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• Reference: 2020/2959
• Question by: Jennette Arnold OBE
• Meeting date: 17 September 2020

Constituents in Islington are raising concerns that the change in congestion charge cost and times alongside the StreetSpace scheme are negatively impacting upon their lives. They report struggling to access local services or visit family as a result. How will you be addressing this to ensure that StreetSpace allows all Londoners to access local services and support?

• Reference: 2020/2960
• Question by: Jennette Arnold OBE
• Meeting date: 17 September 2020

How are you supporting arts and culture venues that are not specifically recognised as leisure and hospitality venues? For example Storm Rehearsal Studios in my constituency face an uncertain future as they are not considered part of the leisure and hospitality sector. However the rules which their business is governed by are those relating to live performances. As such they are being charged business rates for periods they have been unable to open, making their financial position much more challenging.

• Reference: 2020/2961
• Question by: Jennette Arnold OBE
• Meeting date: 17 September 2020

Home Secretary Priti Patel has approved the Taser 7 gun for use by police forces in England and Wales. What evidence is there that the taser weapons currently in use by the MPS are not up to the job they do?

• Reference: 2020/2962
• Question by: Jennette Arnold OBE
• Meeting date: 17 September 2020

Government scientists have warned that the Taser 7 Gun could lead to more suspects suffering internal injuries and broken bones. In addition they have also warned that passers-by now risk being hit by probes which inflict the electric shock as the Taser 7 allows them to detach from the gun after being fired [1] . Is this a suitable weapon for use by police in London? [1] Scientific Advisory Committee on the Medical Implications of Less-Lethal Weapons (SACMILL) “ Statement on the Medical Implications of the TASER 7™ Conducted Energy Device System ” [Date accessed 25.08.20]

• Reference: 2020/2963
• Question by: Jennette Arnold OBE
• Meeting date: 17 September 2020

Are you concerned by reports that people who have been pregnant during the pandemic may have been wrongly sent home on sick pay, taking them below the threshold for Statutory Maternity Pay?

• Reference: 2020/2964
• Question by: Jennette Arnold OBE
• Meeting date: 17 September 2020

Child Poverty Action Group and the C of E have found that eight in ten low-income families feel worse off since the lockdown began. What are you doing to assess this problem in London and help families avoid a fall in their incomes?

• Reference: 2020/2965
• Question by: Jennette Arnold OBE
• Meeting date: 17 September 2020

What assessment have you made of the impact of the end of the furlough scheme on gender and ethnic inequality in London?

• Reference: 2020/2966
• Question by: Jennette Arnold OBE
• Meeting date: 17 September 2020

How are you engaging with the Department for Education to ensure that London’s schools have the resources they need to address the impact of the school closures on young Londoners’ education?

• Reference: 2020/2967
• Question by: Jennette Arnold OBE
• Meeting date: 17 September 2020

Please could you provide a full demographic breakdown of the Met’s Professional Standards Unit by ethnicity. Please also advise of the pay grade or rank of members of staff or officers within the unit, broken down by ethnicity. Please also advise how many staff within the unit have a disability. This information is not available via the Met’s latest workforce data report.

• Reference: 2020/2968
• Question by: Jennette Arnold OBE
• Meeting date: 17 September 2020

How many people, both full time and part-time are employed by the Metropolitan Police Service's Directorate of Professional Standards (including both officers and police staff)?