Minutes of the CPS Board meeting on 12 May 2009

Present

Keir Starmer (Chair)
Peter Lewis
Mike Kennedy
John Graham
Gerard Lemos
Rob Sykes

Guests

Kate McGavin Cabinet Office)
Gary Cox (AGO)

Secretariat

Matthew McGonagle
Tamara Moore

Item 1: Note of last meeting and actions arising

The Board agreed the note of the last meeting held on 30 March 2009 and the update on actions arising from previous meetings.

Item 2: Director's update

The Director updated the Board on:

Visits and seminars

The outputs were being developed for consultation across the Service, beginning at the senior managers' conference in June.

Senior appointments

The Board noted several senior staff appointments made recently and that of Doreen Langston as a Non-executive Director.

Item 3: Audit update

Audit Committee meetings were being scheduled for the morning of Board meeting days to enable the AC Chair to orally update the Board in the afternoon. Doreen Langston would be the new Chair of the Audit Committee, with her first meeting on 15 June.

Item 4: Statement of Internal Control(SOIC)

The Board agreed a draft for approval by the Audit Committee and eventual signature by the Director as part of CPS's Annual Report and Resource Accounts 2008/09.

Item 5: Q4 performance report

The Board considered the report and recommendations for further actions and clarified priorities.

Item 6: Financial outturn 2008/0

The Board noted the provisional outturn and deferred detailed discussion until the figures were finalised in the summer.

Item 7: Merger of RCPO and CPS

The Board noted arrangements being put in place and commented on proposals regarding governance of the programme.

Item 8: Governance update

The Board received updates on issues arising from the March governance paper and agreed the TORs outlined.

Item 9: Capability Review

The Board considered a paper on progress of the Capability Re-review and commented on a briefing being developed for interviewees in preparation for their meetings with the Cabinet Office.

Item 10: ICT and T&S costs

The Board considered a paper it had commissioned on ICT and T&S costs which made recommendations on rationalising ICT and developing an 'Optimum kit model'.

Item 11: AOB

The Board the move of the Fraud Prosecution Service to Casework Divisions.

Next meeting: Tuesday 15 June, at Ludgate Hill