HL Deb 25 October 2000 vol 618 c46WA
Baroness Blatch

asked Her Majesty's Government:

Whether each of the local boards which are to be created under the Criminal Justice and Courts Services Bill will be non-departmental public bodies [HL4161]

Lord Bassam of Brighton

The new local boards which will be established under the Bill currently before Parliament will be bodies corporate which, together with the National Directorate, will form the new National Probation Service. They will not be non-departmental public bodies.