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  • Operation Midland

    • Reference: 2021/1197
    • Question by: Peter Whittle
    • Meeting date: 18 March 2021
    Is there anything about Operation Midland (the Metropolitan Police investigation into Carl Beech’s bogus claims about a VIP paedophile ring) that you think could have been handled differently?

  • Metropolitan Police Clear Up Rates

    • Reference: 2021/1198
    • Question by: Peter Whittle
    • Meeting date: 18 March 2021
    What have been the Metropolitan Police’s clear up rates for murder, burglary, rape and Grievous Bodily Harm over the last five years?

  • Stop and Search

    • Reference: 2021/1201
    • Question by: Peter Whittle
    • Meeting date: 18 March 2021
    On 26 February 2021, Her Majesty’s Inspectorate of Constabulary and Fire & Rescue Services published its report into the police use of stop and search powers. It raised the prospect of abandoning stop and search for drugs altogether, stating that damage may outweigh the benefits. ‘While suspicions about drugs are stated as the reason in the majority of the half a million stop and searches in England and Wales annually, illicit substances were found on only one in four occasions.’ Does the Metropolitan Police regard one in four as an effective detection rate?

  • Police Recruitment

    • Reference: 2021/1192
    • Question by: Peter Whittle
    • Meeting date: 18 March 2021
    What is the current Metropolitan Police non-white recruitment target?

  • Missing Drugs From Policy Custody

    • Reference: 2021/1193
    • Question by: Peter Whittle
    • Meeting date: 18 March 2021
    How many instances of drugs going missing from the custody of the Metropolitan Police were there in the period 2016-2020? Could you please tabulate your response by year, drug, quantity and borough (or Borough Command Unit)?

  • Diversity and Inclusion (1)

    • Reference: 2021/1195
    • Question by: Peter Whittle
    • Meeting date: 18 March 2021
    How many Diversity and Inclusion advisers does the Metropolitan Police currently employ?

  • Diversity and Inclusion (2)

    • Reference: 2021/1196
    • Question by: Peter Whittle
    • Meeting date: 18 March 2021
    How much money did the Metropolitan Police spend on Diversity and Inclusion over the last five calendar years?

  • Police National Computer

    • Reference: 2021/0394
    • Question by: Peter Whittle
    • Meeting date: 25 February 2021
    I note the report in The Times on 15 January 2021 that nearly 150,000 DNA, fingerprint and arrest records have been wiped off the Police National Computer (PNC). ‘Sources said that more than 150,000 arrest records were accidentally deleted during a weekly “weeding” session to expunge data. Thousands of DNA and fingerprint records were also removed because the databases holding them were connected to the PNC, which is owned by the Home Office.’ 1 I am assuming that by now the Metropolitan Police has carried out a damage assessment. What is the likely impact of this development on their work...

  • Violence Reduction Unit (1)

    • Reference: 2021/0395
    • Question by: Peter Whittle
    • Meeting date: 25 February 2021
    What was the cost of the GLA’s Violence Reduction Unit in the Financial Year 2019/20?

  • Violence Reduction Unit (2)

    • Reference: 2021/0396
    • Question by: Peter Whittle
    • Meeting date: 25 February 2021
    In 2018, you established the Violence Reduction Unit at City Hall to bring together specialists from across the UK to tackle violent crime and its root causes. Could you quantify for me in practical terms the results delivered by the VRU since its establishment?