Public Bodies (Hansard, 26 May 2004)

§ Mr. Oaten
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will list the(a) members, (b) reports produced by and (c) dates of meetings in 2003 of (i) the National Crime Reduction Task Force, (ii) the Insurance Cover Working Group, (iii) the Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs, (iv) the Correctional Services Accreditation Panel, (v) the Animal Procedures Committee, (vi) the Criminal Records Bureau Consultative Panel, (vii) the Police Advisory Board for England and Wales and (viii) the Technical Advisory Board. [174269]

§ Ms Blears
[holding answer 18 May 2004]: Advisory Non-Departmental Bodies (NDPBs) provide independent expert advice to ministers on particular topics. Also members of the Board are public appointees and the Board itself is supported by staff from their Sponsoring Department.
(i) Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs has the following list of members for 2003,
Re-appointed Members:

Sir Michael Rawlins

Mr. Norman Bettison

Reverend Martin Blakeborough

Mr. Raj Boyjoonauth

Ms Vivienne Evans

Dr. Laurence Gruer

Mr. Russell Hayton

Mr. Peter Housden

Mr. Roger Howard

Mr. Alan Hunter

Professor David Nutt

Mrs Kay Roberts

Mrs Patricia Roberts

Dr. Roy Robertson

Newly appointed members:

Dr. Dima Abdulrahim

Lord Victor Adebowale

Dr. Margaret Birtwistle

Dr. Cecilia Bottomley

Ms Carmel Clancy

Professor liana Crome

Ms Robyn Doran
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Mr. Robert Eschle

Professor Hugh Edmondson

Professor C Robin Ganellin FRS

Mr. Paul Haves

Mr. Andrew Hayman

His Honor Judge Thomas Joseph

Dr. John Marsden

Mr. Peter Martin

Mr. Richard Pates

Mr. Trevor Pearce

Mr. Arthur Preddy

Dr. Mary Rowlands

Dr. Polly Taylor

Ms. Monique Tomlinson

In June 2003, the Advisory Council published "Hidden Harm—Responding to the needs of children of problem drug users".
The Advisory Council met twice in 2003, on 15 May 2003 and 6 November 2003.
(ii) The Animal Procedures Committee had the following list of members in 2003:

Rev Prof Michael Banner, Chairmen

Prof Robin Dunbar

Mr John Gregory

Prof John Martin

Prof Christopher Atterwill

Prof Donald Broom

Dr. Michael Festing

Dr. Robert Hubrecht

Dr. Tim Morris

Dr. David Clark

Dr. Maggy Jennings

Dr Gill Langley

Prof Grahame Bulfield

Prof Stephen Clark

Prof Alan Holland

Prof Alan McNeilly

Prof Genevra Richardson

Graham Moore

Newly appointed member:

Prof Dawn Oliver (March 2003)

Retired member:

Robert McCracken (August 2003)

In 2003, the Committee produced a report "A Review of Cost-Benefit Assessment in the Use of Animals in Research" and its 2002 Annual Report.
The full Committee met five times in 2003, on 12 February 2003, 9 April 2003, 25 June 2003,8 October 2003 and 19 December 2003. In addition there were many meetings of sub-committees and working groups.
(iii) Correctional Services Accreditation Panel (CSAP) had the following list of members in 2003:

Sir Duncan Nichol (Chair)

Prof Donald Grubin

Prof Michael Gossop

Ms Sylvia Hikins

Mr. David Kennard

Prof Friedrich Lösel
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Prof Mike Maguire

Dr. Janice Marques

Dr. Mary McMurran

Dr. William Murphy

Dr. Frank Proporino

Dr. Barbara Rawlings

Prof Peter Raynor

Mr. Colin Roberts

The CSAP produced an Annual Report for 2002-–2003.
The full Panel met in 2003 from 24 March 2003 to 28 March 2003 and from 13 October 2003 to 17 October 2003. A sub-group called the Drugs Sub-Panel met from 13 May 2003 to 15 May 2003 and from 4 June 2003 to 6 June 2003. There were also one or two smaller meetings during the course of that year.
(iv) Technical Advisory Board (TAB) consists of six representatives of the communications industry and six representatives of the intercepting agencies. The names of the intercepting agencies are not made public but the names of the Chair and the communications industry representatives for 2003 are as follows:

Liam Strong (Chair)

Derek Cobb

Jim Cottrell

Jessica Hendrie-Liano

Tom Phillips

Mike Short

Robert Temple

In 2003 the TAB had no meetings and did not produce any reports.
(v) The Police Advisory Board for England and Wales has the following as members in 2003. Two representatives of the Association of Chief Police Officers of England and Wales (ACPO) to include the Metropolitan Commissioner, one representative of the Chief Police Officers' Staff Association (CPOSA), two representatives of the Police Superintendents' Association of England and Wales (PSAEW), five representatives of the Police Federation of England and Wales (PFEW) and members nominated by the Home Secretary. There is an Independent Chair, John Randall and a Deputy Chair, Mark Baker.
An Annual Report was produced on the work of the Police Advisory Board by the Independent Chair. This was issued on 16 June 2003.
The Police Advisory Board meets quarterly. In 2003 it met on 30 January 2003, 16April 2003, 28 October 2003 and 23 December 2003.
Task Forces and Ad hoc Advisory groups are essentially Home Office working groups. They have a short-term focus and when their work comes to an end they are disbanded. These groups give expert advice to the Department on a specific issue.
(vi) The National Crime Reduction Task Force has not met since 2000.
(vii)The Insurance Cover Working Group (ICWG) is a 1664W Home Office working group. In 2003, the following were members of the ICWG:

Stephen Bourne (Chair and Co-ordinator)

David Tyler

Helen Rice

Ian Egginton-Metters

Tom Flood

Celia Webber

John Stratton

Anne-Marie Piper

Merran Buchanan

Sophie Chapman

Tim Humphreys

Anne Armstrong

Laura Baird

Mark Pratt

Jim Neilson

Paul Lewis

Hilary Dalton

Paula Reynolds

Tony Jeeves

Martin Elliott

Steve Wyler

David Evans

Brain Garcia

John Parker

John Barton

Douglas Ellis

Jim Lugton

Bob Elam

Neil Surman

Anita Varey

Michael Swann

Charlotte Edward

Janet Howe

The following are listed as Observers:

Lucy French

David Bishop

Rebecca Leete

Nick Munn

Vedi Sanjiv

Elaine Warner

Miles Burger

David Sinclair

Anthony Hammill

Claire Crawley

Ilyas Malick

Alex Sienkiewicz

In 2003 the ICWG produced the following reports, "Research into Insurance Cover for the Voluntary and Community Sector in England" in July 2003 and "Report for Ministers" in December 2003.
The ICWG met three times in 2003, that is on 23 January 2003, 10 June 2003 and 8 October 2003.
(viii) The Criminal Records Bureau Consultative Panel (CRBCP) is an Ad hoc Advisory group. The Panel is made up of Customer Groups, Regulatory Authorities, 1665W Government Departments, CRB Stakeholders and CRB Senior Managers. In 2003, the following were members of the CRBCP:

Vince Gaskell

Anita Varey

Mark Favager

Barbara Hockey

Rob McGreal

Bob Wright

Michelle Wise

Steve Boocock

Tim Humphreys

Stephen Adams

Neil Wallace

Neil Bentley

Jean Pugh

Gordon Fleck

James Walsh

Rob Heiser

Clare Smith

Gareth Crossman

Mervyn Barrett

Peter Martin

Sally Nunn

Andy Forster

Irish Davies

Sean Risdale

Ann Russell

Euan Eddie

Chris Atkinson

Debbie Akinfe

Sarah Veale

Nicola Foulds

Roy Haley

The CRBCP does not produce reports. It was designed as a method for the Criminal Records Bureau to communicate and consult with its customer base and for the customer base to raise issues with the Bureau.
The CRBCP meets quarterly. In 2003 the CRBCP met on 12 March 2003, 27 June 2003, 26 September 2003 and December meeting was held over until 14 January 2004.

§ Mr. Oaten
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what the(a) budget and (b) administration costs in 2003 were of (i) the National Crime Reduction Task Force, (ii) the Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs, (iii) the Correctional Services Accreditation Panel, (iv) the Animal Procedures Committee, (v) the Criminal Records Bureau Consultative Panel and (vi) the Police Advisory Board for England and Wales. [174270]

§ Ms Blears
[holding answer 18 May 2004]: Advisory non-departmental public bodies (NDPBs) do not have a separate resource budget. Their secretariat and administration costs are borne directly by the Department.
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(i) The Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs (ACMD) has no resource budget. The Home Office provides secretariat and administrative support. The ACMD had an expenditure/costs for the Financial Year 2003–04 of £137,793.27.
(ii) The Animal Procedures Committee (APC) consists of 20 members including a Chairman. All Board members are public appointees. The Chairman received £10,000 in remuneration and £28,000 for members' expenses. £280,000 went on research. The total budget of £318,000. APC had an estimated administration cost for the Financial Year 2003–04 of £5,185.
(iii) The Correctional Services Accreditation Panel (CSAP) had a budget for the Financial Year 2003–04 of £195,000 and an estimated administration cost of £60,112.
(iv) The budget allocation for the Police Advisory Board for England and Wales (PABEW) is combined with that of the Police Negotiating Board (PNB). The PABEW and the PNB combined budget figure for the Financial Year 2003–04 was £54,633 and their combined figure for administration costs was £50,582.14.
Task Forces and ad hoc advisory groups are essentially Home Office working groups. They do not have a separate budget or administration costs.
(v) The Criminal Records Bureau Consultative Panel had an estimated budget and administration cost of £5,000.
(vi) The National Crime Reduction Task Force is no longer operating and no meetings or activity occurred in the Financial Year 2003–04.