HC Deb 31 March 1999 vol 328 cc769-71W
Dr. Tony Wright

To ask the Minister of State Lord chancellor's Department if he will list all those task forces and policy review with external members

Reviews and Task Forces
Review/Task force Other subsidiary committee
Review of Enforcement of Civil Court Judgments Panels of Experts:
General cross-cutting issues
Oral examinations/judgment summons
Attachment of Earnings/Charging Orders/Garnishee Orders
Warrants and Writs
Quality Task Force

Note:3 working groups set up

Dr. Tony Wright

To ask the Minister of State Lord chancellor's Department if he will list all those task forces and policy review with external members established by his Department since May 1997(a) their dates of establishment, (b) those which have issued final

3. Magistracy: complete information is not readily available. It is held on individual records and not yet collated centrally. It could therefore only be provided at disproportionate cost. However, an ethnicity questionnaire was sent out to Lay Magistrates in England and Wales (excluding the Duchy of Lancaster) in May 1997 to which there was a 93 per cent. response rate. The details are set out in the table.

established by his Department since May 1997 which have set up (a) sub-group, (b)working parties and (c) other subsidiary committees. [79261]

Mr. Hoon

The information requested is set out in the table.

reports and their dates of publication, (c) those which have been terminated and their dates of termination and (d) for those bodies still in existence, expected reporting and termination dates. [79273]

Mr. Hoon

The information requested is set out in the table.

Reviews and Task Forces
Review/Task Force Date of establishment Anticipated Report and Termination Date
Review of the Lord Chancellor's Department Funding for Marriage Support and Research Services November 1998 Report due 31 March 1999 termination due 31 March 1999
Review of Enforcement of Civil Court Judgments March 1998 First report due June 2000 termination unknown
Quality Task Force February 1999 Expected to report to the Lord Chancellor by end of 1999 termination due end 1999
Review of Crown Office List March 1999 Expected to report to the Lord Chancellor by end 1999 termination due end 1999

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