• Reference: 2012/0096
• Question by: John Biggs
• Meeting date: 25 January 2012

I have been contacted by a Londoner who, in response to the Conservative Walk out from the Plenary Meeting on 7th December asks me to raise the following:- 'Which idiots decided to walk out and put cyclists at risk in London?? Lunacy. No pubic service. No self respect. No morals. No integrity. No votes from us. I'll speak to 2 people a day about this until Election Day.... as will 5 of my friends... 3000 votes minimum by Election Day that you've just lost. Idiots the lot of you." Given recent cyclist fatalities, are you surprised by this response and...

• Reference: 2012/0095
• Question by: Joanne McCartney
• Meeting date: 25 January 2012

According to the Winter 2011 Enfield Safer Transport Team newsletter one of their network priorities is overcrowding at bus stops near Broomfield School. A resident has also written to me highlighting the dangers for schoolchildren who overspill onto the carriageway at this location and has asked whether pedestrian railings could be installed to guard against danger. Please can you instruct Transport for London to look properly into this matter immediately, consult with the Safer Transport Team and school to see if any steps are needed to ensure pupils are as safe as possible at this location?

• Reference: 2012/0094
• Question by: Joanne McCartney
• Meeting date: 25 January 2012

Will you support the bid British Waterways are submitting to Transport for London's Greenways programme to refurbish the towpath between Stonebridge Locks and Tottenham Locks on the River Lee Navigation? As well as aesthetic enhancements, this scheme would also improve walking and cycling routes.

• Reference: 2012/0093
• Question by: Joanne McCartney
• Meeting date: 25 January 2012

Why should good citizens pay to use the 101 number to report crimes? Do you agree that this number should be free to call?

• Reference: 2012/0092
• Question by: Joanne McCartney
• Meeting date: 25 January 2012

Recent media reports have revealed cuts to PCSOs in enhanced Safer Neighbourhood Teams in Westminster. Please can you outline any plans to reduce the headcount of other enhanced SNT teams across the Capital and, if so, specify which wards in which boroughs will be effected?

• Reference: 2012/0091
• Question by: Joanne McCartney
• Meeting date: 25 January 2012

Please can you list by borough the planned and actual numbers of Sergeants, Police Officers and PCSOs in Safer Neighbourhood Teams?

• Reference: 2012/0090
• Question by: Joanne McCartney
• Meeting date: 25 January 2012

Further to the alarmingly high number of vacancies revealed in the reply to my question 0217/2011 from the Chair of the MPA and Commissioner of the MPS last month, please can you provide updated figures for planned and actual numbers of Safer Transport Team officers per borough?

• Reference: 2012/0089
• Question by: Joanne McCartney
• Meeting date: 25 January 2012

Recent research reveals that 2,823 incidents of 'honour-based' violence were recorded by police in Britain last year, with 495 incidents recorded by the MPS. We also know that so-called 'honour' crimes are typically under reported. What resources is the Met committing to combat this violence?

• Reference: 2012/0088
• Question by: Joanne McCartney
• Meeting date: 25 January 2012

The recent publication of the London Assembly investigation 'The future of the London Ambulance Service' revealed that the MPS is the biggest organisational source of demand for the LAS and highlighted that just one out of 300 daily police requests for ambulances was needed to save a life. What lessons does this present for the MPS?

• Reference: 2012/0087
• Question by: Joanne McCartney
• Meeting date: 25 January 2012

Would you recommend that the MPS set up a facility where people could send in photographs or videos they have recorded on their smart phones of crimes or evidence? Further, a facility that allowed members of the public to do this anonymously if they preferred (similarly to CrimeStoppers) could increase the quantity and quality of evidence the police receive.