§ Mr. HoyleTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to his answer to the hon. Member for Lewisham, Deptford (Ms Ruddock) on 14 July,Official Report, column 695, if he will list the name, former position and the company joined for each of the Prison Service employees who left to work for private companies operating or tendering to operate prisons.
§ Mr. Michael Forsyth[holding answer 27 October 1994]Responsibility for these matters 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 Derek Lewis to Mr. Doug Hoyle dated 28 October 1994.
The Home Secretary has asked me to reply to your recent Question about the 33 former Prison Service employees who subsequently worked for private companies operating or tendering to operate prisons, referred to in the reply given by Peter Lloyd to Joan Ruddock on 14 July 1994.This information is given in the attached table, and covers those who transferred directly from the Prison Service to private companies and those retired members of the Prison Service who later joined private companies.It is not our practice to reveal the names of individuals.882W
Grade Companies joined Grade 3 Premier Prison Services (PPS) Deputy Director General Pinkertons Regional Director Pinkertons Deputy Regional Director Group 4 2 Inspectors of Prisons United Kingdom Detention Services (UKDS) (both) 21 Governors UKDS (6); Group 4 (6); PPS (5); Securicor (2); Mancare (2) Senior Professional & Technical Officer Group 4
Grade Companies joined Psychologist Group 4 Education Officer Group 4 Executive Officer UKDS Principal Officer Group 4 Senior Officer UKDS Of the above, the Deputy Director General, the Regional Director, the Deputy Regional Director and four of the governors had retired from the Prison Service some time before joining the private company.