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Home Office;Prison Service

Answer

Sir Ivan Lawrence: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will list (a) the changes in the membership of the prisons board and (b) the changes in job titles and main responsibilities, with dates of the changes, since 1 April 1993. [19040] Miss Widdecombe: [holding answer 11 March 1997]: Responsibility for this matter has been delegated to the Director General of the Prison Service, who has been asked to arrange for a reply to be given. Letter from A. J. Pearson to Sir Ivan Lawrence, dated 12 March 1997: The Home Secretary has asked me, in the absence of the Director General from the office, to reply to your recent Question about the changes in the members of the Prisons Board and the changes in their job titles and responsibilities, with dates of the changes since April 1993. The requested information is provided in the attached table. Prisons board from 1 April 1993 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Post (date of change if any) Postholder (date of change if any) Main responsibilities (date of change if any) Director General Derek Lewis (April 1993-October 1995) Agency Chief Executive. Richard Tilt (acting October 1995-April 1996, confirmed April 1996-present) Director of Health Care Dr. Rosemary Wool (April 1993-April 1996) Responsible for medical policy and (from Dr. Mike Longfield (acting April 1996- April 1994) health and safety policy. present) Director of Finance Tony Butler (acting April 1993-December Responsible for financial management and 1993) Brian Landers (December 1993- August planning. 1996) Julian Le Vay (acting August 1996- November 1996) Syd Norris (November 1996-present) Director of Inmate Administration (until Ian Dunbar (April 1993-April 1994) Operational responsibility and financial April 1994) support for midlands establishments, policy responsibility for inmate administration. Director of Custody (April 1993-May 1995) Philippa Drew (April 1993-May 1995) Operational responsibility and financial support for establishments in south, policy responsibility for security (until January 1995), lifers and parole (until April 1994). Operational responsibility was increased April 1994 to absorb prisons from Director of Inmate Administration. Director of Operations South (May 1995- Alan Walker (May 1995-present) Operational responsibility and financial present) support for establishments in south. Director of Personnel and Services (April Tony Butler (April 1993-April 1994) Responsible for personnel matters, health 1993-94) and safety, other support services, and competition policy. Director of Personnel (April 1994-present) Tony Butler (April 1994-May 1995) Liz Responsible for personnel matters. Grimsey (acting May 1995-October 1995) David Scott (October 1995-present) Director of Services (April 1994-March 1997) Richard Tilt (April 1994-May 1995) Tony Responsible for regime, parole and other Butler (May 1995-June 1996) support services and competition policy. Responsible for Security January-May 1995. Administration policy added March 1997. Director of Services and Administration Hugh Taylor (August 1996-present) (March 1997-present) Director of Inmate Programmes (April Tony Pearson (April 1993-April 1994) Operational responsibility and financial 1993-April 1994) support for prisons in north, policy responsibility for inmate regimes and programmes. Director of Programmes (April 1994-May 1995) Tony Pearson (April 1994-May 1995) Operational responsibility increased April 1994 to absorb prisons from Director of Inmate Administration. Director of Operations North (May 1995- Tony Pearson (May 1995-October 1995) Operational responsibility for present) Alastair Papps (acting October 1995-May establishments in north and financial 1996, confirmed May 1996-present) support. Director of Security and Programmes (May Richard Tilt (May 1995-October 1995) Tony Responsibility for security, regimes and 1995-present) Pearson (October 1995-present) (until March 1997) prisoner administration policy. Non-executive Directors Geoffrey Keays (November 1993- October Act as independent advisers to the 1995) Urmilla Bannerjee (November 1993- Director General. October 1995) Bill Bentley (April 1993-present) Sir Duncan Nichol (April 1994-present) _________________________________________________________________________________________________.

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

19040; 292 c208-10W

Session

1996-97

Subjects

Public appointments Prisons Management HM Prison Service

Contains statistics

Yes