• Reference: 2018/3124
• Question by: David Kurten
• Meeting date: 22 November 2018

I am keenly aware that there has always been some degree of begging on London Underground trains, but in my observation and experience, this phenomenon is on the increase. What steps are currently being undertaken by TfL and the British Transport Police to curtail this activity?

• Reference: 2018/3123
• Question by: Peter Whittle
• Meeting date: 22 November 2018

I note that Perivale Tube Station now has a sign applied to the floor, at the foot of the station's main staircase, which reads: 'Londyn jest otwarty' and carries the logo 'Mayor of London'. Could you please explain the purpose of this sign?

• Reference: 2018/3122
• Question by: Peter Whittle
• Meeting date: 22 November 2018

Is it the role of the Metropolitan Police Commissioner to make laws, or simply enforce them and by stating what she believes should or should not be a criminal offence, has she become too political and therefore unable to fulfil her remit?

• Reference: 2018/3121
• Question by: Peter Whittle
• Meeting date: 22 November 2018

After 118 murders on London streets this year so far, will the Mayor be telling Londoners that he has succeeded or failed in his crime-fighting efforts?

• Reference: 2018/3120
• Question by: Peter Whittle
• Meeting date: 22 November 2018

To ask the Mayor what progress has been made in arresting the decline in the number of Metropolitan Police detectives and what is the current shortfall in their numbers?

• Reference: 2018/3119
• Question by: Peter Whittle
• Meeting date: 22 November 2018

I note the claim in Amnesty International UK's 2018 report Trapped in the Matrix: Secrecy, Stigma, and Bias in the Met's Gangs Database that 'a range of non-police agencies have access to the Matrix.'* Could you please tell me how many non-policing organisations currently have access to this database and identify them by name? *[1] https://www.amnesty.org.uk/files/reports/Trapped%20in%20the%20Matrix%20…

• Reference: 2018/3118
• Question by: Peter Whittle
• Meeting date: 22 November 2018

Will the Mayor consider redeploying the 900 police officers working on hate crime to fighting violent crime, until the current violent crime epidemic is brought under control?

• Reference: 2018/3117
• Question by: Peter Whittle
• Meeting date: 22 November 2018

What are the Metropolitan Police's response times and conviction rates of crimes without a hate crime element compared to those with a hate crime element?

• Reference: 2018/3116
• Question by: Peter Whittle
• Meeting date: 22 November 2018

Do the Metropolitan Police delete all hate crime incidents which are not found to be crimes, or are they kept on file and if so, for how long?

• Reference: 2018/3115
• Question by: Peter Whittle
• Meeting date: 22 November 2018

Would the Metropolitan Police be compelled (as Thames Valley Police are) to investigate elderly people who beep their horns, if a person hearing the horn beep perceived it to be motivated by hate against someone from a protected personal characteristic?