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• Reference: 2023/4399
• Question by: Caroline Russell
• Meeting date: 16 November 2023

Thank you for your answer to my question 2023/1860, in which you said: “MOPAC intends to publish the Drugs Problem Profile […] later in 2023.” Could you give me a publication date?

• Reference: 2023/4400
• Question by: Caroline Russell
• Meeting date: 16 November 2023

Thank you for your answer to my question 2023/1871, in which you said: “The London Drugs Forum will receive an update on this work towards the end of the year.” Could you provide me with that report?

• Reference: 2023/4409
• Question by: Caroline Russell
• Meeting date: 16 November 2023

It was reported in The Guardian on 29 October 2023, that Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) safer schools officers have increased their intelligence gathering in response to the Israel-Hamas war at schools in the boroughs of Wandsworth, Kingston, Merton and Richmond. Could you tell me: a) why those boroughs in particular have been selected, and b) what has occurred to prompt the MPS to take this step?

• Reference: 2023/4411
• Question by: Caroline Russell
• Meeting date: 16 November 2023

Since the publication of the April 2019 report, Tackling Inequalities faced by Gypsy, Roma and Traveller Communities, from the House of Commons Women and Equalities Committee, what progress has the Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) made in working with the Race Disparity Unit and others to enact the recommendations of the report, specifically those focused on data collection?

• Reference: 2023/4412
• Question by: Caroline Russell
• Meeting date: 16 November 2023

What proportion of arrests in the calendar year 2022 made by the Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) were of people from an Ethnic Gypsy, Roma, or Traveller background?

• Reference: 2023/4413
• Question by: Caroline Russell
• Meeting date: 16 November 2023

How many people who identify as Gypsy, Roma, or Traveller were strip searched by the Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) in the calendar year 2022?

• Reference: 2023/4414
• Question by: Caroline Russell
• Meeting date: 16 November 2023

Could you tell me the average time a child spent in Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) custody in the calendar year 2022 broken down by age group and ethnicity? If the data allows, could you also include data on Gypsy, Roma, Traveller children.

• Reference: 2023/4415
• Question by: Caroline Russell
• Meeting date: 16 November 2023

Could you confirm how many times powers under Section 43 of the Terrorism Act 2000 have been used by the Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) near police stations on photographers and videographers in the past year?

• Reference: 2023/4417
• Question by: Caroline Russell
• Meeting date: 16 November 2023

Is there a process to review the circumstances of and report on any instance of hospitalisation of a child following use of force by the Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) and if so, where are the reports published?

• Reference: 2023/4419
• Question by: Caroline Russell
• Meeting date: 16 November 2023

Chapter 7 of the Casey Review notes that “disability discrimination was the most frequent claim type brought against the Met between 2017-18 and 2021-22” and further notes that “there is no willingness to learn from these cases or reflect on the signals about the wider toxic or bullying culture.” What work are you doing to address this finding?