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• Reference: 2015/3282
• Question by: Kemi Badenoch
• Meeting date: 21 October 2015

Intelligence officers at the National Offender Management Service recently revealed they were concerned about the use of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) to drop packages containing illicit goods including illegal drugs, mobile phones and weapons into prisons. Has the Metropolitan Police Service dealt with any such instances of UAVs being used near prisons, and what steps have MOPAC taken to prevent such use?

• Reference: 2015/3283
• Question by: Kemi Badenoch
• Meeting date: 21 October 2015

Bedfordshire Police has recently became the first constabulary to sign up to the Autism Charter, and will deliver specific training across the force as part of a wider programme to educate officers about the different aspects of the autism spectrum and mental health. What plans does the Metropolitan Police Service have to introduce similar training for officers and staff?

• Reference: 2015/3284
• Question by: Kemi Badenoch
• Meeting date: 21 October 2015

Figures obtained by Channel 4 news state that moped enabled crime where a suspect has tried to escape on a moped, bike or scooter has increased by 144% in the last 4 months in London. Given that recent guidance to Metropolitan Police Service officers states that if they are dealing with a moped rider who has failed to stop, they must request air support, what steps are being put in place to assist officers in tackling the growing number of moped enabled crimes?

• Reference: 2015/3281
• Question by: Kemi Badenoch
• Meeting date: 21 October 2015

Hundreds of protestors attacked the Cereal Killer Café in Shoreditch in September as part of an anti-gentrification protest. What preparations have the Metropolitan Police Service made for future such protests, especially in circumstances where the organisers may not make them aware of its planning?