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• Question by: Joanne McCartney
• Meeting date: 08 November 2006

I was going to make a plug for us to have a base in Enfield and Haringey. Can I also a ask that when you are looking at this you look at some of the hot spots, particularly around schools? Right down the Hertford Road and the A10 in Enfield we have something like five secondary schools coming out on to the same bus routes, and I think that needs to be factored in to where you base 'Transport Safer Neighbourhood Teams.

• Question by: Joanne McCartney
• Meeting date: 08 November 2006

So you would be looking for properties or bases quite soon for them to work out of?

• Question by: Joanne McCartney
• Meeting date: 08 November 2006

Can I just check, these are for outer London and I understand they are going to be based in certain boroughs but be a `transport flying squad' and go round where the need arises?

• Question by: Joanne McCartney
• Meeting date: 08 November 2006

A number of the issues I was going to raise have been dealt with but I wanted to ask about what the Commissioner has just said. TfL, as I understand it, are paying for the PCSOs and that is on the basis of the map of crime that they have, that is evidence based. It is about the boundaries. How then are you going to modify that? You have already taken on some views like Jo (McCartney) asking for an extension there. Do you not think it would be reasonable to stay with the evidence and so we know that...

• Question by: Joanne McCartney
• Meeting date: 08 November 2006

These extra 375 officers which have been recruited. When are they envisaged to be in place?

• Question by: Jenny Jones
• Meeting date: 08 November 2006

Let me tell you about some others. Are you aware, for example, that there were 34 trips to Paris by flying? You could walk from New Scotland Yard to Waterloo and get on the train. There were also 21 trips to Brussels. It seems to me that there is this presumption that air travel is more exciting, more fun, and it seems to me that the Metropolitan Police Service is not taking the Mayor's instruction seriously. Mind you, the Mayor is probably not taking it seriously either! He said, `The functional bodies have been asked to review their policies on...

• Question by: Jenny Jones
• Meeting date: 08 November 2006

I want you to say you are going to do something about it.

• Question by: Jenny Jones
• Meeting date: 08 November 2006

I want you to say you are going to do something about it.

• Question by: Jenny Jones
• Meeting date: 08 November 2006

Thank you for that. I would just like to say offsetting is just a way of calming your conscience and not a really effective way of combating climate change. You talked about the short flights. Last year there were 120 flights to Manchester. Now, the journey to Manchester is actually just something over two hours and I can assure you you can work on the train, even in second class. Then there were 32 trips to Liverpool. These places are actually easily got to by train and I would just like to ask you if you will commit now to...

• Question by: Joanne McCartney
• Meeting date: 08 November 2006

The base in Enfield is very welcome, I know that. We have the estate strategy, and we then have the Safer Neighbourhood offices opening up, and there seems to be two strategies running alongside. I want to check that they are coordinated, so that when you are leases you are looking at that wide strategy at the same time as well?