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• Reference: 2020/4320
• Question by: Siân Berry
• Meeting date: 17 December 2020

A new partnership led by Sheffield Hallam University, and including South Yorkshire’s Violence Reduction Unit (VRU), is to investigate the impact on young people of using images of knives in communications and police work, including whether it may cause more harm than good (https://www.shu.ac.uk/news/all-articles/latest-news/study-launched-impa…). Will you, the Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) or your own VRU be reviewing the use of knife images by the MPS in a similar way in the near future?

• Reference: 2020/3854
• Question by: Siân Berry
• Meeting date: 19 November 2020

Thank you for your answer to my question 2016/1955. Could you provide an update to this data showing how many protestors on Parliament Square have been: a) arrested b) had charges brought against them, and if available now c) been convicted during each of the years 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019 and 2020 (to date).

• Reference: 2020/3855
• Question by: Siân Berry
• Meeting date: 19 November 2020

The Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC) investigation into the stop and search of Ms Bianca Williams and Mr Ricardo Dos Santos found that their three-month-old child had been added to the Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) Merlin database for children known to the police. How many children are currently on this database? Please provide a breakdown by: a) age, for all age ranges captured on the database, b) ethnicity and, c) reason for being added to database?

• Reference: 2020/3856
• Question by: Siân Berry
• Meeting date: 19 November 2020

Thank you for your answers to my questions 2020/2646 and 2020/3327. There has been great confusion about the legality of protests during the ongoing coronavirus crisis and now, during this period of new national restrictions, Government has been clear that the larger gathering exemption for protests has been removed. Are you, MOPAC and the Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) developing guidance to inform and facilitate socially distanced democratic protests in each of the Covid alert level tiers?

• Reference: 2020/3857
• Question by: Siân Berry
• Meeting date: 19 November 2020

Despite repeated requests from the community and members of the London Assembly Police and Crime Committee that Community Monitoring Groups are allowed to resume their viewing of body-worn video footage captured by Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) officers during stop and search this has not yet happened. You recently said in response to MQ 2020/2836: “there is no legal pathway to routinely release footage except for exceptional circumstances.” With no public scrutiny of this footage for some time now, how can your claim that body-worn video is: “the biggest game changer in ensuring the human rights of all people are protected...

• Reference: 2020/3858
• Question by: Siân Berry
• Meeting date: 19 November 2020

A report in the Guardian on 19 October 2020, titled ‘Leaked review of Met police body worn video footage reveals officer errors’, shows the continuing need for public scrutiny of the Metropolitan Police Service (MPS). Why is it that the MPS internal memo mentioned in the report suggests it is reluctant to release the footage because it would exacerbate public criticism, and not, as you have previously stated, because it is legally restricted from doing so?

• Reference: 2020/3859
• Question by: Siân Berry
• Meeting date: 19 November 2020

Uber has confirmed, in an article in The Times on 18 September 2020, titled ‘Uber gives police private data on drivers and passengers’, that it responds to over 2,000 requests for information per year from the Metropolitan Police Service (MPS). What kinds of information and data does the MPS request and collect from Uber on drivers and passengers, how long is this information and data stored, and which agencies have access to it?

• Reference: 2020/3317
• Question by: Siân Berry
• Meeting date: 15 October 2020

Following up on a request made at the London Assembly Police and Crime Committee on 29 November 2018, could you provide copies of all materials that the Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) provides to schools to educate young people about their rights in relation to stop and search carried out under section 60 of the Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994?

• Reference: 2020/3318
• Question by: Siân Berry
• Meeting date: 15 October 2020

Following up on a request for information made during the London Assembly Police and Crime Committee on 6 February 2019, could you provide data on the total number of complaints that have been received by the Metropolitan Police Service (either directly or via the IOPC) against police officers in respect of treatment during stop and search during each of the past five years? Could you include the same data for the number of such complaints which have been withdrawn after complainants have reviewed body worn video footage?

• Reference: 2020/3319
• Question by: Siân Berry
• Meeting date: 15 October 2020

Following up on a request for information made during the London Assembly Police and Crime Committee on 6 February 2019, could you provide summary data on the outcomes of complaints against police officers in respect of treatment during stop and search during each of the past five years, broken down by whether body worn video was available to inform the complaint proceedings?