I am concerned that many young people associated with gangs have a lack of understanding of healthy relationships. How are the VRU and the Mayor using the public health approach to tackle misunderstandings about healthy relationships and thus to empower young people to recognise the signs of exploitative and unhealthy relationships?
The Met Dashboard shows that between October 2018- August 2019 207,142 males were stopped and searched across London with 14,424 females being stopped and searched in the same timeframe [4] . Are male MPS officers confident when carrying out a stop and search on females? [4] https://www.met.police.uk/sd/stats-and-data/met/stop-and-search-dashboa…
The Strategic Assessment of Rescue and Response states that ‘significant data held by frontline professionals is not be captured to the extent that it could be, and this… contributes to the intelligence gap.’ [5] How is the MPS working with front line professionals to bridge the intelligence gap caused by lack of capture of knowledge from front line professionals dealing with those caught up in County Lines? [5] P.6 https://www.london.gov.uk/sites/default/files/rescue_and_response_count…
In its report “Counting Lives: Responding to Children Who Are Criminally Exploited” The Children’s Society notes the importance of additional vulnerability flags in identifying children caught up in County Lines Activity [6] . What vulnerability flags does the MPS use to identify young people at risk of CCE or CSE and County Lines activity? [6] P.63 https://www.childrenssociety.org.uk/sites/default/files/counting-lives-…
How many referrals has the MPS made to the NRM of children aged 10-17 at risk of exploitation from County Lines Activity between 2015-2019? Please provide a breakdown by gender in 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018 and 2019.