• Reference: 2025/4003
• Question by: Gareth Roberts
• Meeting date: 20 November 2025

Almost 6,500 Public and Commercial Services Union (PCS) members employed by the Met walked out on Bonfire Night after they were refused a London allowance by management. How many police officers had to be taken out of their usual role to backfill key staff roles so we could continue core services to protect communities across London?

• Reference: 2025/4002
• Question by: Gareth Roberts
• Meeting date: 20 November 2025

Almost 6,500 Public and Commercial Services Union (PCS) members employed by the Met walked out on Bonfire Night after they were refused a London allowance by management. Have you been involved at any of the discussions with the Union?

• Reference: 2025/4001
• Question by: Gareth Roberts
• Meeting date: 20 November 2025

MD3413 approves expenditure of up to £7.906m across three financial years (2025-28) to invest in deliverables focussed on climate adaptation and greening as part of the Delivering a Greener and More Climate-Resilient London delivery plan. What criteria will be used to allocate funding and are there any projects that have already been assigned funding? If so, could you please specify which projects?

• Reference: 2025/4000
• Question by: Gareth Roberts
• Meeting date: 20 November 2025

The MPS Performance statistics are showing a concerning increase in rape by 8% to 12% on a year to year comparison. This increase has been showing for the past few months and we see a similar movement in other sexual offences. What have you asked the Met Police to do as a result of this increase?

• Reference: 2025/3999
• Question by: Gareth Roberts
• Meeting date: 20 November 2025

I understand that the Deputy Mayor for Policing and Crime met with the Hate Crime Stakeholder Reference Group on 9 September 2025. Are the meeting notes available for that meeting?

• Reference: 2025/3998
• Question by: Gareth Roberts
• Meeting date: 20 November 2025

Whilst the Met Police Workforce Data Reports reflect LGBT+ summary data, the Met does not reflect this among its recruitment and attrition tables. Do you track this separately? If so, can you please provide the hiring and attrition numbers, both in number and percentage for each of the last 5 years?

• Reference: 2025/3997
• Question by: Gareth Roberts
• Meeting date: 20 November 2025

The latest Met Police Workforce Data Report for September 2025 shows that since April 2025, the Met Police has lost 1,251 police officers and only 317 police officers joined the force in that same time. Are you concerned about this reduction in police officer numbers?

• Reference: 2025/3996
• Question by: Gareth Roberts
• Meeting date: 20 November 2025

Can you confirm that the reduction in the affordable housing quota to 20% for fast-track schemes only applies to those developments that have not yet had planning approval, and how will you seek to protect London Boroughs from loss of previously agreed CIL and S106 obligations from existing schemes if developers attempt to exploit this newly created loophole?

• Reference: 2025/3995
• Question by: Caroline Russell
• Meeting date: 20 November 2025

A constituent has contacted me in distress about sudden changes to the UK’s Skilled Worker visa route, which I understand have left more than 200 Transport for London staff, and hundreds of employees at the GLA affected and at risk of deportation within a matter of weeks. These are people who took jobs with the understanding that they would be able to transition from graduate visas to Skilled Worker visas and continue their careers in London. Many have invested significant time and money in gaining the necessary qualifications and experience to do so. What are you doing to lobby the...

• Reference: 2025/3994
• Question by: Caroline Russell
• Meeting date: 20 November 2025

Thank you for your answer to my question 2025/2220 about supporting an Application Programming Interface (API) feed on lift status at the Greenwich foot tunnel and your recognition that: “live lift status information would be a useful and helpful addition to its systems and for the traveling public.” You offered “to follow up in the coming weeks to understand if the installation [of equipment] has been completed and if so, estimate the likely work required for TfL [Transport for London] to bring this status information into its systems.” Local campaigners have asked for an update on this work, can you...