• Reference: 2024/0506
• Question by: Hina Bokhari OBE
• Meeting date: 22 February 2024

In response to question 2023/4684 you stated, “My Warmer Homes team has contributed data to the Department of Energy Security and Net Zero, which is used by the department to evaluate the national Sustainable Warmth programme. We do not know if this will be published.” Could you please publish or provide the data you have contributed to the Department of Energy Security and Net Zero?

• Reference: 2024/0505
• Question by: Caroline Pidgeon
• Meeting date: 22 February 2024

Please provide a breakdown by year of how many Met officers have been investigated for bullying, and of those, how many have been dismissed (employment terminated) for each of the following over last five years plus the current year to present (present referring to when the answer is being drafted).

• Reference: 2024/0504
• Question by: Caroline Pidgeon
• Meeting date: 22 February 2024

Please provide a breakdown by year of how many Met officers have been investigated and of those investigated how many have been dismissed (employment terminated) for each of the following over last five years plus the current year to present (present referring to when the answer is being drafted): inappropriate physical touching, sexual assault, stalking and harassment, domestic abuse

• Reference: 2024/0503
• Question by: Caroline Pidgeon
• Meeting date: 22 February 2024

Please provide a breakdown by year of how many Met officers have been investigated and of those investigated how many have been dismissed (employment terminated) for each of the following over last five years plus the current year to present (present referring to when the answer is being drafted): Racism Sexism/Misogyny Homophobia

• Reference: 2024/0502
• Question by: Caroline Pidgeon
• Meeting date: 22 February 2024

In October 2023, HMICFRS made the following recommendation: “By 31 December 2023, the Metropolitan Police Service should make sure that: it allocates exploitation investigations to officers and staff who have the appropriate knowledge and skills; supervisors review investigations regularly, clearly record any work that is still needed and monitor deadlines for completion; it follows all reasonable lines of enquiry to identify suspects; it pursues evidence-led prosecutions and appropriate disruption activities in circumstances when a victim doesn’t support an investigation; and it complies with the requirements for forces established in the Code of Practice for Victims of Crime in England and...

• Reference: 2024/0501
• Question by: Caroline Pidgeon
• Meeting date: 22 February 2024

In October 2023, HMICFRS made the following recommendation: “By 31 December 2023, the Metropolitan Police Service should make sure that, in respect of missing children: those responsible for grading the risks to which each missing child is exposed are sufficiently trained and able to appropriately assess the risks, using all relevant information held by or available to the force; it appropriately assesses risk in all cases; and it investigates cases of missing children effectively from the first point of contact and that its response is proportionate to the level of risk.” What progress has been made on this recommendation?

• Reference: 2024/0500
• Question by: Caroline Pidgeon
• Meeting date: 22 February 2024

HMICFRS confirmed that the Met’s approach to the Code of Practice for Victims of Crime is poor. What will you do to improve this? Will you involve the Victim’s Commissioner in this work?

• Reference: 2024/0499
• Question by: Caroline Pidgeon
• Meeting date: 22 February 2024

The Met Police is launching its first Children and Young Person’s Strategy later this year. How will its response outlined in the Strategy be different from its responses to the HMICFRS reports that have been published since 2016?

• Reference: 2024/0498
• Question by: Caroline Pidgeon
• Meeting date: 22 February 2024

In 2021, HMICFRS said that only 6 officers in the Met Police had accreditation for specialist child abuse investigations. As per January 2024, how many officers now have this type of accreditation?

• Reference: 2024/0497
• Question by: Caroline Pidgeon
• Meeting date: 22 February 2024

The Met confirmed it is already implementing training to directly address victim blaming and driving culture change so officers and staff show more compassion and understand the complexities of child exploitation from the outset of cases. How many officers have been trained so far and when do you expect for all officers to have gone through this training? Additionally, how do you monitor the effectiveness of the training provided?