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• Question by: Kemi Badenoch
• Meeting date: 16 March 2016

Kemi Badenoch AM: Thank you, Chair. Mr Mayor, is it not right that the Home Office has said that sanction detection is not the best way to measure police performance and that the numbers we get should be interpreted with care? Rates have fallen because of more accurate recording of crime and a crime could be considered solved even when a detection is not made. Is this not just scaremongering by the opposition Members?

• Reference: 2016/0655
• Question by: Kemi Badenoch
• Meeting date: 22 February 2016

A review of the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) found that an "information void" was letting victims down, and template letters sent to the victims of crime "lacked empathy". It was also suggested that victims often felt "alienated" which resulted in them refusing to appear in court as witnesses. What work have you, MOPAC and the Metropolitan Police Service done to assist the CPS in providing support for the victims of crime across London?

• Reference: 2016/0656
• Question by: Kemi Badenoch
• Meeting date: 22 February 2016

In what timeframe is it expected that the Metropolitan Police Service will recruit and train the extra 600 armed officers it has announced?

• Reference: 2016/0657
• Question by: Kemi Badenoch
• Meeting date: 22 February 2016

In the last three years how many police officers have been recruited by the Metropolitan Police Service from other police forces, and which police forces were they recruited from?

• Reference: 2016/0658
• Question by: Kemi Badenoch
• Meeting date: 22 February 2016

It has been suggested that a number of firearms officers recruited by the Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) have come from police forces in the Home Counties. What is being done to ensure that while increasing the armed presence in London, the MPS doesn't inadvertently make other areas of the country less safe?

• Reference: 2016/0659
• Question by: Kemi Badenoch
• Meeting date: 22 February 2016

In the last three years, how many times have armed police officers from the Metropolitan Police Service been provided to police forces outside of London under Mutual Aid?

• Reference: 2016/0660
• Question by: Kemi Badenoch
• Meeting date: 22 February 2016

What impact do you expect the extra funds being provided by the Government to safeguard mental health patients in accident and emergency departments will have on the amount of time the Metropolitan Police Service spends dealing with people suffering from mental health problems?

• Reference: 2016/0661
• Question by: Kemi Badenoch
• Meeting date: 22 February 2016

What have you, MOPAC and the Metropolitan Police Service done to cut the amount of abusive behaviour which occurs inside football stadiums and help supporters report such instances?

• Reference: 2016/0662
• Question by: Kemi Badenoch
• Meeting date: 22 February 2016

There have been a number of incidents recently where members of the public have used social media to catch individuals committing sex offences and then reported the incidents to the police. What steps have you, MOPAC and the Metropolitan Police Service taken to ensure that members of the public are not prejudicing potential enquires by acting in such a way?

• Question by: Kemi Badenoch
• Meeting date: 22 February 2016

Kemi Badenoch AM: My question is for the Mayor regarding the funding for male rape charities. The Conservative Group thoroughly welcomes your commitment to continue the funding for charities that support the victims of male rape and sexual assault, as does the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Survivors UK, Keith Best, who said that he was very grateful and delighted for this funding.