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• Reference: 2007/0109-1
• Question by: Murad Qureshi
• Meeting date: 07 November 2007

A joint report by the Home Office and police found that more than 80% of CCTV pictures are of such poor quality they are no good for police purposes, and most cameras are in the wrong places to help in fighting serious crime or terrorism. * Is the purpose of CCTV cameras, to tackle low-level, high-volume crime and disorder in town centres, being undermined by a lack of quality? * The report also claimed that authorities have no idea how many cameras exist despite claims that Britain is the most watched nation in the world, with more than 4m in...

• Reference: 2007/0113-1
• Question by: Damian Hockney
• Meeting date: 07 November 2007

Can you please supply a summary of the impact of the 2012 Olympics on the MPS Budget between now and 2013? There have been suggestions that some aspects of security in the Budget for 2012 are not allowed for in either the MPS Budget or the revised 2012 Budget. Please can you state what is being done to ensure that London council tax payers will not be required to fund this expenditure.

• Reference: 2007/0114-1
• Question by: Damian Hockney
• Meeting date: 07 November 2007

How much has the MPS spent on 'carbon offsetting' between 2004 and 2007, and is it not absurd that the EU will in future force us to pay VAT on these additional costs to the taxpayer?

• Reference: 2007/0115
• Question by: Damian Hockney
• Meeting date: 07 November 2007

Policing at Notting Hill Carnival was successful but there remain flashpoints (in particular at the end of the final day). Having been present and witnessed some of these difficulties at first hand, I can confirm that there is general agreement that the MPS handled them well, and that earlier intelligence-led operations and planning decisions had a very positive impact, but is there anything further that can be done to try and prevent the Monday problems?

• Reference: 2007/0122-1
• Question by: Murad Qureshi
• Meeting date: 07 November 2007

The MPS took the decision to make all of its safer neighbourhoods teams have the same number of officers/PCSOs in them, regardless of whether they are in high/low crime areas. * How is this compatible with the 'policing according to need' rhetoric when affluent low crime areas will have as many officers as high crime areas of deprivation? * How do you see this working for areas with high crime rates? *What are the chances of this decision being reconsidered?

• 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?