• Reference: 2017/2116
• Question by: Siân Berry
• Meeting date: 22 March 2017

A constituent has informed me that in order to secure a new-build home at Chobham Manor in the Olympic Park, they were told they needed to commit to exchange contracts within 28 days. These conditions seem to disadvantage and exclude many Londoners, for example those who may need to sell an existing home or arrange a mortgage in order to buy. How will you prevent these short and discriminatory deadlines from affecting the ability of Londoners to access new homes in future developments?

• Reference: 2017/2115
• Question by: Siân Berry
• Meeting date: 22 March 2017

Plans for a development on the Kingsland Fire Station site have recently been approved with no affordable housing. Will you look at this proposal and ask your viability team to meet with developers to make suggestions for including some social or affordable housing in the plans?

• Reference: 2017/2114
• Question by: Siân Berry
• Meeting date: 22 March 2017

Thank you for your response to my question 2016/2429, and for the new policy of name-blind recruitment in City Hall. I have written to all London councils encouraging them to follow suit and adopt this practice. What discussions have you or your team had with councils in London, and how have you encouraged other public bodies to adopt name-blind recruitment?

• Reference: 2017/2113
• Question by: Siân Berry
• Meeting date: 22 March 2017

Thank you for your answer to my question 2016/3075. How many different hate crime categories are there, and is there any limit to how many a police officer can attribute to one incident using the police reporting system? Are you planning to review the categories?

• Reference: 2017/2112
• Question by: Siân Berry
• Meeting date: 22 March 2017

According to the Guardian on 23 February 2017, Metropolitan Black Police Association funding is being cut and staff lost. Considering your aim to support a positive culture within the MPS and encourage more diversity in the police, reiterated in your draft Police and Crime Plan, what will you do to ensure that this group can continue its work?

• Reference: 2017/2111
• Question by: Siân Berry
• Meeting date: 22 March 2017

Please provide any estimate you have made of the potential cost to London of policing a state visit from the President of the United States? Approximately how many officers would you need to extract from local policing to support this event?

• Reference: 2017/2110
• Question by: Siân Berry
• Meeting date: 22 March 2017

In 2015, Havering Council and the Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) won the international Herman Goldstein Award for excellence in problem-orientated policing for their work reducing anti-social behaviour in the night time economy. How will MOPAC and the MPS take the lessons learned from Havering's approach and expand this to suitable areas across London?

• Reference: 2017/2109
• Question by: Siân Berry
• Meeting date: 22 March 2017

The Police and Crime Committee recently received data from the Metropolitan Police Service on the CCTV retention periods for different modes of public transport. We were told that they are: - On buses: between four and ten days depending on the type of bus and hard drive installed - Bus stations: up to 28 days - London train stations: up to 14 days - Trams: up to 72 hours (three days) - DLR: up to 14 days - Tube trains: up to 72 hours (three days) Will you communicate details of these varying CCTV retention periods to the public and...

• Reference: 2017/2108
• Question by: Siân Berry
• Meeting date: 22 March 2017

At the Police and Crime Committee meeting on 23 March 2017, I asked the Deputy Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) about the release of alarming images of guns and knives retrieved in surrender initiatives to the press and social media. The committee's recent report on youth violence concluded that fear of danger from weapons is a driving factor for some young people carrying weapons. Does the MPS or MOPAC have a policy that helps decide whether to release these kinds of images and what is the evidence base for this policy? Will it be reviewed in light of...

• Reference: 2017/2107
• Question by: Siân Berry
• Meeting date: 22 March 2017

What were the questions used in, and the results from, the recent survey asking police officers their views on carrying Tasers and firearms on duty? Will there be a public consultation or other research conducted to accompany these results and further inform policy?