Minutes of the CPS Board meeting on 22 February 2012

Present

Keir Starmer (Chair)
Peter Lewis
Mike Kennedy
Derek Manuel
Paul Staff
Rob Sykes
Doreen Langston
Alan Jenkins

Guests

Veena King
Adrian Foster
Mark Summerfield
David Jones
Sue Patten
Simon Clements
Clare Toogood
Helen Smith

Secretariat

Tamara Moore
Simon Jeal

Item 1: Note of the Last Meeting and Actions Arising

1. The Board agreed the note and actions arising from 23 November 2011.

Item 2: Director's Update

2. The Board was updated on a number of recent issues, including:

• the successful recovery of more than £500,000 in assets from Panama;
• the first conviction for hate crime based on sexual orientation, and
• the launch of a public consultation on the prosecution of journalists, following an appearance by the Director at the Leveson enquiry.

Item 3: new Business Models

3. The Chief Executive invited the Board to consider the proposed options for future business models.

Item 4: People Strategy Update

4. Mark Summerfield presented the Board with an update on the People Strategy, and Sue Patten reported on work being done in Central Fraud Group.

Item 5: Q3 Scorecard

5. The Board noted the Q3 Scorecard and accepted the recommendations proposed.

Item 6: Q3 Area Performance

6. The Board noted the Q3 2011/12 Area Performance report.

Item 7: DWP/CPS Transition Project

7. Simon Clements and Clare Toogood provided the Board with a progress update on the transfer of prosecution work from the Department for Work and Pensions.

Item 8: T3

8. David Jones and Ben Widdicombe presented updates on T3, and the Cross-CJS Efficiency Programme.

Item 9: Risk Update

9. Helen Smith provided the Board with an update on the development of the Corporate Risk Register 2012-2013

Below the Line

10. The Board noted and agreed the recommendations in the Financial Management Report, Resource Allocation and Budget Allocation 2012/13.

Strategy and Policy Directorate
Next meeting: Wednesday 21 March 2012