§ Mr. StrawTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department which of the appointments of members to the Criminal Cases Review Commission are full time and which are part time; what is the period of appointment in each case; if each appointment is renewable; and how many of the appointments are of women. [10882]
§ Mr. KirkhopeThe information requested is as follows:
Year Full-time or part-time Period of appointment (years) Sir Frederick Crawford Part-time 5 Miss Fiona King Part-time 5 Mr. Laurence Elks Part-time 5 Mr. David Kyle Full-time 3 Mr. John Leckey Part-time 5 Miss Jill Gort Part-time 3 Mr. Baden Skitt Full-time 5 Dr. James MacKeith Part-time 3 Mr. Karamjit Singh Full-time 5 Professor Leonard Leigh Full-time 3 Mr. Edward Weiss Part-time 3 Mr. Anthony Foster Part-time 5 Mr. Barry Capon Part-time 3 Under the terms of the Criminal Appeal Act 1995 members of the commission are eligible for re-appointment on expiry of their term of appointment, subject to the proviso that no one may hold office as a member for a continuous period of more than 10 years. As the table shows, two of those appointed as members of the commission are women.