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Lay Advisers make an important contribution to the oversight of MAPP arrangements as they act as critical friends, asking questions that may not occur to the professionals involved.

The Criminal Justice Act 2003 obliges the Secretary of State to appoint two Lay Advisers in each MAPPA area, to sit on that area’s Strategic Management Board and assist in reviewing MAPPA activity. The following have recently been appointed as Lay Advisers and we would like to welcome them to the MAPPA community and for undertaking this important contribution to the work of MAPPA: