House of Commons - Public Administration

PROCEEDINGS OF THE COMMITTEE RELATING TO THE REPORT

WEDNESDAY 21 MARCH 2001

Members present:

Tony Wright, in the Chair

Mr Michael Trend	Mr Andrew Tyrie
Mr Neil Turner	Mr Anthony D Wright

The Committee deliberated.

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Mr Michael Trend declared a non-pecuniary interest in relation to the Committee's inquiry into Quangos in that he was on the Board of the Westminster Foundation for Democracy.

Draft Report (Mapping the Quango State), proposed by the Chairman, brought up and read.

Ordered, That the draft Report be read a second time, paragraph by paragraph.

Paragraphs 1 to 21 agreed to.

Paragraph 22 read, as follows:

"There is no formal "map" of the disposition of NDPBs, ASPBs and quangos at sub-national and regional level throughout the UK. Table 5 summarises the position so far as we are able to ascertain it. The advent of devolved institutions in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland increases the probability of democratic oversight of quangos in these areas, but the position in England is less satisfactory. Regional Development Agencies are increasingly taking on a wider range of responsibilities in liaison with regional government offices. In their regions these appointed bodies are subject to check only by the indirectly elected regional chambers, which are too large, unwieldy and under-resourced to fulfil an oversight role. The Housing Corporation devolves much of its activity to regional offices, but they too are unchecked at regional level. Other major regional policy matters, such as public transport, have no representative regional input; others, such as land-use planning, involve weak and divided consortia of local authorities. These considerations strengthen the case for reassessing the need for elected regional bodies in the English regions, as counterparts to the devolved assemblies in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, and to provide a unifying representative role".

Amendment proposed, in line 12, to leave out from the word "authorities" to the end of the paragraph.�(Mr Andrew Tyrie.)

Question put, That the Amendment be made.

The Committee divided.

Ayes, 2	Noes, 2
Mr Michael Trend	Mr Neil Turner
Mr Andrew Tyrie	Mr Anthony D Wright

Whereupon the Chairman declared himself with the Noes.

Paragraph agreed to.

Paragraphs 23 to 42 agreed to.

Pargraph 43 read, as follows:

"But is the quango state "advancing"? In Quangos: Opening the Doors the Government said that it was "committed to reducing the number of NDPBs and will ensure that a new NDPB will only be set up where it can be demonstrated that this is the most cost-effective and appropriate means of carrying out the given function". The LGIU study, however, takes the view that the policies towards quangos of central government departments, each pursuing their own objectives and initiatives, are unco-ordinated and cumulatively damaging to local democracy insofar as they undermine the powers and functions of local government. This is an issue which troubled the Committee at the time of its last Report and we remain concerned that, despite welcome moves by government to create links between new local bodies and local authorities, there are dangerous gaps in accountability at the level of local governance. We return to our earlier recommendation of "a regional structure of accountability" to provide monitoring and oversight of many quangos at regional and local level. The regional dimension of the quango state is expanding fast and new responsibilities are already being piled on the new regional development agencies. But these developments are not bedded down in democratic arrangements. We therefore welcome the renewed interest within government to introducing legislation to allow the people in the English regions to decide whether they want directly-elected regional government. Elected regional authorities in England would give the asymmetric devolution settlement that has emerged from the Government's devolution legislation a better overall balance. They could provide a new structure of accountability not only for regional and local quangos, but for the quango state as a whole. The government's regional offices in England could also be given a democratic underpinning. Scotland and Wales now have the opportunity for democratic oversight of quangos in their countries; nothing less is required for the English regions where the great majority of citizens of the United Kingdom live. But that is for the future."

Amendment proposed, in line 15 to leave out from the word "arrangements" to the end of the paragraph�(Mr Andrew Tyrie.)

Question put, That the Amendment be made.

The Committee divided.

Ayes, 2	Noes, 2
Mr Michael Trend	Mr Neil Turner
Mr Andrew Tyrie	Mr Anthony D Wright

Whereupon the Chairman declared himself with the Noes.

Paragraph agreed to.

Paragraph 44 agreed to.

Annexes agreed to.

Resolved, That the Report be the Fifth Report of the Committee to the House.

Ordered, That the Chairman do make the Report to the House.

Ordered, That the provisions of Standing Order No 134 (Select Committees (Reports)) be applied to the Report.

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ANNEX 1

ANNEX 2

Annex 4 - Task Forces by Department and Devolved Administration (at April 2000)

CABINET OFFICE

DEPARTMENT FOR CULTURE, MEDIA AND SPORT

DEPARTMENT FOR EDUCATION AND EMPLOYMENT

DEPARTMENT OF THE ENVIRONMENT, TRANSPORT AND THE REGIONS

DEPARTMENT FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT

DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SECURITY

DEPARTMENT OF TRADE AND INDUSTRY

FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH OFFICE

HOME OFFICE

INLAND REVENUE

LORD CHANCELLOR'S DEPARTMENT

MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE, FISHERIES AND FOOD

NATIONAL ASSEMBLY FOR WALES

NORTHERN IRELAND OFFICE

OFTEL

SCOTTISH EXECUTIVE

TREASURY

CABINET OFFICE

Name	Established	Terminated	Terms of reference	Date and subjects of any reports	Membership
Interchange Steering Council	Oct 1997	On-going	To provide direction for promoting the exchange of people and good practice between the Civil Service and other organisations, as part of the interchange initiative.	None	Sir Richard Wilson (Joint Chair; Cabinet Secretary and Head of the Home Civil Service) Lord Marshall of Knightsbridge (Joint Chair; Deputy President of the CBI) DTI NHS LCD Business Links Network Company Committee of Vice-Chancellors and Principals Local Government Association Employment Service Northern Foods plc Trustees WIG and IPT Trust
Modernising Government Project Board	Apr 1999	Short term, but date of termination not yet known	To oversee the Modernising Government Programme and monitor/drive through progress.	None	Mavis McDonald (Chair) Cabinet Office Cabinet Office Secretaries x2 Centre for Management and Policy Studies DETR DfEE DSS DTI HM Customs and Excise HM Treasury Department of Health Home Office Inland Revenue No. 10 Policy Unit Audit Commission Birmingham University CBI Local Government Association National Consumer Council TUC
Public Sector Employment Forum	Jul 1999	On-going	To bring together individuals from across the Civil Service and wider public service to consider concerns on a range of employment related issues.	None	John Barker (Chair; Cabinet Office) Department of Health DETR NHS Executive x2 DfEE MOD Cabinet Office x2 Employers Organisation for Local Government Local Government Association Improvement and Development Agency Society of Chief Personnel Officers, Hampshire County Council Sussex Police
Service Action Steering Group	May 1999	Met for the last time in Mar 2000, but has not yet been formally disbanded	To devise and implement measures to deliver the government's commitments on the modernisation of public services.	Action Plan launched on Service First website - Oct 1999. This is updated every three months.	Jonathan Rees (Chair; then MPS, Cabinet Office) Cabinet Office x11 Benefits Agency x2 DETR DfEE DTI Employment Service Inland Revenue NHS Executive ONS HM Treasury Consumer's Association Isoft plc. Local Government Association National Consumer Council NACAB
User Group on the Management of Crown Copyright	28 Sep 1999	Likely to be disbanded in Mar 2001, when new advisory group is established	To advise on the practical implementation and effects of the undertaking made in the Government White Paper 'The Future of Crown Copyright' to improve access to Government information.	None	Carol Tullo (Chair; Controller, HMSO and Queen's Printer) HMSO x5 DTI Barbour Index plc Lawyer, Rouse and Co. International Ltd Committee of Departmental Libraries The Stationery Office Thomson Professional Information UK RNIB Reuters Ordnance Survey Library and Information Commission Technical Index Electronic Publishing Services Ltd Loughborough University
Total number	5

DEPARTMENT FOR CULTURE, MEDIA AND SPORT

Name	Established	Terminated	Terms of reference	Date and Subject of any Reports	Membership
DCMS Advisory Group on Active Community Involvement	21 Jul 1999	Not yet established	To act as a channel for external advice and expertise to DCMS. Provides a forum to explore the potential for DCMS and its sponsored bodies to work in partnership with others to build on its current contribution to the Active Community Initiative.	None as yet	12 members: Local authorities National Trust, Prince's Trust Voluntary Arts Network Media Trust, Sport England Church Urban Fund National Association of Community Voluntary Service BAFM National Lotteries Charity Board National Council for Voluntary Organisations Community Service Volunteers
Audio Visual Industries Training Group	Sep 1999	Feb 2001	To investigate and report on the current and future skills required in the audio-visual industries and to recommend the training and education needed to develop these skills, so that the UK can compete effectively in the world media market place.	Census of Employment in Audio Visual Industries in May 2000 - results to be published	Roger Laughton (Chair; School of Media and Communications, University of Bournemouth) 23 members: Private (broadcasting) sector
Creative Industries Task Force	Jul 1997	Not known	To promote awareness of the creative industries, to investigate issues impacting on their success and make recommendations to government and others.	Creative Industries Mapping Document - Nov 1998 Creative Industries - Exports: Our Hidden Potential - Nov 1999 Creative Industries: Television Exports - Dec 1999 Creative Industries: The Regional Dimension - Mar 2000 Creative Industries: Internet Inquiry - Mar 2000 Creative Industries: Your Creative Futures - Apr 2000 Creative Industries: Intellectual Property Rights - Apr 2000	A Ministerial Creative Industries Strategy group has been established to take forward the work initiated by the Task Force. Private sector personnel may attend these meetings at the invitation of the Chairman where appropriate, but there is no fixed private sector membership.
DCMS Social Inclusion Advisory Group	Nov 1999	Nov 2000	To advise the Secretary of State on the proposals of the DCMS Social Inclusion Action Plan; to represent the main partners to whom DCMS would be looking to deliver the proposals of the Action Plan; and to produce a report to the Secretary of State on the Action Plan's implementation.	Publication due Oct 2000	19 members: DCMS Local government Private sector Charity/voluntary sector
Music Industry Forum	Jan 1998	Not known	To act as an informal channel of communication between the music industry and government.	None	MIF is no longer a fixed membership body. Ministers chair meetings, but those invited to attend are chosen on a meeting-by-meeting basis, based on the expertise they will bring to the subjects under discussion. Attendance lists are drawn up in consultation with the main music industry trade bodies and the Department's Music Industry Adviser.
Sir John Mortimer's Vacant Plinth Advisory Group	Apr 1999	3 Jul 2000	To consider the future of the vacant plinth in London's Trafalgar Square, including proposals and submissions from the public on a fitting statue or work of art to be installed on it, and to make recommendations to the Culture Secretary.	Report by Sir John Mortimer's advisory group on the future of the vacant plinth in Trafalgar Square - 3 Jul 2000	Sir John Mortimer (Chair; author and playwright) 6 members: Academics Local councillor Director of National Gallery Architect and principal of Elsie Owusu Architects and art critic of The Times
Total	6

DEPARTMENT FOR EDUCATION AND EMPLOYMENT

Name	Established		Terminated	Terms of reference	Date and subjects of any reports		Membership
Adult and Community Learning Fund Advisory Group		Oct 1998	Not known, but due to report in Aug 2001			Report due Aug 2001		Marcus Bell (Chair; DfEE) 7 members, including civil servants, public servants and private sector
Advisory Group on Access and Hardship Funds		Mar 2000	Not known					Neil Flint (Chair; DfEE) 24 members, including civil servants, public servants and private sector
Advisory Group on Citizenship in Post Compulsory Education and Training		Jan 2000	Not known, but due to report Jul 2000			Report - Jul 2000		Bernard Crick (Chair; University of Edinburgh) 16 members, including public servants, voluntary/charity sector and other private sector
Advisory Group on Independent / State School Partnerships		Dec 1998	Not known, but due to report in Mar 2001	To take forward recommendations contained in 'Building Bridges: Final Report of the Advisory Group on Independent/State School Partnerships', published in Oct 1998.		Report due in Mar 2001		Christopher Parker (Chair; Headmaster, Nottingham High School) 10 members - all public servants
Advisory Group on Nutritional Standards for School Lunches		Feb 2000						M Phipps (Chair; DfEE) 14 members, including civil servants, wider public servants and other private sector
Advisory Group on the Development of Individual Learning Accounts		May 1999						No Chair 23 members, including civil servants, wider public servants, voluntary/charity sector and other private sector
Business Schools Small Firms Advisory Group		May 1999	The future work of the Group is under review			Report - May 2000		Andrew Locke (Chair; Manchester University) 11 members, including civil servants and wider public servants
Citizenship Education Working Party		Oct 1999	Not known	To assist in supporting schools in the practical implementation of citizenship education.		None		Jacqui Smith MP (Chair; Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for School Standards, DfEE) 20 members, including ministers, civil servants, voluntary/charity sector and other private sector
Connexions Service: Bridging the Gap Implementation Group		Jul 1998				None		Nick Stuart (Chair; DfEE) 26 members, including civil servants, wider public servants and private sector
Connexions Service: Careers Service Transition Working Group		Dec 1999		To provide a radical new approach to guiding and supporting all young people through their teenage years, and in their transition to adulthood and working life.		None		Euin Hill (Chair; DfEE) 25 members, including civil servants and private sector
Connexions Service: Equal Opportunities Working Group		Mar 2000						John Wilkins (Chair; DfEE) 30 members including civil servants and private sector
Connexions Service: Ministerial Steering Group		Jul 1999				Report - Jul 2001		Secretary of State for Education and Employment (Chair) 13 members, including ministers and wider public servants
Connexions Service: Specification Working Group		Feb 2000						Janice Burton (Chair; DfEE) 21 members, including civil servants and private sector
Connexions Service: Tracking Working Group		Mar 2000						Stephen Witt (Chair; DfEE) 15 members, including civil servants and private sector
Connexions Service: Young Offenders Working Group		Feb 2000						John Wilkins, (Chair; DfEE) 22 members, including civil servants and private sector
Connexions Service: Youth Service Transition Working Group		Feb 2000						Roger Troedson (Chair; DfEE) 19 members, including civil servants and private sector
Council for Excellence in Management and Leadership		Apr 2000				Report due Apr 2001		Sir Anthony Cleaver (Chair; AEA Technology) 7 members - all private sector
EU Project Board on Student Support		Feb 1998	To be reviewed in early 2001	To follow up on the support arrangements for a full cycle of EU students.				Nick Sanders (Chair; DfEE) 10 members, including civil servants and wider public servants
Friends of Sure Start		Sep 1998	On-going	To design Sure Start.		Instrumental in the original design of Sure Start. Continuous feedback and advice on the programme as it is implemented.		Naomi Eisenstad (Chair; Head, Sure Start Unit) Wide range of representative organisations, mainly from the children's voluntary childcare sector but also including representatives from health, social service and local government
Gifted and Talented Advisory Group		Sep 1998	On-going	To advise Ministers and officials on the development and implementation of the Government's strategy to improve the identification, education and support of gifted and talented children.		Informs on-going policy-making for gifted and talented children		Tim Dracup (Chair; DfEE) 17 members including civil/public servants, voluntary/charity sector workers and the private sector
Graduate Apprenticeship National Steering Group		Mar 2000						Derek Fraser (Chair; Vice Chancellor, University of Teeside) 15 members, including civil servants and private sector
Head Teachers' Focus Groups for Excellence in Cities		Mar 1999						Kathy Aug (Chair; DfEE) 15 members, including headteachers and civil servants
Inter-Agency Forum for Promoting the Education and Attainment of Looked-After Children (Joint DfEE/DH group)		Apr 1998	Future remit of Forum under consideration, but likely to take forward steering work on implementation of the guidance	To consider if there is a need for DfEE/DH to introduce new statutory guidance concerning the education of children and young people in public care.		Guidance on the Education of Children and Young People in Public Care - May 2000		Chris Wells (Chair; DfEE) 15 members, including civil servants, wider public servants and voluntary/charity sector
Investors in People in Schools Advisory Group		Sep 1999						Linda Ammon (Chair; DfEE) 20 members, including civil servants, wider public servants, voluntary/charity sector and private sector
Investors in People National Task Group		Mar 2000						Linda Ammon (Chair; DfEE) 15 members, including civil servant, wider public servant and voluntary/charity sector
Key Skills Support Programme Implementation Group		Jul 1999						Brian Helsdon (Chair; DfEE) 26 members, including civil servants, wider public servants and private sector
Learning Partnership Group		Dec 1998		To support the development of Learning Partnerships and evaluate their success.				Alan Davies (Chair; DfEE) 34 members, including civil servants, wider public servants, voluntary/charity sector and private sector
Literacy and Numeracy Strategy Group		Mar 1998	Will continue until at least 2002	To develop a strategy for substantially raising standards of literacy in primary schools over a 5-10 year period.		The Implementation of the National Literacy Strategy (Code NLS97) - Aug 1997		Michael Barber (Chair; Standards and Effectiveness Adviser to the Secretary of State for Education and Employment) 28 members, including civil servants, wider public servants, voluntary/charity sector and public sector
Music and Ballet Scheme Advisory Group		Apr 2000						Roger Lewis (Chair; Managing Director and Programme Controller, Classic FM) Other members have yet to be appointed
National Advisory Group on Special Educational Needs		Jul 1997	On-going	To advise Ministers on the content and implementation of an action programme for special educational needs for the remainder of this Parliament based on the outcome of consultation on the Green Paper Excellence for Children: Meeting Special Educational Needs.				Jacqui Smith MP (Chair; Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for School Standards) 29 members, including a Minister, civil servants, public servants, voluntary/charity sector and private sector
New Entrepreneur Scholarship Advisory Group		Jan 2000				Report due Sep 2001		Linda Ammon (Chair; DfEE) 14 members, including civil servants, voluntary/charity sector and private sector
New Start Advisory Group		Jun 1997	On-going and no set date for termination, but the Group will review its role and future in Dec 2000	To advise on the development of the New Start Strategy as announced in the White Paper "Learning to Compete", published Dec 1996		New Start Round One Projects: Summary Report of the First Phase - 1988 New Start Round One Evaluation Final Report - 2000 New Start: Paving the Way for the Learning Gateway - Evaluation of Second Round Projects - 1999 New Start: Paving the Way for the Learning Gateway - Personal Adviser Pilot Projects - 1999		Rob Smith (Chair; DfEE) 36 members, including civil servants, public servants, voluntary/charity sector and private sector
Post 16 Funding Adult Strand Group		Feb 2000	May 2000			Group contributed to the development of DfEE's overall strategy on Post 16 funding systems		Martin Lamb (Chair; DfEE) 24 members, including civil servants, public servants and private sector.
Post 16 Funding External Partners Group		Sep 1999				Group contributed to the development of DfEE's overall strategy on Post 16 funding systems		David Forrester (Chair; DfEE) 42 members, including civil servants, public servants, voluntary/charity sector and private sector
Post 16 Funding Group		Sep 1999				Group contributed to the development of DfEE's overall strategy on Post 16 funding systems		David Forrester (Chair; DfEE) 21 members, including civil servants, public servants and private sector
Post 16 Funding Young People Strand Group		Feb 2000	May 2000			Group contributed to the development of DfEE's overall strategy on Post 16 funding systems		John Ratcliff (Chair; DfEE) 23 members, including civil servants, public servants and private sector
Post 16 Implementation: Business Champions Group		Dec 1999						Nick Reilly (Chair; Managing Director of Vauxhall Motors) 12 members, including civil servants and private sector
Post 16 Implementation: Human Resources Group		Oct 1999						Peter Lauener (Chair; DfEE) 22 members, including civil servants, public servants and private sector
Post 16 Implementation: Joint Negotiation Group		Jul 1999						Peter Houten (Joint Chair; DfEE) Jacqui Henderson (Joint Chair; TNC) 25 members, including civil servants and private sector
Post 16 Implementation: Provider Liaison Group		Sep 1999						Paul Holme (Chair; DfEE) 14 members, including civil servants, voluntary/charity sector and private sector
Post 16 Implementation: Transition Group		Oct 1999						Peter Lauener (Chair; DfEE) 23 members, including civil servants, public servants and the private sector
Promotion of Life Long Learning Group		Mar 1999						Tim Down (Chair; DfEE) 15 members, including civil servants, public servants, voluntary/charity sector and private sector
School Sixth Form Funding External Partners Group		Mar 1999						Stephen Hillier (Chair; DfEE) 23 members, including civil servants, voluntary/charity sector and private sector
UK Countries Advisory Group on Workplace Learning		Jul 1998		To discuss on-going development of a National Framework of Individual Learning Accounts.				Linda Ammon (Chair; DfEE) 9 members, including civil servants and private sector
Workforce Development Advisory Group		Jul 1999						Nick Stuart (Chair; DfEE) 12 members, including civil servants and public servants
Working Group on the Code of Practice on Age Diversity in Employment		Apr 1998				Group provides on-going advice as required on issues concerned with age diversity in employment.		Carolynne Arfield, (Chair; DfEE) 9 members, including civil servants, voluntary/charity sector and private sector
School Standards Task Force		May 1997						Secretary of State for Education and Employment (Chair) 27 members, including civil servants, public servants and public sector
Total		47

DEPARTMENT OF THE ENVIRONMENT, TRANSPORT AND THE REGIONS

Name	Established	Terminated	Terms of reference	Date and subjects of any reports	Membership
Air Quality Forum	Feb 1998	On-going	To provide mechanism for stakeholders to put their views to the Government on the review of the National Air Quality Strategy and implementation of local air quality management.	None	Martin Hurst (Chair; DETR), with 54 members
Best Value in Housing (BVH)	Mar 1998	On-going	To provide oversight on BVH.	BVH Framework - Jan 2000	Duncan Campbell (Chair; DETR), with 15 members
Cleaner Vehicles Task Force	Jan 1998	Spring 2000	To encourage the production, manufacture and use of vehicles which are more fuel efficient, cleaner, quieter and less resource intensive and to encourage measures to reduce the environmental impact of existing vehicles.	Driving the Agenda and Environmental Impacts of Road Vehicles in Use - Air Quality, Climate Change and Noise Pollution	Chaired jointly by Lord Macdonald (Minister for Transport) and Ian McAllister (Ford Motor Company), with 16 other members
Fitness Rating Steering Group	Sep 1998	Jul 2000	To assist with the development of a housing health and rating safety system.	Housing Health and Safety Rating System - Jul 2000	Martin Jones (Chair; DETR), with 24 members
FMPR of the Audit Commission	Jul 1999	Jul 2000	To look at the detailed organisation and procedures that would be appropriate to the Commission as it continues to carry out its traditional audit functions and embraces new roles within Best Value; and to make recommendations on the structure of the Commission, procedures and internal controls to ensure value for money, and the procedures in place to regulate and supervise the work of appointed auditors.	Report - Jul 2000	A team from the School of Public Policy, University of Birmingham
FMPR of the Royal Commission on Environmental Pollution	Jan 1999	Apr 2000	To undertake a challenging review of the RCEP.	FMPR for the RCEP - Apr 1999	Andrew Burchell (Chair; DETR), with 8 members
FMPR of the Housing Corporation	Dec 1999	Not known	To undertake a challenging review of the Housing Corporation.	Stage I review due at the end of May 2000	Michael Gahagan (Chair; DETR), with 10 members
FMPR of the Rent Assessment Panels	Sep 1999	Jul 2000	To undertake a challenging review of the RAPs.	None	Michael Faulkner (Chair; DETR)
Inter-Departmental Review of Fuel Poverty Policy	Jan 2000	Not known	To develop and publish a strategy setting out the Government's fuel poverty objectives, targets for achieving those objectives, the policies to deliver those objectives and how progress should be monitored.	None	Lord Whitty and Helen Liddell, with 7 members
Homelessness and Allocation Policy Sounding Board	Oct 1999	Not known	To inform policy proposals for a Housing Green Paper.	None	Mike Baldwin (Chair; DETR), with 24 members
Housing Fitness Standard Review Steering Group	Sep 1998	Not known	To develop a health and safety based rating system to replace the current housing fitness standard.	None	Martin Jones (Chair; DETR), with 24 members
Landfill Directive Implementation Sounding Group	Feb 1999	Summer 2000	To feed views into consultation paper on implementing the EC Landfill Directive.		Andrea Young (Chair; DETR), with 20 members
Local Government Capital Finance Review (running in tandem with Revenue Grant Distribution Review Group; see separate entry)	Feb 1999	On-going	To review options for improving and simplifying the capital finance system, including examining the practicalities of approaches that would allow authorities to borrow freely for capital investment, subject to prudential limits.	The Capital Finance Review: A New Prudential System - 22 Mar 2000 Report's conclusions to be considered further in Local Government Finance Green Paper (Summer 2000)	Mark Lambirth (Chair; DETR), with 43 members
Local Government Construction Task Force	Oct 1999	Likely to remain in existence until 2003/4	To implement recommendations of the Construction Task Force.	None	Ted Cantle (Chair; Nottingham City Council), with 25 members
Marine Nature Conservation Review Group	Sep 1999	Nov 2000			Roger Pritchard (Chair; DETR), with 28 members
Park Homes Working Party	May 1998	May 2000	To examine how the legislation affecting mobile homes may be operated more effectively.	Report of the Park Homes Working Party - Jul 2000	Michael Faulkner (Chair; DETR), with 12 members
Revenue Grant Distribution Review Group (running in tandem with Local Government Capital Finance Review; see separate entry)	Feb 1999	2002	To investigate thoroughly whether there is a better way of determining the distribution of revenue support grant that is simpler, more stable, more robust and fairer than the present arrangements for SSAs.	Improving Grant Distribution to LAs - Mar 2000	Mark Lambirth (Chair; DETR), with 43 members
Review of Bird Registration Procedures under Section 7 of the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981	Sep 1999	Not known		Consultation paper to be published at the end of Jul 2000	Bob Ford (Chair; DETR), with 8 members
Review of Controls over Demolition in the light of the 'Shimizu' judgement	Aug 1997	Not known		Advice put to Ministers on outcome of review	Christopher Bowden (Chair; DETR), with 31 members
Review of Criminal Prosecutions and Sanctions for Pollution of the Sea Following Marine Accidents	Oct 1999	Not known	To consider how systems for the prosecution of pollution offences following marine casualties affecting the UK should reflect the public interest of having appropriate sanctions available under the criminal law whilst not discouraging appropriate prevention, salvage and clean-up operations.		Review undertaken by Colin Ingram (consultant) and specialist interest groups
Road Haulage Forum	Apr 1999	Not known	To consider competitiveness of the industry.	None	Lord Macdonald (Chair; Minister for Transport), with 23 members
Rural White Paper Informal Sounding Board (under the jurisdiction of DETR and MAFF)	Jul 1999	Late Oct 2000 (once Rural White Paper is published)	To inform the preparation of the Rural White Paper through confidential discussion and debate, drawing upon the expert and diverse knowledge of its members who attend in a personal capacity.	None	Michael Meacher (Joint Chair; Minister for the Environment) Elliot Morley (Joint Chair) Environmental Adviser Campaign for the Protection of Rural England Civic Trust Countryside Agency Country Landowners Association English Nature Forum for the Future Green Globe Task Force Rural Housing Trust Soil Association and Eastbrook Farms Organic Meat Transport 2000 Transport & General Workers' Union University of Southampton
Safety Targets Accident Reduction Steering Group	Nov 1997	Mar 2000	To advise on possible future road casualty targets.	None	Roger Peal (Chair; DETR), with 21 members
School Travel Advisory Group	Dec 1998	Not known	To spread best practice and identify practical ways of reducing car use.	None	Education and transport officers from local authorities around the UK Government officers from DETR, DfEE, DH, DOE (NI), the Welsh Office and the Scottish Office Transport operators Parents, teachers and governors
Shipping Task Force	Dec 1998	No date set for abolition. Likely to remain in existence at least until the end of 2000.	To take forward the recommendations in the government policy paper on shipping.	Progress reports about implementing 'Charting' commitments	Brian Wadsworth (Chair; DETR), with 17 members
Shipping Working Group	Nov 1997	Not known	To identify actions: to enable the maximum economic and environmental benefit to be obtained from shipping to reverse the decline in the UK merchant fleet to increase the employment and training of British seafarers to encourage shipowners and the wider maritime industry to commit more resources to seafarer training.	Reported to DPM - Mar 1998 Had input into British Shipping: Charting a New Course - Dec 1998	Roger Clarke (Chair; DETR), with 23 members
Supporting People - External Reference Group	Oct 1999	Not known	To inform detail of 'Supporting People' proposals.	None	Michael Gahagan (Chair; DETR), with 45 members
Task Force on Home Buying	Jul 1997	No date set for abolition	To deliver the Government's manifesto commitment of delivering better ways of buying and selling homes.	None	Nick Raynsford (Chair; Minister for Housing and Planning), with 25 members
Task Force for London Transport	Aug 1999	Due to remain in existence until late 2000	To bring about the introduction of a Public/Private Partnership for London Underground.	None	Keith Hill (Chair; Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, DETR), with 12 members
Tenants' Sounding Board on Best Value in Housing	Sep 1998	Not known	To inform and consult on proposals on Best Value in housing and tenants' compacts.	None	Facilitated by Laurie McCormack and Paul Schofield, with 14 members
Youth Homelessness Action Partnership	Jun 1998	Not known	To feed into wider policy agenda (e.g. the work of the Social Exclusion Unit).	None	Mike Baldwin (Chair; DETR), with 22 members
Total	31

DEPARTMENT FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT

Name

Established

Terminated

Terms of reference

Date and subjects of any reports

Membership

Advisory Board on Technology in Education (Imfundo Project)

Apr 2000

Estimated Dec 2000/

Jan 2001

To improve the education and life chances of the world's poor people by improving the training of teachers, drawing in the expertise and resources of the private sector and designing pilot projects to demonstrate the power of information communication technologies.

First report - Jul 2000

Second report - Sep 2000

A series of 11 articles as part of its knowledge bank

Owen Barder (Team Co-ordinator; Treasury Economist)

DFID x2

Director of Wireless Strategy at Marconi

Virgin Direct

CISCO systems

Maths teacher

Secretarial support

Total

DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SECURITY

Name	Established	Terminated	Terms of reference	Date and subjects of any reports	Membership
Activities for Managing Life Working Group	Jul 1998 (The AMLWG evolved from the DLAWG, a sub-group of the now defunct DB Forum)	Expected to be terminated by the end of 2001	To consider possible options for changes in the gateways to DLA. The changes should aim to ensure that the benefit makes a contribution towards the extra costs encountered by disabled people in managing their lives.	None	Membership is drawn from various organisations of and for disabled people
Ad hoc Group of External Stakeholders: Decision Making and Appeals	Feb 1998	No date set, but in process of being wound up	To consider implementation of the changes made to decision making and appeals in 1999.	None	John Griffiths (Chair; DSS) 12 members, including representatives from NACAB, Child Poverty Action Group, the Law Society, the National Council for One Parent Families, the Local Government Association, Age Concern and officials from the DSS
Benefits Agency Standards Committee	Nov 1999	2002	To provide assurance to the Benefits Agency Chief Executive (BACE) that: monitoring reports accurately reflect the standard of decision making in the BA feedback mechanisms are working to enable continuous improvement of decision making the monitoring process and structure at all levels is robust and credible.	None	Membership includes chairs, members and directors of various organisations like the Energy Savings Trust, Appeals Tribunal and Social Security Advisory Committee
Best Practice Guidelines Working Group	Jul 1999	Summer 2001	To advise on the development and promotion of best practice guidelines for occupational pension schemes.	Report - Dec 2000	John Nightingale (Chair; DSS) 12 members, including civil servants, public servants and private sector
Member-Nominated Trustee (MNT) Working Group	Jun 1999	Dec 2001	To consider and make recommendations on the legislation concerning member-nominated trustees, taking into account: the proposals in the Green Paper the responses to those proposals Ministers' wish to maximise the coverage of MNTs the burden of schemes, the interests of schemes and pension members practical difficulties with the operation of the existing provisions.	None	Members include representatives from the ABI and TUC
Modern Service Working Group	Dec 1998	On-going	To provide advice to the DBF on the strategy and planning of an incremental programme of improvements to modernise the delivery of AA and DLA.	None	Membership includes representatives from organisations including Mencap, RADAR and the RNID
Pension Provision Group	Sep 1997	2001	To look at current levels of pension provision in the UK, and likely future trends.	Report due - Autumn 2000 We All Need Pensions - The Prospectus for Pension Provision - Jun 1998 Response to the Pensions Green Paper - Mar 1999	Tom Ross (Chairman, Scottish Life) 7 members, including public servants and private sector
Pension Forecasting Advisory Group	Jul 1999	Mid- 2001	To consider how the Government's proposals for combined pension forecasts might best be implemented with the minimum burden for employer and pension provider.	Involved in Planning your Future - Report of the Pension Forecasting Advisory Group - Jul 2000	John Nightingale (Chair; DSS) 18 members, including civil servants and private sector
Statutory Money Purchase Illustrations Working Party	Apr 1999	Apr 2001	To devise a methodology for calculating illustrations of future pension entitlement in money purchase schemes.	A Joint DSS/F&IoA consultation paper is due to be issued on 15 Sep 2000, containing the Working Party's report
Total	9

DEPARTMENT OF TRADE AND INDUSTRY

Name	Established	Terminated	Terms of reference	Date and subjects of any reports	Membership
Advisory Group on Consumer Affairs Status	11 Nov 1999	No termination date at present	To: advise Ministers on the implementation of the Consumer Strategy White Paper consider issues arising in consumer affairs, and recommend to Ministers areas for action by government, business and consumer groups consider research recommendations from the Research Committee, and identify topics for further research.	None	Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Consumers and Corporate Affairs (Chair) CBI ITSA Local Government Association National Consumer Council Office of Fair Trading British Chambers of Commerce British Retail Consortium Brunel University Consumers' Association COSLA LACOTS NACAB Gelliwion Farm
Better Payment Practice Group	Oct 1997	On-going	To develop measures to enable businesses to ensure that their customers pay promptly and to propose and develop measures to enable businesses to manage their credit effectively.	None	Rotating Chair 19 members, including civil servants and private sector
Clusters Policy Steering Group	Mar 2000	On-going	To assess existing clusters-related activity in the UK, informed by the results of a mapping study and all relevant sources of expertise and information.	No report published, but minutes of meetings are available on the DTI website	Lord Sainsbury (Chair; Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Science and Innovation, DTI) 15 members, including Ministers, civil servants, public servants and private sector
Company Law Steering Group	Jun 1998	Apr 2001	To consider how core company law can be modernised in order to provide a simple, efficient and cost-effective framework for carrying out business activity.	None	Richard Rogers (Chair; Company Law and Investigations, DTI) 31 members, including civil servants, public servants, voluntary/charity sector and private sector
Database Market Strategy Group	Nov 1997	No termination date at present	To monitor the impact, including the economic impact, of copyright, database rights, exceptions to rights and licensing agreements on suppliers and users in the light of changes in technology and markets.	None	Kim Howells MP (Chair; Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Competition and Consumer Affairs, DTI) 13 members, including a Minister, civil servants and private sector
Genome Valley Steering Group	Apr 2000	Apr 2001	To: identify and prioritise specific measures to address the key areas for action identify appropriate people or organisations to take forward these measures assess and respond to progress in the key areas for action communicate progress to the biotechnology industry, venture capital groups, the media, consumers and the public, and obtain feedback.	Report due in Apr 2001	Sir Gareth Roberts (Chair; Vice-Chancellor of Sheffield University and President of the Institute of Physics) 15 members including civil servants, public servants, NGO members, academics and industry
Information Age Partnership	Mar 1998	No termination date at present	To provide a forum for regular, open dialogue between Government Ministers and the CEOs of the main companies in the ITEC industries, with the aim of accelerating the UK's adoption of Information Age technologies and improving its overall competitive position.		Stephen Byers (Chair; Secretary of State for Trade and Industry) 48 members including Ministers, civil servants, public servants and private sector
Kosovo Task Force	Jun 1999	Not yet known	To promote and co-ordinate the UK's commercial responses to the Kosovo situation.	No reports anticipated	18 members, including civil servants, public servants and private sector
Review of Company Rescue and Business Reconstruction Mechanisms	Jan 1999	Due in early 2001	To review aspects of company and insolvency law and practice in the UK and elsewhere relating to the opportunities for, and the means by which, business can resolve short to medium term financial difficulties, so as to preserve maximum economic value; and to make recommendations.	Initial report - May 2000 (to be published for public consultation by Oct 2000)	Desmond Flynn (Chair; DTI) 12 members, including civil servants and private sector
Review of the Way Risk is Used by Scientific Advisory Committees	Apr 2000	Not known		Review of Risk Procedures used by the Government Advisory Committee dealing with Food Safety	Sir Robert May (Chair; Head of the Office of Science and Technology) 5 members, including civil servants and private sector
Rover Task Force	17 Mar 2000	3 Jul 2000	To assess the impact of BMW's decision to sell parts of Rover to the Phoenix Consortium on the people, businesses and communities of the region.	Final Report - 3 Jul 2000	Alex Stephenson (Chair; AWM) 23 members, including civil servants, public servants and private sector
Task Force on Potentially Hazardous Near Earth Objects	4 Jan 2000	No termination date at present	To consider how the UK might best contribute to international efforts related to near earth objects.	Report due 2000	Harry Atkinson (Chair; Loss Prevention Council) 3 members, including public servants and academics
Tech Stars Steering Group	Dec 1997	Not known	To identify and agree an agenda for action to address the barriers to growth faced by small/merging technology based firms; and to manage the interface between these actions and the issues being considered by other Groups if necessary.	None	Ronald Cohen (Chair; Apax Partners & Co) 8 members, including civil servants, public servants and private sector
Total	13

FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH OFFICE

Name

Established

Terminated

Terms of reference

Date and subjects of any reports

Membership

UK/India Round Table

Apr 2000

Not known

To create ideas for developing the bilateral relationship between the UK and India and consider ways of addressing mutual misperceptions.

None

Lord Paul of Marylebone (Joint Chair)

K C Pant (Joint Chair; India Planning Commission)

27 members, including a civil servant, public servants and private sector

Total

HOME OFFICE

Name	Established	Terminated	Terms of reference	Date and subjects of any reports	Membership
Animal Procedures Committee Working Group on Biotechnology	1999	Winter 2000	To provide advice on the adequacy and appropriateness of the 1986 Act in regard to the production and use of transgenic and cloned animals in laboratory work and other procedures regulated by the 1986 Act.	None	5 Members; all academic professors
Animal Procedures Committee Working Group on Cost/Benefit	1999	Winter 2000	To compare the way the cost/benefit assessment is currently carried out with other cost/benefit models.	None	5 members; all academic professors
Animal Procedures Committee Working Group on Openness	1999	Winter 2000	To formulate advice which might be offered to the Home Secretary about increasing the amount of information available on the use of animals in scientific procedures.	None	5 members; all academic professors
Animal Procedures Committee Working Group on Overbreeding	1999	Winter 2000	To discuss with the Laboratory Animals Science Association the issue of the overbreeding of laboratory animals; to commission research; and to consider recommendation to be put to the APC.	None	3 members
Animal Procedures Committee Working Group on Miscellaneous Matters	1999	Winter 2000	To examine miscellaneous issues for further investigation as a result of its review of the operation of the 1986 Act.	None	2 members
Committee of Inquiry into Hunting with Dogs	Dec 1999	9 Jun 2000	To inquire into the practical aspects of different types of hunting with dogs and its impact on: the rural economy, agriculture and pest control the social and cultural life of the countryside management and conservation of wildlife and animal welfare in particular areas of England and Wales consequences for these issues of any ban on hunting with dogs and how any ban may be implemented.	Report of the Committee of Inquiry into Hunting with Dogs in England and Wales - 12 Jun 2000	Lord Burns (Chair) 4 members, including civil servants, public servants and academic sector
Gambling Review Body	10 Mar 2000	Summer 2001	To consider ways of modernising British gambling legislation and regulation.	Report due Summer 2001	Sir Alan Budd (Chair; Provost of Queen's College, Oxford) 11 members, including private sector
Home Office Information Needs Group	16 Aug 1999	Likely to be on-going, as it conducts a two year rolling programme review of Home Office information needs	To provide for the Home Office's information needs.	Review of Crime Statistics: A Discussion Document - 31 Jul 2000	26 members, including civil servants and public servants
Levy Board Review Steering Group	15 May 2000	Not known	To develop proposals for the practical implementation of the Government's decision to abolish the Levy Board and agree a package of proposals for submission to Ministers by 31 Oct 2000.	None	9 members, including civil servants and private sector
Ministerial Advisory Group on Retail Crime	Feb 1999	On-going	To raise and advise on important issues around retail crime and community safety.	None	Charles Clarke MP (Chair; Home Office) 6 members, including civil servants, public servants and private sector
Older Volunteers Working Group	Dec 1997	On-going	Currently under review	Report of the Working Groups - Jul 1998	37 members, including civil servants, public servants, voluntary/charity sector and private sector
Property Crime Reduction Action Team	1 Nov 1999	1 Nov 2000	To reduce property crime by engaging the energy and resources of the action team working in partnership with government and other interests including local government, police and fire services, and commercial organisations.	Final report due Nov 2000	Mark Wood (Chair; AXA Sun Life) 18 members, including public servants and private sector
Retail Crime Reduction Action Team	Jun 1998	On-going (although there is a maximum 2 year period for the Chair)	To harness the energies of the retail sector towards tackling crime and disorder.	Community Crime Reduction Partnerships - The Retail Contribution - Jan 2000 Town Centre Community Safety Action Plan for Local Partnerships - Sep 1998	Keith Cameron (Chair; Arcadia plc) 8 members, including civil servants, public servants and private sector
Total	13

INLAND REVENUE

Name	Established	Terminated	Terms of reference	Date and subjects of any reports	Membership
Construction Industry Scheme User Panel	Apr 2000	On-going	To examine ways to reduce the costs, to the industry and to the Revenue, of operating the new system without materially increasing the risks to the Exchequer and to make recommendations.	Report - 31 Aug 2000	15 members, including civil servants, public servants and private sector
Total	1

LORD CHANCELLOR'S DEPARTMENT

Name	Established	Terminated	Terms of reference	Date and subjects of any reports	Membership
Community Legal Service Website Steering Group	Apr 2000	Mar 2001	To oversee the medium to long-term development of the CLS Website, and to act as a co-ordinating forum for the provision of legal information and advice via the internet.	None	10 members, including civil servants, public servants and private sector
Community Legal Service Quality Task Force	Feb 1999	5 Jul 2000	To develop criteria for a CLS Quality Mark.	CLS Quality Standards - Apr 2000 QTF Consultation Paper - Sep 1999	24 members, including civil servants, public servants, voluntary/charity sector and private sector
Criminal Courts Review	Dec 1999	Dec 2000	To review into all levels of criminal courts' practices and procedures and rules of evidence. This is undertaken with a view to ensuring that they deliver justice fairly, by streamlining all their processes, increasing their efficiency and strengthening the effectiveness of their relationships with others across the whole of the criminal justice system, and having regard to the interests of all parties including victims and witnesses, thereby promoting public confidence in the rule of law.	Report - Dec 2000	1 member; judiciary
Peach Report Implementation Project Board	Mar 2000	Will probably run through 2001. It may come to an end following evaluation of key recommend- ations in the Peach Report.	To steer, review and progress check the actions of Judicial Group in putting into place the recommendations in the Peach Report.	N/A	10 members, including civil servants, public servants and private sector
Review of the Bailiff Law	Jun 1999	Jun 2000	To review the powers of bailiffs and consider how bailiff law could be rationalised and simplified.	Independent Review of Bailiff Law - 26 Jul 2000	J Beatson QC (University of Cambridge Centre for Public Law)
Civil Service IT Strategy Development Group	Apr 1998	On-going	To oversee the on-going development of a long-term strategy for IT in support of the civil justice system.	Strategy Paper 'Civil Service 2000' Consultation Paper 'Civil Justice' - Sep 1998	12 members, including civil servants, public servants, legal sector and private sector
Transfer of Warrant Execution Project Board	Feb 2000	Jun 2001	To oversee the transfer of enforcement from the police to the magistrates' courts in accordance with the timetable agreed by ministers.	None	14 members, including civil servants, public servants and private sector
Warrant Execution Liaison Group	Jan 1999	Jun 2001	To advise on the practicalities of implementing the transfer of responsibility for warrant execution from the Police to the Magistrates' Courts.	None	28 members, including civil servants, public servants and private sector
Advisory Group on Marriage and Relationship Support	Nov 1999	Not known	To help the Lord Chancellor's Department in developing its policy on marriage and relationship support; and to assist in the development of a co-ordinated government strategy on support and education for marriage and relationships.	N/A	15 members, including civil servants and voluntary/charity sector
Working Group on Section 41 Matrimonial Causes Act 1973	Mar 2000	Oct 2000	To advise the Lord Chancellor on how section 41 (arrangements for children in situations of divorce) could operate more effectively.	None	9 members, including civil servants, public servants, an academic and a solicitor
Civil Procedures for Housing and Land Working Group	Oct 1999	Not known	To examine the existing rules and procedures which apply for housing or land cases in the High Court and country courts; and to make proposals for simpler, more effective and efficient civil procedures for housing and land.	The group's work informed a consultation paper issued on 19 Jul 2000 by LCD entitled Access to Justice - Housing and Land Cases: Proposed New Procedures	17 members, including civil servants, voluntary sector and barristers
Representative Actions Working Group	Sep 1999	Not known	To provide a forum to take forward the Lord Chancellor's initiative on representative actions.	Assisting in the development of a consultation paper (due to be published late 2000) on proposals to allow representative claims in the courts of England and Wales	23 members, including civil servants, public servants, voluntary sector and legal sector
Modernising the Civil Courts Programme Board	Mar 2000	2005	To develop a framework for the future delivery of services in the civil courts, and to then oversee a range of projects to deliver that framework in stages over the next 3-5 years.	Consultation Paper - Oct 2000 Full Study Report - due Mar/Apr 2001	9 members, including civil servants, public servants, voluntary/charity sector and private sector
Modernising the Civil Courts Project Board	Mar 2000	Mar 2001	To develop a framework for the future delivery of services in the civil courts, and to then oversee a range of projects to deliver that framework in stages over the next 3-5 years (possibly more).	Consultation Paper - Oct 2000 Full Study Report - Mar/Apr 2001	16 members, including civil servants, public servants and private sector
Total	14

MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE, FISHERIES AND FOOD

Name	Established	Terminated	Terms of reference	Date and subjects of any reports	Membership
Food Chain Group	3 Feb 1999	No date set	To review the opportunities for working together and increasing understanding amongst the players in the food chain, and between the industry as a whole and consumers.	Working Together for the Food Chain - 11 Nov 1999	Kate Timms (Chair; Head of Agricultural Crops and Commodities Directorate, MAFF) MAFF Institute of Grocery Distribution National Farmers' Union Food and Drink Federation British Retail Consortium
Independent Scientific Group on Cattle TB	Feb 1998	Not yet determined, but unlikely to be before 2004	To advise Ministers on the implementation of the Krebs Report on bovine TB in cattle and badgers, by overseeing the design, analysis and results of the trial on badger culling.	First Report - Jul 1998 Second Report - Feb 2000	John Bourne (Chair; former Professor of Veterinary Medicine, former Director of the Institute for Animal Health and Professor of Animal Health, Bristol University) Research statistician at Wellcome Trust Centre for the Epidemiology of Infectious Disease, University of Oxford Fellow of Nuffield College, Oxford Professor, University of Strathclyde Head of Division of Immunology and Pathology at Compton Laboratory of the Institute for Animal Health Research fellow at Gonville and Caius College, University of Cambridge Professor of Agricultural Policy and Director of the Agricultural Economics Unit, University of Exeter
Review of Pesticide Usage Surveys	24 Jan 2000	Not yet determined	To review options for contracting data gathering for pesticide usage surveys.	No reports have yet been published	Kerr Wilson (Chair; Pesticides Safety Directorate) Pesticides Safety Directorate x3 Dow Agrochemicals x2 BASF
Working Group on Fisheries Quota Management	Apr 2000	24 May 2000	To consider requests about fixed quota units, case for system of penalties and compensations for over-fishing, and reallocation of quota between groups by Fisheries Departments.	Report on the Findings of the Working Group - expected Sep 2000	Taskforce members include representatives from 4 Fisheries Departments and 29 UK fish and fishing organisations
Total	4

NATIONAL ASSEMBLY FOR WALES

Name	Established	Terminated	Terms of reference	Date and subjects of any reports	Membership
Emergency Pressures Task Force	Jan 2000	To be decided	To: review the causes and responses of the NHS and partner organisations to the pressures experienced over the winter period identify examples of good practice for early promulgation recommend short and medium term responses by the respective partners to promote best operational practice to all sectors.	The Management of Emergency Pressures - Sep 2000 (paper presented Jul 2000)	30 members, including National Assembly for Wales officials, public servants and health professionals
Expert Group on Indicators of Health Inequalities	Jun 1999	Mar 2001	To advise the Chief Medical Officer on the development of a system in Wales to monitor inequalities in health and in health determinants, and, where appropriate, to set targets.	Report in preparation - Phase 1: Health Indicators	Paul Tromans (Chair; Gwent Health Authority) 19 members, including civil servants and health professionals
Future Skills Wales Task Force	1 Dec 1999	Oct 2000	To advise the National Assembly for Wales on a strategy for skills that will ensure that Wales has the skills needed to sustain high levels of employment, to provide opportunity for all and out perform its world-wide competitors.	Report due 18 Oct 2000	Brian Connelly (Chair; Chairman of the Qualifications, Curriculum and Assessment Authority for Wales) 8 members, including civil servants, public servants and private sector
Joint England/Wales DeafBlind Consultation Group	Mar 2000	Oct 2000	To: · refine estimates of the numbers of deafblind people requiring services · look at ways in which deafblind people are currently identified by authorities, and how those methods can be strengthened · look at alternative systems of identification, and decide which works best · look at existing registration systems, whether they work, how authorities use them and what more could be done with them · find out more about existing services.	No report is expected to be published	24 members, including civil servants, health professionals, voluntary/charity sector and private sector
Joint Professional Forum Health and Well Being Group	Jan 2000	Not known	To: establish a framework for co-ordinating professional advice on cross cutting issues from the Formal and Statutory Advisory Committees to the National Assembly through the relevant Head of Profession be proactive in the provision of advice and provision of evidence for the rationale of decision making in respect of the National Assembly forward programme provide multi-professional advice on issues relating to the health and well-being of the people of Wales.	Not known	22 members, including civil servants and members of statutory and formal advisory committees
Land Use Planning Forum	Jan 2000	Jul 2000	To: · inform the development of strategic land-use planning policy · provide timely, practical and expert advice to the Assembly Secretary and the Executive, in the preparation of the second revision of 'Planning Guidance (Wales): Planning Policy' · provide strategic advice on the scope, content and priorities of the Wales Planning Research Programme.	Not known	24 members, including civil servants, local government association members and private sector
Learning Disability Advisory Group	Dec 1999	Apr 2001	To provide a service framework for people with learning disabilities.	Report due Mar 2001	Oliver Russell (Chair; Norah Fry Research Centre) 17 members, including civil servants and health professionals
Lifetime Homes Steering Group	Jul 1998	2001	To guide the investigation into the implications of incorporating Lifetime Homes Standards into social housing in Wales. This is provided through new build and rehabilitation and identifying and assessing the potential costs and benefits, including the impact on the social housing programme and the potential impact on the demand for residential care and expenditure on grant funded applications.	Report to National Assembly for Wales - 14 Mar 2000	John Bader (Chair; Head of Housing and Community Renewal) 14 members, including local councils, housing federations, academics, voluntary/charity sector and private sector
Local Government Partnership Council's Health and Well-Being Task and Finish Group	Mar 2000	Mar 2001	To identify the current roles of existing and potential community alliance partners in addressing the Assembly's new public health and well-being agenda; and to pinpoint ways in which their contributions can be better facilitated and enhanced.	None	20 members, including civil servants, local health groups and voluntary/charity sector
Managing Pressures within the NHS and partner organisations	Jan 2000	Not yet finalised	To be decided	Paper presented to Health and Social Services Committee - 5 Jul 2000 The Management of Emergency Pressures - due end Oct 2000	Jane Hutt (Chair; Assembly Secretary Health and Social Services Committee) 33 members, including civil servants and health professionals
National Consultative Forum on Housing in Wales	1998	Under continuing review, generally conducted annually	To enable the Assembly to exchange ideas, views and information with a range of organisations associated with housing in Wales on: the development, implementation and evaluation of the Assembly's national housing strategy; · housing issues that fall outside the parameters of the national strategy; and · how housing links to the Assembly's wider social, economic and environmental policy agenda.	Framework for a National Housing Strategy for Wales - Jul 1999	Peter Law (Chair; Assembly Secretary for Local Government and Housing) 21 members, including civil servants, charity/voluntary sector and private sector
National Housing Strategy for Wales Task Groups (x4)	Sep 1999	May 2000 (although formal work completed by Mar 2000)	To consider the issues (and proposals) set out in the Framework for a National Housing Strategy for Wales and develop well-reasoned policy proposals which the NAW can consider for inclusion in a national housing strategy.	Final Report - Apr 2000	Housing Requirements: Louise Barnden (Chair; Chartered Institute of Housing in Wales) 10 members, including civil servants and private sector Private Housing: Peter Williams (Chair; Council of Mortgage Lenders) 17 members, including civil servants and private sector Sustainable Social Housing for the 21^st Century Keith Edwards (Chair; Tenant Participation Advisory Service) 8 members, including civil servants and charity sector Vulnerable Households David Clapham (Chair; Centre for Housing Management and Development) 15 members, including civil servants, charity and private sector
Prescribing Task and Finish Group	Jan 2000	Dec 2000	To consider what options the Assembly has to improve the prescribing of drugs, the provision of pharmaceutical services and the supply of pharmaceuticals in Wales, and to make recommendations to the Health and Social Services Secretary.	Prescribing Task and Finish Group Consultation Document - Dec 2000	Norman Mills (Chair; retired Chief Executive of Llandough Hospital) 22 members, including NAW officials and health professionals
Social Services White Paper for Wales "Building for the Future" Project Board, supported by 6 Task Groups	Dec 1999	Due to be reviewed Jul 2001	To advise the Assembly on the effective implementation of the strategies and objectives published in the Social Services White Paper for Wales	None	Project Board 16 members, including NAW officials and charity sector Task Group 1 18 members, including NAW officials and charity sector Task Group 2 19 members including NAW officials and charity sector Task Group 3 21 members, including NAW officials and charity sector Task Group 4 20 members, including NAW officials, charity sector and private sector Task Group 5 15 members, including NAW officials and charity sector Task Group 6 17 members, including NAW officials and charity sector
Substance Misuse Advisory Panel	Jul 1999	Was to be terminated by Jul 2000, but to remain in place for another 6 months to allow time to be put on formal footing with Tier 1 ANDPB	To advise on the development and implementation of the Welsh Drug and Alcohol Strategy and to provide expert advice on issues relating to drug and alcohol policy as requested.	None, but minutes of 5 meetings are available	14 members, including civil servants, health professionals and charity/voluntary sector
Supporting People External Reference Group	Oct 1999	Apr 2003	To gain the views of both the voluntary and statutory sectors on the implementation of 'Supporting People' in Wales.	None	20 members, including civil servants and charity/voluntary sector
Waiting Times Strategy Development Group	Dec 1999	On-going	To support the NAW in developing a new medium-term strategy for Wales and a process to facilitate the effective implementation of national programmes and the execution of local programmes.	Final report due by end 2000	Dennis Jessop (Chair; Gwent Healthcare NHS Trust) 28 members, including NAW officials, health professionals and private associations
Wales Centre for Health Project Board	Apr 2000	2002	To ensure the successful establishment of a Wales Centre for Health.	None	13 members, including civil servants, health professionals and academics
Working Group on Funding the Voluntary Sector	Oct 1999	Not yet established	To: map the current position of funding for the voluntary sector by the NAW review this pattern against the draft objectives for the NAW as set out in 'Better Wales' look at the present context of voluntary sector engagement including legislation, accountability, funding systems and time scales.	Report to Voluntary Sector Partnership Council - published website May 2000	11 members, including NAW officials, private sector and charity/voluntary sector
Total	28

NORTHERN IRELAND OFFICE

Name	Established	Terminated	Terms of reference	Date and subjects of any reports	Membership
Restorative Justice Steering Group	May 1997	On-going	To design and develop restorative justice ideas for Northern Ireland.	None	Representatives from: Northern Ireland Office RUC Department of the DPP Northern Ireland Court Service Probation Board for Northern Ireland Magistracy Judiciary Law Society Victim Support Northern Ireland External organisation Ulster Quaker Service Committee
Sex Offenders Working Group	9 Oct 1997	18 May 2000	To develop agreed system and procedures for the effective exchange and management of information between agencies on both convicted and suspected sex offenders.	The final version of the manual 'Multi-Agency Procedures for the Assessment and Management of Risk of Sex Offenders" - published Nov 2000	Representatives from: Northern Ireland Office RUC Social Services Inspectorate External organisation Department of Education (NI) Department of Health and Social Services Prison Service Northern Ireland Housing Executive Health and Social Services Board
Total	2

OFTEL

Name

Established

Terminated

Terms of reference

Date and subjects of any reports

Membership

Consumer Panel

Sep 1995

Not specified

To advise the Director General on the implications for domestic consumers with regard to:

· Universal Service Obligations in telcoms

· OFTEL's work in determining the future of price control

· introduction of digital broadcasting

· long term strategy.

Report of the Work of OFTEL's Consumer Panel on Retail Price Controls and Universal Service 1995-1997 - Nov 1997

7 members, including civil servants and private sector

Total

SCOTTISH EXECUTIVE

Name	Established	Terminated	Terms of reference	Date and subjects of any reports	Membership
Active Communities Working Group	30 Apr 1999	Not known	To advise Scottish Ministers on the development and implementation of the Active Communities strategy in Scotland, by bringing together a range of expertise from across the sectors and by providing a link to related initiatives in Scotland, to action by the UK Working Group, and to activities in Wales and Northern Ireland.	Supporting Active Communities in Scotland: A Draft Strategy for Volunteering and Community Action - Jan 2000	20 members: Community Learning Scotland Community Service Volunteers Convention of Scottish Local Authorities (COSLA) Greater Glasgow Health Board Highlands and Islands Enterprise National Lottery Charities Board NCH Action for Children Scottish Business in the Community Scottish Community Development Centre Scottish Council for Voluntary Associations Scottish Federation of Housing Associations SE Voluntary Issues Unit Unemployed Voluntary Action Fund Volunteer Development Scotland Volunteer Bureaux Scotland
Advisory Group on Infection	7 Jul 1998	Not known	To provide advice to the Scottish Executive Health Department on epidemiological and other related problems concerned with communicable diseases and other infections and the arrangements for dealing with these problems; to advise on ways of promoting co-operation between clinical and laboratory interests in Scotland; and in all these considerations to take account of developments in other parts of the UK and internationally.	None	21 members, including health professionals and academics
Aiming for Excellence Reference Group	Oct 1999	Not known	To help Scottish Executive officials to develop the proposals for a Scottish Social Services Bill by providing advice and assistance.	No report will be published	26 members: Argyll and Clyde Health Board British Association of Social Workers Central Council for Education and Training in Social Work City of Edinburgh Council Community Care Providers Scotland COSLA Edinburgh and Lothians Registration Falkirk Council Inspection Service Inverclyde Council National Board for Nursing, Midwifery and Health Visiting for Scotland Robert Gordon University Scottish Anti-Racist Federation in Community and Social Work Scottish Care Social Care Association Scotland Scottish Consumer Council Scottish Heads of Inspection Group Scottish Pre-School Play Association Scottish Users Network Scottish Voluntary Organisations Training Forum Social Care Association Scotland South Lanarkshire Council UK Home Care Association UNISON University of Dundee Who Cares? Scotland
Bail Supervision Steering Group	Oct 1999	Not known	To establish a policy and strategic framework for the extension of the current bail information and supervision schemes to other areas of Scotland.	None	12 members: Beltrami & Co City of Edinburgh Council Glasgow City Council JD x2 Judiciary Procurator Fiscal's Office Sacro Scottish Court Services Strathclyde Police SWSI
Bishopton Working Group	5 Nov 1999	Not known	To identify ways of creating new, sustainable jobs through the redevelopment of this important site that is expected to be close by BAE Systems in 2002. The Working Group is also considering how those who would be affected by the closure decision could be assisted to find new work.	None	14 members: BAE Systems Bishopton Community Council Paisley & District Chamber of Commerce Renfrewshire Council Renfrewshire Enterprise Royal Ordnance x2 Scottish Engineering Scottish Enterprise Scottish Executive x4 STUC
Carers' Legislation Working Group	24 Nov 1999 (first meeting - Feb 2000)	Not known	To develop legislative proposals for consultation in 2000 which would empower local authorities to offer unpaid carers direct support.	None	13 members: Carers Carers' organisation representatives x4 COSLA Scottish Executive x4 Service user
Classroom Assistants Working Group	14 Jul 1998	Not known	To advise the Secretary of State on the implementation of the Government's classroom assistants programme and in particular in the development of a core standard for the classroom assistant's job and an associated training programme and qualification.	Classroom Assistants Implementation Guidance - Apr 1999	11 members Association of Directors of Education in Scotland (ADES) COSLA Scottish Parent Teacher Council (SPTC) EIS Association of Scottish Colleges (ASC) Committee of Higher Education Principals (COSHEP) HMI
Clinical Negligence and Other Risks Indemnity Scheme	Feb 2000	Not known	To advise and formulate on the clinical and non-clinical standards for the Clinical Negligence and other Risks Indemnity Scheme.	None	13 members: Clinical Standards Board for Scotland Fife Acute Health Department x4 Lanarkshire Acute Hospitals Lothian Primary Care West Lothian Healthcare Willis Scotland UK x4
Common Housing Registers Steering Group	Dec 1999	Not known	To offer advice to Ministers on how common housing registers might be progressed in Scotland and the potential role of the Executive in their development.	Report - May 2000	John Breslin (Chair; Scottish Executive) 10 members: Chartered Institute of Housing in Scotland City of Edinburgh Council COSLA Homechoice Aberdeen Scottish Executive Scottish Federation of Housing Associations Scottish Homes Shelter
Common Repairs Working Group	Aug 1999	Not known	To examine systems currently in place for managing common repairs and develop good practice to support councils in these areas.	Information leaflets - Dec 2000	7 members: Chartered Institute of Housing in Scotland COSLA Queen's Cross Housing Association Scottish Consumer Council Scottish Federation of Housing Associations Scottish Homes Scottish Tenants Organisation
Concessionary Fares Research Study Advisory Group	30 Mar 2000 (no public announcement made)	Not known	To oversee the research study being carried out by Colin Buchanan and Partners on behalf of the Scottish Executive into the costs of a variety of different options in enhancing local authority concessionary fares schemes on public and private transport for pensioners and disabled people travelling within Scotland.	Report submitted 7 Aug 2000	8 members: Association of Transport Co-ordinating Officers Colin Buchanan and Partners x3 COSLA Scottish Executive x3
Consultants in Public Health Medicine	N/A	N/A	No remit as such. Organised as a discussion group of professionals.	None	45 members, including Scottish Executive representatives and health professionals.
Criminal Justice Social Work Services Main Consultation Group	Sep 1989	The future role, remit and membership of this group is currently under review	To oversee development of National Objectives and Standards for Social Work Services in the Criminal Justice System; to oversee 100% Funding of Criminal Justice Social Work Services.	None	23 members: ACPO ADSW AOVI x5 British Association of Social Workers CRU COSLA x4 Judiciary Parole and Legal Aid Division Police, Fire and Emergencies Group Social Work Services Inspectorate (SWSI) x4 Safeguarding Communities, Reducing Offenders Charity (SARO)
Crofters Commission Policy and Financial Management Review	Jul 1999	Not known	To carry out a study of the Crofters Commission's status and of the relevance of its functions (Prior Options Study) in accordance with Cabinet Office guidance and having regard to the needs of crofting and rural communities in the Highlands and Islands and to any views on the future of NDPBs, and the various potential alternatives to these, which may be expressed by the new Scottish Executive.	On-going	6 members: Crofters Commission Head of Agriculture Policy and Co-ordination and Rural Development Highlands and Islands Enterprise Scottish Executive Rural Affairs Department (SERAD) x3
CSA Working Group	Aug 1999	Not known	To review the process for payments of contribution by CSA and the flow of information to PCTs/Health Boards.	None	9 members: Child Support Agency x3 Health Boards x2 PCTs x3 Scottish Executive
Digital Scotland Task Force	22 Apr 1999	Not known	To assist the Scottish Executive to inform the people of Scotland about the opportunities and the benefits of embracing digital technologies and to help set out a vision for a digital Scotland.	Digital Scotland Task Force report - May 2000	25 members: Apple Xemplar Education BT Scotland Cisco Systems COSLA Deputy Minister for Children and Education Glasgow Telecolleges Network IBM UK ICL Scotland Intertrader Microsoft Napier University NTL Scotland SCET Scottish Enterprise Scottish Executive x3 Scottish Funding Councils for Further and Higher Education x2 Scottish Information and Library Services Council Scottish Parliament SUN Microsystems Scotland Internet Society Scotland Realise Group THUS plc VIS Interactive plc
Drug Enforcement Forum	3 March 1999	Not known	To provide a forum in which law enforcement agencies and other bodies whose statutory powers might be brought to bear in combating drug-related crime to: work within and help deliver the Government's drugs strategy "Tackling Drugs in Scotland-Action in Partnership" keep drug enforcement policy under continuous review monitor trends in drug related crime consider the strategic direction co-ordinated enforcement action should take make recommendations and provide advice to Scottish Ministers as necessary	None	Deputy Chief Minister for Justice (Chair) Association of Chief Police Officers in Scotland Benefits Agency COSLA Employment Service HM Customs and Excise Inland Revenue National Crime Squad National Criminal Intelligence Service Scottish Drug Enforcement Agency Scottish Executive UK Anti Drugs National Co-ordinator
Drug Treatment and Testing Order Steering Group	May 1999	Not known	To oversee the implementation in Glasgow and Fife of 2-year pilot projects for the introduction of drug treatment and testing orders with a view to applying the lessons learned to any future extension of the order to other areas of Scotland.	None	15 members: CRU Community Justice Services Division x2 Crown Office Fife Council Glasgow City Council Social Work Services Judiciary NHS Management Executive PHPU SDF Solicitor Strathclyde Police SWSI
Ethnic Minority Health Steering Group	Feb 1999		To share good practice regarding access to, and provision of, healthcare in Scotland for ethnic minorities; and to formulate a model and guidance for issue to the health service.	N/A	8 members
Evaluation Team on the NHS Complaints Procedure	Jan 1999		To provide an evaluation of how the NHS complaints procedure is operating across all parts of the NHS - hospital, community and primary care services.	Report due Jan 2001	3 members: The King's Fund Public Attitude Survey York Health Economics Consortium
Expert Panel on Sex Offending	Feb 1998	Feb 2001	To: take forward work on recommendations of the Skinner report 'A Commitment to Protect' as directed by the Chairman of the Panel advise Scottish Ministers on any other relevant issues relating to sex offenders provide, for Scottish Ministers, an annual summary of its past and planned future work.	Report - Mar 2000	Lady Cosgrove (Chair) Assistant Procurator Fiscal, Glasgow Clinical psychologist East Dunbartonshire Council Greater Glasgow Community Health Care Trust Peterhead Prison State Hospital Carstairs Strathclyde Police
Getting Best Results Steering Group	Dec 1998	Not known	To provide leadership, direction and co-ordination in the development of an effective practice initiative in all aspects of community supervision of offenders under the title "Getting Best Results".	None	10 members: ADSW Apex Scotland Community Justice Services Division x2 COSLA x2 NCH Action for Children SPS SWRC SWSI
Health Monitoring Group	Not known	Not known	To review selected conditions and detriments of health which have a major impact on the health of Scotland.	None	20 members
HIV Health Promotion Strategy Review Group	Aug 1998	Not known	To review the effectiveness of current HIV/AIDS health promotion activities by statutory and voluntary bodies in terms of preventing further spread of the virus, and to consider whether there should be any change in the emphasis and future direction of such activities, or how they are funded.	Due to be finalised and put to Ministers	17 members
Homelessness Task Force	17 Jun 1999	Not known	To review the causes and nature of homelessness in Scotland; to examine current practice in dealing with cases of homelessness; and to make recommendations on how homelessness in Scotland can best be prevented and, where it does occur, tackled effectively.	Helping Homeless People: Legislative Proposals on Homelessness - 4 Apr 2000	Jackie Baillie (Chair; Deputy Minister for Communities) 14 members: Angus Council DSS Edinburgh City Council Glasgow Council for Single Homeless Glasgow University Greater Glasgow Health Board Scottish Council for Single Homelessness Scottish Federation of Housing Associations Scottish Executive Scottish Homes Shelter South Ayrshire Council The Big Issue in Scotland
Inter-Agency Forum on Women's Offending	Aug 1998	Aug 2001	To oversee the work of an inter-agency project in Glasgow to resolve at a local level the issues identified in the joint Prisons and Social Work Inspectorate's Inquiry into Female Offenders in Scotland.	Annual report due soon	21 members: Douglas Inch Centre Glasgow City Council x2 Greater Glasgow Health Board HM Cornton Vale JD x3 Judiciary x2 Ireland & Co Partners in Learning Centre Procurator Fiscal's Office Sacro SCRA SCS Strathclyde Police SWSI Turning Point
Joint Future Group	29 Dec 1999	Not known	To agree a list of joint measures which all local authorities, health boards and trusts should have in place to deliver effective community care services, and to set deadlines by which this must be done.	None	12 members: Aberdeenshire Council COSLA x2 Deputy Minister for Community Care Dundee City Council Primary Care Trusts x3 Scottish Executive x3 Scottish Local Authority Management Centre
Knowledge Economy Taskforce	26 Jan 2000	Mid-Oct 2000	To review the progress being made in developing the knowledge economy in Scotland; to identify the key questions that need to be addressed by the Scottish Executive, with particular emphasis on personal knowledge, human skills, business management and innovation; and to identify the actions that need to be taken by the Scottish Executive.	Report - mid Oct 2000	17 members: Architect Author Chief executive x2 Director x4 Lawyer Professor x2 Scottish Executive x2 Venture capitalist
Kvaerner Energy Working Group	2 Aug 1999		To assist Kvaerner Energy in finding a buyer for the operation who is committed to retaining and hopefully even expanding the existing workforce at Clydebank.	None	11 members: Kvaerner Energy x2 Minister for Enterprise and Lifelong Learning MP MSP Scottish Enterprise Dunbartonshire Scottish Executive x2 West Dunbartonshire Council
Land Reform Consultative Panel on Land Use	19 Jan 1999	Not known	To assist from time to time in the technical development of the Land Reform Policy Group's recommendations on land use.	None	47 members: Aberdeenshire Council Alcan, Smeling and Power UK Association of Deer Management Group Association of Scottish Community Councils Assynt Crofting Trust Bell Ingram Rural British Association for Shooting and Conservation Caingorms Partnership Church of Scotland Church and Nation Committee COSLA Crofters Commission Crown Estate Office Deer Commission for Scotland Department of Planning East of Scotland Water FWAG Scotland Glasgow City Council x2 Highland Council Highlands and Islands Enterprise Highlands and Islands Forum Historic Scotland John Muir Trust Islay Land Use Forum Isle of Eigg Heritage Trust Macaulay Land Use Research Institute x2 National Farmers' Union of Scotland National Trust for Scotland North Lanarkshire Council North of Scotland Water Ramblers Association Reforesting Scotland Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors in Scotland Scottish Crofters Union Scottish Enterprise Scottish Environmental Protection Agency Scotland Forestry Commission Scottish Homes Scottish Landowners' Federation Scottish Natural Heritage Scottish Tourist Board Scottish Wildlife & Countryside Link Stornoway Trust University of Aberdeen x2 University of Dundee x3 University of Paisley West of Scotland Water Woodland Trust
Land Reform Consultative Panel on Land Ownership	19 Jan 1999	Not known	To assist from time to time in the technical development of the Land Reform Policy Group's recommendations on land ownership.	None	As above
Land Reform: Crofting Consultative Panel	15 Jan 1999	None	To seek additional advice directly from organisations and knowledgeable individuals who can contribute to the development of the recommendations on crofting made by the Land Reform Policy Group; and to look at the technical development of the recommendations on crofting.	None	30 members: Anderson MacArthur and Co, Solicitors Argyll and Bute Council Assynt Crofting Trust Borve and Annishader Trust Brodies COSLA Crofter x3 Crofting Law Group Deer Commission for Scotland Highlands and Islands Enterprise Highland Council x2 Institute of Auctioneers and Appraisers in Scotland x2 MacLeod and MacCullum, Solicitors National Farmers' Union of Scotland National Trust for Scotland Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors in Scotland Scottish Crofters Union Scottish Land Court Scottish Landowners' Federation Shetlands Islands Council Stornoway Trust Valuation Office Western Isles Council x2
Leadership Advisory Panel	31 Aug 1999		To advise local authorities on the review of their decision making and policy development processes and the working practices which support those processes; and to provide advice to Ministers on the outcome of the reviews which councils undertake.	Expected first half of 2001	Alastair MacNish (Chair; retired CE, South Lanarkshire Trust) Members: Deputy Scottish Secretary of UNISON and Chair of Public Services Committee of STUC Chairman of Fife Health Board, former member of Local Government Staff Commission Chartered Accountant, Chairman of the Accounts Commission for Scotland and Director of various Scottish companies Partner in Price Waterhouse Coopers and specialist in strategic planning and financial planning Chairman of Lothian Health Board and Director of Eglinton Management Centre Chief Executive designate of COSLA Vice President, COSLA Managing partner of Highlands-based Calico UK
Listening to Communities Steering Group	9 Apr 1999		To advise on the development and implementation of the Listening to Communities programme.	None	18 members: Association of Scottish Community Councils Community Learning Scotland COSLA Deputy Minister for Communities Forward Scotland Health Education Board for Scotland Highlands and Islands Enterprise North Glasgow Partnership Poverty Alliance Scottish Community Development Centre Scottish Enterprise x3 Scottish Executive Scottish Homes Scottish Urban Regeneration Forum Scottish Council for Voluntary Organisations (SCVO) Wester Hailes Representative Council
Local Biodiversity Action Plan Steering Group	1996		Take forward the development of the local biodiversity action plans in Scotland through consultation, partnership and demonstration.	None	5 members
Local Biodiversity Action Plan Sub-group	1996		As above	None	15 members
MacLean Committee on Serious, Violent Sexual Offenders	Feb 1999		To consider experience in Scotland and elsewhere and to make proposals for the sentencing disposals for, and the future management and treatment of, serious sexual and violent offenders who may present a continuing danger to the public.	Report - 26 June 2000	15 members: Aberdeen University Chief Constable, Grampian Glasgow Caledonian University HM Prison, Barlinnie Judicial Studies Board Mental Welfare Commission for Scotland Primary Care NHS Trusts x2 QC Regional Procurator Fiscal Renfrewshire Council Social Work Department Scottish Executive Senator of College of Justice Solicitor Advocate, Beltrami and Co
Maternity Services Reference Group	1 Feb 2000		To: reach consensus in Scotland over the key and essential features of a modern maternity service for the 21^st Century provide a framework, to enable those providing maternity services to, in consultation with people who receive them, agree priorities for action for development for local services.	Due late 2000	61 members
Meningococcal C Immunisation Programme Implementation Group	22 Jul 1999		To oversee the planning and operation of the immunisation campaign.		Lewis Ritchie (Chair; Department of General Practice, University of Aberdeen) 27 members: City of Edinburgh Contracts Manager, Medical Group Gartnavel Royal Hospital GP (Stirling, representing SGPC) Health Board x6 Health Education Boards for Scotland (HEBS) x2 Information and Statistics Department (ISD) Primary Care NHS Trust x2 Scottish Centre for Infection and Environmental Health Scottish Executive Education Department Scottish Executive Home Department x6 SEMA Group, Paisley St John's Hospital Trinity Park House
Mental Health and Well Being Support Group	31 Mar 2000		To support, influence and advance the further development of mental health services in Scotland; offer advice locally and to the Scottish Executive on solutions and best practice in implementation of the Framework for Mental Health Services in Scotland agenda for change and improvement in mental health services; provide additional focused local activity assessments to the Scottish Executive and the agencies involved.	On-going feedback reported to agencies and the Executive on progress towards full implementation of the Framework for Mental Health Services.	8 members Angus Mental Health Association City of Glasgow Social Work Department Lanarkshire Health Board Primary Care NHS Trust x2 Scottish Executive x3
Millan Committee Review of the Mental Health (Scotland) Act 1984	Feb 1999	Nov 2000	In the light of developments in the treatment and care of persons with mental disorder, to review the Mental Health (Scotland) Act 1984, taking account of issues relating to the rights of patients, their families and carers, and the public interest.		Bruce Millan (Chair) 17 members: Bellsdyke Hospital Carers Group Borders Health Board Douglas Inch Clinic, Glasgow Dumfries and Galloway Community Health Care NHS Trust ELCAP Highland Users' Group Lister Postgraduate Institute Mental Welfare Commission for Scotland Midlothian Council National Schizophrenia Fellowship Royal Edinburgh Hospital Scottish Association for Mental Health Scottish Users' Network Sheriff South Ayrshire Council Stobhill Hospital, Glasgow
Ministerial Strategy Committee on Continuing Professional Development for Teachers	6 Nov 1999 (first meeting scheduled for Sep 2000)		To: oversee the development and implementation of a national strategy for teachers' continuing professional development ensure that the strategy reflects national priorities for school education, in particular the raising of standards and improvement in levels of attainment ensure the effective promotion and marketing of CPD to teachers, parents, policy makers and other stakeholders ensure the strategy, and standards and programmes forming part of the strategy, address future as well as current requirements of schools and teachers consider any other strategic issues relating to teachers' professional development.	None	Peter Peacock (Chair; Deputy Minister for Children and Education) 14 members: Mr Mike Kinski, Transaction Director, Nomura Bank Ms Ann Roberts, Director, Roberts Partnership Anne Jakeman, Director of Learning, Bank of Scotland Mr Gordon Jeyes, Director of Children's Services, Stirling Council Sir Stewart Sutherland, Principal, University of Edinburgh Professor Bart McGettrick, Dean, Faculty of Education, University of Glasgow Mr Matthew McIver, Deputy Registrar (Education), General Teaching Council Dr Nigel Lawrie, Headteacher, Port Glasgow High School Mrs Jeanette Deans, Headteacher, Kinneil Primary School Ms Patsy Watt, St. Bride's High School Mr David Haire, Penicuik High School Miss Aileen Spence, Woodhill Primary School Ms Elisabeth Morrison, Gleniffer High School Dr Judith McClure, St George's School for Girls HMSCI Douglas Osler
National Care Standards Committee	Sep 1999	Apr 2002	To draft national standards in specific areas against which the new Scottish Commission for the Regulation of Care will register and inspect care services.	None	32 members: · Accounts Commission for Scotland · Association of Directors of Social Work · Ayrshire and Arran Health Board · British Association of Social Workers · College of Occupational Therapy · COSLA x2 · HM Inspectorate of Schools · Lothian Health · Mental Welfare Commission for Scotland · Registered Nursing Homes Association · Royal College of Nursing Scottish Board · Primary Care NHS Trust · Scottish Association of Care Home Owners · Scottish Consumer Council x2 · Scottish Council of Voluntary Organisations x2 · Scottish Executive x3 · Scottish Health Advisory Service · Scottish Homes · Social Care Association · STUC · SWSI x5 · UNISON
National Goose Management Review Group	Apr 2000		To: invite and evaluate applications for the local goose management schemes on an annual basis, ensuring that these accurately implement the national policy framework conduct a multi-disciplinary review every five years, to ensure that goose management arrangements are consistent with national and international conservation obligations, minimise economic losses to farmers and maximise public value for money oversee arrangements for monitoring protected geese populations.	On-going activity. The NGMRG will evaluate and monitor bids annually.	A Robertson (Chair; Chief Agricultural Officer, SERAD) 11 members: British Association for Shooting and Conservation National Farmers Union of Scotland Royal Society for the Protection of Birds SERAD x2 Scottish Crofters Union Scottish Landowners Federation Scottish Natural Heritage x2 Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust
NPPG 1 Task Group	25 Nov 1999	22 Sep 2000	To assist the Scottish Executive in preparing a version of NPPG (National Planning Policy Guidance) and to address criticism that "NPPGs are conceived with limited discussion, no transparency of production… they do not fit readily with current participatory strengths of the planning process".	Draft NPPG issued for consultation 4 Jul 2000 (Target date for publication of NPPG1 - 24 Nov 2000)	14 members: Association for Preservation of Rural Scotland Association of Scottish Community Councils CBI Scotland Commission for Local Administration in Scotland COSLA Renfrewshire Council Royal Incorporation of Architects in Scotland Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors Scottish Borders Council Scottish Chambers of Commerce Scottish House Builders Association
Needlestick Injuries Working Group	30 Mar 2000		To review the available data and information on preventing needlestick injuries, make recommendations on good practice and specifically consider the value of safety devices and make recommendations on their possible use in the NHSiS. The review will be based on risk assessment and take account of current practice and procedures and of the cost and benefit to the NHSiS of current and alternative practices. Recommendations to the Minister by the group should be practical, achievable and affordable and take account of current and planned health and safety laws.	Due to be published shortly	19 members
New Deal Advisory Task Force for Scotland	Jul 1997		To advise on policy and design issues in relation to the New Deal for Young People; to promote and market the New Deal to employers and encourage employer commitment; to monitor the progress of implementation; and to look at the coherence of the framework of the other New Deals and welfare to work initiatives in Scotland.	None	Ian Robinson (Chair; Chief Executive of ScottishPower) 24 members
New Housing Partnerships Steering Group	Dec 1997		To help develop thinking on New Housing Partnerships, to assess proposals submitted by individual local authorities and to make recommendations to Ministers regarding the distribution of New Housing Partnership resources.	New Housing Partnerships 1998-99 - May 1998 New Housing partnerships 1998-99 - Oct 1998 New Housing Partnerships 1999-2002 - Feb 1999 Glasgow New Housing Partnerships - Nov 1999 New Housing Partnerships Steering Group - June 2000	David Belfall (Chair; Scottish Executive) 8 members: Broomleigh Housing Association Chartered Institute of Housing in Scotland COSLA Scottish Executive x2 Scottish Federation of Housing Associations Scottish Homes
Non Clinical	27 Mar 2000			None	8 members: Argyll & Clyde Acute Forth Valley PCT Grampian Health Board Greater Glasgow PCT Health Department Scottish Ambulance Service Yorkhill Willis Scotland UK
Parents as Partners Strategy Group	19 Jan 2000	To be determined	To advise and assist in the development of strategies in schools and education authorities designed to improve effective involvement of parents through: understanding and assisting their children's learning addressing parental information needs at individual, school and authority level responding to parents - including complaints procedures and advice services seeking parental views on relevant issues.	None	10 members: Association of Directors of Education in Scotland x2 Scottish Consumer Council x2 Scottish Executive x2 Scottish School Board Association
Procurement Supervisory Board	6 Jan 2000		To oversee the Scottish Executive's procurement strategy, advising on priorities and opportunities for improvement in the light of Ministers' wider objectives on efficiency, modernisation and competition in the public sector in Scotland.		John McClelland (Chair; 3 Com) 14 members, including representatives from: Common Services Agency Fife Council Inland Revenue National Australia Bank Scottish Courage
Race Equality Advisory Forum			To advise the Executive on a strategy to address broad racial equality issues; prepare action plans to eradicate institutional racism; and advise on the best way to consult people with ethnic minority backgrounds.	Action plans due to be published Sep 2000	Jackie Baillie (Chair; Scottish Executive) 22 members: Black Community Development Project British Agencies for Adoption and Fostering CBI Centre for Education for Racial Equality in Scotland (CERES) Central Scotland Racial Equality Council Commission for Racial Equality, Scotland Community Service Volunteers Ethnic Minority Health Action Project in Glasgow Enterprise Centres in Glasgow and Edinburgh Falkirk Council Fife Racial Equality Council Glasgow Chamber of Commerce Glasgow City Council x2 Grampian Racial Equality Council Greater Glasgow National Health Service Primary Care Trust Inverness College NCH Action for Children's San Jai Chinese Project Positive Action in Training and Housing Scotland Scottish Council of Jewish Communities Scottish Ethnic Minority Research Centre
Rehabilitation Technology Services Advisory Group (ReTSAG)	Aug 1997		To address the recommendations of the 1996 National Services Division Review of the Prosthetic and Wheelchair Services. The Group will subsequently advise on the commissioning of quality services for the delivery of all types of rehabilitation technology in a way which ensures equity and consistency and which is in line with future government policy. It will also advise on how to facilitate the effective funding, co-ordination and dissemination of new developments in these service areas.	None	24 members: Health Boards x6 NHS Trusts x10 Prosthetic user representative Scottish Executive x4 Scottish Healthcare Supplies University of Strathclyde Wheelchair user representative
Restriction of Liberty Order Pilot Project National Advisory Group	2 Apr 1998		To consider and advise on the following aspects of the restriction of liberty order pilot projects in advance of the start of the projects: operational procedures for criminal justice agencies and the contractor liaison and training arrangements production of guidance and information monitoring the progress of the pilot projects as required.	None	F Hird (Chair; SEJD Adult Offenders and Victims Issues Division) 14 members: Aberdeen City Council Aberdeen Sheriff Court House Crown Office DAS Grampian Police North Ayrshire Council Scottish Court Service Scottish Executive Justice Department (SEJD) Sheriff x2 South Lanarkshire Council Strathclyde Police SWSI
Review of the Councils of Voluntary Service	15 Sep 1999		To address: the role of the Councils of Voluntary Service in building community capacity organisational measures to strengthen the network of CVS in a way which will support the role of individual CVS in capacity building the improvement of present structures of funding the development of a set of quantitive/outputs/ outcomes to measure the effectiveness of CVS's use of government grant to deliver social policy objectives, especially in relation to the social inclusion agenda.	Review of CVS - 15 Nov 1999	11 members: COSLA CVS Scotland Deputy Minister for Communities Highlands and Islands Enterprise National Lottery Charities Board Scottish Council for Voluntary Organisations Scottish Executive x5
Review of the Structure of the Police and Fire Services in Scotland	Jul 1999		To review, having regard to the principles of Best Value, ways to maintain and where possible improve the quality of service provided by a) the police service and b) the fire service in Scotland. The review will consider options for the best means of delivering police and fire services in the future including existing central functions and their organisation, considering the costs and benefits of the current arrangements and of other options for each service; of possible changes in demand and in technology, which may affect the way in which each service is delivered; and the need to maintain local accountability.	Interim report submitted to Ministers in Jun 2000	15 members: Association of Chief Police Officers in Scotland x2 Association of Scottish Police Superintendents x2 Central Scotland Police x2 Chief Fire Officers Association COSLA x3 Fire Brigade Union x2 Lothian & Borders Fire Brigade Retained Firefighters Union Scottish Police Federation x2 Strathclyde Fire Brigade
Rural Community Transport Grant Scheme Steering Group	2 Jul 1998		To: oversee the successful implementation for the Rural Community Transport Grant Scheme in the first year consider the best ways of maximising participation in the Scheme fine tune the grant application form and grant conditions of the Scheme and the timescale for applications consider the list of projects put forward by the Rural Transport Development Officer and agree a final list of suitable projects to go to the Scottish Executive Minister for approval.	None	Association of Transport Co-ordinating Officers Community Transport Association COSLA Scottish Executive
SBG Action Plan Sub-group	1996		To: advise, co-ordinate and monitor those existing costed action plans where a Scotland-based agency is the "contact point" advise on "champions" for those costed action plans oversee preparation of costed action plans in the next tranche for species and habitats of particular importance in Scotland liaise with other groups over these costed action plans where there is a significant Scottish interest but where the Scottish Biodiversity Group is not in the lead.		Michael Usher (Chair; SNH) 13 members: Alister Jones, Forestry Commission Clifton Bain, RSPB Robin Harvey, SAMS Steve Atkins, SNH Andy Douse, SNH Jane Dalgleish, SOAEFD Joanna Drewitt, SOAEFD Stuart Downes, SOAEFD Steve Sankey, RSPB Cameron Easton, SOAEFD David Rae, RBGE Mark Young, University of Aberdeen
SBG Agricultural Sector Group	1998		To raise awareness at all levels in these sectors of the Government's Biodiversity objectives, and the contribution which these sectors can make to achieve these objectives.		Mr John Henderson (Chair; SERAD - Ag Staff) 14 members: Dr John Sheldon, COSLA Dr Peter Pitkin, SNH Mr Peter Harrison, Forestry Commission Mr Mike Williams, FWAG Mr George Lawrie, NFUS Mr Malcolm Taylor, RICS Mr Chris McDonald, SAC Mr Sandy Renfrew, Crofters Commission Mr Gerry Smith, SERAD - CANH Ms Fiona Newcombe, Scottish Environment Link Mr Donald Bailey, SERAD - Ag Staff (Secretary)
SBG Business and Biodiversity Sector Group	Nov 1997		As above.		Hugh Morison (Chair; SWA) David Anderson, Scottish Power Seaton Baxter Jane Clark, SNH Eileen Mackay Charles McGill, UDV Geoff Pearson, SERAD John Ramsay, SERAD Eliane Reid, SNH Roddy Yarr, Scottish Airports Stuart Downes, SERAD (minutes) Vicky Abernethy, National LBAP Project Officer Jenny Carter, Carter Rae Communications Emma Parkes, NE Scotland LBAP Project Officer Jane Dalgleish, SERAD Angus Maclauchlan, Shanks Alisdair Meldrum, SEELLD David Minns, RSPB Scotland
SBG Education Sector Group	Feb 1999		To increase awareness of and aid the understanding of the Government's policies for biodiversity throughout the education sector.		Bob Kay (Chair) 10 members: Adrian Fenn, SNH Denyse Kozub, SCCC Alastair Lavery, RSPB Scotland John Ramsay, SERAD Ken Thomson, Falkirk College Stuart Downes, SERAD (minutes) Deirdre Elrick, Community Learning Scotland Bob Hogg, SEED Moira Laing, University of Strathclyde
SBG Publicity and Marketing	1996		To take forward the proposals for public awareness and involvement set out in the UK Biodiversity Action Plan Steering Group Report in the Scottish context.		David Minns (Chair; RSPB) 6 members: Rob Edwards Iain Rennick, SNH Jane Murray, FE John Ramsay, SOAEFD Stuart Downes, SOAEFD Katherine Bradshaw, SEPA
School Drug Safety Team	1998		To ensure that appropriate guidance on handling drug incidents is available to teachers and thereafter decide on the effectiveness of drug education in schools, consider teacher-training needs on drug matters and promote the exchange of best practice.	Guidelines for the Management of Incidents of Drug Misuse in Schools - 28 Jun 2000	Ken Corsar (Chair; Glasgow City Council) 11 members: Harry Black, Fife Primary Care NHS Trust Christine Compton, Aberdeen City Council William Crosbie, Castlebrae Community High School, Edinburgh Barry Dougall, Strathclyde Police Joan Forrest, University of Strathclyde Beth McIntyre, Kirkland High School and Community College, Fife Alistair Ramsay, Scotland Against Drugs Raymond de Souza, City of Edinburgh Council Harvey Stalker, HM Chief Inspector of Schools Justine Walker, COSLA Deirdre Watson, Scottish Child Law Centre Ian Young, Health Education Board for Scotland
School Education Information Advisory Group	14 Dec 1999		To provide a forum to allow partners in the school education system to consider and identify the key strategic information required and to ensure that the net burden on data providers is minimised, whilst maximising the value of the information.	None	16 members: Association of Head Teachers in Scotland COSLA East Dumbartonshire Council Head Teachers' Association of Scotland x3 Fife Council Midlothian Council Perth & Kinross Council Scottish Borders Scottish Executive x3 Scottish Qualifications Authority South Lothian Council
Scottish Advisory Committee on Alcohol Misuse	1998		To advise the Scottish Executive on policy, priorities and strategic planning in relation to tackling alcohol misuse in Scotland.	None	14 members
Scottish Advisory Committee on the Dental Workforce	May 1999		To take forward strategic workforce planning for the whole dental workforce.		Ray Watkins (Chair; Chief Dental Officer, Scottish Executive) 18 members: Dental Services Manager Fife Primary Care NHS Trust Dental Practitioner Head of Teaching and Funding, Scottish Higher Education Funding Council (SHEFC) Postgraduate Dean of Dental Education, University of Glasgow Dental School Dental Practitioner, Edinburgh Consultant in Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Glasgow Dental Hospital and School Dean of Dentistry, Dental School, Dundee Dental Director, Scottish Council for Postgraduate Medical and Dental Education (SCPMDE) Tutor in Dental Hygiene, Glasgow Dental Hospital and School Consultant, Lanarkshire Health Board Consultant in Restorative Dentistry
Scottish Biodiversity Group	1996		To: report and liaise as appropriate with UK/country groups, national targets groups, local issues group and information group promote public awareness and involvement through government stimulated action, local action and promoting programmes of action by key sectors including environmental education and provide regular progress reports to the UK Biodiversity Group.		Jane Dalgleish (Chair; SERAD) 27 members: Sandy Cameron, SERAD James Curran, Scottish Environment Protection Agency Cameron Easton, SERAD John Henderson, SERAD Stuart Housden, RSPB Scotland Alister Jones, Forestry Commission Bob Kay George Lawrie, National Farmers' Union of Scotland David Rae, Royal Botanic Gardens, Edinburgh John Ramsay, SERAD Paul Ramsay, Scottish Landowners Federation John Sheldon, COSLA Alastair Sommerville, Scottish Wildlife Trust Michael Usher, Scottish Natural Heritage Jeff Watson, Scottish Natural Heritage Jim White, Defence Estates Stuart Downes, SERAD (minutes) Craig Campbell, CBI Scotland Ian Duncan, Scottish Fishermen's Federation Rory Dutton, Scottish Crofters Union Campbell Gerrard, sportscotland Paul Jarvis, University of Edinburgh Isabelle Low, SERAD Diane McLafferty, SERAD David Minns, RSPB Scotland Hugh Morison, Scotch Whisky Association Michael Scott, Plantlife
Scottish Breast Screening National Advisory Group	1 Aug 1994		To advise the SEHD on the introduction of the breast cancer screening programme, to monitor effectiveness and efficiency and to review progress.	None	Lesley Wilkie (Chair; Director of Public Health, Argyll and Clyde HB) 14 members: Aberdeen University Breast Screening Centre, Dundee Breast Screening Centre, Glasgow Crosshouse Hospital Forth Valley HB x2 GP, Earlston Health Centre, Borders ISD Nurse Counsellor, Glasgow Radiography QA, Edinburgh Scottish Executive Home Department (SEHD) x2 Victoria Infirmary West of Scotland Breast Screening
Scottish Cancer Group	1 May 1998		To lead and direct Scotland's cancer strategy; and to lead and advise Ministers/Scottish Executive/Chief Medical Officer on cancer issues.	Reports to Chief Medical Officer	Harry Burns (Chair)
Scottish Cervical Screening National Advisory Group	1 Jul 1998		To advise the Minister for Health in Scotland and the Chief Medical Officer on clinical and policy matters regarding the Scottish Cervical Screening Programme (SCSP), including quality assurance and performance standards.		Ian Duncan (Chair; Clinical Director, Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Dundee University Hospitals NHS Trust) 20 members: Aberdeen Royal Infirmary Argyll & Clyde Health Council DOH (Observer) x2 Glasgow Royal Infirmary Health Boards x4 Inverclyde Royal Hospitals Lothian University Hospitals NHS Trust Marie Curie Cancer Care Monklands Hospital Netherton Surgery, Dunfermline NI Office (Observer) Ninewells Hospital SEHD x2 Welsh Office (Observer)
Scottish Charity Law Review Commission	29 Mar 2000	Easter 2001	To review the law relating to charities in Scotland and to make recommendations on reforms considered necessary.		Jean McFadden (Chair; Lecturer in Law at Strathclyde University and formerly President of COSLA) 14 members: Colin Crosby, Fund Manager, Aberdeen Asset Management plc Gillian Donald CA, Scott Moncrieff CA Martyn Evans, Director, Scottish Consumer Council Richard Fries, Visiting Fellow of the Centre for Civil Society at the London School of Economics Alistair Grimes, Chief Executive, Community Enterprise in Strathclyde Keith Jones, Head of Law and Administration (North), Aberdeenshire Council Kaliani Lyle, Chief Executive Officer, Scottish Association of Citizen's Advice Bureaux Simon Mackintosh, Partner, Turcan, Connell, Solicitors Ian MacPherson, Head of Legal Services, Strathclyde Police John Naylor, Secretary and Treasurer of Carnegie United Kingdom Trust David Orr, Director, Scottish Federation of Housing Associations Avril Sloane, Administrator, Glasgow Educational and Marshall Trust Jeanette Wilson, Solicitor to the Church of Scotland
Scottish Community Fire Safety Strategy Group	13 May 1999		To consider and advise on community fire safety strategies; to develop and recommend an annual programme of activities by the partners in community fire safety; and to report annually to the Scottish Central Fire Brigades Advisory Council.	None	Chief and Assistant Chief Fire Officers Association COSLA Fire Protection Association HM Inspectorate of Fire Services for Scotland Scottish Executive
Scottish Compact: Consultation in Good Practice Guidance	23 Nov 1999		To help Divisions throughout the Scottish Executive who work with voluntary organisations, community groups or volunteers to carry out their responsibility to implement the Compact. Non-departmental public bodies and Scottish Executive Agencies may also find the guidance helpful in carrying forward their responsibilities for implementing the Compact.	The Scottish Compact Good Practice Guides Consultation Document - 22 Nov 1999-15 Feb 2000	SCVO Scottish Executive - Voluntary Issues Unit
Scottish Conveyancing and Executry Services Board Policy Review	1 Nov 1999		To carry out a study of the Scottish Conveyancing and Executry Services Board status and the relevance of its functions (Prior Options Study) in accordance with Cabinet Office guidance and having regard to the needs of the conveyancing and executry services profession.		Alastair Clark (Chair; SCEB) Scottish Consumer Council SEJD University of Glasgow
Scottish Integrated Workforce Planning Group	31 Aug 1999	Expected Spring 2001	To advise the Director of Human Resources on how to make workforce planning an integral part of the way the NHS in Scotland responds to the new challenges facing the service.	Interim report - Apr 2000 Scottish Integrated Workforce Planning Group - Stage One Report	Gillian Needham (Chair; Postgraduate Dean, Aberdeen Postgraduate Centre) 20 members: Argyll and Clyde Health Board Dundee Dental School Dumfries and Galloway Acute and Maternity Hospitals National Board for Nursing, Midwifery and Health Visiting for Scotland NHS Trust Economist Glasgow Royal Infirmary ISD Scotland x2 Lanarkshire Primary Care NHS Trust Napier University Ninewells Hospital Practices made Perfect Ltd Queen Margaret University College, Edinburgh RARARI Royal Victoria Hospital, Dundee Scottish Executive x3 SCPMDE SWSI
Scottish Management Steering Group	25 Apr 1999		To manage the Scottish arm of the pilot, providing guidance and making decisions where necessary on issues related to the pilot; to monitor implementation of the Pilot and development of a QA structure; and to ensure collaboration and effective liaison with the English arm of the Pilot		Jan Warner (Chair; National Co-ordinator, CCU) 18 members: Evaluation Group x2 GPs x3 Health Boards x3 NHS Trusts x7
Scottish Manufacturing Steering Group	24 June 1999		To consider the priority issues for Scottish manufacturing; to identify the potential opportunities; and to recommend the additional actions which the Executive, other bodies and companies could take to help develop the manufacturing sector.	The Way forward for Scottish Manufacturing in the 21^st Century - March 2000	29 members: CBI Scotland CR Smith Electronics Scotland Federation of Small Businesses Glasgow Science Centre GMB HIE Institute of Directors Institute of Engineers and Shipbuilders MacFarlane Group MSF Murray Technology Associates SCDI Scotch Whisky Association Scottish Chambers of Commerce Scottish Engineering Scottish Enterprise Scottish Executive x5 Scottish Financial Enterprise Scottish Textile Manufacturers Association STUC Transport and General Workers Union
Scottish Offender Employment Forum	Feb 1999		To establish and implement an effective multi-agency approach to improving the employability of offenders in Scotland through education, training and other opportunities.	None	14 members: Adult Offenders and Victims Issues Division Apex x2 Association of Scottish Colleges Benefits Agency COSLA Employment Service, Sheffield x2 Employment Service Office for Scotland New Deal and Adult Training Division Scottish Enterprise SPS Stirling Council Criminal Justice Social Work Services
Scottish Partnership Forum	Apr 1998	On-going	To be the national forum for involving and engaging with trade unions/staff organisations on the modernisation agenda, specifically in respect of the human resources policy and partnership working.	None	30 members: AEEU BMA CDNA GMB Greater Glasgow Health Board Health Department x2 HR Strategy Implementation Manager Labour Relations Lothian Occupational Health Service North Glasgow University Hospitals NHS Trust PIN Board Secretary Primary Care NHS Trust x5 Regional Industrial Organiser Royal College of Nursing Scottish Office Senior Industrial Relations Officer Society of Radiographers STUC Representative West Lothian Healthcare NHS Trust Yorkhill NHS Trust
Scottish Partnership on Domestic Abuse	Nov 1998		To recommend a strategy on domestic abuse which is firmly located within the Government's overall strategy on violence against women which takes into account the impact of domestic abuse on children and young people and the need for effective intervention strategies to prevent male violence against female partners and their children.		Anne Smith (Chair; QC) 21 members: COSLA/Local Authority x4 X4 National Health Service Police Crown Office x2 Judiciary Scottish Prison Service Law Society of Scotland Women's Aid x5 Victim Support Scotland Rape Crisis Scotland x2 Zero Tolerance Charitable Trust Scottish Office/Scottish Executive x12 Consultant/research adviser
Scottish Studentship Scheme Advisory Group	May 1999		To select successful applicants for 75 awards under the Scottish Studentship Scheme - an annual academic competition for awards for advanced postgraduate research in the arts and humanities.	None	12 members
Secure Accommodation Advisory Group	12 Jan 2000		To consider a number of key issues for the future direction of Executive policy towards the use and development of secure accommodation for children and young people; and to offer advice to Scottish Ministers.	None	15 members: Dundee City Council Fife Police (Deputy Chief Constable) Glasgow Children's Panel Glasgow City Council HMI Young Offenders Institution Polmont Rossie School Scottish Children's Reporter Administration x2 SEED x2 SEJD Sheriff St Mary's Kenmure School SWSI
SEN Advisory Forum	Mar 2000	2003	To advise Scottish Ministers on the development and implementation of policies to improve the standards of provision for special educational needs and their consistent application throughout Scotland.		Peter Peacock (Chair; Deputy Minister for Children and Education) 19 members: Director Sleep Scotland, Member of Enable's National Children's Committee Scottish Independent Special Schools Group Deputy Regional Councillor, Royal College of Speech and Language Therapy Chief Executive, Dumfries and Galloway Health Board Head of SEN Department, Strathclyde University Association of Directors of Social Work Adviser: Support for Learning, Borders Council Consultant Paediatrician, Royal Hospital for Sick Children Association of Directors of Education Chair; Association of Scottish Principal Educational Psychologists Scottish President, National Association for Special Educational Needs COSLA x2 Chair of Social Policy, (Disability Studies), Glasgow University President, Scottish Support for Learning Association Headteacher, Royal Blind School, Edinburgh Children in Scotland Scottish Assoc. of Pre-School Home Visiting Teachers for Children with Special Educ. Needs Parent, and information worker for families, of children with special needs
Small Business Consultative Group (SBCG)	19 Jan 2000		To provide a forum for discussion of small business policy issues between the Scottish Executive and the business community. While items for discussion will normally focus on issues devolved to the Scottish Parliament, it will be possible by agreement to discuss reserved matters. It will be open to the core members to suggest issues for debate.	None	Henry McLeish (Chair; Minister for Enterprise and Lifelong Learning) 8 members: CBI Scotland's Smaller Firm Committee Deputy Minister for Enterprise and Lifelong Learning Federation of Small Businesses Forum of Private Business IoD Scottish Chambers of Commerce STUC
Stephen Lawrence Inquiry Steering Group	7 Feb 2000		To oversee and audit in a Scottish context the implementation of the Scottish Executive's action plan published in July 1999 in response to the report of the Stephen Lawrence Inquiry.		Jim Wallace (Chair; QC MSP, Deputy First Minister and Minister for Justice) 19 members: ACPOS Association of Scottish Police Superintendents Commission for Racial Equality COSLA Deputy Crown Agent Scottish Executive (Justice Department) x2 Scottish Police Federation
Strategic Change Unit Capability and Leadership Reference Group	18 Jan 2000		To shape the Executive Development Programme for NHSiS Executives	None	12 members: COSLA Dumfries and Galloway Acute Hospitals NHS Trust Grampian Primary Care NHS Trust Scottish Executive (Home Department) x2 SCPMDE Strategic Change Unit STUC Tayside University Hospitals NHS Trust University of Glasgow Yorkhill NHS Trust
Strategic Change Unit Reference Group	25 Oct 1999		To provide strategic context for the Unit by identifying: key changes and developments which are likely to affect the NHS in Scotland in the immediate and medium term future social, political and technological developments which may influence health services development and planning over he next 5-10 years funded priorities for organisational and management development for the NHS in Scotland feedback on the performance of the Unit.	None	19 members: Border Health Board Clinical Standards Board Dumfries and Galloway Health Board Eglinton Management Centre Falkirk Council Forth Valley Acute Hospitals NHS Trust x2 Greater Glasgow Health Board Hamilton Scott Consultants Lothian Health Board MSF North Glasgow University Hospitals NHS Trust Scottish Executive Home Department x2 SCU x2 Tayside Primary Care NHS Trust
Strategic Issues Working Group			To discuss how joint priorities between the Executive and local government can be identified, agreed and delivered to reflect both the priorities in "Programme for Government" as well as local priorities; and to examine ways of securing outcomes in terms of service delivery from budgets, with less emphasis on targeting and ring-fencing resources at specific services.	None	David Middleton (Chair; Scottish Executive) 15 members: Aberdeen City Council Angus Council City of Edinburgh Council x2 COSLA Scottish Executive x7 South Ayrshire Council
Strategic Review of Need and Procurement Policy for Linear Accelerators	Jun 1999		To review the need and procurement policy for linear accelerators in the cancer centres in Scotland.	None	11 members: Grampian University Hospital Lothian University Hospital North Glasgow University Hospital Raigmore Hospital Scottish Executive - Health Department x5 Scottish Healthcare Supplies
Supporting People Stakeholders' Group	19 Jan 2000		To provide advice to the Scottish Executive on the implications of proposed legislation and associated guidance on the long-term funding of the support needs of people in supported accommodation. The group will meet approximately 3 times a year until April 2003 and the introduction of the new arrangements.	None	18 members
Task Force on Disciplinary Procedures for Chief Executives	Jan 2000		To review the adequacy of the current disciplinary and supporting procedures for chief executives.	On-going	E C Davison (Chair; Scottish Executive) 8 members: ALACE x2 COSLA x2 Scottish Executive x2 SODOPs
Tayside Task Force	15 Feb 2000		To work with the Tayside Health Board and the two local NHS Trusts to ensure that local health services are planned and delivered effectively and within the total resources available. Key objectives of the Task Force are to assist in restoring the confidence of the NHS staff and the people of Tayside in the health service and ensure that everyone in Tayside receives the well-run, high quality health service they deserve.		Frank Clark (Chair; former General Manager of Lanarkshire Health Board) 5 members: David Bolton, Director of Primary and Community Service Development at Lothian Primary Care NHS Trust Cameron Revie, Pricewaterhouse Coopers Mike Fuller, Scottish Partnership Forum David Rowley, Chairman of Tayside Acute Services Review
Tenant Participation Working Group	May 1998		To advise on ways of improving tenant participation across the public and social rented sectors in Scotland.	Partners in Participation: A National Strategy for Tenant Participation - Apr 1999 Code of Practice on Tenant Participation in Stock Transfers - Summer 2000 Code of Practice on Tenant Participation in Best Value - Summer 2000 Code of Practice on Tenant Participation in Rural Areas - Autumn 2000 Code of Practice on Tenant Participation at the Local Level (in development) Code of Practice on Tenant Participation at the National Level (in development) Code of Practice on Tenant Participation in Area Regeneration (in development)	COSLA Chartered Institute of Housing in Scotland Scottish Federation of Housing Associations Scottish Homes Scottish Tenants Organisation x6 Shelter Tenant Information Service Tenant Involvement in the Islands, Grampian and Highlands Rural Areas (TIGHRA) Tenant Participation Advisory Service
Tourism Skills Group	16 Feb 2000		Group still in process of being set up. It will set its own remit once membership has been announced by Minister.		Peter Lederer (Chair) Further members are to be announced once Ministerial approval has been given.
Treatment of HIV and AIDS - Expert Working Group	12 Jan 1998		To: review the current and projected epidemiology of HIV infection and AIDS in Scotland, according to stage of disease reach an agreement regarding indications for treatment, treatment regimes and priorities to ensure optimum use of available resources note current arrangements for allocation of care and treatment resources to health boards consider the implications for delivery of related laboratory services.	NHS MEL (1999) 47 - Treatment of HIV and AIDS in Scotland: Report of an Expert Working Group	Andrew Fraser (Chair) 10 members
Tripartite Working Group (Justice Department)	17 Jul 1997		To allow an exchange of views on the operation of legal aid in Scotland.	None	Niall Campbell (Chair; Justice Department) 9 members: Justice Department x3 Law Society of Scotland x3 Scottish Legal Aid Board x3
Tripartite Working Group (SERAD)	3 Jun 1999		Having regard to the serious decline in wild salmon and sea trout stocks in the west of Scotland and the sustainability of the salmon aquaculture industry, to: develop and promote the implementation of measures for the restoration and maintenance of healthy stocks of wild and farmed fish develop and promote the initiation of measures for the regeneration of wild salmon and sea trout stocks propose arrangements at a local and national level for taking forward the foregoing and to ensure that the results of this work are reflected in the development of local authority fish farm planning guidelines and framework plans.	Tripartite Working Group Concordat and Report - Jul 2000	Paul Brady (Chair; SERAD) 20 members: Association of Salmon Fishery Boards Association of West Coast Fishery Trust Atlantic Salmon Trust Freshwater Fisheries Laboratory, Pitlochry Marine Laboratory, Aberdeen x3 Scottish Environmental Protection Agency Scottish Natural Heritage Scottish Quality Salmon x4 SERAD x4
Victims Steering Group	21 Feb 1996		To provide a consultative forum for the discussion of issues of relevance to the interests of victims and to advise on policy issues.	None	C Baxter (Chair; SEJD) 18 members: Crown Office Dumfries and Galloway Council HM Inspectorate of Constabulary Law Society Scottish Prison Service SEJD x9 Sheriff's Association SWSI Victim Support Scotland x2
Working Group on HMO Guidance	3 Sep 1999		To advise on and draft guidance for local authorities on the implementation of mandatory licensing of housing and multiple occupation (HMOs).		12 members
Working Group on Sex Education in Scottish Schools (McCabe Committee)	22 Feb 2000	Jun 2000	In light of the Scottish Executive's intention to repeal section 2A of the Local Government Act 1986, to: consider the scope and general content of the package of safeguards described in the letter of 27 January 2000 to school boards and headteachers from the Minister for Children and Education report to the Scottish Executive on whether this package is sufficiently wide-ranging and robust to meet the legitimate concerns of the public, parents and teachers review existing curriculum guidelines, advice and support information bearing on sex education consider whether these existing materials and the existing arrangements for on-going review are sufficient to meet the legitimate concerns of the public, parents and teachers.	Report of the Working Group on Sex Education in Scottish Schools - 16 Jun 2000	Mr Mike McCabe (Chairman; Director of Education Services, South Ayrshire ) 11 members: Headteacher of Cardinal Newman High School, North Lanarkshire Headteacher of Park Primary School, Alloa, Clackmannanshire Senior teacher at Dunard Primary School, Glasgow Vice Chair of Williamwood High School School Board, East Renfrewshire Scottish School Board Association Director of the Scottish Parent Teacher Council Convener of the Church of Scotland Education Committee Catholic Education Commission Director of the Centre for Education in Racial Equality in Scotland
Working Group on Single Social Tenancy	26 Jan 2000		To oversee the preparation of a model single social tenancy agreement.	Model Tenancy Agreement - due Spring 2001	8 members: Chartered Institute of Housing in Scotland Scottish Federation of Housing Associations Scottish Homes Scottish Tenants Organisation Shelter, Scotland Tenants Information Service TIGHRA Tenant Participation Advisory Service
Working Group on the Administration of Medicines in Schools	14 Sep 1999		To develop good practice guidance for the administration of medicine in schools.	In draft	11 members
Total	102

TREASURY

Name

Established

Terminated

Terms of reference

Date and subjects of any reports

Membership

Social Investment Task Force

Feb 2000

Oct 2000

To set out how entrepreneurial practices can be applied to obtain higher social and financial returns from social investment, to harness new talents and skills to address economic regeneration and to unleash new sources of private and institutional investment. In addition, the Task Force should explore innovative roles that the voluntary sector, businesses and the Government could play as partners in this area.

Enterprising Communities: Wealth beyond Welfare - Oct 2000

Ronald Cohen (Chair; Apax Partners and Co)

All Task Force members acted in a personal capacity, but were drawn from the following backgrounds:

Academic

Computacenter

Executive Vice President, South Shore Bank, Chicago (formerly)

Guide Dogs for the Blind

Journalist

New Look

PPP Healthcare Medical Trust

Total

Total number

303

Source: Departmental returns to this Committee

No Chair

Lord Paul of Marylebone (Joint Chair)