§ Mr. LidingtonTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what task forces have been set up by his Department; when each was set up; if he will list their members and the remuneration received in each case; and if he will make a statement.[126526]
§ Mr. StrawThe Home Office has set up the following task forces, which include or included non-public servants, since May 1997
Task Force on Youth Justice (established June 1997, reported July 1998);Human Rights Task Force (established January 1999); andNational Crime Reduction Task Force (established March 2000).The membership of each of these bodies is contained in the tables. Where appropriate, expenses were paid to some members of these task forces. No other remuneration has been made.
Task Force on Youth Justice Name Job title Organisation or area Norman Warner Senior Policy Adviser Home Office (Chairman) William Atkinson Headmaster Phoenix High School, Hammersmith and Fulham Jonathon Black Clerk to the Justices Hampshire Cathryn Bowker Youth Court Prosecutor Brighton Tony Butler Chief Constable Gloucestershire Constabulary Paul Cavadino — NACRO and Penal Affairs Consortium Anne Fuller Lay Magistrate Outer London Cedric Fullwood Chief Probation Officer Greater Manchester Ian Johnston Assistant Commissioner Metropolitan police David Norgrove — Marks & Spencer plc Denise Platt — Local Government Association Teresa Reynolds — Victim Support Joan Webster Chief Superintendent Gwent Constabulary Geoffrey Wicks Stipendiary Magistrate Inner London Andrew Williamson Director Social Services Devon Note:
Plus officials from the Home Office, Department of Health and Lord Chancellor's Department
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Human Rights Task Force Name Job title Organisation or area Mike O'Brien (chair) Minister of State Home Office Ross Cranston Solicitor General — Jane Kennedy Parliamentary Secretary Lord Chancellor's Department Pam Giddy — Charter 88 Lord Harris of Haringey — Local Government Association Ian Holding — Association of Chief Police Officers Francesca Klug — Human Rights Incorporation Project
Human Rights Task Force Name Job title Organisation or area Anne Owers — Justice Garry Patten — Crown Prosecution Service Sarah Spencer — Institute for Public Policy Research Alison Sutherland — Local Government Association Veena Vasista — The 1990 Trust John Wadham — Liberty Note:
Plus officials from the Cabinet Office, Home Office and Lord Chancellor's Department.
National Crime Reduction Task Force Name Job title Organisation or area Charles Clarke (chair) Minister of State Home Office David Phillips (vice-chair) Chief Constable Kent Constabulary David Henshaw (vice-chair) Chief Executive City of Liverpool Michael Barber Head of Standards & Effectiveness Unit DfEE Ron Kerr Director of Operations NHS Executive Keith Povey — HMIC Richard Childs Chief Constable Lincolnshire Police Det. Ch. Supt. Lee Weavers Head of Crime Essex Constabulary Chief Supt. Ron Hope Divisional Commander Islington Steve Mycio Deputy Chief Executive Manchester City Council Jo Williams Director of Social Services Cheshire County Council Ruth Henig — Association of Police Authorities David Walton Chief Probation Officer Staffordshire Neil Wragg Chief Executive Youth at Risk Wendy Thomson Director of Inspections Audit Commission Note:
Plus officials from the Home Office