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Grant allocations from the Young Londoners Fund

  • Reference: 2018/1487
  • Question by: Siân Berry
  • Meeting date: 21 June 2018
How much funding from the Mayor's Young Londoners Fund have you distributed to community groups so far, and how will future allocations be reported? Could you provide data about the boroughs in which the projects funded are based in your response?

Unconscious bias training in the police

  • Reference: 2018/1486
  • Question by: Siân Berry
  • Meeting date: 21 June 2018
During initial police training, recruits are given several sessions of training in unconscious bias. If significant bias against certain groups is uncovered during this process, what action is taken to refer recruits for additional assessment or training? And is there a level of bias against any group which would mean a recruit is not considered suitable for service as a police officer?

Gangs Matrix and access to housing and employment

  • Reference: 2018/1485
  • Question by: Siân Berry
  • Meeting date: 21 June 2018
Partner agencies, including housing associations and job centres, have access to the (Trident) Gangs Matrix. How could being put on the matrix affect those who are seeking employment or housing?

Partner agency Gangs Matrix referrals

  • Reference: 2018/1484
  • Question by: Siân Berry
  • Meeting date: 21 June 2018
What percentage of people currently listed on the (Trident) Gangs Matrix were referred by partner agencies, including housing associations, job centres and youth services?

Gangs Matrix (3)

  • Reference: 2018/1483
  • Question by: Siân Berry
  • Meeting date: 21 June 2018
Thank you for your response to my question 2018/0965 which said that, as of May 2018, there were 3,362 individuals on the (Trident) Gangs Matrix. What boroughs are these individuals from?

Gangs Matrix (2)

  • Reference: 2018/1482
  • Question by: Siân Berry
  • Meeting date: 21 June 2018
Thank you for your response to my question 2018/0965. As of October 2017, the (Trident) Gang Matrix database was reported to contain 3,806 people, reducing to 3,362 in May 2018. However, the percentage of people from BAME groups has increased to 89 per cent. What was the reason for more white Londoners being removed from the database compared with BAME Londoners?

Gangs Matrix (1)

  • Reference: 2018/1481
  • Question by: Siân Berry
  • Meeting date: 21 June 2018
The Amnesty report, Inside the Matrix, published in May 2018, noted that three London borough Gangs Units all had different processes for adding people to the (Trident) Gangs Matrix. What process should the Metropolitan Police Service be following when adding people to the matrix and how will you ensure there is a consistent approach taken across the different Gangs Units?

Opposing the right to rent policy

  • Reference: 2018/1480
  • Question by: Siân Berry
  • Meeting date: 21 June 2018
Further to your response to my question 2017/3969, could you give an update on how you have engaged with Government since October 2017 to oppose its discriminatory right to rent policy?

Additional funding for new council homes

  • Reference: 2018/1479
  • Question by: Siân Berry
  • Meeting date: 21 June 2018
An additional £1.7 billion was added to your housing funding by the Government in March 2018, and your Housing Strategy now shows an overall target of funding 116,000 affordable homes - an increase of 26,000 on previously. How many of these additional 26,000 affordable homes funded will be available at social rent levels (London Affordable Rent or below), and how many of these will be council homes?

Reporting on the delivery of GLA-funded 'affordable' homes

  • Reference: 2018/1478
  • Question by: Siân Berry
  • Meeting date: 21 June 2018
Further to our discussion at the Housing Strategy Assembly Plenary meeting on 4 June 2018, how will we be able to monitor separately your delivery of affordable home starts at different tenures under your funding programmes? And how will we be able to monitor the discount levels achieved for any homes funded at 'affordable' rents that exceed London Living Rent levels?
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