§ Mrs. Curtis-ThomasTo ask the Solicitor-General what new structures have been developed to manage delivery and reform of the CJS at national and local levels. [128724]
§ The Solicitor-GeneralThe Government established a National Criminal Justice Board and 42 Local Criminal Justice Boards following recommendations made by Lord Justice Auld in his review of the Criminal Courts and as part of a wider package of Criminal Justice reform announced in the White Paper "Justice for All".
At a national level, a National Criminal Justice Board comprising CJS Ministers, senior officials from the Home Office, the CPS, the Department for Constitutional Affairs and senior representatives from the police and the judiciary, is responsible for
498Wsupporting Local Boards in delivery of the PSA targets and for managing the Government's overall CJS reform programme.
Through the Local Boards, chief officers from the police, the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS), the Probation Service, Prisons, Youth Offender Teams and the courts are working together locally to bring more offenders to justice and to improve public confidence in the Criminal Justice System (CJS).