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Department for Constitutional Affairs
Department for Constitutional Affairs : Key policies and priorities, oral and written evidence, 18 October 2005, 28 February 2006 and 4 July 2006
Mental Capacity Act Code of Practice
Provides guidance and information for those acting under the terms of the Mental Capacity Act and applying its provisions on a daily basis when working with adults who lack mental capacity.
Government response to the Constitutional Affairs Select Committee report
The Freedom of Information Act 2000 came into force in January 2005, providing a general right of access to information held by public authorities in the UK. The current charging scheme for handling FOI requests is £600 for central government and £450 for other public authorities, based on a set rate of £25 per hour for officials' time. Where the estimated cost is below the limit, the information is provided free of charge, but when the limit is exceeded, the public authority can either provide the information for a charge or refuse to provide the information on grounds of lack of cost-effectiveness. This document sets out the Government's reply to the Committee's report (HCP 415, session 2006-07; ISBN 9780215034724) on the Governments proposals to change this system, which seek to include reading time, consideration and consultation time in the calculation of time spent towards the appropriate limit to aggregate non-similar requests made by any person or persons apparently acting together.
Department for Constitutional Affairs
Department for Constitutional Affairs : Departmental annual report 2005-06, oral and written evidence, 17 October 2006, Alex Allan, Rod Clark and Barbara Moorhouse, Department for Constitutional Affairs
The governance of Britain
As part of a programme of constitutional reform the Government is committed to the reform of the role of the Attorney General. However the complex nature of the Attorney General's responsibilities combined with their importance in maintaining the rule of law, mean that changes should be taken after comprehensive public debate. This consultation document seeks answers to six questions. 1) Should the role of chief legal advisor be split from the role of government minister? 2) What is the reaction to proposals that would instead limit the Attorney General's attendance at Cabinet? 3) Should the legal advise to government be published? 4) Should there be changes in the role in relation to criminal prosecutions? 5) Are any changes needed to the public interest function? 6) Are any other changes needed?
Fines Collection
Fines are the most common sentence imposed by Magistrates' courts in England and Wales, covering a range of crimes including motoring offences, drug offences, criminal damage and TV licence evasion. In the year 2004-05, penalties totalling £352 million were imposed, with £75 million cancelled and £222 million collected. Following on from an earlier report (HCP 672, session 2001-02, ISBN 0102914508) published in 2002, the NAO has examined whether the changes made in practices and procedures have resulted in improvements to the enforcement and collections of fines. It is estimated that a 25 per cent reduction in the number of legally cancelled fines would result in potential savings of £6....
The Governance of Britain
This White Paper contains a three volume set of documents (Cm. 7342-I/II/III, ISBN 9780101734226) and is part of the Governance of Britain series examining constitutional renewal. In July 2007, the Governance of Britain Green Paper was published (ISBN 9780101717021) which set out the Government's vision and proposals for constitutional renewal, calling on the public, Parliament and other organisations to submit views. The result of the consultation is the publication of this White Paper. Volume 1 covers the substantive issues of constitutional renewal, including: the Government's policy proposals; the Attorney General; judicial appointments; treaties; the civil service; war powers; flag flyi...
Changing the Constitution
The remit of the Committee is to examine the constitutional implications of all public bills brought before Parliament. Their report considers whether existing procedures enable adequate parliamentary scrutiny of measures that propose constitutional change. The report contains a number of recommendations including: 1) the publication of bills in draft form should become the norm rather than the exception; 2) the Government should develop a more integrated approach to dealing with constitutional issues by reviving the Constitution Secretariat; 3) as yet, the Committee is not convinced that a dedicated department of Constitutional Affairs should be created, and finds there are strong arguments in favour of the leading responsibility for constitutional affairs remaining in the House of Lords rather than the Commons.
The Government Response to the Constitutional Affairs Select Committee Report
Government reply to the Committee's 4th report, HCP 116-I session 2004-05 (ISBN 0215022424)
