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• Reference: 2001/0301-1
• Question by: Andrew Pelling
• Meeting date: 12 December 2001

Please could you detail the following: a) The amount of money paid in precept for the police by Croydon residents b) Expenditure by the Croydon Borough Police Command c) The amount of money paid in precept for the police by Sutton residents d) Expenditure by the Sutton Borough Police Command .

• Reference: 2001/0302-1
• Question by: Andrew Pelling
• Meeting date: 12 December 2001

How does the Metropolitan Police Service demonstrate a return on increased expenditure in terms of reduced crime? .

• Reference: 2001/0316-1
• Question by: Andrew Pelling
• Meeting date: 12 December 2001

Would the MPA support the training of volunteers to man front desks at police stations so that they could be open for longer hours and at weekends and so be more convenient for the public? .

• Question by: Andrew Pelling
• Meeting date: 12 December 2001

I presume there must be some responsibility on you to have asked Graham how things were going - and perhaps this explains why it is that Sutton ended up getting their allocation. It was a punishment because one of the expectations that came from the formula was the 'opening of the shop' formula, which I know that Graham was very proud of, and which was going to have a positive impact on Sutton. When you go down there in February, and we look forward to welcoming you then, what kind of explanation will you give to Sutton as to why...

• Reference: 2001/0001-1
• Question by: Andrew Pelling
• Meeting date: 01 January 2001

I have been grateful to receive a letter from the Traffic OCU Commander regarding the closure of Croydon Police Traffic Garage. I have been advised by the Commander that 'there has been no external consultation on this matter and it is not intended that there should be any.' What merits do you see in public consultation on service changes in the Met that can lead to service reductions?" .

• Reference: 2001/0003-1
• Question by: Andrew Pelling
• Meeting date: 01 January 2001

Please could you advise me of the amount of the Metropolitan Police's overtime budget during the 1999-2000 financial year. Please could you advise me of the strengths and weaknesses of the systems for recording and validating those overtime payments.

• Reference: 2001/0004-1
• Question by: Andrew Pelling
• Meeting date: 01 January 2001

Croydon and Sutton suffer from a very great deal of graffiti. One of the difficulties in combatting this very expensive curse which entails the spending of significant monies by the London Boroughs of Croydon and Sutton, with the latter now having run out of money to deal with the problem, is the inability of Police Officers to stop and search those that they suspect are intent upon inflicting criminal damage on property with aerosols which they are carrying. Should we as a London Assembly lobby the government and police services to secure this power? .

• Reference: 2001/0005-1
• Question by: Andrew Pelling
• Meeting date: 01 January 2001

Please could you explain why callers in London to 999 find themselves waiting in a queue to receive attention.

• Reference: 2001/0006-1
• Question by: Andrew Pelling
• Meeting date: 01 January 2001

Why is the MPA selling houses in Croydon when it has a pressing need to provide affordable housing for Police Officers ? .

• Reference: 2001/0007-1
• Question by: Andrew Pelling
• Meeting date: 01 January 2001

Please summarise the cross-working on initiatives that has been undertaken recently with i) The Fire Authority ii) TfL iii) LDA .