• Reference: 2019/6109
• Question by: Siân Berry
• Meeting date: 21 March 2019

Will you seek powers to regulate short-term lettings as well as private rents as part of work on your new blueprint for stabilising or controlling private rents in London?

• Reference: 2019/6108
• Question by: Siân Berry
• Meeting date: 21 March 2019

Londoners report instances of homes in their communities being let out through short-term lettings platforms in excess of 90 days per year. Will you work with boroughs to investigate measures that have been adopted in other European cities to deter this, such as de-listing properties that are being let out for more than 90 days per year without planning permission and seeking access to listings data for borough enforcement teams and City Hall?

• Reference: 2019/6107
• Question by: Siân Berry
• Meeting date: 21 March 2019

A senior manager from Hostmaker, one of the larger management companies for short-term rentals, was recently secretly recorded explaining how the firm could help landlords get around short-term lettings laws in London ( https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-47305575). In your response to my question 2018/1472, you stated that Hostmaker advertisements on the tube do not contravene the Transport for London (TfL) advertising policy. But is it morally acceptable for such advertisements now to remain on the TfL network?

• Reference: 2019/6106
• Question by: Siân Berry
• Meeting date: 21 March 2019

In your response to question 2018/3187 you expressed disappointment that only Airbnb had introduced a voluntary 90-day limit for short-term lettings and said that if other short-term lettings platforms fail to do this, you could be forced to call on Government for further legislation. Given that no other platforms have adopted this limit, will you now call for changes in the law to stop hosts in London from taking more than 90 nights of bookings a year for their entire home without planning permission?

• Reference: 2019/6105
• Question by: Siân Berry
• Meeting date: 21 March 2019

Since you provided an extra £118.6 million to support police officer numbers in your 2019-20 GLA budget, are you planning to restore or increase the capacity and resources of the Road and Transport Policing Command (RTPC) and, if so, when?

• Reference: 2019/6104
• Question by: Siân Berry
• Meeting date: 21 March 2019

In answer to my question 2017/0513 you told me: “The MPS has been engaging with the Alzheimer's Society, Dementia UK and Age UK to improve how they interact with the elderly and dementia sufferers.” Could you provide an update on any changes that have been incorporated into police training since the Metropolitan Police engaged with these groups?

• Reference: 2019/6103
• Question by: Siân Berry
• Meeting date: 21 March 2019

There is a higher risk of death or serious injury from Taser discharge to young, elderly people and those with mental illness or under the influence of drugs. When undergoing Taser training, what guidance do Metropolitan Police Officers receive regarding high-risk groups?

• Reference: 2019/6102
• Question by: Siân Berry
• Meeting date: 21 March 2019

In answer to my question 2018/0824, you told me that though the National Police Chief’s Council Taser guidance had been amended to: “allow probationer constables to be trained in the use of Taser. The MPS does not currently plan to train probationers in the use of Taser.” Is this still the case, and what is the minimum length of service currently needed before a Metropolitan Police Service officer can use a Taser?

• Reference: 2019/6101
• Question by: Siân Berry
• Meeting date: 21 March 2019

How many times did Metropolitan Police Service officers discharge Tasers in each year from 2016 to 2018? Could you break this total down further by: a) the number of discharges per year captured on Body Worn Video (BWV), and b) the number of discharges per year carried out by officers working on their own?

• Reference: 2019/6100
• Question by: Siân Berry
• Meeting date: 21 March 2019

Regarding the Metropolitan Police Service's two-day trial deployment of live facial recognition technology in Romford town centre in January 2019, how many people were: a) stopped by police officers for actively avoiding or refusing to be scanned, b) positively matched, and c) arrested or had other action taken against them from each of the groups in parts a) and b)?