• Reference: 2020/2135
• Question by: Caroline Pidgeon
• Meeting date: 16 July 2020

The Q4 2019-20 People Services Performance Report shows that LFB Control currently has no BAME staff in senior management roles. Do you think this is acceptable and how will you be working to address this moving forward?

• Reference: 2020/2134
• Question by: Caroline Pidgeon
• Meeting date: 16 July 2020

The Q4 2019-20 People Services Performance Report states that in the last 12 months there has been no overall increase in the numbers of BAME or female individuals in operational senior management in the LFB. Do you think this is acceptable, and what are you doing to address this?

• Reference: 2020/2133
• Question by: Caroline Pidgeon
• Meeting date: 16 July 2020

In the Q4 2019-20 People Services Performance Report the LFB made clear that they had 72 more operational vacancies than expected due to an unanticipated number of leavers. However, the report does not adequately explain how the LFB plans to avoid such a significant underestimation in future. What are you doing to work with the LFB and make sure this does not happen again given the potential impact on operational effectiveness?

• Reference: 2020/2132
• Question by: Caroline Pidgeon
• Meeting date: 16 July 2020

Following the concerning statistics showing that the Met still has a very long way to go before it becomes reflective of London’s diverse communities, do you think the decision in November 2018 to re-introduce the recruitment of Met officers from outside London has further impacted on the lack of diversity within the Met? Do you regret this change in policy?

• Reference: 2020/2131
• Question by: Caroline Pidgeon
• Meeting date: 16 July 2020

Can you please provide details of the number of police recruits to the Met since the re-introduction of recruiting officers from outside of London in November 2018, broken down by a) month, and b) recruits from within London and outside.

• Reference: 2020/2130
• Question by: Caroline Pidgeon
• Meeting date: 16 July 2020

Recent figures on ethnic diversity in UK police forces showed that although black individuals make up 13.3% of London’s population only 3.5% of Met Police officers are black. Furthermore, those of Asian heritage make up 17% of London’s population, but only make up 5.9% of Met officers. What will you be doing to make the Met more reflective of the city it serves?

• Reference: 2020/2129
• Question by: Caroline Pidgeon
• Meeting date: 16 July 2020

Please provide a breakdown of those who had their fingerprints scanned by Met officers in the last year broken down by: a) month, b) BCU, and c) ethnicity.

• Reference: 2020/2128
• Question by: Caroline Pidgeon
• Meeting date: 16 July 2020

Please confirm whether officers in the Met continue to carry biometric fingerprint scanners? If yes, is it correct that any officer is able to scan someone’s fingerprints off the street and check their immigration status against the Home Office’s records? Following the Windrush Scandal, in which there were clear errors in Home Office data, are you comfortable with this taking place on London’s streets?

• Reference: 2020/2127
• Question by: Caroline Pidgeon
• Meeting date: 16 July 2020

How many cases have been closed by the Met in the last five years without a suspect being identified? Please provide this information broken down by a) year and b) type of crime.

• Reference: 2020/2126
• Question by: Caroline Pidgeon
• Meeting date: 16 July 2020

Further to your answer to Question 2019/14171 where you stated TfL “will set out next steps by December 2019, including dates for public consultation. Subject to the consultation responses, necessary approvals and available funding, construction could begin in 2020.” Please state when the consultation on improvements to the junction will now commence and by what date the improvements to the junction are expected to be completed.