• Reference: 2018/1495
• Question by: Siân Berry
• Meeting date: 21 June 2018

Did the Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) share photos from its biometric database with South Wales Police for its automated facial recognition watch list ahead of the Biggest Weekend Fringe event in Swansea?

• Reference: 2018/1494
• Question by: Siân Berry
• Meeting date: 21 June 2018

The Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) response to a recent Freedom of Information request submitted by Big Brother Watch has revealed that 528 people have been on the facial recognition watch list, including not only people wanted for arrest but also "known criminals." Did any of the people on the watch list come from the (Trident) Gangs Matrix?

• Reference: 2018/1493
• Question by: Siân Berry
• Meeting date: 21 June 2018

I understand that the Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) automated facial recognition system has been used three times, at the 2016 and 2017 Notting Hill Carnivals and at Remembrance Sunday in 2017. According the MOPAC and MPS Oversight Board papers for 5 February 2018, the MPS still plans to test the technology at: "ten operational deployments in a range of different environments and scenarios." At which future events is the MPS planning to use this technology?

• Reference: 2018/1492
• Question by: Siân Berry
• Meeting date: 21 June 2018

The report Face Off, published by Big Brother Watch in May 2018, revealed that the Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) use of automated facial recognition resulted in over 98% of matches wrongly identifying innocent members of the public. There have also been 102 false-positive 'matches', mainly from people who attended the Notting Hill Carnival. I am therefore pleased that the MPS has announced that it will not be trialling the automated facial recognition system again this year at Notting Hill Carnival. What were the reasons behind this decision?

• Reference: 2018/1491
• Question by: Siân Berry
• Meeting date: 21 June 2018

Many community groups working with young people still don't know about the London Victims Commissioner. What communication material has been distributed across London to inform people of the London Victims Commissioner's role and services? Could you provide the locations and boroughs where this information has been distributed, and details of any visits to community groups that the Commissioner has made?

• Reference: 2018/1490
• Question by: Siân Berry
• Meeting date: 21 June 2018

What programmes is the London Victims Commissioner working with or devising to support young Londoners who are victims of violence?

• Reference: 2018/1489
• Question by: Siân Berry
• Meeting date: 21 June 2018

What support is available from the London Victims Commissioner to young people under the age of 25 who are victims of crime?

• Reference: 2018/1488
• Question by: Siân Berry
• Meeting date: 21 June 2018

Are you prepared to provide funding from the Mayor's Young Londoners Fund to services that only work with young people over the age of 18?

• 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?

• 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?