HM Courts and Tribunals Service Board meeting – 3 May 2023
Published 26 March 2024
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1. Board members present
1.1 HMCTS
| Name | Role |
|---|---|
| Victoria Cochrane | Senior Independent Non-Executive Member – acting as chair for this meeting |
| Sir Richard Broadbent | Independent Chair |
| Lakh Jemmett | Non-Executive Member |
| Nicky Wilden | Non-Executive Member and Audit and Risk Assurance Committee (ARAC) Chair |
| Nick Goodwin | HMCTS Chief Executive |
| Andrew Baigent | Chief Financial Officer |
| Paul Harris | Operations Director |
| Gemma Hewison | Strategy and Change Director |
| Lord Justice Andrew Edis | Senior Presiding Judge (SPJ) |
| Sir Keith Lindblom | Senior President of Tribunals (SPT) |
| District Judge Tim Jenkins | Judicial Board member |
| Annabel Burns | Judicial and Legal Services Policy Director - MoJ representative |
1.2 Presenters and additional attendees
| Name | Role |
|---|---|
| Jan Gower | Non-Executive HMCTS Change Portfolio Board member/Critical Friend |
| Tim Stamp | Deputy Director, Strategic Finance and Planning |
| Head of Budgeting, Planning and Financial Assurance | |
| Head of Risk, Assurance and Counter-Fraud | |
| Head of Risk and Assurance | |
| Head of Modelling and Forecasting | |
| Clare Farren | Deputy Director, Judicial Private Offices |
| HMCTS Board Secretary | |
| Head of Corporate Governance and Board Secretariat |
2. Welcome and introductions
The attendees were welcomed, in particular Sir Richard who was attending his first meeting.
3. Minutes and actions
The minutes from the meeting on 5 April 2023 were approved and updates on actions were noted.
4. HMCTS allocations 2023-24
The Board discussed the expected key parts of the proposed funding and sitting days, and gave its provisional views to HMCTS officials to enable the drafting of the advice letter when the concordat proposals are received.
5. 2023-24 HMCTS business plan
Subject to the consideration of its feedback, the Board approved the proposed 2023/24 HMCTS Business Plan
6. HMCTS corporate risk refresh
The Board reviewed and approved the newly articulated risks.
7. Performance and finance updates
Recognition was given to work that enabled 100,009 Crown Court sitting days to be utilised during 2022-23. The Board noted the good performance that had been recorded in the Employment Tribunal and Social Security and Child Support tribunal.
Consideration was given the current performance in a number of other jurisdictions including Civil, Family Private Law and Family Public Law.
The Board noted the provisional the end-year financial position and expressed gratitude to the team for its effective management of the finances and the proactive response to use emerging underspends, particularly in relation to capital maintenance.
8. Reform programme update
The Board noted the work had taken place, particularly around delivery confidence and updates were provided in relation to the Common Platform and ListAssist.
9. Quarterly service demand forecasting update
An overview of forecast demand was provided and there were specific discussions around Crown Court, Immigration and Asylum Chamber and Civil jurisdictions.
10. AOB
The Board placed on record its gratitude to Victoria Cochrane for chairing Board meetings since Tim Parker’s departure.