Legal members of the Gender Recognition Panel (GRP), including the President and Deputy President are salaried First-tier Tribunal Judges within the Social Entitlement Chamber. In addition, one medical member of the GRP is a member of the First-tier Tribunal within the Social Entitlement Chamber. None of these office holders receives additional remuneration on account of their responsibilities in connection with the GRP. Fee paid medical members of the GRP are remunerated at the rate of £371 per day.
Full details of judicial salaries and fees can be found on the Ministry of Justice website at
www.justice.gov.uk/publications/judicial-fees-salaries.htm
The number of people who have worked for the Gender Recognition Panel for each of the last three years is shown in the following table. From May 2007 the staff also provide support to a number of tribunals.
Period Number of staff 2006 January-February 5 March-September 4 October-December 3 2007 January-April 3 May-December 2 2008 2 2009 2
The full cost for the Gender Recognition Panel for the last three financial years is shown in the following table.
Cost (£) 2006-07 216,480 2007-08 173,109 2008-091 121,293 1 2008-09. The administrative element of the cost for this year is not on a similar basis due to a change in accounting procedures. This component is now recorded within the overall administrative cost of the Leicestershire Administrative Support Centre, where the Gender Recognition Panel is based. This accounts for a reduction of £14,364 between costs in 2007-08 and 2008-09.