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  • Transparency in the Metropolitan Police Service (Supplementary) [2]

    • Question by: Jennette Arnold OBE
    • Meeting date: 09 December 2014
    Yes, thank you, Chair. I have a couple of questions for the Commissioner and for the Mayor. It is moving away; it is still on transparency but it is moving away from the topic raised by my colleague. Roger Evans AM (Chair): Not too far. Jennette Arnold OBE AM (Deputy Chair): Not too far but it is just to do with transparency. My question is in terms of transparency, in terms of what the MPS says and what the MPS does. I think that is really a good link. I want to ask the Commissioner in terms of what the...
  • Meeting London’s Current and Future Policing Needs (Supplementary) [1]

    • Question by: Joanne McCartney
    • Meeting date: 09 December 2014
    My first set of questions are actually for the Commissioner, if I may, and I have some for the Mayor following that. Thank you for the comments about the Autumn Statement and the difficulties financially that the police are going to have in the future. A couple of weeks ago the Deputy Mayor for Policing and Crime talked about drastic and dangerous police cuts which will have to happen. You have talked, I believe, today, and I have certainly had reports from ITN, that it would be difficult to maintain the 32,000 police officers on an ongoing basis. Could I...
  • Meeting London’s Current and Future Policing Needs (Supplementary) [3]

    • Question by: Valerie Shawcross
    • Meeting date: 09 December 2014
    Thank you, Chair. Good afternoon, Commissioner. Good afternoon, Mayor. Commissioner, can I just talk to you about police response times? I can see from the tables which MOPAC has provided to us that the emergency response times of the police across London for the past two years have slipped in the wrong direction, particularly for Category S, which is the ‘respond in one hour’, and Category E, which is the ‘respond to within 48 hours’. Second and third priority response times have gotten worse. I notice this particularly because it has affected my own borough; Southwark have lost 5% of...
  • LIFE

    • Reference: 2011/0099-1
    • Question by: Navin Shah
    • Meeting date: 07 September 2011
    Given the £1m funding of the LIFE courses, how much money is LFEPA receiving from other partners to run the courses, and can you give a commitment that if there are issues in receiving funding from partners the LIFE courses will continue without any cut-backs?
  • Shut in Lifts Policy 2

    • Reference: 2011/0101-1
    • Question by: Navin Shah
    • Meeting date: 07 September 2011
    What action is being taken by the London Fire Brigade against those with a high level of shut in lifts incidents?
  • Fire Deaths

    • Reference: 2011/0102-1
    • Question by: Navin Shah
    • Meeting date: 07 September 2011
    Given that vulnerable elderly people account for over half of fire deaths in the capital, what additional inspection work will be undertaken with Directors of Adult Services and Adult Safeguarding Boards in local authorities to reverse this trend?
  • Fire Deaths 3

    • Reference: 2011/0104-1
    • Question by: Navin Shah
    • Meeting date: 07 September 2011
    How will you ensure that fire safety messages reach those young, educated London professionals whose lifestyle traits are the cause of 25% of accidental house fires, as reported recently?
  • Fire Deaths 4

    • Reference: 2011/0105-1
    • Question by: Navin Shah
    • Meeting date: 07 September 2011
    What are the implications for the London Fire Brigade on the reported increase in fatal fires occurring in converted garages occupied as homes and not supported by the appropriate planning and building regulations? What action is the Authority taking on this and the proliferation of 'out-buildings' built in back gardens and posing significant fire risks.
  • Fridge Fires

    • Reference: 2011/0106-1
    • Question by: Navin Shah
    • Meeting date: 07 September 2011
    After the recent spate of house fires, including the high profile fire in Bermondsey, caused by a faulty defroster timer switch on an appliance, how will the excellent partnership-working by the London Fire Brigade's fire investigation team be promoted to alert Londoners and manufacturers to the potential danger?
  • Staff Sickness

    • Reference: 2011/0107-1
    • Question by: Navin Shah
    • Meeting date: 07 September 2011
    How will introducing the Bradford Factor reduce sickness when the scheme may potentially discriminate against those staff with a serious long-term illness and those with a disability?