Minutes of the CPS Board meeting on 28 November 2007

Present

Ken Macdonald (Chair)
Peter Lewis
John Graham
Mike Kennedy
Jonathan Sedgewick
Philip Oliver
Rob Sykes
Gerard Lemos

Guests

David MacLeod
Mark Sunderland
Steve Przybylski
Ros McCool

Secretariat

Matthew McGonagle
Claire Marriott

Item 1: Welcomes

1. The Director welcomed Mike Kennedy to his first Board meeting as Chief Operating Officer.

Item 2: Note of last meeting and actions arising

2. The Group agreed the note from the last meeting held in October and the update on actions arising from previous meetings.

Item 3: Director's update

3. The Director updated the Board on issues that had arisen since the last meeting.

Item 4: Strategic and business planning

4. The Board considered a paper outlining the proposed priorities for next year's business plan, approving the course of action outlined.

Item 5: HQ Review

5. The Board was provided with an update of the HQ Review and agreed the overall HQ model.

Item 6: Victim and witness performance management

6. The Board considered a paper on performance management in relation to victim and witness care, and agreed that an update be given at a subsequent meeting.

Item 7: Performance management update

7. A paper was presented to the Board about the development of a new performance management report.

Item 8: Capability Review update

8. The Board received an update on progress towards meeting our six month actions, arising from the Capability Review.

Item 9: Any other business

9. There was no AOB.

Strategy Planning & Change Division
November 2007