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• Reference: 2003/0369
• Question by: Nicky Gavron
• Meeting date: 10 December 2003

What flexibility do you propose in defining neighbourhoods and allocating officer numbers to communities under the Step Change programme? .

• Reference: 2003/0379
• Question by: Nicky Gavron
• Meeting date: 10 December 2003

What are your comments on recent ACPO proposals for the establishment of some elements of national policing and of a border policing body? .

• Reference: 2003/0383
• Question by: Nicky Gavron
• Meeting date: 10 December 2003

How many officers and civilian staff are allocated to functions which might be incorporated into national police services such as counter terrorism, diplomatic protection, regional crime, missing persons bureau, drugs etc? .

• Reference: 2003/0419
• Question by: Elizabeth Howlett
• Meeting date: 10 December 2003

The MPS step change business case makes clear that increased infrastructure provision will be required if the step change programme is to be fully effective. How much will this increased infrastructure add on to the total cost of the step change programme? .

• Reference: 2003/0438
• Question by: Elizabeth Howlett
• Meeting date: 10 December 2003

How will the MPA use its statutory role on Borough CDRPs to make them more effective? .

• Question by: Elizabeth Howlett
• Meeting date: 10 December 2003

As link member for Bromley, I just wonder, Lord Harris, whether in fact you have the right information. The Chief Superintendent has managed to change the duty roster and he also has a charging unit for the sergeant that runs it so that when an officer comes in with an offender he is handed over to the charging unit. The officer is then able to go out on to the streets again, which increases visibility. I wonder whether you have the right information because certainly they have the highest visibility of officers in the Met. I would like to ask...

• Question by: Elizabeth Howlett
• Meeting date: 10 December 2003

We are not trying to put barriers in the way of Step Change. Like everybody else we think Step Change is an excellent initiative. The barrier is affordability, particularly given the savage cuts the Government has hit all of London's public services with this year. On the issue of affordability, I would like ask two things. Have you had assurance, or even a nod and a wink from Government Ministers, that after next year's pilot which will cost £26.2 million, yes the money would be forthcoming from Government sources? It certainly cannot come from Londoners. As we look forward to...

• Reference: 2002/0236-1
• Question by: Elizabeth Howlett
• Meeting date: 13 November 2002

Why is the cost of the retention of officers following the implementation of C3i being included in the part year cost of additional officers recruited (£48.1m) and being charged to the 2003/4 precept when the salaries of these officers are already in the core budget? Do you agree that without a corresponding negative budget figure in savings that this is double counting? If you do not agree, please clarify the position.

• Reference: 2002/0178-1
• Question by: Nicky Gavron
• Meeting date: 13 November 2002

Are you satisfied with the performance made by the Met during the last financial year and are you satisfied that they will be able to satisfactorily achieve the performance targets set for this financial year? .

• Reference: 2002/0179-1
• Question by: Nicky Gavron
• Meeting date: 13 November 2002

What steps do you believe the Met needs to take in order to ensure equality in the way they relate to ethnic minority communities both in the Met and in the communities they serve. Without this assurance do you really believe that the recruitment targets are achievable? .