§ Mr. StunellTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will list each group that is responsible to his Department with significant and plural membership from outside the Civil Service, and to which the Nolan rules on non-departmental public bodies do not apply; and for each such group, if it(a) is a company limited by guarantee, (b) is a charity, (c) has no formal legal basis and (d) has some other legal basis, giving details. [131175]
§ Mr. Boateng[holding answer 18 July 2000]: Information on task forces, ad hoc advisory groups and reviews responsible to the Home Office is collected centrally by the Cabinet Office. I refer to the replies given to my hon. Friends the Members for Cannock Chase (Dr. Wright) and for Eastwood (Mr. Murphy) respectively, by my hon. Friend the Parliamentary Secretary to the Cabinet Office on 27 July 2000, Official Report, columns 799–800W. Non-departmental public bodies and other public bodies for which the Home Office has responsibility are also listed in the Home Office's Annual Report; the report covering the year 1999–2000 was published on 11 April 2000 and copies were placed in the Library.
The bodies to which the Nolan rules do not apply are listed in the Home Office annual report under the heading, "Other public bodies". The Fire Service Research Committee and Training Trust and the Philip Lawrence Awards are charities. The Criminal Justice Consultative Council, Immigration and Nationality Directorate Complaints Audit Committee, Ministerial Action Group 1162W to Retail Crime Reduction Action Team, Prisons Ombudsman, Property Crime Reduction Action Team, Retail Crime Reduction Action Team, Vehicle Crime Reduction Action Team, and the Visiting Committees for the Immigration Detention Centres at Campsfield House, Harmondsworth and Tinsley House have no formal legal basis.
Advisers to my right hon. Friend, the Home Secretary, on Representations against exclusion under the Prevention of Terrorism (Temporary Provisions) Act 1989 and the Annual Review of the operation of the Prevention of Terrorism Act were brought into existence by the Prevention of Terrorism Act. The Independent Assessor for Miscarriage of Justice Compensation was brought into existence by the Criminal Justice Act 1988, and the Interception of Communications Commissioner, by the Interception of Communications Act 1985. The Security Services Act 1989 brought the Security Service Commissioner into existence. Selection Panels for Independent Members of Police Authorities were created under the Police Act 1996, whilst the Sentencing Advisory Panel was brought into existence by the Crime and Disorder Act 1998. Both the Service Authority for the National Crime Squad and Service Authority for the National Criminal Intelligence Service were created by the Police Act 1997.