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• Reference: 2022/3915
• Question by: Caroline Russell
• Meeting date: 17 November 2022

Is the Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) conducting risk assessment, profiling or other data analysis in relation to each strip search or More Thorough Search with Intimate Parts Exposed (MTIP) of individuals, including strip searches of children, or in relation to the decision-making process for strip searches? If so, what is the purpose of this analysis, and the criteria and data used?

• Reference: 2022/3593
• Question by: Caroline Russell
• Meeting date: 13 October 2022

When will your Drugs Commission start work?

• Reference: 2022/3614
• Question by: Caroline Russell
• Meeting date: 13 October 2022

At the London Assembly Plenary on 6 December 2018, a motion was passed unanimously urging you to make strong representations to London boroughs calling for them to make sexual health support a priority. Could you tell me what action you have taken and share any responses you received?

• Reference: 2022/3615
• Question by: Caroline Russell
• Meeting date: 13 October 2022

Police Horse Sandown died after collapsing on duty at Notting Hill Carnival on 28 August 2022. It was announced that an investigation into his death would be launched. Could you update me on the progress of this investigation, and if any operational changes will be made as a result of this death?

• Reference: 2022/3616
• Question by: Caroline Russell
• Meeting date: 13 October 2022

Queensland police in Australia recently announced that they would ban the use of spit hoods. Do you or the Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) have any plans to follow their lead and ban the use of spit hoods in London?

• Reference: 2022/3617
• Question by: Caroline Russell
• Meeting date: 13 October 2022

The Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) confirmed that 67 people were arrested on 19 September 2022 as part of the policing operation for the Queen’s funeral. Could you confirm how many people were arrested in total in the multi-day policing operation for the Lying-in-State and the Queen’s funeral, broken down by offence? Could you provide this data in table format?

• Reference: 2022/3618
• Question by: Caroline Russell
• Meeting date: 13 October 2022

The Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) said in 2014 that it was wrong not to review its use of the ‘hard stop’ tactic employed in the shooting of Mark Duggan in 2011, despite being advised to do so by the Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC). Does the MPS today still use the ‘hard stop’ as a policing tactic?

• Reference: 2022/3619
• Question by: Caroline Russell
• Meeting date: 13 October 2022

It was reported by The Guardian on 30 September 2022 that the Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) refused permission for a ‘March of the Mummies’ protest organised by the group Pregnant Then Screwed, to go ahead on 29th October. Later that day, @MetPoliceEvents tweeted a statement saying: “it is not the case that the Met is refusing to police or support this or any other protest, as reported.” What guidance is in place for officers engaging in a proactive approach to MPS communications on social media?

• Reference: 2022/2879
• Question by: Caroline Russell
• Meeting date: 15 September 2022

What do you hope to achieve with your Drugs Commission?

• Reference: 2022/2898
• Question by: Caroline Russell
• Meeting date: 15 September 2022

A bus driver has raised with me that some bus routes still do not have adequate toilet facilities, with more than 25 per cent of routes not having a toilet at either the beginning of the route or the terminus. There are also inconsistencies in provision of toilets, where facilities are either not open during drivers working hours, toilets are not free or access to them relies on security personal or other staff to access certain buildings. This is a particularly acute issue for drivers who are menstruating, and some very distressing cases have been reported to me that have...