§ Ms Oona KingTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what criteria the proposed Metropolitan Police Authority will use in determining whether a police/community consultative group continues to receive approval and support; and what role PCCGs themselves will have in devising an acceptable process for assessing each PCCG's performance. [95167]
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§ Mr. Charles ClarkeSubject to the passage of the Greater London Authority Bill, it will be the responsibility of the Metropolitan Police Authority (MPA) (after consulting the Commissioner of Police for the Metropolis) to make arrangements for obtaining the views of Londoners about matters concerning policing in the Metropolitan Police District and for securing their co-operation with the police in preventing crime in that area. This responsibility will be identical to that currently falling on police authorities outside London. It will be for the Metropolitan Police Authority to determine what criteria it will use to assess whether and to what extent individual Police/Community Consultative Groups help it to fulfil its statutory responsibility. In assessing the effectiveness of all its arrangements for public consultation, the MPA will be under the duty of Best Value.