Andrew Dismore

Dispersal Orders and Public Space Protection Orders

Question No: 2020/4239

Andrew Dismore

Please set out by borough how many Dispersal Orders and Public Space Protection Orders have been made so far this year?

Answer for Dispersal Orders and Public Space Protection Orders

Unknown

Last updated: 16 December, 2020

Officers are drafting a response

 

Borough and BCU commanders

Question No: 2020/4240

Andrew Dismore

For Barnet and Camden BCU and after merger for the relevant BCUs, and excluding holidays and short sickness absence, for the last 6 years please list the names and dates of their periods in charge of substantive, acting and temporary Borough and BCU commanders.

Answer for Borough and BCU commanders

Unknown

Last updated: 16 December, 2020

Officers are drafting a response

 

Locking parks at night

Question No: 2020/4241

Andrew Dismore

Barnet Council have taken the decision not to lock some parks at night due to COVID, which have already led to several instances of ASB in the night. Do you agree that in order to keep ASB down, these parks should be locked, and will you ask Barnet’s police commander to write to Barnet Council to ask them to lock the parks?

Locking parks at night

The Mayor

Last updated: 15 December, 2020

The NW BCU and all three local authorities are working closely to ensure public safety.

The decision to lock a park at night is taken by the local authority and the decision is informed by views from other partners. There is no simple solution to reducing ASB in parks at night.

Barnet LA and NW BCU regularly share information about crime and ASB to deliver an informed patrolling strategy to maintain public safety

Grenfell

Question No: 2020/4242

Andrew Dismore

Please give an update on the police investigation into the Grenfell fire.

 

Grenfell

The Mayor

Last updated: 16 December, 2020

The MPS continues its criminal investigation into the tragedy at Grenfell Tower on 14 June 2017, specialist family liaison officers continue to support those most affected. The investigation is one of the largest investigations undertaken by the MPS and is being conducted in parallel to the public inquiry.

The MPS and the public inquiry have a memorandum of understanding that enables the sharing of evidence and the public inquiry’s Phase 2 hearings are monitored on a daily basis by the MPS.

The MPS has previously informed the bereaved families and the survivors that both the police and the CPS agree that the criminal investigation must take into account any findings or reports produced by the Grenfell Tower public inquiry, including the Inquiry’s final reports for both Phase 1 and Phase 2.

The publication of any final public inquiry report will follow its Phase 2 hearings. Once the report has been considered, if the police investigation concludes there is sufficient evidence to consider criminal charges in relation to the fire, a file will be submitted to the CPS for a charging decision.

The MPS assessment is that any charging file submission to CPS is unlikely to be sooner than the middle of 2022. This timeline will be subject to review as the Phase 2 hearings progress. The police investigation has been in regular engagement with the CPS since the beginning of the investigation and continue to do so.