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  • Commissioner for Public Appointments

    The Commissioner for Public Appointments regulates the processes by which ministers make appointments to the boards of national and regional public bodies. The commissioner aims to ensure that such appointments are made on merit after a fair, open and transparent...

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  • Police and crime commissioners

    Contact your police and crime commissioner (PCC) to make a suggestion on how your local area is policed or complain about your PCC.

  • Intelligence Services Commissioner

    The Intelligence Services Commissioner (ISC) provides independent judicial oversight of the conduct of the Secret Intelligence Service (MI6), Security Service (MI5), Government Communications Headquarters (GCHQ), and the Ministry of Defence (MOD).

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  • Victims' Commissioner

    The role of the Victims’ Commissioner is to promote the interests of victims and witnesses, encourage good practice in their treatment, and regularly review the Code of Practice for Victims which sets out the services victims can expect to receive....

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  • Office of Surveillance Commissioners

    The Office of Surveillance Commissioners (OSC) oversees the conduct of covert surveillance and covert human intelligence sources by public authorities in accordance with the Police Act 1997 and the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000 (RIPA).

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  • Office of the Children's Commissioner

    The Office of the Children’s Commissioner promotes the rights, views and interests of children in policies or decisions affecting their lives. They particularly represent children who are vulnerable or who find it hard to make their views known. Office of...

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  • Traffic commissioner public inquiries

    What does the traffic commissioner do, DVSA's role, reasons for traffic commissioner public inquiries, who can be asked to attend, licence decisions, hearing, penalties and appeals

  • Police and crime commissioners

    This series brings together all documents relating to police and crime commissioners.

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  • Office of the Commissioner for Protection Against Unlawful Industrial Action

    The Commissioner had the power to grant assistance to an individual who was an actual or prospective party to certain proceedings. Those proceedings were where an individual claimed that a trade union had done, or was likely to do, an...

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  • Biometrics Commissioner

    The Biometrics Commissioner is independent of government. His role is to keep under review the retention and use by the police of DNA samples, DNA profiles and fingerprints.

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