Andrew Dismore

Question No: 2015/2798

Andrew Dismore

Are you aware of the comments of Chief Superintendent  Tucker of Camden Police  at their Safer Neighbourhood Board meeting  on May 21st , that ‘a significant proportion of police officer time is now spent on social need vacated by other public services’ ;  and if so what are you going to do about it?

Written response from the Mayor

The MPS is in continuous discussion with public bodies about the appropriate partnership arrangements. I was not aware of any specific remarks.

Question No: 2015/2799

Andrew Dismore

Will the Metropolitan Police use new dispersal order powers at events such as bonfire night and the switching on of Christmas lights?

Written response from the Mayor

Officers are drafting a repsonse which will be sent shortly.

Question No: 2015/2840

Andrew Dismore

Further to Question No: 2015/2271

‘Further to Question No 2015/1568

Do you agree that the full cost of policing football matches should be fully recovered from the football clubs involved?’

Your answer and that of the MPS Commissioner being:

‘MOPAC recovers the full cost of providing policing services to football matches for policing provided on land owned, leased or controlled by the relevant club.  Under present law, MOPAC is not able to recover costs for any additional policing outside this ‘footprint’. My Deputy Mayor for Policing and Crime has made representations to Government about this’.

What representations did the Deputy Mayor make to Government, when, and what was the Government’s response?’

your  answer being

‘The Deputy Mayor for Policing and Crime raised the issue of recovering the full costs involved in policing football with the Home Secretary some time ago. This is now being followed up at an official level’

How do you square this answer, with the deputy Mayor’s response to the Police and Crime Committee oral session on this issue , when he said he hadn’t?  And what is being done to follow this up?

Written response from the Mayor

Officers are drafting a repsonse which will be sent shortly.

Question No: 2015/2824

Andrew Dismore

in relation to the now closed to the public Albany St police station, what does the Met/ MOPAC need the building for; how many officers and staff work there; and how many worked there 4 years ago; and when will you release the building to Camden  Council  as a site for replacement housing for HS2 demolitions?

Written response from the Mayor

The MOPAC facilities at Albany Street support key operational functions for the Metropolitan Police Service and cannot be released at this time. MOPAC are aware of LB Camden’s priorities and have previously worked with the Council releasing a former site owned by MOPAC in Drummond Crescent in relation to HS2 to support the relocation of a school. Where properties are surplus to operational needs MOPAC will continue to work across the London boroughs to release land and buildings for housing, affordable housing and free schools across London. Recent sales of police buildings have led to the creation of 12,000 new jobs, 4,000 new residential units and 9 new schools.

Albany Street former police station and HS2 (2)

Question No: 2015/2825

Andrew Dismore

Further to Question No: 2015/2265

Will you facilitate the transfer of the lease on Albany Street to Camden Council to enable them to build affordable housing on the site, so as to help replace housing lost as a result of HS2? If not why not?

your Written answer being:

Officers are drafting a response which will be sent shortly.

will you now give a substantive reply?

Written response from the Mayor

Please see my response to MQ 2265 / 2015.

The MPS and Camden Council have been in active discussion about a number of sites which are impacted by the plans for HS2.  Albany Street currently houses important MPS activities but discussions are continuing.

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Question No: 2015/2826

Andrew Dismore

As the number of anti-semitic hate crimes in London has more than doubled in the space of a year, with Metropolitan Police figures showing a total of 459 anti-semitic crimes in the past financial year – up 137 per cent from 193 the year before, what are you doing to combat this serious problem?

Written response from the Mayor

Like other forms of hate crime, anti-semitic hate crime is under reported, which is why I have continued to provide funding to the Community Security Trust to ensure its vital work in monitoring hate crime against the Jewish community, which provides valuable intelligence to the police, continues.

Such information enables the MPS and others to more effectively target their resources. The MPS response is a combination of targeted borough reassurance plans, and the deployment of additional central resources when and where needed and to ensure that at times when the community is particularly vulnerable/visible additional support is provided. In line with my Hate Crime Reduction Strategy, every borough will also have at least one MPS Hate Crime Liaison Officer who will conduct outreach work, identify hot spot areas for targeted activity, and also identify local support services. I and my Deputy Mayor for Policing and Crime continue to meet with members of the Jewish community and other faith leaders to provide reassurance and to consider how we might all work together to address this issue.

Question No: 2015/2827

Andrew Dismore

Are you aware that Westminster University topped the league table of extreme or intolerant lectures hosting  radical speakers on 25 occasions between 2012 and 2014, followed by Queen Mary University of London, which hosted 24, Kingston University held 20 and cancelled two others, while King’s College London hosted 20 and cancelled one; are you concerned about the extent of such events which can lead to radicalisation of students and  also victimisation of Jewish students; and what will you do about it?

Written response from the Mayor

Officers are drafting a repsonse which will be sent shortly.

Question No: 2015/2828

Andrew Dismore

Further to Question No: 2015/2266

‘Please list the number of out of court disposals handed out in Barnet in 2014, broken down by disposal type’.

Your  answer being

‘Officers are drafting a response which will be sent shortly. ‘

Will you now give a substantive reply ?

Written response from the Mayor

Please see my response to MQ 2266 / 2015.

Please list the number of out of court disposals handed out in Barnet in 2014, broken down by disposal type.

The Mayor

Written answer from the Mayor

Please see the table below:

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Question No: 2015/2829

Andrew Dismore

Further to Question No: 2015/2267

‘Please list the number of out of court disposals handed out in Camden   in 2014, broken down by disposal type’.

Your answer being

‘Officers are drafting a response which will be sent shortly’

Written response from the Mayor

Please see my response to MQ 2267 / 2015.

Please see table below.

Please be aware that during 2013, Drug warnings replaced DDM – Formal warnings

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Question No: 2015/2830

Andrew Dismore

How many Officer Shifts were abstracted from Barnet in the last 3 months?

Written response from the Mayor

Between 10 June 2015 and 10 September 2015, Barnet supplied 810 constable shifts to central Public Order operations (aid duties). During the same time period 25 inspector and 116 sergeant shifts were supplied on central Public Order operations.

Question No: 2015/2831

Andrew Dismore

How many Officer Shifts were abstracted from Camden in the last 3 months?

Written response from the Mayor

Between 10th June 2015 and 10th September 2015, Camden supplied 1054 constable shifts on central Public Order operations (aid). During the same time period 57 inspector and 182 sergeant shifts were supplied on central Public Order operations.

Question No: 2015/2832

Andrew Dismore

For the last 3 months, on how many occasions and for how many officer shifts did Barnet benefit from inward aid from other boroughs?

Written response from the Mayor

Between 10th June 2015 and 10th September 2015 Barnet did not receive any central Public Order operations aid from other boroughs. The MPS are unable to quantify any officers provided for crime operations as this information is not held centrally.

Question No: 2015/2833

Andrew Dismore

What is the number of shifts in the current year that officers from Barnet are scheduled  to be abstracted?

Written response from the Mayor

Officers are not scheduled to be abstracted throughout the year. Officers are drawn for central Public Order operations (aid) from across the various Commands within the MPS as required to meet operational need.

The process does take account of local pressures and priorities and will seek to balance the requirements equitably across the MPS over the year.

Question No: 2015/2834

Andrew Dismore

For the last 3 months, on how many occasions and for how many officer shifts did Camden benefit from inward aid from other boroughs?

Written response from the Mayor

Between 10th June 2015 and 10th September 2015 Camden did not receive any central Public Order operations aid from other boroughs. The MPS are unable to quantify any officers provided for crime operations as this information is not held centrally.

Question No: 2015/2835

Andrew Dismore

What is the number of shifts in the current year that officers from Camden are scheduled  to be abstracted?

Written response from the Mayor

Officers are not scheduled to be abstracted throughout the year. Officers are drawn for central Public Order operations aid from across the various Commands within the MPS as required to meet operational need.

The process does take account of local pressures and priorities and will seek to balance the requirements equitably across the MPS over the year.

Question No: 2015/2836

Andrew Dismore

Further to Question No: 2015/1576

‘How much was spent on the resent advertising campaign just before the General Election, including; posters in phone boxes about police performance in each borough?’

Your  answer being

‘Officers are drafting a response which will be sent shortly.’

Will you now give a substantive reply ?

Written response from the Mayor

Please see my response to MQ1576 / 2015.

The amount spent on the spring 2015 campaign was £366, 328.

The spring confidence advertising campaign ran across the 14 lowest confidence boroughs.  Increased confidence leads to more engagement with police, and encourages people to report crime, share information and to generally help the police do their job and provide a better service to meet their needs.

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Question No: 2015/2837

Andrew Dismore

How much has the Met spent on kennelling dangerous dogs pending disposal of cases involving them in the last 12 months?

Written response from the Mayor

The MPS total spend for kenneling in 2014-2015 was £1,592,496.

Systems are not designed to be able to break down this cost per dog.

I and S calls, Barnet

Question No: 2015/2838

Andrew Dismore

Further to Question No: 2015/1579

‘What percentage of 1) I and ii) S calls in Barnet were not answered within the target time in each of the last 3 months?’

Your  answer being

‘Officers are drafting a response which will be sent shortly.’

Will you now give a substantive answer, to include those three months and the three months since the  question was asked, i.e. for the last 6 months?

Written response from the Mayor

Please see my response to MQ 1579 / 2015.

Please see the tables below:

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Question No: 2015/2839

Andrew Dismore

Further to Question No: 2015/1580

‘What percentage of 1) I and ii) S calls in Camden were not answered within the target time in each of the last 3 months?’

Your  answer being

‘Officers are drafting a response which will be sent shortly.’

Will you now give a substantive answer, to include those three months and the three months since the  question was asked, i.e. for the last 6 months?

Written response from the Mayor

Please see my response to MQ 1580 / 2015.

Please see the tables below

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Question No: 2015/2840

Andrew Dismore

Further to Question No: 2015/2271

‘Further to Question No 2015/1568

Do you agree that the full cost of policing football matches should be fully recovered from the football clubs involved?’

Your answer and that of the MPS Commissioner being:

‘MOPAC recovers the full cost of providing policing services to football matches for policing provided on land owned, leased or controlled by the relevant club.  Under present law, MOPAC is not able to recover costs for any additional policing outside this ‘footprint’. My Deputy Mayor for Policing and Crime has made representations to Government about this’.

What representations did the Deputy Mayor make to Government, when, and what was the Government’s response?’

your  answer being

‘The Deputy Mayor for Policing and Crime raised the issue of recovering the full costs involved in policing football with the Home Secretary some time ago. This is now being followed up at an official level’

How do you square this answer, with the deputy Mayor’s response to the Police and Crime Committee oral session on this issue , when he said he hadn’t?  And what is being done to follow this up?

Written response from the Mayor

Officers are drafting a repsonse which will be sent shortly.

Question No: 2015/2841

Andrew Dismore

Is it correct, that West Ham will not be making a contribution towards the cost of policing their games at the Olympic Stadium, as press reports suggest: and if not how much i it expected that they will pay?

Written response from the Mayor

Officers are drafting a repsonse which will be sent shortly.

Question No: 2015/2842

Andrew Dismore

As the Home Secretary has now refused you permission to use them in London, what do you now intend to do with them?

Written response from the Mayor

Officers are drafting a repsonse which will be sent shortly.

Question No: 2015/2843

Andrew Dismore

Do you agree with the Commissioner of Police’s reported comments at the Chief Rabbi’s conference, that Shomrin’s volunteers and vehicles look to much like police officers and cars; if so, what action do you propose to take; and if not will you disassociate yourself from the Commissioner’s views?

Written response from the Mayor

Officers are drafting a repsonse which will be sent shortly.

Question No: 2015/2844

Andrew Dismore

In view of your wish to have control over the courts service in London, does this include the coroners service, and if so do you agree that the cultural expectations of the Jewish and Moslem communities in London should be catered for by the coroners service, in particular  by an   ‘out of hours’ service to cope with deaths outside usual  working hours to allow early burial , and the acceptance  of  scans (paid for by bereaved  families) rather than invasive post mortems?

Written response from the Mayor

I believe it is vitaI we ensure that public services accommodate the diversity of faiths and in particular that Muslim and Jewish Londoners are able to bury their dead as soon as possible after death, in accordance with the tenets of their religions.

I have been made aware of certain instances where communities have faced difficulty in achieving a religious burial due to the lack of availability of coroner services, particularly at weekends. I have raised this matter with the Secretary of State for Justice and my office is working on his on these issues.

I and S calls Camden

Question No: 2014/5264

Andrew Dismore

What percentage of I and what percentage of S calls in Camden were not answered within 15 minutes and 60 minutes respectively in each of August, September and October and November 2014 ?

Written response from the Mayor

Please see the table below:

Longest S and Longest I Calls: Barnet 2

Question No: 2015/0177

Andrew Dismore

In Barnet , For December 2014, how many I calls exceeded the 15 minute target time by  double, ( ie more than 15 minutes thus  taking 30 minutes or more) to be answered?

Written response from the Mayor

In Barnet for December, 21 I calls exceeded the 15 minute target time by double.

Longest S and Longest I Calls: Camden 2

Question No: 2015/0178

Andrew Dismore

In Camden , For December 2014, how many I calls exceeded the 15 minute target time by  double, ( ie more than 15 minutes thus  taking 30 minutes or more) to be answered?

Written response from the Mayor

In Camden for December, 8 calls exceeded the 15 minute target time by double.

Police Advertising Campaign

Question No: 2015/1576

Andrew Dismore

How much was spent on the recent advertising campaign just before the General Election, including; posters in phone boxes about police performance in each borough?

Written answer from the Mayor and MPS Commissioner

The amount spent on the spring 2015 campaign was £366, 328.

The spring confidence advertising campaign ran across the 14 lowest confidence boroughs. Increased confidence leads to more engagement with police, and encourages people to report crime, share information and to generally help the police do their job and provide a better service to meet their needs.

I and S calls, Barnet

Question No: 2015/1579

Andrew Dismore

What percentage of 1) I and ii) S calls in Barnet were not answered within the target time in each of the last 3 months?

Written answer from the Mayor and MPS Commissioner

Please see the tables below:

I and S calls, Camden

Question No: 2015/1580

Andrew Dismore

What percentage of 1) I and ii) S calls in Camden were not answered within the target time in each of the last 3 months?

Written answer from the Mayor and MPS Commissioner

Please see the tables below