§ Lord Aveburyasked Her Majesty's Government:
Whether they will place in the Library of the House copies of all contracts entered into by the Prison Service with Kairos; how much they have paid to Kairos since the inception of its operations; and whether they consider that the trustees have conformed with the Charities Acts. [HL3639]
§ The Minister of State, Home Office (Lord Williams of Mostyn)I refer the noble Lord to the reply I gave him on 16 June (WA 33–34). The Prison Service has no formal contracts with the Kairos-APAC Trust but 111WA there were some "Partnership Agreements". Copies of these were placed in the Library on 7 June. Payments for services provided by the Kairos-APAC Trust as at 15 July amount to £87,643 and further payments of approximately £13,000 are anticipated. No further payments will be made either to Kairos or its successor body for services provided after 30 June. Whether the 112WA trustees have conformed with the Charities Act is a matter for the Charity Commission. However, I understand that the Commission has undertaken an investigation into the management of the Kairos-APAC Trust and has decided, particularly as the trust is now being dissolved, that no further action on its part is required.