• Reference: 2024/1869
• Question by: Zack Polanski
• Meeting date: 20 June 2024

How will you be pushing the GLA to improve the consistency, breadth and quality of the support offered to London’s Care Leavers, as highlighted in the London Children in Care Council (CICC) manifesto?

• Reference: 2024/1868
• Question by: Zack Polanski
• Meeting date: 20 June 2024

Recent requests made under the Freedom of Information Act by the trade union Equity revealed that the ongoing situation in Gaza was discussed in a meeting between Arts Council England (ACE) and the Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS), which led to ACE updating its guidance to say political statements could break funding agreements. How are you ensuring that cultural projects you fund are allowed a full range of political expression?

• Reference: 2024/1867
• Question by: Zack Polanski
• Meeting date: 20 June 2024

Could you tell me: a) what percentage of the Adult Education Budget (AEB) you are committing to building green skills, b) what specific programmes will be funded, and c) the planned length of these programmes?

• Reference: 2024/1866
• Question by: Gareth Roberts
• Meeting date: 20 June 2024

His Majesty’s Inspectorate of Constabulary and Fire & Rescue Services (HMICFRS) in February 2024 published a new inspection report on the Met’s handling of Child Protection. This new report had a number of recommendations to be implemented by 31 July 2024. How confident are you that you are on track of implementing these recommendations?

• Reference: 2024/1865
• Question by: Gareth Roberts
• Meeting date: 20 June 2024

His Majesty’s Inspectorate of Constabulary and Fire & Rescue Services (HMICFRS) in February 2024 published a new inspection report on the Met’s handling of Child Protection. This new report had the following recommendation: “Recommendation 10: By 30 April 2024, the Metropolitan Police Service should develop and implement a process to make sure policies, guidance and toolkits directly or indirectly relating to children: • draw a distinction between the risks to children and the risks to adults; • encourage officers and staff to always act in the best interests of children; and • explain the responsibilities of officers and staff to...

• Reference: 2024/1864
• Question by: Gareth Roberts
• Meeting date: 20 June 2024

His Majesty’s Inspectorate of Constabulary and Fire & Rescue Services (HMICFRS) in February 2024 published a new inspection report on the Met’s handling of Child Protection. This new report had the following recommendation: “Recommendation 8: By 30 April 2024, the Metropolitan Police Service should make sure it works consistently and effectively with safeguarding partners to prevent children from going missing and find missing children more quickly by: • carrying out face-to-face prevention interviews with children who regularly go missing; • sharing information from prevention interviews and return home interviews with those responsible for the care of those children; • developing...

• Reference: 2024/1863
• Question by: Gareth Roberts
• Meeting date: 20 June 2024

His Majesty’s Inspectorate of Constabulary and Fire & Rescue Services (HMICFRS) in February 2024 published a new inspection report on the Met’s handling of Child Protection. This new report had the following recommendation: “Recommendation 5: By 30 April 2024, the Metropolitan Police Service should make sure it has a policy and guidance for dealing with missing people that is consistent with College of Policing’s authorised professional practice, including the definition of serious harm.” What progress has been made to implement this recommendation?

• Reference: 2024/1862
• Question by: Gareth Roberts
• Meeting date: 20 June 2024

His Majesty’s Inspectorate of Constabulary and Fire & Rescue Services (HMICFRS) in February 2024 published a new inspection report on the Met’s handling of Child Protection. This new report had the following recommendation: “Recommendation 4: By 30 April 2024, the Metropolitan Police Service should make sure it has effective governance arrangements so that: • its officers and staff seek and record all relevant demographic information; • its officers and staff accurately record demographic information on systems; • demographic information is correctly flagged; and • processes are in place to correct errors.” What progress has been made to implement this recommendation?

• Reference: 2024/1861
• Question by: Gareth Roberts
• Meeting date: 20 June 2024

What progress has been made to date on the 2 Accelerated Causes for Concern raised by His Majesty’s Inspectorate of Constabulary and Fire & Rescue Services (HMICFRS) in October 2023?

• Reference: 2024/1860
• Question by: Gareth Roberts
• Meeting date: 20 June 2024

You recently announced funding for £6.7 million into partnerships between councils and community groups where the My End programme is not active. Can you please provide further details as to how you will decide which partnerships will be funded?