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Our structure
The LSC is divided into four directorates each managed by an Executive Director:
- Interim Executive Director for Policy - Crispin Passmore
- Executive Director for Transformation - Helen Riley
- Interim Executive Director for Service Delivery - Gary Robertson
- Executive Director for Corporate Services - David Godfrey.
The Executive Directors report to our Chief Executive Carolyn Regan, who looks after the day to day management of the LSC.
Biographies of the Executive Team are under the Documents panel.
Our Chief Executive is responsible to the Commission. Chaired by Sir Bill Callaghan, the Commission’s role is similar to the board of directors for a public company.
Our staff
About 1,650 staff members work across 15 offices in England and Wales. Our head office is based in London.
Our regional offices work with service providers (solicitors and not-for-profit agencies) in their local areas. Service providers contract with the LSC to provide legal aid to clients, and the regional offices manage the contractual arrangements with their local providers.
Applications for legal aid funding and claims for work undertaken are also processed in the regional offices.
How we work with the government
We are a non-departmental public body sponsored by the Ministry of Justice (MoJ). We play a big part in helping the MoJ achieve its aims of:
- promoting justice
- protecting the public
- increasing confidence in justice
- providing access to justice for all
- upholding rights
- safeguarding and modernising our constitution.
The Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for Justice is accountable to Parliament for our activities and performance.
The MoJ agrees its overarching Public Service Agreement targets with the Treasury. We in turn set our objectives in discussion with the MoJ.
Last updated: 21 October 2008