National Preventive Mechanism Ninth Annual Report 2017–18 the purpose of: • promoting cohesion and a shared understanding of OPCAT among NPM members; • encouraging collaboration and the sharing of information and good practice between NPM members; • facilitating joint activities between members on issues of common concern; • liaising with the SPT, NPMs in other states and other international human rights bodies; • sharing experiences and expertise between the UK NPM and NPMs in other states; • representing the NPM as a whole to government and other stakeholders in the UK; and • preparing the annual report and other publications. Income and expenditure for the NPM Secretariat 1 April 2017 to 31 March 2018 Income MoJ £61,155 Membership contributions £19,500 TOTAL £80,655 Expenditure Staff costs34 £64,357 Travel and subsistence £2,187 Annual report design, printing and Welsh translation £10,053 Other publications (factsheets, guidance, infographics) £2,000 Meetings and refreshments £635 TOTAL £79,231 34 32 NPM steering group The coordination function, activities and governance of the NPM are overseen by a steering group of five NPM members. They meet regularly and are representative of members in all four nations of the UK and of the different remits of the organisations that make up the NPM. The NPM steering group supports decisionmaking between business meetings, and develops the NPM business plan and proposals to members. The steering group met four times during the year, in June 2017, September 2017, November 2017 and March 2018. As at the end of March 2018, the NPM steering group membership was as follows: • • • • • Peter Clarke, HMI Prisons Rachel Lindsay, CJINI Colin McKay, MWCS John Powell, HIW Katie Kempen, ICVA. NPM sub-groups The NPM’s three existing sub-groups continued their work throughout the year. The Scottish sub-group met twice during the year. The group coordinates NPM activities in Scotland, provides support to NPM members, raises the profile of the work of the NPM and improves liaison with the Scottish Government. It is chaired by the Scottish member of the Steering Group, currently MWCS. The UK NPM Secretariat consists of an NPM Coordinator/NPM Coordinator (maternity cover) (0.5 and 0.6 full-time equivalents) and an Assistant NPM Coordinator (0.5 full-time equivalent). The NPM Chair role is part-time and unpaid, with reasonable expenses for carrying out the role repaid. The UK NPM makes a contribution to salary costs of HMI Prisons staff who provide publications, communications, finance and HR support to the NPM Secretariat.