HC Deb 19 June 2000 vol 352 cc102-3W
Mr. Lidington

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what task forces have been set up by his Department; when each was set up; if he will list their members and the remuneration received in each case; and if he will make a statement.[126526]

Mr. Straw

The Home Office has set up the following task forces, which include or included non-public servants, since May 1997Task Force on Youth Justice (established June 1997, reported July 1998); Human Rights Task Force (established January 1999); and National Crime Reduction Task Force (established March 2000).

The membership of each of these bodies is contained in the tables. Where appropriate, expenses were paid to some members of these task forces. No other remuneration has been made.

Task Force on Youth Justice
Name Job title Organisation or area
Norman Warner Senior Policy Adviser Home Office (Chairman)
William Atkinson Headmaster Phoenix High School, Hammersmith and Fulham
Jonathon Black Clerk to the Justices Hampshire
Cathryn Bowker Youth Court Prosecutor Brighton
Tony Butler Chief Constable Gloucestershire Constabulary
Paul Cavadino NACRO and Penal Affairs Consortium
Anne Fuller Lay Magistrate Outer London
Cedric Fullwood Chief Probation Officer Greater Manchester
Ian Johnston Assistant Commissioner Metropolitan police
David Norgrove Marks & Spencer plc
Denise Platt Local Government Association
Teresa Reynolds Victim Support
Joan Webster Chief Superintendent Gwent Constabulary
Geoffrey Wicks Stipendiary Magistrate Inner London
Andrew Williamson Director Social Services Devon

Note:

Plus officials from the Home Office, Department of Health and Lord Chancellor's Department

Human Rights Task Force
Name Job title Organisation or area
Mike O'Brien (chair) Minister of State Home Office
Ross Cranston Solicitor General
Jane Kennedy Parliamentary Secretary Lord Chancellor's Department
Pam Giddy Charter 88
Lord Harris of Haringey Local Government Association
Ian Holding Association of Chief Police Officers
Francesca Klug Human Rights Incorporation Project

Human Rights Task Force
Name Job title Organisation or area
Anne Owers Justice
Garry Patten Crown Prosecution Service
Sarah Spencer Institute for Public Policy Research
Alison Sutherland Local Government Association
Veena Vasista The 1990 Trust
John Wadham Liberty

Note:

Plus officials from the Cabinet Office, Home Office and Lord Chancellor's Department.

National Crime Reduction Task Force
Name Job title Organisation or area
Charles Clarke (chair) Minister of State Home Office
David Phillips (vice-chair) Chief Constable Kent Constabulary
David Henshaw (vice-chair) Chief Executive City of Liverpool
Michael Barber Head of Standards & Effectiveness Unit DfEE
Ron Kerr Director of Operations NHS Executive
Keith Povey HMIC
Richard Childs Chief Constable Lincolnshire Police
Det. Ch. Supt. Lee Weavers Head of Crime Essex Constabulary
Chief Supt. Ron Hope Divisional Commander Islington
Steve Mycio Deputy Chief Executive Manchester City Council
Jo Williams Director of Social Services Cheshire County Council
Ruth Henig Association of Police Authorities
David Walton Chief Probation Officer Staffordshire
Neil Wragg Chief Executive Youth at Risk
Wendy Thomson Director of Inspections Audit Commission

Note:

Plus officials from the Home Office