Contact details
Westminster
House of Lords, London, SW1A 0PW
Tel: 020 7219 4557
patelkk@parliament.uk
Biography
Lords career
Government Whip 2008-09;
Opposition Spokesperson for Communities and Local Government 2010-11
Councils, public bodies
Home Office Advisory Council for the Misuse of Drugs:
Member, Criminal Justice Advisory Working Group 1990-96,
Council member 1993-96;
Mental Health Act Commission 1995-2008:
Non-executive board member 1995-2001,
Member 1995-2001,
Vice-chair 2001-02,
Chair 2002-08;
Non-executive board member, Central Council for Education and Training and Social Work 1997-98;
National Treatment Agency for Substance Misuse:
Non-executive board member 2001-08,
Chair, Audit and Risk Committee 2001-08;
Non-executive board member, Healthcare Commission 2003-05;
Commissioner and trustee, UK Drug Policy Commission 2007-09;
Chair, National Prison Drug Treatment Review Group 2008-10;
Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust:
Associate non-executive director 2008-,
Adviser to Communities, Rights and Inclusion Programme 2008-,
Chair, Communities, Rights and Inclusion Governance Committee 2010-;
Chair, Integrated Equality and Human Rights Committee, Leicestershire County and Rutland NHS Trust 2010-
International bodies
UK Member, UNICEF's Global Task Force on Water, Sanitation and Hygiene 2006-10
Countries of interest
Africa, India, Middle East
Name, style and title
Raised to the peerage as Baron Patel of Bradford, of Bradford in the County of West Yorkshire 2006
Register of Interests
2: Remunerated employment, office, profession etc.
Associate Non-executive Board Member, Leicester Partnership NHS Trust
Professor, De Montfort University, Leicester (undertake work on a variety of research and consultancy projects with a range of Government Departments, particularly in the health, social care and criminal justice areas)
10: Non-financial interests (a)
Chairman, National Prison Drug Treatment Strategy Review Group
10: Non-financial interests (e)
Chairman, User Voice (charity working with offenders)