15 December 2005
The Prime Minister today announced in a parliamentary written statement that an updated copy of the list of Cabinet Committees, their full membership and terms of reference had been placed in the Libraries of both Houses. The details are also available on the Cabinet Office website.
The updated list includes two new Cabinet Committees on Data Sharing and Influenza Pandemic Planning.
The terms of reference of the Ministerial Committee on Data Sharing (MISC31) are:
"to develop the Government’s strategy on data-sharing across the public sector".
The terms of reference of the Ministerial Committee on Influenza Pandemic Planning (MISC32) are:
"to guide the preparations for a potential influenza pandemic and related international activity".
The list of Committees and Committee chairmen is as follows:
Anti-Social Behaviour
Chair: Prime Minister
Deputy Chair: Deputy Prime Minister
Asylum and Migration
Chair: Prime Minister
Deputy Chair: Deputy Prime Minister
Civil Contingencies
Chair: Home Secretary
Constitutional Affairs
Chair: Deputy Prime Minister
Sub-committees:
Electoral Policy
Chair: Deputy Prime Minister
Freedom of Information
Chair: Secretary of State for Constitutional Affairs and Lord Chancellor
Parliamentary Modernisation
Chair: Lord Privy Seal and Leader of the House of Commons
Intelligence Services
Chair: Prime Minister
Defence and Overseas Policy
Chair: Prime Minister
Deputy Chair: Foreign Secretary
Sub-committees:
International Terrorism
Chair: Prime Minister
Deputy Chair: Home Secretary
Protective Security and Resilience
Chair: Home Secretary
Iraq
Chair: Prime Minister
Deputy Chair: Foreign Secretary
Conflict Prevention and Reconstruction
Chair: Foreign Secretary
Deputy Chair: Secretary of State for International Development
Domestic Affairs
Chair: Deputy Prime Minister
Sub-committees:
Ageing Policy
Chair: Secretary of State for Work and Pensions
Children’s Policy
Chair: Secretary of State for Education and Skills
Communities
Chair: Foreign Secretary
Legal Affairs
Chair: Secretary of State for Constitutional Affairs and Lord Chancellor
Public Health
Chair: Deputy Prime Minister
Economic Affairs, Productivity and Competitiveness
Chair: Chancellor of the Exchequer
Energy and the Environment
Chair: Prime Minister
Deputy Chair: Deputy Prime Minister
Sub-committees:
Sustainable Development in Government
Chair: Minister of State, Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
European Policy
Chair: Foreign Secretary
European Union Strategy
Chair: Prime Minister
Deputy Chair: Foreign Secretary
Housing and Planning
Chair: Prime Minister
Deputy Chair: Deputy Prime Minister
Legislative Programme
Chair: Lord Privy Seal and Leader of the House of Commons
Local and Regional Government
Chair: Deputy Prime Minister
Sub-committees:
Local Government Strategy and Performance
Chair: Minister of Communities and Local Government
National Health Service Reform
Chair: Prime Minister
Deputy Chair: Deputy Prime Minister
Public Services and Public Expenditure
Chair: Chancellor of the Exchequer
Sub-committees:
Electronic Service Delivery
Chair: Chief Secretary to the Treasury
Public Services Reform
Chair: Prime Minister
Deputy Chair: Deputy Prime Minister
Regulation, Bureaucracy and Risk
Chair: Prime Minister
Deputy Chair: Chancellor of the Exchequer
Sub-committees:
Panel on Regulatory Accountability
Chair: Prime Minister
Deputy Chair: Chancellor of the Exchequer
Inspection
Chair: Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster(Minister for the Cabinet Office)
Schools Policy
Chair: Prime Minister
Deputy Chair: Deputy Prime Minister
Science and Innovation
Chair: Secretary of State for Trade and Industry
Serious and Organised Crime and Drugs
Chair: Prime Minister
Deputy Chair: Deputy Prime Minister
Welfare Reform
Chair: Prime Minister
Deputy Chair: Chancellor of the Exchequer
Restructuring of the European Aerospace and Defence Industry
Chair: Secretary of State for Trade and Industry
Animal Rights Activists
Chair: Home Secretary
Universal Banking
Chair: Secretary of State for Work and Pensions
Olympics
Chair: Foreign Secretary
London
Chair: Minister of Communities and Local Government
Efficiency and Relocation
Chair: Chief Secretary to the Treasury
Data Sharing
Chair: Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster (Minister for the Cabinet Office)
Influenza Pandemic Planning
Chair: Secretary of State for Health
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