In your answer to my question 2020/2646 you said: “I want to be clear that large gatherings, including protests and parties, are currently illegal, in order to stop the spread of this deadly virus.” What assessment of the impacts on Londoners’ human rights have you, MOPAC and the Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) carried out in light of this?

• Reference: 2020/3326
• Question by: Siân Berry
• Meeting date: 15 October 2020

Could you tell me if MOPAC provided advice or guidance to the Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) following each change in legislation or policy from government regarding coronavirus restrictions on public movement?

• Reference: 2020/3325
• Question by: Siân Berry
• Meeting date: 15 October 2020

With reference to your answer to question 2020/1939 where you provided recent monthly data on section 60 authorisations used in each borough, could you provide an updated table with the most recently available monthly figures? Could you also provide a further table, with matching rows and columns, showing the number of borough-wide section 60 authorisations for each borough and month?

• Reference: 2020/3324
• Question by: Siân Berry
• Meeting date: 15 October 2020

Following up on a request made in the London Assembly Police and Crime Committee on 5 February 2020, could you confirm whether or not the overall knife crime figures reported on the Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) stop and search dashboard include possession offences? Could you provide a table that shows a borough breakdown of: a) the numbers for each category of knife crime offence, b) the numbers and results of stop and search, and c) the outcome of ‘weapons, points and blades offences’? Could you provide this information for the year August 2018 to August 2019, and August 2019 to...

• Reference: 2020/3322
• Question by: Siân Berry
• Meeting date: 15 October 2020

Following up on a request made in the London Assembly Police and Crime Committee on 3 July 2019, could you confirm whether the Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) planned to collaborate with private companies to use their technology for facial recognition?

• Reference: 2020/3321
• Question by: Siân Berry
• Meeting date: 15 October 2020

Following up on a request made in the London Assembly Police and Crime Committee on 14 May 2019, could you provide examples of the materials and guidance provided by the Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) to schools to raise awareness of hate crime?