Ministry of Justice Public Bodies 2010 Provides High-Level Information About Each of the Department’S Non-Departmental Public Bodies (Ndpbs)

Ministry of Justice Public Bodies As of 31 March 2010

16 December 2010

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Ministry of Justice public bodies as of 31 March 2010

Contents Foreword 2 Ministry of Justice public bodies as of 31 March 2010 3 Administrative Justice and Tribunal Council 3 Advisory Committee on Justices of the Peace in England and Wales 4 Advisory Council on National Records and Archives 5 Advisory Panel on Public Sector Information 6 Boundary Commission for England 7 Boundary Commission for Scotland 8 Boundary Commission for Wales 9 Civil Justice Council 10 Civil Procedure Rule Committee 11 Courts Boards 12 Criminal Cases Review Commission 13 Criminal Injuries Compensation Authority 14 Criminal Procedure Rule Committee 15 Crown Court Rule Committee 16 Family Justice Council 17 Family Procedure Rule Committee 19 Independent Advisory Panel on Deaths in Custody (IAP) 20 Independent Monitoring Boards for Prisons, Immigration Removal Centres and Short-Term Holding Facilities 21 Information Commissioner’s Office 22 Insolvency Rules Committee 23 Judicial Appointments Commission 24 Land Registration Rule Committee 25 Law Commission 26 Legal Services Board 27 Legal Services Commission 28 Parole Board for England and Wales 29 Prison Service Pay Review Body 30 Dyfed Powys Probation Trust 31 Greater Manchester Probation Trust 32 Humberside Probation Trust 33 Lancashire Probation Trust 34 Leicestershire Probation Trust 35 Merseyside Probation Trust 36 South Wales Probation Trust 37 West Mercia Probation Trust 38 Sentencing Advisory Panel 39 Sentencing Guidelines Council 40 Tribunal Procedure Committee 41 Victim’s Advisory Panel 42 Youth Justice Board for England and Wales 43 Other Bodies 44 Magistrates’ Court Rule Committee 44 Restraint Accreditation Board 45 Notes 46

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Foreword

Ministry of Justice Public Bodies 2010 provides high-level information about each of the Department’s Non-Departmental Public Bodies (NDPBs). This includes basic details such as contact information, annual budget allocations, staff numbers and remuneration of Chief Executive Officer and/or Chair of the organization.

The Ministry of Justice is one of the biggest Departments in Whitehall, with an annual budget of around £10 billion. Our remit includes courts, tribunals, prisons, probation trusts and community justice centres across the United Kingdom. In order to deliver the Department’s full range of functions, we support a significant number of NDPBs to undertake some executive functions at arm’s length and to provide independent advice in relation to the justice system.

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Ministry of Justice public bodies as of 31 March 2010

Administrative Justice and Tribunal Council NDPB Type Advisory Address 81 Chancery Lane London WC2A 1BQ Telephone 020 7855 5200 Fax 020 7855 5201 Email [email protected] Website www.ajtc.gov.uk Terms of Reference The Administrative Justice and Tribunals Council keeps under review the administrative justice system as a whole with a view to making it accessible, fair and efficient. It seeks to ensure that the relationship between the courts, tribunals, ombudsmen and alternative dispute resolution providers satisfactorily reflect the needs of users. Notes Established by the Tribunals, Courts and Enforcement Act 2007 as the successor body to the Council on Tribunals with effect from 01 November 2007, it absorbed the former body’s oversight of Tribunals and Inquiries while adding the extended remit of administrative justice as a whole. Like the Council on Tribunals, it has a Scottish Committee. It also has a Welsh Committee established from 01 June 2008. Regulatory Function No Chair 1. Richard Thomas CBE 2. Richard Henderson (Scottish Committee) 3. Professor Sir Adrian Webb (Welsh Committee) Chair’s Remuneration 1. £56,051 2. £28,026 (Scottish Committee) 3. £28,026 (Welsh Committee) Chief Executive Ray Burningham Chief Executive’s 0 Remuneration Public Meetings No Public Minutes No Register of Interests Yes Ombudsman No Annual Report 2008/09 Last Review 2003/04 Government Funding £1.3m Total Gross Expenditure N/A OCPA Regulated Yes Staff Employed 12 + 2 agency staff Appointments: Chair – Ministerial 1. 1 MP 2. 1 MP (Scottish Committee) 3. 1 MP (Welsh Committee) Member - Ministerial 1. 5MP 7FP 2. 3MP 1FP (1MP also included in (1) above) as is also member of AJTC) 3. 2MP 1FP Member - Non Ministerial 1. 1 F EX-O 2. 1 M EX-O (Scottish Committee) 3. 1 M EX-O (Welsh Committee)

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Advisory Committee on Justices of the Peace in England and Wales

NDPB Type Advisory Address 102 Petty France, London, SW1H 9AJ Telephone 0203 334 3272 Fax 0203 334 3300 Email Various Website No Terms of Reference To advise the Lord Chancellor and the Lord Chief Justice on the appointment of Justices of the Peace in England and Wales Notes Established circa 1970s. No committees have been wound up/closed in 2009/10. Sponsorship has been the responsibility of HM Courts Service since 1 April 2006 Multiple Bodies 101 Regulatory Function No Chair Multiple Chair’s Remuneration £0 Public Meetings No Public Minutes No Register of Interests Yes Ombudsman No Annual Report 2009/10 Last Review 1997 Audit Arrangements None Government Funding Not identifiable. Costs incurred come from within HM Courts Service expenditure Total Gross Expenditure N/A OCPA Regulated Yes Staff Employed 0 Appointments: Chair – Ministerial 62M 31F 8V. All U Member – Ministerial 527M 486F. All U

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Advisory Council on National Records and Archives

NDPB Type Advisory Address The National Archives, Chief Executive’s Office, Kew, Richmond,Surrey,TW9 4DU Telephone 0208 392 5377 Email [email protected] Website www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/advisorycouncil

Terms of Reference To advise the Lord Chancellor on matters relating to records and archives in the UK and in particular in England and Wales especially access to historical records and the preservation of records and manuscripts. Notes Established 2003. Incorporates the Advisory Council on Public Records (established 1959) and the advisory functions of the Royal Commission on Historical Manuscripts through a subcommittee, known as the Forum on Historical Manuscripts and Academic Research. The Advisory Council on National Records and Archives receives a budget from The National Archives. The annual report of the Advisory Council is published within the annual report of The National Archives. (The Government funding and expenditure figures for the Council set out in the 2009 report MoJ Public Bodies 2009 do not include staff costs. The staff costs for the Council, as of 31 March 2009, amounted to £43,500). Multiple Bodies 0 Regulatory Function No Chair Lord Neuberger of Abbotsbury Chair’s Remuneration 0 Public Meetings No Public Minutes Yes (summary) Register of Interests Yes Ombudsman PCA Annual Report 2009-10 Last Review 1998 Audit Arrangements NAO Audit as part of wider TNA audit Government Funding £55,400 Total Gross Expenditure £53,800 OCPA Regulated Yes Staff Employed 1 Appointments: Member – Ministerial 13M 6F Chair – Non-Ministerial 1 EX-O

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Advisory Panel on Public Sector Information

NDPB Type Advisory Address The National Archives, Chief Executive’s Office, Kew, Richmond, Surrey, TW9 4DU Telephone 0208 392 5377 Email [email protected] Website www.appsi.gov.uk Terms of Reference To advise Ministers on how to encourage and create opportunities in the information industry for greater. To advise Ministers on how to encourage and create opportunities in the information industry for greater re-use of public sector information. To advise the Director of the Office of Public Sector Information and Controller of Her Majesty’s Stationery Office about changes and opportunities in the information industry, so that the licensing of Crown copyright and public sector information is aligned with current and emerging developments. To review and consider complaints under the Re-use of Public Sector Information Regulations 2005 and advise on the impact of the complaints procedures under those regulations. Notes The Advisory Panel on Public Sector Information (APPSI) does not receive a fixed budget. Instead, the full costs of operating APPSI are covered by The National Archives budget. APPSI’s direct and indirect costs and overheads are published in APPSI’s annual reports, which are available on the APPSI website at www.appsi.gov.uk/CategoryView/category/Annualreports/. Multiple Bodies No Regulatory Function No Chair Professor David Rhind CBE Chair’s Remuneration £4000 Public Meetings No Public Minutes Yes Register of Interests Yes Ombudsman PCA Annual Report Yes Government Funding £113,806 (see note above) Total Gross Expenditure n/a OCPA Regulated Yes Staff Employed 1 Appointments: Chair – Ministerial 1 Deputy – Ministerial 1 Member – Ministerial 18M 1 F (inclusive of chair and deputy chair)

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Boundary Commission for England

NDPB Type Advisory Address 2nd Floor, Steel House, 11 Tothill Street, London, SW1H 9LJ Telephone 020 3334 0400 Fax 020 3334 0406 Email [email protected] Website www.boundarycommissionforengland.org.uk Terms of Reference To keep under continuous review the representation of England in the House of Commons. Notes Established 1944. Ex-Officio Chair is the Speaker of the House of Commons, but in practice he does not involve himself in the work of the Commission. The Deputy Chair is a Judge of the High Court, appointed by the Lord Chancellor. Responsibility for the Commission was transferred to the Cabinet Office on 6 April 2010. Multiple Bodies 0 Regulatory Function No Chair The Speaker of the House of Commons Chair’s Remuneration 0 Public Meetings No Public Minutes No Register of Interests Yes Ombudsman PCA Annual Report 2009/10 Last Review 0 Audit Arrangements 0 Government Funding £301,588 Total Gross Expenditure N/A OCPA Regulated Yes Staff Employed 5 Appointments: Deputy – Ministerial 1M U Member – Ministerial 2M P Chair – Non-Ministerial 1M EX-O

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Boundary Commission for Scotland

NDPB Type Advisory Address Dr Hugh Buchanan, Secretary of the Boundary Commission, Thistle House, 91 Haymarket Terrace, Edinburgh, EH12 5HD Telephone 0131 538 7513 Email [email protected] Website www.bcomm-scotland.gov.uk Terms of Reference To keep under review–  constituencies and regions for the Scottish Parliament, and  constituencies in Scotland for the Westminster Parliament Notes Established in 1944. Sponsored by the Scotland Office. Currently constituted by the Parliamentary Constituencies Act 1986. Chair is ex officio the Speaker of the House of Commons, but in practice he does not involve himself in the work of the Commission. The Deputy Chair is a judge of the Court of Session, appointed by the Lord President of the Court of Session. Multiple Bodies N/A Regulatory Function No Chair Speaker of House of Commons- Ex Officio Chair’s Remuneration N/A Public Meetings No Public Minutes Yes Register of Interests Yes Ombudsman PCA GB Annual Report 2010 Last Review 1996 Audit Arrangements NAO Government Funding 557K Total Gross Expenditure N/A OCPA Regulated Yes Staff Employed 5.1 FTE Appointments: Member – Ministerial 1F/1M P Chair – Non-Ministerial 1 Ex-O Deputy – Non-Ministerial 1MU

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Boundary Commission for Wales

NDPB Type Advisory Address Caradog House, 1-6 St Andrew’s Place, Cardiff, CF10 3BE Telephone 0209 2039 5031 Fax 0209 2039 5250 Email [email protected] Website www.bcomm-wales.gov.uk Terms of Reference To keep under continuous review the representation of Wales in the House of Commons. Notes Established 1944. Ex-Officio Chair is the Speaker of the House of Commons, but in practice he does not involve himself in the work of the Commission. The Deputy Chair is a Judge of the High Court, appointed by the Lord Chancellor. Responsibility for the Commission was transferred to the Cabinet Office on 6 April 2010. Multiple Bodies 0 Regulatory Function No Chair The Speaker of the House of Commons Chair’s Remuneration 0 Public Meetings No Public Minutes No Register of Interests Yes Ombudsman PCA Annual Report 2008/09 Last Review 0 Audit Arrangements 0 Government Funding £48, 918 Total Gross Expenditure N/A OCPA Regulated Yes Staff Employed 8 Appointments: Deputy – Ministerial 1M U Member – Ministerial 2M P Chair – Non-Ministerial 1M EX-O

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Civil Justice Council

NDPB Type Advisory Address Room E218 Royal Courts of Justice London WC2A 2LL Telephone 020 7947 6670 Fax 020 7947 7475 Email [email protected] Website www.civiljusticecouncil.gov.uk Terms of Reference The Civil Justice Council has a statutory duty under the Civil Procedure Act 1997 to keep the civil justice system under review; consider how to make the civil justice system more accessible, fair and efficient; advise the Lord Chancellor and the Judicia ry on the d evelopment of the civil justice system; refer proposals for change in th e civil just ice system t o the Lord C hancellor a nd the Civil Procedure Committee ; and make proposals for research. Notes The Civil Justice Council was established under the Civil Procedure Act 1997. Of the non-ministerial appointments, the Chair, the Deputy Chair and four of the members are judicial appointments, and the two ex- officio appointments are civil servants concerned with the administration of the courts. Multiple Bodies 0 Regulatory Function No Chair Lord Neuberger of Abbotsbury Chair’s Remuneration 0 Chief Executive Mr Robert Musgrove (Mr Alex Clark from October 2010) Chief Executive’s 0 (Civil Servant) Remuneration Public Meetings No Public Minutes Yes Register of Interests Yes Ombudsman No Annual Report 2008/09 Last Review 2008 Audit Arrangements N/A Government Funding £343,280 Total Gross Expenditure 0 (N/A) OCPA Regulated Yes Staff Employed 4 Appointments: Member – Ministerial 9M U; 7F U; 1V U Chair – Non-Ministerial 1M U Deputy – Non-Ministerial 1M U Member – Non-Ministerial 4M U; 2 M EX-O

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Civil Procedure Rule Committee

NDPB Type Advisory Address 4th Floor, 102 Petty France, London SW1H 9AJ Telephone 020 3334 3184 Fax 020 3334 6457 Email [email protected] Website www.justice.gov.uk/about/civil-proc-rule-committee.htm Terms of Reference The Civil Procedure Rule Committee was created by virtue of Section 2 of the Civil Procedure Act 1997 (as amended by section 83 of the Courts Act 2003) to make rules of court for the Civil Division of the Court of Appeal, the High Court and the county courts. Notes Established 1998 Multiple Bodies 0 Regulatory Function No Chair The Master of the Rolls Chair’s Remuneration 0 Public Meetings Yes Public Minutes Minutes available on application Register of Interests Yes Annual Report 2009 Government Funding £76,500 Total Gross Expenditure 0 OCPA Regulated Yes Staff Employed 1 Appointments: Member – Ministerial M6, F2 unpaid Chair – Non-Ministerial 1 x EX Deputy – Non-Ministerial 1 x EX Member – Non Ministerial M4, F2 unpaid

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Courts Boards

NDPB Type Advisory Address 1.21, 102 Petty France, London SW1H 9AJ Telephone 020 3334 3008 Fax 0870 739 4487 Email [email protected] Website www.hmcourts-service.gov.uk Terms of Reference www.hmcourts-service.gov.uk/aboutus/structure/court_boards Multiple Bodies 21 Regulatory Function No Chair Multiple Chair’s Remuneration £2000 Public Meetings Yes Public Minutes Yes Register of Interests Yes Ombudsman No Annual Report No Total Gross Expenditure £0 OCPA Regulated Yes Staff Employed 0 Appointments: Chair – Ministerial 21 (16M, 5F P) Deputy – Ministerial N/A Member – Ministerial 140 (90M, 50F, 118P, 22U)

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Criminal Cases Review Commission

NDPB Type Executive Address Alpha Tower, Suffolk Street, Birmingham, B1 1TT Telephone 0121 633 1800 Fax 0121 633 1823 Email [email protected] Website www.ccrc.gov.uk%20 Terms of Reference To investigate suspected miscarriages of justice in England, Wales and Northern Ireland, and refer appropriate cases to the courts. Notes Started 31 March 1997 The CCRC is not a regulatory body but they do refer cases to the Appeal Courts without binding advice. Multiple Bodies 0 Regulatory Function No Chair Richard Foster CBE Chair’s Remuneration £103, 652 Chief Executive Claire Bassett Chief Executive’s £87k Remuneration Public Meetings No Public Minutes No Register of Interests Yes Annual Report 2009-10 Last Review 2006-07 Audit Arrangements NAO Government Funding £6.56m Total Gross Expenditure £6.60m OCPA Regulated Yes Staff Employed 89 (FTE 81.78) Appointments: Chair – Ministerial 1MP Deputy – Ministerial 1MP Member – Ministerial 4M 2F P 2V Member – Non Ministerial 2F P (Non Executives)

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Criminal Injuries Compensation Authority

NDPB Type Executive Address Tay House, 300 Bath Street, Glasgow, G2 4LN Telephone 0800 358 3601 Fax 0414 331 2287 Email [email protected] Website www.cica.gov.uk%20 Terms of Reference To determine and awards of compensation to innocent victims of crimes of violence. Notes There are no public appointments. Government funding and Total gross expenditure include near cash and capital DEL. Multiple Bodies 0 Regulatory Function No Chief Executive Carole Oatway Chief Executive’s £90-95K Remuneration Public Meetings No Public Minutes No Register of Interests Yes Ombudsman PCA Annual Report 2009-10 Audit Arrangements NAO Government Funding £282,237m Total Gross Expenditure £252,326m OCPA Regulated Yes Staff Employed 505 Appointments: Member – Non Ministerial 3M

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Criminal Procedure Rule Committee

NDPB Type Advisory Address Secretariat to the Criminal Procedure Rule Committee, Ministry of Justice, 7.36, 102 Petty France, London, SW1H 9AJ Telephone 0203 334 4031 \ 4032 Fax 0203 334 3001 Email [email protected]; [email protected] Website www.justice.gov.uk/about/criminal-proc-rule-committee.htm The Criminal Procedure Rules are located at www.justice.gov.uk/criminal/procrules_fin/index.htm Terms of Reference To streamline and modernise the practice and procedure to be followed in the criminal trials of England and Wales (section 69 of the Courts Act 2003 refers.) The membership reflects the key participants in the conduct of a criminal case. The Criminal Procedure Rule Committee consults widely before making new rules. Notes Established in 2004. The first Criminal Procedure Rules were made in 2005 and the first consolidated Criminal Procedure Rules were made in 2010. Multiple Bodies 0 Regulatory Function No Chair The Rt. Hon. Lord Judge, the Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales (ex officio) Chair’s Remuneration Not remunerated. Public Meetings Yes Public Minutes Yes – on request Register of Interests Yes Ombudsman Not appropriate. The rules produced are submitted to the Lord Chancellor and are subject to Parliamentary scrutiny upon publication. Annual Report 2009-10 Audit Arrangements Internal Audit Government Funding No grant or grant-in-aid. Secretariat costs are not identifiable. Total Gross Expenditure - OCPA Regulated Yes Staff Employed No Appointments: Member – Ministerial 9, of which 1 EX-O; 8M, 1F; U. Chair – Non-Ministerial The Lord Chief Justice (EX-O). M, U, Deputy – Non-Ministerial 1, M, U Member – Non -Ministerial 6 U, M; 1 V

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Crown Court Rule Committee

NDPB Type Advisory Address 1st Floor, 102 Petty France, London, SW1H 9AJ

Telephone 0203 334 6292

Fax 0203 334 6458

Email [email protected]

Website www.hmcourts‐service.gov.uk

Terms of Reference The Crown Court Rule Committee no longer makes rules for the criminal jurisdiction, as section 69 of the Courts Act 2003 established the Criminal Procedure Rule Committee to make rules for all criminal courts, up to and including the Court of Appeal (Criminal Division). The Crown Court Rule Committee now makes rules of practice and procedure, under section 84(1) of the Supreme Court Act 1981, for the small number of non- criminal matters dealt with in the Crown Court.

Notes Established by the Supreme Court Act 1981. The Committee does not hold a budget. Appointments to it do not attract remuneration and are undertaken on a voluntary basis. The Committee does not meet in person and is consulted by post. Administrative overheads are therefore limited to routine mail and telephone charges which are absorbed into departmental running costs and are not separately identifiable. The last published report can be found at: www.hmcourts- service.gov.uk/publications/annual_reports/crown_ct_rules_com/crow n_rule_ann_rep2008.htm Multiple Bodies 0 Regulatory Function No Public Meetings No Public Minutes No Register of Interests Yes Annual Report (see above) Government Funding £0 Total Gross Expenditure £0 OCPA Regulated Yes Staff Employed 0 Appointments: Member – Ministerial 1M Chair – Non-Ministerial 1M EX-O Member – Non Ministerial 4M

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Family Justice Council

NDPB Type Advisory Address Room E201, East Block, Royal Courts of Justice London WC2A 2LL Telephone 020 7947 7950 Fax 020 7947 7875 Email [email protected] Website www.family-justice-council.org.uk Terms of Reference The Family Justice Council aims to facilitate the delivery of better and quicker outcomes for families and children who use the family justice system. The Council's primary role is to promote an inter-disciplinary approach to family justice, and through consultation and research, to monitor how effectively the system both as a whole and through its component parts delivers the service the Government and the public need and to advise on reforms necessary for continuous improvement. In particular it will:

Promote improved interdisciplinary working across the family justice system through inclusive discussion, communication and co- ordination between all agencies, including by way of seminars and conferences as appropriate;

Identify and disseminate best practice throughout the family justice system by facilitating a mutual exchange of information between local family justice councils and the national Council, including information on local initiatives, and by identifying priorities for, and encouraging the conduct of, research;

Provide guidance and direction to achieve consistency of practice throughout the family justice system and submit proposals for new practice directions where appropriate;

Provide advice and make recommendations to Government on changes to legislation, practice and procedure, which will improve the workings of the family justice system. Notes Established as a non-statutory advisory NDPB in July 2004. Sir Mark Potter was Chairman until his retirement as President of the Family Division on 05 April 2010. He was succeeded by Sir Nicholas Wall. Five non-ministerial appointments are judicial appointments. The Ex- officio members are advisory members representing Government departments and agencies concerned with the family justice system. There is no Chief Executive, the Secretary of the Family Justice Council is Mr Alex Clark. Multiple Bodies 0 Regulatory Function No Chair Sir Mark Potter, President of the Family Division Chair’s Remuneration 0 Chief Executive (see notes) Chief Executive’s 0 (Civil servant) Remuneration Public Meetings Yes Public Minutes Yes Register of Interests Yes

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Ombudsman No Annual Report 2008-09 Last Review December 2006 Audit Arrangements N/A Government Funding £310,576 Total Gross Expenditure 0 OCPA Regulated Yes Staff Employed 4 Appointments: Member – Ministerial 1M U; 10F U Chair – Non-Ministerial 1M U Deputy – Non-Ministerial 1M U Member – Non-Ministerial 2M U; 3F U; 12 EX-O 7 M, 4 F

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Family Procedure Rule Committee

NDPB Type Advisory Address Ministry of Justice, 4th Floor, 102 Petty France, London SW1H 9AJ Telephone 0203 334 3181 Fax 0203 334 6457 Email [email protected]; Website www.justice.gov.uk/about/family-proc-rule-committee.htm Terms of Reference Established by the Courts Act 2003, the Family Procedure Rule Committee will seek to produce a single, coherent and simply expressed set of rules governing practice and procedure in family proceedings in the High Court, county courts and magistrate’s courts. Before making such rules the committee will consult as it thinks appropriate. Notes Multiple Bodies 0 Regulatory Function No Chair The President of the Family Division Chair’s Remuneration Nil Public Meetings One open meeting per annum Public Minutes Approved minutes of meetings publicly available upon request Register of Interests Yes Annual Report Yes Government Funding £0 Total Gross Expenditure £0 OCPA Regulated Ministerial appointments are OCPA Regulated. Judicial appointments are not OCPA regulated Staff Employed Nil Appointments: Chair – Non-Ministerial 1M, U Deputy – Non-Ministerial 1M, U Member – Ministerial 9 members are appointed by ministers of which there are 6M, 2F and 1V. The other 8 members are non-ministerial appointments. All members are unpaid

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Independent Advisory Panel on Deaths in Custody (IAP)

NDPB Type Advisory Address Post Point 4.16, 4th Floor Clive House, 70 Petty France, London, SW1H 9EX Telephone 0300 047 5728 Fax 0300 047 6857 Email [email protected] Website www.independent.gov.uk/iapdeathsincustody Terms of Reference The IAP terms of reference are as follows:

 To act as the primary source of independent advice to min isters and service leaders (both through the Ministerial Board and where appropriate directly) on measures to reduce the number and rate of deaths in custody.  To consult and engage with relevant stakeho lders in ord er to collect, ana lyse and disseminate relevant information about deaths in custody and the lessons that can be learned from them.  To carry out thematic enquiries into areas of concern, in co- operation as appropr iate with t he relevant oversight and investigative bodies.  To issue fo rmal guidan ce (and wh ere appropr iate set common standards) on best practice for red ucing deaths in custody, both its own authority and where appropriate under the authority of the Ministerial Board.  To monitor compliance with such guidance and standards.  To commission relevant research.  Where appropriate, make recommendations to ministers for changes in policy or operational p ractice, which would help to reduce the incidence of death in custody.

Notes Officially commenced operation on 1st April 2009 Multiple Bodies 0 Regulatory Function No Chair Lord Toby Harris Chair’s Remuneration £15,000 honorarium per annum Public Meetings No Public Minutes Yes (Published on the IAP website) Register of Interests Yes (Published in the IAP website) Annual Report Due to be Published IN 2010/11 Last Review N/A Audit Arrangements Falls within the MoJ/NOMS audit arrangements Government Funding £220,000 for 2009/10 divided between the Ministry of Justice, Department of Health and Home Office Total Gross Expenditure N/A OCPA Regulated Yes Staff Employed 3 as Secretariat Appointments: Chair – Ministerial 1MP Member – Ministerial 5M 1F, P

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Independent Monitoring Boards for Prisons, Immigration Removal Centres and Short- Term Holding Facilities

NDPB Type Independent Monitoring Boards Address 2nd Floor, Ashley House, 2 Monck Street, London, SW1P 2BQ Telephone 020 7035 2249 Fax 020 7035 2250 Email [email protected] Website www.imb.gov.uk Terms of Reference Independent Monitoring Boards are appointed by the Secretary of State under Section 6 of the Prisons Act 1952 and act as independent ‘watchdogs’ of the prison system. Their duty is to satisfy themselves as to the treatment of prisoners, the administration of the prison and the state of the prison premises.

There are also Independent Monitoring Boards for Immigration Removal Centres (legally known as Visiting Committees) who are appointed by the Home Office Secretary of State under section 152 of the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999. Their role is to satisfy themselves as to the state of the Detention Centre premises, the administration of the Detention Centre and the treatment of the detained person. Multiple Bodies 147 Regulatory Function No Chair Multiple Chair remuneration 0 Public Meetings 0 Public Minutes 0 Register of Interests 0 Annual Report 2010 Last Review 2001 Audit Arrangements Falls within the MoJ/NOMS internal and external audit arrangements. Government Funding £3 million Total Gross Expenditure £3 million OCPA Regulated Not regulated by OCPA but conform to OCPA guidelines. Staff Employed 18 staff employed by the MoJ to provide a secretariat function. Appointments: Chair – Ministerial 94 (M) 53 (F). All Unpaid. Member – Ministerial 1756; 904 (M) 852 (F) All Unpaid

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Information Commissioner’s Office NDPB Type Executive Address Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF Telephone 01625 545 700 Fax 01625 524 510 Email [email protected] Website www.ico.gov.uk Terms of Reference The Commissioner is a corporation sole appointed by letters patent. He also acts as Chief Executive. The Commissioner’s powers and responsibilities are set out in the Data Protection and Freedom of Information Acts, and related regulations. A framework document defines the relationship with the Ministry of Justice.

Notes The Information Commissioner’s Office was originally established as the Data Protection Registrar by the Data Protection Act 1984, becoming the Data Protection Commissioner following implementation of the Data Protection Act 1998, and then the Information Commissioner with the Freedom of Information Act 2000.

Freedom of information expenditure is financed by grant in aid. Data protection activities are self-funding through income from the statutory public register of data controllers.

Annual report for 2009/10 published 13 July 2010. Multiple Bodies 0 Regulatory Function Independent Regulator for the Data Protection Act 1998, the Privacy and Electronic Communications Regulations 2003, the Freedom of Information Act 2000, and the Environmental Information Regulations 2004. Chief Executive Mr Christopher Graham Chief Executive’s £140,000 pa Remuneration Public Meetings No Public Minutes Yes Register of Interests Yes Ombudsman PCA Annual Report 2008/09 Audit Arrangements National Audit Office Government Funding £5,500,000 Total Gross Expenditure £18,820,000 OCPA Regulated Yes Staff Employed 337 Appointments: Chair – Ministerial 1 M P Deputy – Non-Ministerial 2 M P Member – Non-Ministerial 3 M P, 4 F P

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Insolvency Rules Committee

NDPB Type Advisory Address 21 Bloomsbury Street, London, WC1B 3QW Telephone 0207 674 6902 Fax 0207 291 6773 Email [email protected] Website www.insolvency.gov.uk Terms of Reference See section 413 of the Insolvency Act 1986. The Lord Chancellor is required to consult the Committee on certain changes to the Insolvency Rules 1986 before making any rules under the relevant provisions. Notes The Committee’s Chair and members are unremunerated, although they can claim expenses which come to the Insolvency Service for payment. The Insolvency Service provides the Secretariat. Multiple Bodies 0 Regulatory Function No Chair His Honour Mr Justice Richards Chair’s Remuneration 0 Public Meetings No Public Minutes No Register of Interests No Government Funding Expenses Total Gross Expenditure £0 OCPA Regulated Yes Staff Employed 0 Appointments: Chair – Ministerial 1MU Member – Ministerial 8MU

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Judicial Appointments Commission

NDPB Type Executive Address Steel House, 11 Tothill Street, London, SW1H 9LJ Telephone 0203 334 0453 Fax 0203 334 0124 Email [email protected] Website www.judicialappointments.gov.uk/index.htm Terms of Reference To select and recommend persons for judicial appointment on merit. Notes Established on 3 April 2006 by virtue of the Constitutional Reform Act 2005. The commission consists of a chairman and 14 other commissioners: the chair is a lay member of the commission, five must be judicial members, two must be (legal) professional members, five must be lay members, one must be a holder of an office listed in Part 3 of Schedule 14 to the Act and one other must be a lay justice member. Those commissioners who are in salaried employment by the state (including judges) receive no additional remuneration for work undertaken as JAC commissioners. Multiple Bodies 0 Regulatory Function No Chair Baroness Prashar CBE (The Chair has been vacant since 12/09/10) Chair’s Remuneration £95, 880 Chief Executive Clare Pelham, the Chief Executive, left the JAC on 31/10/10. Nigel Reeder is currently interim Chief Executive. Chief Executive’s Remuneration £115-120k Public Meetings No Public Minutes Yes Register of Interests Yes Ombudsman Judicial Appointments and Conduct Ombudsman Annual Report 2009-10 Last Review 2006-07 Audit Arrangements NAO Government Funding £7.61m Total Gross Expenditure £9.88m OCPA Regulated Yes Staff Employed FTE 104.9 (currently 84) Appointments: Chair – Ministerial 1F P Deputy – Ministerial 1F U Member – Ministerial 6F 7M (8P and 5U)

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Land Registration Rule Committee

NDPB Type Advisory Address HM Land Registry, Lincoln’s Inn Fields, London WC2A 3PH Telephone 0207 166 4869 Fax 0207 166 4842 Email [email protected] Website www.landregistry.gov.uk Terms of Reference Advisory NDPB. To give advice and assistance to the Lord Chancellor on the making of new or revised rules for the various purposes referred to in sections 102 and 127 of the Land Registration Act 2002. The Committee was reconstituted in December 2002 under the Land Registration Act 2002. Notes Established 2002. The Committee does not publish an annual report, but it is mentioned in the Land Registry annual report. The financial figures can not be identified separately in Land Registry accounts. Multiple Bodies 0 Regulatory Function No Chair Mr Justice Morgan Chair’s Remuneration 0 Public Meetings No Public Minutes Yes Register of Interests No Annual Report 2008 - 09 Last Review 2002 Government Funding £5000 Total Gross Expenditure 0 OCPA Regulated Yes Staff Employed 0.1 Appointments: Member – Ministerial 1MU Chair – Non-Ministerial 1MU Member – Non-Ministerial 1M EX-O, 4MU, 1FU

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Law Commission

NDPB Type Advisory Address Steel House, 11 Tothill Street, London SW1H 9LJ Telephone 020 3334 0200 Fax 020 3334 0201 Email [email protected] Website www.lawcom.gov.uk Terms of Reference The Law Commission keeps the law under review and recommends reform where it is needed: - To ensure that the law is as fair, modern, simple and as cost- effective as possible. - To conduct research and consultations in order to make systematic recommendations for consideration by Parliament. - To codify the law, eliminate anomalies, repeal obsolete and unnecessary enactments and reduce the number of separate statutes. Notes The Law Commission is the statutory independent body created by the Law Commissions Act 1965. Multiple Bodies 0 Regulatory Function 0 Chair The Right Honourable Lord Justice (Sir James) Munby Chair’s Remuneration £196,000 Chief Executive Mr Mark Ormerod CB Chief Executive’s £94,000 Remuneration Public Meetings NA Public Minutes NA Register of Interests NA Ombudsman NA Annual Report 44th Annual Report (2009-2010) http://www.lawcom.gov.uk/docs/lc323_web.pdf Last Review An external review took place in 2003 and in 2008 the Law Commission carried out an internal strategic review. Audit Arrangements The Law Commission’s audit arrangements are as per those of MoJ. Government Funding The Law Commission’s budget allocation for 2010/2011 is currently £3,916,000. This includes £3,671,000 from MoJ (LRI) and contributions from other Government departments totaling £245,000. Total Gross Expenditure As above OCPA Regulated Yes. Staff Employed The FTE staff number at the Law Commission as at 31 March 2010 was 57 (including those on maternity leave or career breaks). This figure does not include: - the Chairman - the Chairman’s Clerk - 2 librarians (who are paid directly by MoJ). Appointments: Chair – Ministerial 1M, P Member – Ministerial 2F, 2M, P

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Legal Services Board

NDPB Type Executive Address Legal Services Board, Victoria House, Southampton Row, London, WC1B 4AD Telephone 020 7271 0050 Fax 020 7271 0051 Email [email protected] Website www.legalservicesboard.org.uk/index.htm Terms of Reference The Legal Services Board is an oversight regulator which sits above approved regulators such as the Law Society and Bar Council, and replaces a number of oversight Regulatory functions such as the Lord Chancellor, Lord Chief Justice and Master of the Rolls. The LSB is accountable to Parliament through the Lord Chancellor and is sponsored by the Ministry of Justice. Notes The LSB exists to provide independent regulation of the legal profession, with a strong consumer focus. It is established by Section 2 of the Legal Services Act 2007. The Act was a response to the review of the regulation of legal services by Sir David Clementi in 2004. Multiple Bodies 0 Regulatory Function Yes Chair David Edmonds Chair’s Remuneration £63,000 p/a Chief Executive Chris Kenny Chief Executive’s £160,000 p/a Remuneration Public Meetings No Public Minutes Only for workshops Register of Interests Yes Ombudsman No – Ombudsman function for legal profession undertaken by sister organisation Office for Legal Complaints (OLC), from 6 October 2010. Annual Report Report and accounts on activity 1 January 2009 – 31 March 2009 published on 9 April 2009. First Annual Report to be laid in Parliament 19 July 2010. Last Review 15 February 2010 (review is Quarterly). Audit Arrangements NAO Government Funding £0 from Government: £4.1m p/a paid via a Levy on the Legal Profession. Total Gross Expenditure £4.021,000. Income and expenditure is accounted for on an accruals basis. In 2009/10 the surplus of income over expenditure was £785k before the notional cost of capital charge. This reflects the fact that the LSB is recouping monies that were spent and accounted for in previous financial years. OCPA Regulated Yes Staff Employed 32.7 FTE staff. Appointments: Chair – Ministerial 1MP Member – Ministerial 6MP 2FP

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Legal Services Commission

NDPB Type Executive Address 4 Abbey Orchard Street, London, SW1P 2BS Telephone 020 7783 7000 Fax 020 7783 7633 Email [email protected] Website www.legalservices.gov.uk Terms of Reference Established under the Access to Justice Act 1999 Multiple Bodies 0 Regulatory Function N/A Chair Sir Bill Callaghan Chair’s Remuneration £54,000 Chief Executive Carolyn Downs Chief Executive’s 0 – civil servant (seconded from MoJ) Remuneration Public Meetings N/A Public Minutes Published on LSC website Register of Interests Published on LSC website Ombudsman Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman Annual Report Published on LSC website Last Review Magee review 2009/10 – resulting in plans to make LSC into an Executive Agency Audit Arrangements National Audit Office Government Funding Total £2,280.8m (unaudited) Comprised of: Administration £131.7m (unaudited) LSC Fund £2,149m (unaudited) Total Gross Expenditure Total £2,357.7m Comprised of: Administration £120.7m LSC Fund £2,237.0m OCPA Regulated OCPA best practice is followed Staff Employed 1516 Appointments: Chair – Ministerial 1 M P Deputy – Ministerial N/A Member – Ministerial 7 M 4 F P

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Parole Board for England and Wales

NDPB Type Executive Address 99-105 Horseferry Road, London SW1P 2DX Telephone 0845 251 2220 Fax 0845 251 2221 Email [email protected] Website www.paroleboard.gov.uk Terms of Reference The Parole Board’s statutory duties are laid down in the Criminal Justice Act 1991 (as amended). The Board is an independent body that works with its criminal justice partners to protect the public by risk assessing prisoners to decide whether they can be safely released into the community. Notes The Parole Board was established in 1967 under the Criminal Justice Act 1967 and became an Executive NDPB from 1 July 1996 under the Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994. Multiple Bodies 0 Regulatory Function No Chair The Rt Hon Sir David Latham Chair’s Remuneration £80-85k per annum Chief Executive Linda Lennon CBE Chief Executive’s £70-75k per annum Remuneration Public Meetings No Public Minutes Summary reports of Management Board meetings are made publicly available on the Parole Board website. Register of Interests A register of Interests for Parole Board members is maintained and available for public scrutiny. Ombudsman Decisions made by Parole Board members to grant or refuse parole to prisoners do not fall within the jurisdiction of an Ombudsman. Complaints about the service provided by the Board may be subject to scrutiny by the Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman. Annual Report Annual Report and Accounts made each year to the Secretary of State. Most recent was for 2009/10 presented to Parliament on 19 July 2010 and published through The Stationery Office Last Review 2008 (NAO and PAC) Audit Arrangements NAO Government Funding £9,017,500 Total Gross Expenditure £8,878,062 OCPA Regulated The appointment of Parole Board members (other than the Chair and judicial members) is subject to OCPA regulations. Staff Employed 100 Appointments*: Chair – Ministerial 1 (M) Deputy – Ministerial 1 (M) Member – Ministerial 128 M and 84 F

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Prison Service Pay Review Body

NDPB Type Advisory Address Kingsgate House, 66-74 Victoria Street, London, SW1E 6SW Telephone 0207 215 8253 Fax 0207 215 4445 Email [email protected] Website www.Ome.com.uk Terms of Reference To provide independent advice on the remuneration of governing governors and operational managers, prison officers and support grades in England and Wales Prison Service. The Terms of Reference also make provision for the Review Body to provide advice on the remuneration of prison governors, prison officers, prison auxiliaries, night patrol officers, night custody officers, prison custody officers and operational support grades in the Northern Ireland Prison Service. Notes Under the Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994, the Home Secretary exercised his powers to set up this review body with the Statutory Instrument Prison Service (Pay Review Body) Regulations 2001, reference no. 1161. The PSPRB started in 2001. The Secretariat for the PSPRB, as with all pay review bodies, is provided by the independent Office of Manpower Economics (OME) attached to the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills. Secretariat staffing for this and 7 other pay review bodies involves 30 staff at a cost of £1.9m. Multiple Bodies 0 Regulatory Function No Chair Jerry Cope Chair’s Remuneration £350 per day Chief Executive No Chief Executive’s N/a Remuneration Public Meetings No Public Minutes No Register of Interests No Annual Report 2009 Last Review N/a Audit Arrangements No Government Funding £0 Total Gross Expenditure £0 OCPA Regulated Yes Staff Employed 0 Appointments: Chair – Ministerial 1MP Member – Ministerial 5MP 2FP

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Dyfed Powys Probation Trust

NDPB Type Executive Address Llangunnor Rd, Carmarthen SA31 2PD Telephone 01267 221 567 Fax 01267 221 566 Email [email protected] Website www.walesprobationtrust.gov.uk Terms of Reference Contract with Secretary of State Notes Established 1st April 2008, dissolved and re-constituted as part of an all- Wales Probation Trust on 1st April 2010 Multiple Bodies 0 Regulatory Function No Chair Keith Turner Chair’s Remuneration £15,400 Chief Executive Caroline Morgan Chief Executive’s £68,557 Remuneration Public Meetings Yes Public Minutes Yes Register of Interests Yes Ombudsman PCA (from 2010 onwards) Annual Report 2009/2010 Last Review 2009 Audit Arrangements Audit Commission Government Funding £8,075,000 Total Gross Expenditure £9,563,000. OCPA Regulated Not in 2009/10 Staff Employed 312.88 Appointments: Chair – Ministerial 1 M P Member – Ministerial 2 FP 2 MP

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Greater Manchester Probation Trust

NDPB Type Executive Address 6th Floor, Oakland House, Talbot Rd, Manchester M16 0PQ Telephone 0161 872 4802 Fax 0161 872 3483 Email [email protected] Website www.gm-probation.org.uk/ Terms of Reference Contract with Secretary of State Notes Established 1st April 2009 Multiple Bodies 0 Regulatory Function No Chair Hilary Tucker Chair’s Remuneration £22,000 Chief Executive John Crawforth Chief Executive’s £97,119 Remuneration Public Meetings Yes Public Minutes Yes Register of Interests Yes Ombudsman PCA (from 2010 onwards) Annual Report 2009/2010 Last Review 2008/2009 Audit Arrangements Audit Commission Government Funding £46,504,000 Total Gross Expenditure £55.418,000 OCPA Regulated Not in 2009/10 Staff Employed 1,339 Appointments: Chair – Ministerial 1 F P Member – Ministerial 5 F P 6 M P

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Humberside Probation Trust

NDPB Type Executive Address 21 Flemingate, Beverley East Yorks HU17 0NP Telephone 01482 867 271 Fax 01482 864 928 Email [email protected] Website www.humberside-probation.org.uk Terms of Reference Contract with Secretary of State Notes Established 1st April 2008 Multiple Bodies 0 Regulatory Function No Chair Jonathan Carruthers Chair’s Remuneration £17,600 Chief Executive Steve Hemmings Chief Executive’s £82,005 Remuneration Public Meetings Yes Public Minutes Yes Register of Interests Yes Ombudsman PCA (from 2010 onwards) Annual Report 2009/10 Last Review 2009 Audit Arrangements Audit Commission Government Funding £15,914,000 Total Gross Expenditure £20,438,247.68 OCPA Regulated Not in 2009 Staff Employed 416 Appointments: Chair – Ministerial 1 M P Member – Ministerial 8 M P 2 F P

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Lancashire Probation Trust

NDPB Type Executive Address 99-101 Garstang Rd, Preston PR1 1LD Telephone 01772 201 209 Fax 01772 884 399 Email [email protected] Website www.probation-lancashire.org.uk Terms of Reference Contract with Secretary of State Notes Established 1st April 2009 Multiple Bodies 0 Regulatory Function No Chair Roy Male Chair’s Remuneration £17,600 Chief Executive Robert Mathers Chief Executive’s £85,339 Remuneration Public Meetings Yes Public Minutes Yes Register of Interests Yes Ombudsman PCA (from 2010 onwards) Annual Report 2009-2010 Last Review 2008/9 Audit Arrangements Audit Commission Government Funding £22,937,000 Total Gross Expenditure £27.009,000 OCPA Regulated Not in 2009/10 Staff Employed 506 Appointments: Chair – Ministerial 1 M P Member – Ministerial 2 FP 5 MP

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Leicestershire Probation Trust

NDPB Type Executive Address 2 St John Street, Leicester LE1 3WL Telephone 01162 516 008 Fax 01662 423 250 Email [email protected] Website www.leicsprobation.co.uk Terms of Reference Contract with Secretary of State Notes Established 1st April 2008 Multiple Bodies 0 Regulatory Function No Chair Jane Wilson Chair’s Remuneration £15,400 Chief Executive Heather Munro Chief Executive’s £77,256 Remuneration Public Meetings Yes Public Minutes Yes Register of Interests Yes Ombudsman PCA (from 2010 onwards) Annual Report 2009/2010 Last Review 2009 Audit Arrangements Audit Commission Government Funding £13,664,000 Total Gross Expenditure £15,868,400 OCPA Regulated Not in 2009 Staff Employed 471.3 Appointments: Chair – Ministerial 1 F P Deputy – Ministerial 1 M P Member – Ministerial 4 M P 3 F P

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Merseyside Probation Trust

NDPB Type Executive Address 4th Floor, North Wing, Burlington House, Crosby Rd North, Waterloo, Liverpool L22 0PJ Telephone 0151 920 9201 Fax 0151 949 0528 Email [email protected] Website www.merseysideprobationtrust.org Terms of Reference Contract with Secretary of State Notes Established 1st April 2008 Multiple Bodies 0 Regulatory Function N0 Chair Linda Bloomfield Chair’s Remuneration £22,000 Chief Executive John Stafford Chief Executive’s £81,196 Remuneration Public Meetings Yes Public Minutes Yes Register of Interests Yes Ombudsman PCA (from 2010 onwards) Annual Report 2009/10 Last Review 2009 Audit Arrangements Audit Commission Government Funding £31,0522,000 Total Gross Expenditure £31,849,000 OCPA Regulated Not in 2009 Staff Employed 720 Appointments: Chair – Ministerial 1 F P Member – Ministerial 2 M P 3 F P

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South Wales Probation Trust

NDPB Type Executive Address Tremains House, Tremains Rd, Bridgend CF31 1TZ Telephone 01656 674 747 Fax 01656 674 799 Email [email protected] Website www.probation-southwales.gov.uk Terms of Reference Contract with Secretary of State Notes Established 1st April 2008, dissolved and re-constituted as part of an all- Wales Probation Trust on 1st April 2010 Multiple Bodies 0 Regulatory Function No Chair Joanna Jenkins Chair’s Remuneration £17,600 Chief Executive Ian Lankshear Chief Executive’s £82,820 Remuneration Public Meetings Yes Public Minutes Yes Register of Interests Yes Ombudsman PCA (from 2010 onwards) Annual Report 2009/2010 Last Review 2009 Audit Arrangements Audit Commission Government Funding £22,824,000 Total Gross Expenditure £28,493,000 OCPA Regulated Not in 2009/10 Staff Employed 410.58 Appointments: Chair – Ministerial 1 F P Member – Ministerial 6 M P 3 F P

37 Ministry of Justice public bodies as of 31 March 2010

West Mercia Probation Trust

NDPB Type Executive Address Stourbank house, 90 Mill Street, Kidderminster, Worcs DY11 6XA Telephone 01562 748 375 Fax 01562 748 407 Email [email protected] Website www.westmerciaprobation.org.uk Terms of Reference Contract with Secretary of State Notes Established 1st April 2008 Multiple Bodies 0 Regulatory Function No Chair James Kelly Chair’s Remuneration £15,400 Chief Executive David Chantler Chief Executive’s £88,806 Remuneration Public Meetings Yes Public Minutes Yes Register of Interests Yes Ombudsman PCA (from 2010 onwards) Last Review 2009 Audit Arrangements Audit Commission Government Funding £14,606,000 Total Gross Expenditure £15,800,429 OCPA Regulated Not in 2009 Staff Employed 346 Appointments: Chair – Ministerial 1 M P Member – Ministerial 9 M P 4 F P

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Sentencing Advisory Panel

NDPB Type Advisory Address 4th Floor, 10 Great George Street, London, SW1P 3AE Telephone 0207 084 8130 Fax 0207 084 8114 Email [email protected] Website www.sentencing-guidelines.gov.uk Terms of Reference The Sentencing Advisory Panel is an independent advisory and consultative body which provides fully researched, objective advice to the Sentencing Guidelines Council, to assist the Council when it frames or revises sentencing guidelines. The aim of the Panel is to promote greater consistency in sentencing. Notes Started 1 July 1999. An annual report is produced jointly with the Sentencing Guidelines Council. The SAP was abolished on 6 April 2010 and was replaced by the Sentencing Council for England and Wales under the provisions of the Coroner’s and Justice Act 2009. Multiple Bodies 0 Regulatory Function No Chair Professor Andrew Ashworth Chair’s Remuneration £380 per day Public Meetings None Public Minutes None Register of Interests Yes Annual Report 2009/10 Government Funding Total Gross Expenditure £743,551 (for SAP and SGC combined) OCPA Regulated Yes Staff Employed 10 (support both SAP and SGC) Appointments: Chair – Ministerial 1M P Deputy – Ministerial 1M U Member – Ministerial 7M (3U, 4P) 3F (3P)

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Sentencing Guidelines Council

NDPB Type Advisory NDPB Address 4th Floor, 10 Great George Street, London, SW1P 3AE Telephone 0207 084 8130 Fax 0207 084 8114 Email [email protected] Website www.sentencing-guidelines.gov.uk Terms of Reference To frame and revise sentencing and allocation guidelines having regard to the need to promote consistency, the actual sentences imposed by courts, the cost and effectiveness of different sentences, the need to promote public confidence in the Criminal Justice System and the advice tendered by the Sentencing Advisory Panel. Notes First met in March 2004. An annual report is produced jointly with the Sentencing Advisory Panel. The SGC was abolished on 6 April 2010 and was replaced by the Sentencing Council for England and Wales under the provisions of the Coroner’s and Justice Act 2009. Multiple Bodies 0 Regulatory Function no Chair Lord Chief Justice, Lord Igor Judge Chair’s Remuneration none Public Meetings None Public Minutes Yes Register of Interests Yes Annual Report 2009/10 Government Funding Total Gross Expenditure £743,551 (for SAP and SGC combined) OCPA Regulated Yes Staff Employed 10 (support both SAP and SGC) Appointments: Member – Ministerial 3M (2U 1P 1 EX-O) 3F (2P 1U) Chair – Non-Ministerial 1M U Deputy – Non-Ministerial 1M U Member – Non-Ministerial 6M (6U)

40 Ministry of Justice public bodies as of 31 March 2010

Tribunal Procedure Committee

NDPB Type Advisory nd Address TPC Secretariat, 2 Floor, 102 Petty France, London, SW1H 9AJ Telephone 0203 334 6556 Fax 0203 334 6578 Email [email protected] Website www.tribunalsservice.gov.uk/Tribunals/Rules/tribunalprocedureco mmittee.htm Terms of Reference The Committee’s purpose is to make rules governing the practice and procedure in the First–tier Tribunal and Upper Tribunal of the Tribunals Service. The Committee meets up to minimum of nine times a year. Notes The Tribunal Procedure Committee was established on 19 May 2008, under the Tribunals, Courts and Enforcement Act 2007. Multiple Bodies 0 Regulatory Function No Chair The Hon Mr Justice Walker Chair’s Remuneration 0 Public Meetings No Public Minutes No Register of Interests Yes Ombudsman No Annual Report No Government Funding £17,286 Total Gross Expenditure £13,150 OCPA Regulated Yes Staff Employed 0 Appointments: Chair – Ministerial 1M Member – Ministerial 3M 1F Chair – Non-Ministerial 1M

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Victim’s Advisory Panel

NDPB Type Advisory Address Victim and Witness Unit, 8th Floor, Zone B, 102 Petty France, London, SW1H 9AJ Telephone 0203 334 5639 Terms of Reference To advise the Home Secretary, Lord Chancellor and the Attorney General (or their representatives) and, through them, other Cabinet Ministers, of the views of victims and witnesses of crime with particular reference to the interaction with the criminal justice system and its agencies (including compensation, criminal and civil legal aid), and their wider social, cultural and emotional needs, including health, housing, social security, employment and education; and to offer views and advice on the prevention of crime from a victim’s perspective; and to generally contribute to developing and safeguarding rights of victims. Notes Started current Panel July 2006, first ever Panel March 2003. Departmental sponsorship costs are not separately identifiable in Ministry of Justice accounts. Multiple Bodies 0 Regulatory Function No Register of Interests No Ombudsman No Annual Report No Government Funding 0 Total Gross Expenditure 0 OCPA Regulated Yes Staff Employed 1.5

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Youth Justice Board for England and Wales

NDPB Type Executive Address 1 Drummond Gate, London, SW1V Telephone 020 3372 8000 (switchboard) Fax 020 3372 8002 Email [email protected] Website www.yjb.gov.uk Terms of Reference To monitor, and advise Government on the operation of the youth justice system and the delivery of its statutory principal aim of preventing offending by children and young people. Notes Started 30 September 1998 from the Crime and Disorder Act 1998. Frances Done became Chair in February 2008. Multiple Bodies 0 Regulatory Function No Chair Frances Done Chair’s Remuneration £85,000 per annum Chief Executive John Drew Chief Executive’s £135,000 - £140,000 per annum Remuneration Public Meetings Yes Public Minutes Yes Register of Interests No Ombudsman PCA Annual Report 2010 Last Review 2010 Audit Arrangements NAO Government Funding £504m Total Gross Expenditure £504m OCPA Regulated Yes Staff Employed 392 (of which 106 temp/secondee/contractor) The increase in staff numbers is due to temporary staff working on change programmes, including the Scaled Approach, Secure Estate Planning and Capital Development teams. Appointments: Chair – Ministerial 1 (F) Member – Ministerial 9 (4 F) (5M) 9 in total excluding chair

43 Ministry of Justice public bodies as of 31 March 2010

Other Bodies

Magistrates’ Court Rule Committee

NDPB Type Statutory Advisory Address Ministry of Justice, 4th Floor, 102 Petty France, London SW1H 9AJ Telephone 0203 334 3181 Fax 0203 334 6457 Email [email protected] Regulatory Function To advise, and be consulted by, the Lord Chief Justice before he makes rules for regulating and prescribing (except in relation to any criminal cause or matter) the procedure and practice to be followed in magistrates’ courts and by justices’ clerks. Chair No appointed Chair Public Meetings The Committee does not meet. It considers proposed rules on paper Total Gross Expenditure Nil – The Committee receives no funding OCPA Regulated Ministerial appointments are OCPA Regulated. Staff Employed Nil Appointments: Member – Ministerial There are 6 members: 2 EX-O and 4 members are appointed by ministers of which there are 4M. All members are unpaid.

44 Ministry of Justice public bodies as of 31 March 2010

Restraint Accreditation Board

NDPB Type Advisory Address 4th Floor, YJPU, 102 Petty France, London, SW1H 9AJ Telephone 0203 334 2443 Email [email protected] Terms of Reference To accredit restraint techniques and packages of techniques used in the under-18 secure estate Notes The status of the Board is due to be revisited in April 2011 Multiple Board 0 Regulatory Function No Chair Professor Susan Bailey Chair’s Remuneration £300 per day Public Meetings No Public Minutes No Register of Interests No Annual Report No Last Review April 2010 Government Funding £100,000 OCPA Regulated No Staff Employed 1

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Notes

1. The membership definitions are as follows:

M = Male, F = Female, P = Paid, U = Unpaid, V = Vacancy, EX-O = Ex-officio

2. Total Gross Expenditure will reflect where appropriate, income from sources other than government funding e.g. fees, levies etc. Not applicable for Advisory NDPBs.

3. Since 31 March 2010 the following changes have occurred and will be included in the next MoJ Public Bodies document: - - There are now 35 Probation Trusts (as of 1 April 2010). - Responsibility for the England and Wales Boundary Commissions was transferred to the Cabinet Office on 6 April 2010. - The Sentencing Advisory Panel and Sentencing Guidelines Council were abolished on 6 April 2010 and replaced by the Sentencing Council for England and Wales. - Courts Boards have been reduced from 21 to 19.