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• Reference: 2003/0467-1
• Question by: Graham Tope
• Meeting date: 10 December 2003

What is being done to address the particular concerns that children and young people have in relation to crime in the capital .

• Question by: Graham Tope
• Meeting date: 10 December 2003

Graham Tope (AM): I did want to concentrate today on young people as victims of crime. Every London borough has amongst its top three priorities dealing with anti-social behaviour and whilst that is a priority in every borough it does tend to reinforce the stereotype, the image of young people as the perpetrators and as the problem and does not adequately recognise that more often they are the victims. In terms of talking and working with young people, one of the objectives in the MPS youth strategy is to provide an environment for young people who are victims or witnesses...

• Question by: Graham Tope
• Meeting date: 10 December 2003

If Step Change is as successful as we all hope it is, then obviously it will create that sort of public demand and the demand to have it spread. Whilst I might share the aspirations of the Chair that this will persuade whoever is in Government to provide additional resources, if they do not " and I have to say there is no indication that they will at this stage " how can we go ahead to meet those public expectations that we helped to create?

• Question by: Graham Tope
• Meeting date: 10 December 2003

There have been similar initiatives to Step Change in the past which I know the Met acknowledged to have failed. Why do you think they failed in the past? What will be different this time?

• Reference: 2002/0213-1
• Question by: Graham Tope
• Meeting date: 13 November 2002

How effective has CCTV been in reducing crime in the capital? How many convictions have resulted from CCTV cameras on London buses? .

• Question by: Graham Tope
• Meeting date: 13 November 2002

I will bring us back to the original question, interesting though that exchange has been, which in a sense was about the clarity and the presentation of information. Is the Chair aware that we have been making - by we, I mean the Finance Committee, and particularly the Budget Review Group on which Eric Ollerenshaw sits, and attends regularly - we have been making efforts to try to present the financial information in a much clearer way and a simpler way, whilst maintaining obviously its accuracy. Would he, like me, welcome any suggestions, whether they be from Eric or from...

• Reference: 2001/0250-1
• Question by: Graham Tope
• Meeting date: 12 December 2001

Have steps been taken to minimise the impact of the increased security measures in central London on Borough Policing? .

• Reference: 2001/0252-1
• Question by: Graham Tope
• Meeting date: 12 December 2001

Has the increased number of police officers patrolling central London had a discernible impact on crime levels in the area, particularly for street crime? .

• Reference: 2001/0036-1
• Question by: Graham Tope
• Meeting date: 01 January 2001

What will happen to the personal information, including photographs, collected about people who have not been charged, let alone convicted, of any offence in connection with the May Day demonstrations? .

• Reference: 2001/0037-1
• Question by: Graham Tope
• Meeting date: 01 January 2001

How many times has he met the Home Secretary in his role as Chair of the MPA? .