• Reference: 2012/3374
• Question by: Caroline Pidgeon
• Meeting date: 21 November 2012

You confirmed in MQ1216/2012 that funding for the Project Daedalus and other resettlement projects funded through the EST Youth Programme finished at the end of May 2012. What is the future for the Heron Unit at Feltham and will you continue to support it via new programmes?

• Reference: 2012/3373
• Question by: Caroline Pidgeon
• Meeting date: 21 November 2012

In answer to MQ3289/2011 you stated that the final evaluation report on Project Daedalus was due to be published in May 2012. This report is not currently available on the GLA website. Can you confirm when the final evaluation report will be published?

• Reference: 2012/3372
• Question by: Caroline Pidgeon
• Meeting date: 21 November 2012

What impact do you anticipate the new Victim Surcharge having in London? How much additional funding is it expected to raise, and how will this funding be distributed?

• Reference: 2012/3371
• Question by: Caroline Pidgeon
• Meeting date: 21 November 2012

In your manifesto you stated that you would 'work with the police, boroughs, National Health Service, Home Office and the Crown Prosecution Service, to commission and fund a pan London domestic violence service and maintain the number of [Independent Domestic Violence Advocates] IDVAs'. When do you expect to bring forward proposals for establishing this pan London service? Will it be in your budget for 2013-14 and to whom would such a service be accountable?

• Reference: 2012/3370
• Question by: Caroline Pidgeon
• Meeting date: 21 November 2012

Several London Boroughs have already introduced Specialist Domestic Violence Courts (SDVCs) to deal with cases of domestic abuse and violence, which has contributed to higher conviction rates in those areas. Will you work to support increasing the provision of SDVCs across London?

• Reference: 2012/3369
• Question by: Caroline Pidgeon
• Meeting date: 21 November 2012

A recent report on 'Transitions: An inspection of the transition arrangements from youth to adult services in the criminal justice system' which came out of a Criminal Justice Joint Inspection found that overall there was insufficient timely sharing of information between the youth-based and adult-based services. What are you doing to ensure that your initiatives, particularly around youth violence in London, work to improve this transition between services?

• Reference: 2012/3368
• Question by: Caroline Pidgeon
• Meeting date: 21 November 2012

How much did the Metropolitan Police pay in overtime (or payment for holidays not taken), and to other police forces for loaning officers to London, during the Olympics operation in London?

• Reference: 2012/3367
• Question by: Caroline Pidgeon
• Meeting date: 21 November 2012

How many extra shifts did the Metropolitan Police have to cover for G4S at the London 2012 Games? How much did this cost the MPS and have these costs been successfully recouped from the Home Office and/or LOCOG?

• Reference: 2012/3366
• Question by: Caroline Pidgeon
• Meeting date: 21 November 2012

Given the effectiveness of restorative justice programmes, and that the Crime and Courts Bill proposed a national roll-out of restorative justice requirements, how will you work to ensure that they are available across London?

• Reference: 2012/3365
• Question by: Caroline Pidgeon
• Meeting date: 21 November 2012

How will you use your new budget flexibilities to protect the police budget?