The number of officers in each BCU is provided in the Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) monthly Workforce Data report (Workforce data report | Metropolitan Police) (Table 2.1).
This data is available in each of the reports from the last 12 months.
]]>For example, my Cost of Living Hub provides information on a wide range of benefits and bill reductions, and I’m investing £5million in advice services which help Londoners realise their financial entitlements. I’m also helping to lower energy bills through my Warmer Homes programme and I continue to encourage employers to pay at least the London Living Wage.
But Government must step up. Only they have the levers to truly protect all Londoners from destitution and ensure their incomes are sufficient to afford the basic cost of living and housing and live with dignity.
]]>I am currently waiting for statutory guidance to be published by government to confirm how a national Deposit Return Scheme (DRS) will operate, and when this will be introduced. I welcome the introduction of a well-designed DRS, fully aligned and synchronised with more consistent recycling services and a greater role for producer responsibility.
Through the 2023 to 2025 Reduction and Recycling Plan (RRP) drafting and review process, I am engaging with boroughs on the issues they face with the introduction a national DRS scheme.
]]>The GLA is contributing £30,000 to the campaign, which is also being supported by councils and waste disposal authorities from across 23 London boroughs, as well as ReLondon (a statutory body of the Mayor of London and London’s Boroughs) and the Ellen MacArthur Foundation. The funding will support the design, research, creative development, media spend and campaign evaluation. The budget will be supplemented further, where possible, through private sector partnerships.
I am also supporting those impacted by the current crisis through my Cost-of-Living hub, and my work to redistribute edible food waste to those living with food insecurity.
]]>However in 2021, Public Health England published a gambling related harms evidence review which found London had lower than average gambling participation levels, compared to other regions.
The review also estimated that the proportion of people experiencing gambling problems in the London population- a term used to describe someone who gambles with negative consequences and a possible loss of control – was 1.2%.
]]>I am committed to helping older Londoners and to tackling the inequalities they face. As well as the support provided through my cost of living programme, I am working to support older Londoners to claim their entitlements, such as Pension Credit, so that they are not struggling to get by on less than they need to.
To help older Londoners stay well this winter, my warmer Homes Advice Service is providing advice on heating homes and dealing with energy or water debt and my Warmer Homes programme is providing free heating, insulation and ventilation improvements. I am also urging people to get their Covid and flu jabs.
]]>My Food Flagship Initiative, is delivering a programme of interventions to reduce London’s food waste. The pan-London sustainable food campaign is one element and will go live from January 2023, running until the end of March 2024, with evaluation and reporting in spring 2024. It builds upon successful campaigns like TriFOCAL, which reduced household food waste by 9%, equivalent to 160,000 tonnes, saving Londoners £12.5 million across two years.
]]>As part of my commitment to bring forward plans to ban harmful gambling advertisements on the TfL network, I have commissioned the University of Sheffield and University of Glasgow to produce independent evidence briefing. This work will summarise the research evidence on the health and health inequalities impacts of gambling advertising and will be published as a journal article in the coming months.
In the meantime, I continue to work closely with London Local Authority colleagues in building the evidence base so that we can better understand gambling harms and how to address them across London, working in partnership.
]]>Data from the Gambling Commission register from Nov 2022 indicated that there are 812 betting shops registered in London as of November 2022. This register collates data supplied by Local Authorities in London.
Data from previous years is not available for comparison but the trend nationally has been that betting shop numbers have declined in recent years.
The 2022 update from the Gambling Commission indicates that there were 6,462 betting shops in Great Britain between April 2020 to March 2021 which represented a 15.9% decrease from the previous year
]]>I’m a blood donor, and this year I’ve already supported NHS Blood and Transplant’s (NHSBT) LonDONOR campaign to boost donations across the capital. In addition, when NHSBT issued the blood stocks Amber Alert in October, my Health Team mobilised staff at City Hall and spread the message across the GLA Group, while I reached out on my channels to donors across London, to encourage them to keep their donation appointments or schedule a new one.
I know that NHSBT continues to need new donors in London, and I want City Hall to have a positive influence – not just on the surrounding community, but across all of London. I’m currently in discussions with the organisation to see how else we can support donation efforts, including looking at how we can use our buildings.
]]>This is a deliberate decision to provide resilience whilst newly recruited officers are gaining experience.
]]>Police staff WTR compliance is monitored under local management arrangements and is not available centrally as a performance report.
Working time risks are reviewed at the Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) Health, Safety and Wellbeing Board which focuses on compliance, operational impact and the implementation of interventions to mitigate risk.
WTR non-compliance for Police officers*
* The data includes Royal and Specialist Protection (RASP) and Parliamentary and Diplomatic Protection (PaDP), who have a 26 week reference period.
]]>I have already taken the decision to bring forward London’s own net zero target by twenty years to 2030. We simply cannot afford to wait and I am doing everything in my powers to reduce London’s carbon emissions.
But to deliver London’s target requires greater commitment, effective national policy and long term funding from Government. The UK, along with other nations must show the same commitment as many non-state actors to drive down emissions quicker. They must also support the global south in both mitigating and adapting to climate change. Failing to do so will prevent progress being made quickly enough.
]]>There is already significant activity across London in relation to all four strands of CONTEST, including the establishment of the Counter Terrorism Operations Centre in June 2021. LFB and all emergency services are actively engaged in the development of Joint Operating Procedures and specific planning under the leadership of the Metropolitan Police Contest Board and Marauding Terror Attack Preparedness Board.
Action is underway to take account of the findings of the recently published Manchester Arena Inquiry recommendations.
Changes arising from the CONTEST review will be incorporated into the periodic review of relevant emergency plans and form part of the training and exercising approach.
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