• Reference: 2019/4063
• Question by: Caroline Pidgeon
• Meeting date: 25 February 2019

During the consideration of your Health Inequalities Strategy, I raised the issue of supporting the understanding of those with dementia in black, Asian and minority ethnic (BAME) communities, noting there was evidence to suggest some communities may struggle to access information, perhaps exacerbated by language barriers. In response, Professor Yvonne Boyle said: “We do not have much data about dementia in the older BAME group…This is an important area where the data are lacking. Having a Champion will help us perhaps find some of those people and understand a little bit more how we can do better for them” What...

• Reference: 2019/4062
• Question by: Caroline Pidgeon
• Meeting date: 25 February 2019

Following my recommendation to you during consideration of your Health Inequalities Strategy, I welcome the appointment of Mary Harpley as the GLA Group’s Dementia Champion and the work that has been carried out to make City Hall more dementia-friendly. What are the next steps you will be taking to achieve your goal of London being a dementia-friendly city by 2022?

• Reference: 2019/4061
• Question by: Caroline Pidgeon
• Meeting date: 25 February 2019

Please provide a breakdown of the number of Safer Schools Officers by BCU and borough.

• Reference: 2019/4060
• Question by: Caroline Pidgeon
• Meeting date: 25 February 2019

How many PCSOs were successfully recruited following the September 2018 recruitment drive?

• Reference: 2019/4059
• Question by: Caroline Pidgeon
• Meeting date: 25 February 2019

On the Sunday Politics Show on 13 th January you said “We’ve set up England’s first Violence Reduction Unit”. Please set out in detail, how your Unit differs from the West Midlands Violence Prevention Alliance, which was established in 2015.

• Reference: 2019/4058
• Question by: Caroline Pidgeon
• Meeting date: 25 February 2019

In the Police and Crime Committee letter on the Violence Reduction Unit, we recommended that the independence of the Unit was key. Do you think Londoners will find it appropriate that a political appointment has been made for the director of this Unit – Lib Peck - and that she sat on the Partnership Reference Group that helped shape the role?

• Reference: 2019/4057
• Question by: Caroline Pidgeon
• Meeting date: 25 February 2019

In July 2018, the Deputy Mayor for Policing and Crime told members of the Police and Crime Committee that MOPAC was undertaking a piece of research into domestic abuse and sexual offences. When will this be published?

• Reference: 2019/4056
• Question by: Caroline Pidgeon
• Meeting date: 25 February 2019

An assistant directorial decision ( https://www.london.gov.uk/decisions/add2301-major-sports-events-review-…) was signed in December approving £20,000 (towards a total project cost of £40,000) in funding to London & Partners to review potential major sports events hosting opportunities over the next 20 years. Is this not the sort of bread and butter work that London and Partners should be doing anyway?

• Reference: 2019/4055
• Question by: Caroline Pidgeon
• Meeting date: 25 February 2019

Please provide an update on the progress in establishing a London Office of Technology and Innovation.

• Reference: 2019/4054
• Question by: Caroline Pidgeon
• Meeting date: 25 February 2019

In response to Question No: 2018/5125 on police uniforms, you said “The MPS have not rolled out new uniforms though new items have recently been introduced including hi-vis jackets and patrol trousers”. How much was spent on these?