• Reference: 2017/4572
• Question by: Andrew Dismore
• Meeting date: 16 November 2017

How many detectives is the Met short of at present?

• Reference: 2017/4571
• Question by: Andrew Dismore
• Meeting date: 16 November 2017

Do you consider the Met's leaflet opposing 'trick or treat' at Halloween to have been a bit heavy handed? Would it not have been better to do a positive leaflet with recommendations for children's safety, not to cause damage and to respect the elderly, as 'do's' rather than just don't do it at all?

• Reference: 2017/4570
• Question by: Andrew Dismore
• Meeting date: 16 November 2017

Given the poor performance of the 101 number, which is one of the key alternatives to attending a police front counter especially for those without access to digital skills or equipment, will you defer any police station closures until the 101 number is working effectively?

• Reference: 2017/4569
• Question by: Andrew Dismore
• Meeting date: 16 November 2017

What is the cost to the Met of the seizure, kennelling and veterinary care of alleged dangerous dogs; the total of any legal costs involved; how many seized dogs are ultimately returned to their owners; and how much of the costs are recovered from dog owners?

• Reference: 2017/4568
• Question by: Andrew Dismore
• Meeting date: 16 November 2017

What is the cost to the Met of administering firearms and shotgun licensing; what is the income generated from licensing; and if the cost is greater than the income, what is being done about it?

• Reference: 2017/4567
• Question by: Andrew Dismore
• Meeting date: 16 November 2017

What support is available to help businesses reduce the risk of crime to them? For example, is there financial support for businesses to install shutters or basic security measures?

• Reference: 2017/4566
• Question by: Andrew Dismore
• Meeting date: 16 November 2017

Will you ask Barnet Police to look into the serious problems of ASB and drug dealing in the Stonegrove Estate in Edgware? Can you ensure that complaints to the police are treated seriously, and there is a speedy attendance on the estate when called?

• Reference: 2017/4565
• Question by: Andrew Dismore
• Meeting date: 16 November 2017

Figures show only a third of new schools in England have sprinklers. The Fire Commissioner has rightly criticised draft proposals to relax the rules. Will you lobby for a change in the Building Regulations, to ensure that new schools in London have sprinklers fitted; and that the Government should fund the retrospective fitting in existing schools?

• Reference: 2017/4564
• Question by: Andrew Dismore
• Meeting date: 16 November 2017

The Ambulance Service is able to lobby a statutory charge for attending RTA and the NHS for treatment of casualties, from the insurance companies of the vehicles responsible for the accident. The Fire Service is not. Do you agree that the Fire Service also ought to be able to levy a charge to cover their costs of attendance at RTAs from the insurers in the same way; and if so will you lobby for a change in the law?

• Reference: 2017/4563
• Question by: Andrew Dismore
• Meeting date: 16 November 2017

There have been press reports that a privately-owned tower block is being kept under round-the-clock guard by firefighters with a fire engine after it was found to be covered in dangerous combustible cladding. Is this correct and if so have similar fire cover been offered to publically or housing association owned blocks at risk; and if not why not?