Mayor's questions

Following the election of the new Mayor of London on the 1 May 2008 the procedure for sending Mayor's questions about policing direct to the Authority has come to an end. The Mayor will now answer all questions submitted to him.

On 5 December 2007 the Mayor of London wrote to Sally Hamwee, chair of the Assembly, to advise that he would be referring Assembly Members questions that relate to the actions and functions of the Metropolitan Police Service and the London Fire Brigade to the relevant functional body for response.

Where the Mayor decides that he is not going to answer policing or crime related questions the Assembly Member would be asked to direct their question to MPA

The MPA will send answers to these questions direct to the Assembly Member via email. We aim to publish the questions and answers on the website five days after providing answers to the Assembly Member.

2008

Assembly members' questions to the Mayor of London
Month	Assembly Member	Question	Reply
Mar	Jenny Jones	How many police officers have been trained for cycle duties in each year since 2000?	To identify all BOCU officers trained since 2000 would involve a large amount of work and would be at disproportional cost to the MPS. CO15 have supplied a list of numbers of officers that have completed level 1, 2 and 3 cycle training. Local Training Day - Cycle 1 - 27 MPS-GN132-Local Training Day - Cycle 2 - 13 MPS-GN133-Local Training Day - Cycle 3 - 7
Mar	Jenny Jones	How many police officers are currently: a) trained for cycle duties and b) deployed on bikes in London?	a) CO15 do not deploy officers on cycles. Any officers with authorisation would have bought it with them when they transferred from BOCU. b) Re currently trained and deployed on BOCU the same issue will apply of having to contact each BOCU individually and they then searching their records .
Feb	Jenny Jones	Rape How does the performance of the Metropolitan Police Service on rape offences in each of the last 5 years compare with police performance nationally for the same period? Can you provide a borough breakdown of sanctioned detections and convictions achieved for rape offences in London for 2006/07 and the first three quarters of 2007/08?	Response provided in this excel spreadsheet
Feb	Graham Tope	Reactivated and deactivated guns How many a) charges b) cautions and c) penalty notices of disorder for offences involving i) reactivated and ii) deactivated guns were recorded in each of the following years: 1. 2004 2. 2005 3. 2006 4. 2007 How many offences involving i) reactivated and ii) deactivated guns were recorded in each London borough in each of the following years: 1. 2004 2. 2005 3. 2006 4. 2007	Statistics provided in this table (word document)
Feb	Graham Tope	Met Police Officers receiving pension payments As at 31 March in each of years 2003 to 2007: a) how many police officers were employed by and b) how many ex-police officers were receiving pension payments from the Metropolitan Police Authority	a) Police officers employed 2003 - 28,477 2004 - 30,265 2005 - 31,175 2006 - 30,871 2007 - 31,074 Please note that this is Police Officers only, the figure does not include MSC. b) Ex-police officers receiving pension payments 2003 - 19,335 2004 - 19,559 2005 - 19,836 2006 - 20,214 2007 - 20,882
Feb	Graham Tope	Disabled people and crime How many offences in which the victim(s) were recorded as having a disability were recorded in each London borough in each year since 2000/01?	Statistics for period 2005-2007 provided in this table (PDF) Please note: disability is recorded by way of a flag on the CRIS report. As a result, disability could cover a huge range of issues from someone who is perhaps dyslexic, to someone who is wheelchair bound disability was not routinely collected until 2005