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• The Trust Board

  

  The Northamptonshire Probation Trust Board Members are appointed for a three year renewable term by the Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for justice and bring to the organisation a diverse range of skill sets. Board meetings take place at Northampton Probation Headquarters and all meetings are open to the public.

  Trust Board Meeting dates are as follows:

  10th December 2012

  4th February 2013

  18th Mrch 2013

  30th May 2013

  22nd July 2013

  23rd September 2013

  2nd December 2013

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• National Fraud Initiative

  Northamptonshire Probation Trust is required by law to protect the public funds it administers. It may share information provided to it with other bodies responsible for auditing or administering public funds, in order to prevent and detect fraud.
  
  The Audit Commission appoints the auditor to audit the accounts of this Trust. It is also responsible for carrying out data-matching exercises.
  
  Data-matching involves comparing computer records held by one body against other computer records held by the same or another body to see how far they match. This is usually personal information. Computerised data-matching allows potentially fraudulent claims and payments to be identified. Where a match is found it indicates that there is an inconsistency which requires further investigation. No assumption can be made as to whether there is fraud, error or other explanation until an investigation is carried out.
  
  The Audit Commission currently requires us to participate in a data-matching exercise to assist in the prevention and detection of fraud. We are required to provide particular sets of data to the Audit Commission for matching for each exercise, and these are set out in the Audit Commission’s guidance, which can be found on the Audit Commission website
  
  The use of data by the Audit Commission in a data-matching exercise is carried out with statutory authority under its powers in Part 2A of the Audit Commission Act 1998. It does not require the consent of the individuals concerned under the Data Protection Act 1998.
  
  Data-matching by the Audit Commission is subject to a Code of Practice, to be found on the Code of Data-Matching pages of the Audit Commission website
  
  For further information on the Audit Commission’s legal powers and the reasons why it matches particular information, see the Fair Processing notice on the Audit Commission website
  
  For further information on data-matching at Northamptonshire Probation, please contact :
  
  Helen Hickman
  Finance Officer
  Northamptonshire Probation Trust
  Walter Tull House

  43-47 Bridge Street

  Northampton
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• Financial Disclosure
  This page contains financial details of expenditure which exceeds £25,000

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• Business Documents

  PDF versions of Northamptonshire Probation Trust plans are available to download.

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• Board Reports

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• Diversity

  Diversity Statement:

  Northamptonshire Probation Trust employs and works with individuals who are from different race/ethnic backgrounds; disabled; Lesbian, Gay, Bi-sexual and transgender; older people and those who are from a wide range of faiths/religions. 

  Northamptonshire  Probation Trust wishes to ensure that it is offering appropriate and fair services to all of these individuals and will seek feedback on its policies and activities.

   

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• Freedom of Information

  The Freedom of Information Act 2000 gives a right of access to all types of recorded information held by public authorities, sets out exemptions from that right and places a number of obligations on public authorities.

  Any individual who makes a request to a public authority for information must be informed whether the public authority holds that information, and subject to exemptions, be supplied with that information.

  Individuals already have the right of access to information about themselves under the Data Protection Act 1998. As far as public authorities are concerned, the Freedom of Information Act extends this right to allow public access to all types of information held.

  Northamptonshire Probation Trust have adopted and maintain a publication scheme which sets out the classes of information the Trust holds, the manner in which it intends to publish the information and whether a charge will be made for the information.

  Northamptonshire Probation Trust is committed to the principles embodied in the Freedom of Information Act and will release information to the greatest extent possible, consistent with the public interest.

  Northamptonshire Probation Trust routinely places information about the organisations activities on the website which is freely available for downloading.

   

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