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• Reference: 2007/0123-1
• Question by: Murad Qureshi
• Meeting date: 07 November 2007

An Asian Police Officer, who won an employment tribunal against the Metropolitan Police Service on the grounds of victimisation, warned ethnic minorities to steer clear of careers in the Metropolitan Police. Will comments like these make it more difficult to meet the Home Office targets of increasing the ethnic minority complement of the force to 25 per cent by 2009?

• Reference: 2007/0124-1
• Question by: Murad Qureshi
• Meeting date: 07 November 2007

The Home Office's Policing Performance Assessment Framework (PPAF) aims to: achieve a more citizen-focused service to the public, tackle anti-social behaviour and disorder, reduce crime in line with the Government's Public Service Agreements, combat serious/organised crime, and narrow the justice gap. How confident are you that the 2007/2008 performance indicators will have the intended results?

• Reference: 2007/0125-1
• Question by: Murad Qureshi
• Meeting date: 07 November 2007

How will you be responding to the call from Keith Jarrett, President of the National Black Police Association, to increase stop-and-searches among Ethnic Minorities to reduce the number of shootings that have claimed the lives of many teenagers over the past few months?

• Reference: 2007/0126-1
• Question by: Murad Qureshi
• Meeting date: 07 November 2007

A poll by Premier Christian Radio and the Metropolitan Black Police Association among 3,240 church members and leaders in the UK, found that 65% of respondents felt churches and the police should work more closely together to tackle violent crime and that 89% thought that gun crime should be addressed by the church. * Do you believe a closer co-operation between church and police will result in less gun crime among inner city youths? * Does the Metropolitan Police Service currently offer any advice to religious leaders and faith groups about how to address these issues with young people?

• Reference: 2007/0127-1
• Question by: Murad Qureshi
• Meeting date: 07 November 2007

What, if any, contribution do businesses make to the cost of policing London?

• Reference: 2007/0128-1
• Question by: Murad Qureshi
• Meeting date: 07 November 2007

In October, the latest Home Office quarterly crime figures showed that public confidence in the criminal justice system was falling, with only 34% believing the courts and the police meet the needs of crime victims and only 24% believing it is good at dealing with young people accused of crime. * What measures have you got in place to restore public confidence in the London police force? * What are the initiatives are you already undertaking that you can point to in order to rebut the pubic perception that the police is dealing with young suspects in an inadequate way?

• Reference: 2007/0129-1
• Question by: Darren Johnson
• Meeting date: 07 November 2007

Do you have clear environmental guidelines that have to be considered when authorising travel, and in what ways do they encourage rail and telephone conferencing as preferred options to short haul flights?

• Reference: 2007/0130-1
• Question by: Jenny Jones
• Meeting date: 07 November 2007

The Greater London Authority Group Budget and Sustainable Development report (September 2007) concluded that 'the proposed cuts (to the Wildlife Crime Unit) could result in the loss of extremely valuable partnership and preventative initiatives as well as losing an essential central resource'. Do you agree that cuts to the Wildlife Crime Unit would undermine the environmental performance of the Metropolitan Police? Will you now agree to reverse the proposed cuts even if sponsorship funding does not materialize?

• Reference: 2007/0131-1
• Question by: Jenny Jones
• Meeting date: 07 November 2007

How many times have Metropolitan Police officers made use of Tasar stun guns each year since their introduction? How do you expect this to change following the trial of issuing Tasars to non-firearms trained officers?

• Reference: 2007/0132-1
• Question by: Jenny Jones
• Meeting date: 07 November 2007

Can you list the types of police work that receive sponsorship funding and give the sums raised for each type of work over the last three years?