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• Reference: 2007/0149-1
• Question by: Richard Barnes
• Meeting date: 07 November 2007

Can you provide a schedule outlining the number of foreign trips taken by MPS personnel since 2000 along with the associated cost?

• Reference: 2007/0150-1
• Question by: Richard Barnes
• Meeting date: 07 November 2007

What is the total cost to date of the MPS of complying with Operation Safeguard?

• Reference: 2007/0151-1
• Question by: Richard Barnes
• Meeting date: 07 November 2007

How much to date has the Home Office paid to the MPS following compliance with Operation Safeguard?

• Reference: 2007/0152-1
• Question by: Richard Barnes
• Meeting date: 07 November 2007

Can you provide a schedule detailing the number of MPS cells used by the Prison Service month by month since the implementation of Operation Safeguard?

• Reference: 2007/0153-1
• Question by: Richard Barnes
• Meeting date: 07 November 2007

What is the current cost to the MPS of Operation Overt?

• Reference: 2007/0154-1
• Question by: Richard Barnes
• Meeting date: 07 November 2007

Can you provide a schedule detailing workforce strength broken down between officers, PCSOs and police staff by borough as at 31st October 2007?

• Question by: Dee Doocey
• Meeting date: 08 November 2006

Thank you. Could I deal perhaps with just two of the issues? First, I would like to talk about access via front counters. I think you rather glossed over this and, although you said they were not fit for purpose your suggestion, your suggestion was that the reason they were not fit for purpose was because they did not have enough people if you like serving behind the counters. Would you not agree that it is an appalling design, a total lack of customer focus from the people who are serving, ignoring the public, dirty front counters, no seats, long...

• Question by: Bob Neill
• Meeting date: 08 November 2006

Everybody agrees that it is desirable to have uniform presence of whatever form but, of course, the Mayor told us that the decision to go for 375 PCSOs as opposed to a different configuration, for example warranted officers, came on advice from yourself as Commissioner. What I am saying is, would it in retrospect have not been better to have employed fully warranted officers so that they would have the flexibility to work right the way through the night, particularly as I accept sometimes reassurance and good work that PCSOs do in communities - getting to know local people and...

• Question by: Richard Barnes
• Meeting date: 08 November 2006

There are pressures which you face immediately financially with a poorer and poorer settlement, and indeed the issues which are over the horizon - clearly the Olympic Games will be a major issue for the Metropolitan Police Service itself - current pressure on terrorism, and indeed the growing focus on clear up rates - how many crimes are resolved and result in a punishment - that continues to grind. We had the Home Secretary yesterday talking about the broad failure of the probation service and we know the impact that has on recidivism within the service. Are you resilient enough...

• Question by: Brian Coleman
• Meeting date: 08 November 2006

We will take that as a no then, shall we?