Late January 18 Plenary answers
Recent report by Her Majesty’s Inspectorate of Constabulary and Fire and Rescue Services
Question No: 2018/0261
Andrew Dismore
The recent report by Her Majesty’s Inspectorate of Constabulary and Fire and Rescue Services again found “significant weaknesses in the service provided to the children of London” to protect them from sexual exploitation. What are you doing to tackle this problem?
Written response from the Mayor
Please see my response to MQ2018/0001
(Oral answer)
Police merged boroughs pathfinder evaluation
Question No: 2018/0242
Andrew Dismore
When do you expect the evaluation to be completed; and why has it been delayed?
Written response from the Mayor
The Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) are in the process of finalising the pathfinder evaluation which they intend to publish shortly.
The pathfinders were a major undertaking and a genuine test of combining borough policing commands into fewer but larger Basic Command Units (BCUs). The evaluation has been similarly complex.
It is important that the MPS takes the necessary time to thoroughly evaluate the BCU impact; incorporating stakeholder feedback and ensuring lessons are learnt to inform future decisions on the BCU model.
Borough match funding for extra police officers (2)
Question No: 2018/0258
Andrew Dismore
Which boroughs are using the ‘buy one get one free’ deal for match funding for extra police officer numbers; and how many officers are being paid for in this way in each of those boroughs?
Written response from the Mayor
As of December 2017 the total number of officers deployed to boroughs under the Met Patrol Plus scheme is 361.
Note this figure represents ‘Full Time Equivalent’ (FTE) officers and includes both the funded officer and the additional officer.
The breakdown per borough is provided in the table below.
| Current agreements in place | |
| Borough | Dec-17 |
| Barking & Dagenham | 16.0 |
| Bexley | 2.0 |
| Brent | 12.0 |
| Camden | 2.0 |
| Croydon | 2.0 |
| Croydon Town Centre (BID Team) | 6.0 |
| Ealing | 14.0 |
| Enfield | 16.0 |
| Greenwich – Estates | 4.0 |
| Greenwich – O2 | 5.0 |
| Greenwich – Gangs | 8.0 |
| Greenwich – DV Team | 4.0 |
| Greenwich Schools | 4.0 |
| Hackney (Homes) | 1.0 |
| Hammersmith & Fulham | 48.0 |
| Haringey | 6.0 |
| Hillingdon | 15.0 |
| Hounslow (Homes) | 4.0 |
| Islington Angel BID | 7.0 |
| Kensington & Chelsea | 41.0 |
| Kensington & Chelsea – SIT | 2.0 |
| Kingston | 12.0 |
| Lambeth | 9.0 |
| Merton | 4.0 |
| Redbridge | 2.0 |
| Southwark | 6.0 |
| Southwark | 2.0 |
| Southwark | 2.0 |
| Sutton | 8.0 |
| Tower Hamlets | 6.0 |
| Waltham Forest | 8.0 |
| Westminster – PBID | 1.0 |
| 279.0 | |
| Agreements in negotiation | |
| Camden | 13.0 |
| Hounslow – Community Safety | 10.0 |
| Islington – NTE | 4.0 |
| Newham | 40.0 |
| Tower Hamlets | 14.0 |
| Westminster | 1.0 |
| 82.0 | |
| Current agreements in place | 279.0 |
| Renewal/Extension in negotiation | 82.0 |
| GRAND TOTAL | 361.0 |
