Minutes of the CPS Board meeting on 23 November 2011

Present

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

Guests

Veena King
Adrian Foster
Mark Summerfield
David Jones
Ben Widdicombe
Helen Smith
Nick Hunt

Apologies

Alan Jenkins

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 21 September 2011.

Item 2: Director's Update

High Profile Cases/Enquiries/Reports

2. The Board was updated on recent high profile cases including the murders of Jo Yates and Stephen Lawrence, match-fixing, and the largest ever fraud case, and the Leveson and Rose enquiries.

3. The Violence Against Women Annual Report was published on 22 November. The NAO has published its report on Streamlined Process, and the Director and Principal Legal Advisor's Courts Visits report has been finalised.

International

4. Recent visits to the Eastern Caribbean and the United States highlighted the importance of the international work that the Service does.

NAO – Risk Profile

5. NAO advised of the importance of correctly defining the Service's Risk profile.

HMCTS

6. The CPS and HMCTS executive were looking to co-ordinate long term strategies.

Riots

7. Operation Withern continued in London, the approach continued to be one of smart prosecution and smart disclosure.

Item 3: CJ Landscape

8. Nick Hunt presented an update on the Criminal Justice Landscape.

Item 4: Corporate Governance (moved below the line)

Item 5: Capability Assessment

9. The Board were presented with an options paper on the Service's approach to its 2012 Cabinet Office Capability Assessment.

Item 6: Q2 Scorecard

10. Veena King presented the CPS Scorecard Q2 paper.

Item 7: Area Performance

11. Adrian Foster presented a report on Area performance for Q2 2011/12.

Item 8: People Survey

12. Mark Summerfield presented the results of the latest People Survey.

Item 9: T3

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

Item 10: Financial Management Report

14. The Board noted the content of the Financial Management report.

Item 11: Risk

15. Helen Smith presented the latest update of the Risk Register.

Below the Line

Item 4: Corporate Governance

16. The Board was asked to consider the revised Cabinet Office Corporate Code for Governance.

Strategy and Policy Directorate
Next meeting: Wednesday 22 February 2012