• Reference: 2020/2648
• Question by: Andrew Boff
• Meeting date: 17 September 2020

What is the cost of Microsoft hardware and software for each functional body?

• Reference: 2020/2647
• Question by: Siân Berry
• Meeting date: 17 September 2020

When will your promised action plan for improving trust and confidence, transparency and accountability in policing be published?

• Reference: 2020/2646
• Question by: Siân Berry
• Meeting date: 17 September 2020

I understand that potential organisers of events and protests in Trafalgar Square and Parliament Square are being informed there is no possibility to arrange to use these spaces, even in several months’ time. What plans do you have in place to allow for the restoration of socially distanced, risk-assessed, democratic protests and events in the spaces the GLA controls?

• Reference: 2020/2645
• Question by: Siân Berry
• Meeting date: 17 September 2020

Could you explain why there are still extreme ethnic disproportionalities within the Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) Gangs Matrix?

• Reference: 2020/2644
• Question by: Siân Berry
• Meeting date: 17 September 2020

On 16 February 2020 you published a press release, titled Mayor’s intervention results in comprehensive overhaul of Met’s Gangs Violence Matrix, saying: “As recommended in the report, nearly 490 individuals with a ‘green harm’ banding, including those deemed as having a zero-harm score – reflecting the lowest risk of an individual committing or being a victim of violence – have been removed from the Matrix because there was no longer evidence that they were affiliated with a criminal gang.” How many ‘green harm’ banded individuals and those with a zero-harm score are still on the Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) Gangs...

• Reference: 2020/2643
• Question by: Siân Berry
• Meeting date: 17 September 2020

One recommendation in MOPAC's December 2018 review of the Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) Gangs Matrix says: “We recommend that the MPS (Metropolitan Police Service) improve transparency by producing, by the end of February 2019, publicly available, plain English and accessible information that: answers frequently asked questions about how the Matrix works and its purpose; sets out the governance and oversight mechanisms the Matrix is subject to; explains the training officers receive that helps them implement the Operating Model; describes the practical effect for an individual of being on the Matrix; clarifies how information is shared and who with; explains how...

• Reference: 2020/2642
• Question by: Siân Berry
• Meeting date: 17 September 2020

Further to my question 2020/2172, there has been a marked increase in stop and search since March this year by the Metropolitan Police Service (MPS). What number and proportion of all stops and searches were conducted by the new Violence Suppression Units (VSUs) from March 2020 until now?

• Reference: 2020/2641
• Question by: Siân Berry
• Meeting date: 17 September 2020

Thank you for your answer to my question 2020/1641. How many people in this list of 1,000 individuals are also on the Metropolitan Police Service Gangs Matrix?

• Reference: 2020/2640
• Question by: Siân Berry
• Meeting date: 17 September 2020

Thank you for your answer to my question 2020/1641. Could you tell me: a) how are people notified that they are on this list of 1,000 individuals, and b) what is the process for being removed from the list?

• Reference: 2020/2639
• Question by: Siân Berry
• Meeting date: 17 September 2020

Thank you for your answer to my question 2020/1641. Will any of the 1,000 people identified be contacted by agencies other than the Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) and, if so, what are these agencies, what will they be offering, and when will this happen?