• Reference: 2024/3936
• Question by: Zoë Garbett
• Meeting date: 21 November 2024

Could you tell me a) if the Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) is considering any changes to how they use horses to police London b) what specific function police horses fulfil for the MPS and c) share with me any analysis the MPS has done on how effective the use of horses are in terms of use of resource compared to other methods of policing London?

• Reference: 2024/3935
• Question by: Zoë Garbett
• Meeting date: 21 November 2024

In MOPAC’s Quarterly Performance Report Quarter 1 2024/25 it says: “Stakeholder consultation on the draft outcomes framework for Safer Schools Officers was completed in Q1 as planned. Further work will now be taken forward to review the existing governance arrangements to ensure alignment with the new outcomes framework.” Could you tell me: a) who was involved in this consultation, and b) if this new outcomes framework will be published?

• Reference: 2024/3934
• Question by: Zoë Garbett
• Meeting date: 21 November 2024

In a response letter to Caroline Russell AM dated 8 November 2023 the former CEO of MOPAC said: “The next Safer Schools Partnership Board is scheduled for Tuesday 14 November [2023]. MOPAC agrees that the terms of reference, membership and minutes should be published. MOPAC representatives on this Board will be tabling this as an item at the upcoming Board, requesting the Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) action this, to ensure transparency of activity.” Given this response could you: a) share the meeting minutes for all Safer Schools Partnership Board meetings including and since its inaugural meeting on 23 April 2023...

• Reference: 2024/3933
• Question by: Zoë Garbett
• Meeting date: 21 November 2024

Do you have any concerns about the use of the powers contained in anti-terror legislation by the Metropolitan Police Service (MPS), particularly in relation to stifling press freedom?

• Reference: 2024/3932
• Question by: Zoë Garbett
• Meeting date: 21 November 2024

Recently, policy and legal mandate documents for live facial recognition (LFR) technology were updated by the Metropolitan Police Service (MPS). Could you tell me: a) what has prompted these changes to these and other documents regarding LFR, b) who was consulted about these changes, and c) when we can expect to see the first annual report on the use of LFR by the MPS as mentioned in the new policy document?

• Reference: 2024/3931
• Question by: Zoë Garbett
• Meeting date: 21 November 2024

Constituents have told me they have had difficulty getting a record of a stop after being stopped by the MPS using live facial recognition (LFR) technology (which is required, for example to explain lateness for work). Will you work with the Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) to ensure that all people stopped as a result of LFR can access a record of their stop?

• Reference: 2024/3930
• Question by: Zoë Garbett
• Meeting date: 21 November 2024

Thank you for your answer to question 2024/1207. While there is no time limit on making a complaint to the police, survivors have been told by the Directorate of Legal Services that one of the ways the Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) is defending itself against the legal complaint is via time limitation. Do you believe it is just or appropriate for the MPS to use time limitation as a defence against legal claims?

• Reference: 2024/3929
• Question by: Zack Polanski
• Meeting date: 21 November 2024

London has a large number of former industrial and waste sites. Constituents have contacted me raising concerns about the fire at the former Arnolds Field rubbish dump, in Launder’s Lane in Havering. Are you concerned about the risks posed to Londoners by these sites, and what arrangements does the GLA Group, including the London Fire Brigade have in place to handle these risks?

• Reference: 2024/3928
• Question by: Zack Polanski
• Meeting date: 21 November 2024

What guidance on options for free school meals is the GLA providing, and what would a typical menu need to include?

• Reference: 2024/3927
• Question by: Zack Polanski
• Meeting date: 21 November 2024

Local authorities in London are now using a range of different service providers and networks to monitor air quality using small sensors. What coordination of monitoring of air pollution is the GLA currently providing, including via the Breathe network, and what can be done to ensure that all monitors operating in London have data accessible by Londoners to enable them to avoid heavy air pollution, and enable authorities to tackle sources of it?