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This page contains details of questions from GLA Assembly Members relating to policing or crime.
Warning: This is archived material and may be out of date. The Metropolitan Police Authority has been replaced by the Mayor's Office for Policing and Crime (MOPC).
See the MOPC website for further information.
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 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.
Assembly members' questions to the Mayor of London
Cycling duties
Date: March 2008
Assembly Member: Jenny Jones
Question
How many police officers have been trained for cycle duties in each year since 2000?
Answer
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
Question
How many police officers are currently:
- trained for cycle duties and
- deployed on bikes in London?
Answer
- CO15 do not deploy officers on cycles. Any officers with authorisation would have bought it with them when they transferred from BOCU.
- 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 .
Rape
Date: February 2008
Assembly Member: Jenny Jones
Question
- 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?
Answer
MPS:
| Rape Offences | Change with previous year | |
|---|---|---|
| 2002/03 | 2,731 | +9.3% |
| 2003/04 | 2,571 | -5.9% |
| 2004/05 | 2,446 | -4.9% |
| 2005/06 | 2,398 | -2.0% |
| 2006/07 | 2,304 | -3.9% |
England & Wales:
| Rape Offences | % Change with previous year | |
|---|---|---|
| 2002/03 | 12,295 | +26.3% |
| 2003/04 | 13,272 | +7.9% |
| 2004/05 | 14,013 | +5.6% |
| 2005/06 | 14,443 | +3.1% |
| 2006/07 | 13,780 | -4.6% |
Rape sanctioned detection rate:
| Rape SD rate 2006/07 | Rape SD rate 2007/08 (Apr-Dec) | |
|---|---|---|
| Barking & Dagenham | 35.3% | 32.6% |
| Barnet | 26.9% | 51.4% |
| Bexley | 40.0% | 92.9% |
| Brent | 38.7% | 28.6% |
| Bromley | 39.1% | 41.4% |
| Camden | 38.6% | 46.7% |
| Croydon | 30.9% | 43.1% |
| Ealing | 42.9% | 44.0% |
| Enfield | 42.4% | 26.3% |
| Greenwich | 31.8% | 25.0% |
| Hackney | 38.5% | 37.3% |
| Hammersmith & Fulham | 29.0% | 25.0% |
| Haringey | 47.4% | 55.8% |
| Harrow | 15.6% | 31.0% |
| Havering | 34.2% | 39.3% |
| Hillingdon | 42.9% | 17.6% |
| Hounslow | 39.7% | 39.3% |
| Islington | 36.0% | 34.0% |
| Kensington & Chelsea | 22.4% | 39.1% |
| Kingston upon Thames | 46.4% | 22.2% |
| Lambeth | 18.9% | 34.6% |
| Lewisham | 37.7% | 23.8% |
| Merton | 9.5% | 12.9% |
| Newham | 39.6% | 30.3% |
| Redbridge | 25.0% | 41.0% |
| Richmond upon Thames | 16.7% | 31.3% |
| Southwark | 32.2% | 29.6% |
| Sutton | 39.4% | 22.2% |
| Tower Hamlets | 33.0% | 33.3% |
| Waltham Forest | 36.5% | 39.0% |
| Wandsworth | 37.0% | 26.6% |
| Westminster | 22.9% | 22.7% |
Reactivated and deactivated guns
Date: February 2008
Assembly Member: Graham Tope
Question
- 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
Answer
Number of charges/cautions/penalty notices for offences involving reactivated and deactivated guns for 2004-2007:
| Year | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 |
Grand total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number of offences [1] involving reactivated/deactivated [2] guns | 12 | 11 | 5 | 9 | 37 |
| Number of persons accused [3] of offences involving reactivated/deactivated guns charged | 8 | 9 | 4 | 7 | 28 |
| Number of persons accused of offences involving reactivated/deactivated guns cautioned | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| Number of persons accused of offences involving reactivated/deactivated guns receiving penalty notices | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Notes:
- Total notifiable offences
- Reactivated/deactivated guns include the following feature codes RD (Reactivated Handgun), RN (Deactivated Firearm),RY (Other Reactivated Firearm)
- A count of people who have been arrested and had proceedings taken against them including sanction detection and non sanction detections.
Met Police Officers receiving pension payments
Date: February 2008
Assembly Member: Graham Tope
Question
As at 31 March in each of years 2003 to 2007:
- how many police officers were employed by and
- how many ex-police officers were receiving pension payments from the Metropolitan Police Authority
Answer
- Police officers employed (Please note that this is Police Officers only, the figure does not include MSC.):
- 2003 - 28,477
- 2004 - 30,265
- 2005 - 31,175
- 2006 - 30,871
- 2007 - 31,074
- Ex-police officers receiving pension payments
- 2003 - 19,335
- 2004 - 19,559
- 2005 - 19,836
- 2006 - 20,214
- 2007 - 20,882
Disabled people and crime
Date: February 2008
Assembly Member: Graham Tope
Question
How many offences in which the victim(s) were recorded as having a disability [1] were recorded in each London borough in each year since 2000/01?
Number of victims of crime with a disability, broken down by borough for 2005-2007 [2]:
| Borough | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Barking & Dagenham | 185 | 728 | 622 |
| Barnet | 220 | 692 | 624 |
| Bexley | 140 | 479 | 446 |
| Brent | 281 | 780 | 563 |
| Bromley | 221 | 800 | 631 |
| Camden | 306 | 994 | 656 |
| Croydon | 210 | 701 | 567 |
| Ealing | 251 | 877 | 695 |
| Enfield | 216 | 715 | 639 |
| Greenwich | 292 | 965 | 973 |
| Hackney | 323 | 1004 | 763 |
| Hammersmith & Fulham | 161 | 672 | 524 |
| Haringey | 297 | 981 | 944 |
| Harrow | 162 | 489 | 429 |
| Havering | 173 | 683 | 459 |
| Heathrow | 7 | 17 | 17 |
| Hillingdon | 224 | 871 | 724 |
| Hounslow | 206 | 532 | 416 |
| Islington | 267 | 1058 | 820 |
| Kensington & Chelsea | 79 | 369 | 324 |
| Kingston Upon Thames | 100 | 268 | 197 |
| Lambeth | 268 | 816 | 651 |
| Lewisham | 307 | 1267 | 1085 |
| Merton | 97 | 425 | 344 |
| Newham | 297 | 1183 | 959 |
| Redbridge | 138 | 654 | 573 |
| Richmond Upon Thames | 64 | 242 | 203 |
| Southwark | 329 | 1088 | 873 |
| Sutton | 104 | 460 | 362 |
| Tower Hamlets | 284 | 966 | 693 |
| Waltham Forest | 218 | 740 | 565 |
| Wandsworth | 249 | 758 | 617 |
| Westminster | 202 | 676 | 615 |
| Grand Total | 6878 | 23950 | 19573 |
The data was extracted from the CRIS Victims base table for the period 01 January 2000 to 31 December 2007 with a confirmation date of 18 February 2008.
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