• Reference: 2017/4359
• Question by: Siân Berry
• Meeting date: 16 November 2017

In a press release on 31 October 2017, you said that all schools across London will be able to receive a knife screening wand. Will the introduction and use of knife wands in schools follow the Metropolitan Police Service policy on Stop and Search?

• Reference: 2017/4358
• Question by: Siân Berry
• Meeting date: 16 November 2017

In a press release on 31 October 2017, you said that all schools across the London will be able to receive a knife screening wand. Which members of staff will carry out these wand searches, what training will they receive to conduct these wand searches, and how often will training be updated?

• Reference: 2017/4357
• Question by: Siân Berry
• Meeting date: 16 November 2017

How many young people has the Metropolitan Police Service Divert scheme so far supported into employment, education, and training?

• Reference: 2017/4356
• Question by: Siân Berry
• Meeting date: 16 November 2017

The Metropolitan Police Service Divert scheme connects young people in police custody to employment, education, and training services that help young people find positive alternatives upon release. How will you ensure that programmes like this continue to be funded and expanded across London?

• Reference: 2017/4355
• Question by: Siân Berry
• Meeting date: 16 November 2017

Since our discussion at the Police and Crime committee on 20 September 2017, what further discussions have you had with the Home Office and what progress have you made about working in a more co-ordinated way on knife crime prevention campaigns and funding?

• Reference: 2017/4354
• Question by: Siân Berry
• Meeting date: 16 November 2017

Thank you for your response to my question 2017/3984. In a follow-up discussion at the Police and Crime committee on 20 September 2017 you told me that an anti-knife crime media campaign will soon be put out to tender. Could you provide details and the communications brief for this tender process?

• Reference: 2017/4353
• Question by: Siân Berry
• Meeting date: 16 November 2017

Your Knife Crime Strategy published in June 2017, stated that there will be a prevention campaign launched in London in autumn 2017 to dissuade young people from carrying knives. There is concern from community groups that campaigns of this kind can frighten young people and, perversely, encourage young people to see their city as a dangerous place where they need to be routinely armed. How will the upcoming campaign aim to counter negative narratives of young people in London?

• Reference: 2017/4352
• Question by: Siân Berry
• Meeting date: 16 November 2017

The appointment of the first London Victims' Commissioner is a positive step in representing victims' voices. The Lammy Review and community groups have raised concerns about the gathering and sharing of data in the Trident Matrix, for victims as well as perpetrators of crime, and the negative effect this has on racial disparity. How will the Trident Matrix review guarantee that victims of serious youth violence are not further penalised by being associated with youth crime?

• Reference: 2017/4351
• Question by: Siân Berry
• Meeting date: 16 November 2017

Recommendation five of the Lammy Review advises consultation with voluntary and community sector groups on the review of the Trident Matrix, specifically to address racial disparity. When will this consultation take place, and how will you make a wide range of community and voluntary sector groups aware of it and encourage them to take part?

• Reference: 2017/4350
• Question by: Siân Berry
• Meeting date: 16 November 2017

Following the publication of the MOPAC Public Access and Engagement Strategy, and with reference to my response to that consultation, what is your advice to Londoners who lose valuable items outside the public transport system, or who find lost items and wish to return them to their owners?