• 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.

• Reference: 2012/0086
• Question by: Joanne McCartney
• Meeting date: 25 January 2012

Would you support the ability for officers to text in reports of Stop & Searches? This system could be expanded to prompt a call back to the individual to ask them if they were content with the police conduct and whether the reasons for the Stop & Search had been explained properly to them. Do you agree that this could be a solution to help address some of tensions and dissatisfaction with this practice?

• Reference: 2012/0085
• Question by: Joanne McCartney
• Meeting date: 25 January 2012

What consideration are the Met giving to expanding the use of tablets for use by officers on the beat to enable them to efficiently record crime on the go instead of going back to the station to log crimes on a desk computer?

• Reference: 2012/0084
• Question by: Joanne McCartney
• Meeting date: 25 January 2012

Following the Sapphire Command's use of wi-fi technology to issue advice in bars and clubs over the festive period, what other uses of this technology are the Met considering?

• Reference: 2012/0083
• Question by: Joanne McCartney
• Meeting date: 25 January 2012

In your 2008 election campaign your promised to "tear up red tape and needless form-filling, so we can get more police out on the streets". Over the last 3 years what changes or efforts have you made to reduce needless form filling in the Police?

• Reference: 2012/0082
• Question by: Joanne McCartney
• Meeting date: 25 January 2012

Residents on one of my Safer Neighbourhood Team's email circulation list have been told that their regular and direct communications will stop and that instead they need to sign up to Neighbourhood Link. Does this change effect information and communications from all Safer Neighbourhood Teams across the capital? Are you concerned that this could risk losing or weakening direct contact with residents and communities?

• Reference: 2012/0081
• Question by: Joanne McCartney
• Meeting date: 25 January 2012

How much did has the Met spent on preventative and diversionary programmes in each financial year between 2000 and 2011? Please can you provide annual breakdowns by programme?