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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 .

• Reference: 2003/0357
• Question by: John Biggs
• Meeting date: 10 December 2003

Do you believe that having the Mayor direct the work of borough commanders would: 1) Improve local accountability or 2) Improve local policing? .

• Reference: 2003/0377
• Question by: John Biggs
• Meeting date: 10 December 2003

Which issue raised in the Green paper on policing do you believe have already been addressed by the MPS and MPA? .

• Reference: 2003/0382
• Question by: John Biggs
• Meeting date: 10 December 2003

How many MPS officers and civilian staff are deployed at airports and ports .

• 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: John Biggs
• Meeting date: 10 December 2003

I wanted to give either the Commissioner or the Chair an opportunity perhaps to amend a false impression that has been created in the media recently that the police are in some way opposed to traffic calming. Certainly my post-bag tells me that this is an issue that people are very anxious about in the community; I think Jenny is absolutely right about that. Secondly, where boroughs seem in my view to be ill-advisedly removing traffic calming, might the police take a view as to whether those boroughs are being unhelpful in their role of protecting public safety.

• 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: 2002/0170-1
• Question by: John Biggs
• Meeting date: 13 November 2002

Has the MPA made any progress on the issues raised at the special meeting of the authority held in January to discuss deaths in custody? What if any discussions have been held since then? .

• Reference: 2002/0171-1
• Question by: John Biggs
• Meeting date: 13 November 2002

Can you provide figures for each of the following for the last financial year: 1.The number of Metropolitan police officers assaulted while on duty? 2.The number of MPS traffic wardens assaulted on duty? 3.The number of Metropolitan police officers accidentally injured on duty? 4.The number of accidents involving police cars and where these occur? .