HC Deb 21 July 1980 vol 989 c59W
Mrs. René e Short

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will announce the members of the Prisons Board, together with their duties and terms of reference.

Mr. Whitelaw

The responsibilities of the members of the Prisons Board were set out in my statement to the House on 30 April. The names of the members are as follows:

D. J. Trevelyan—Director-General

G. W. Fowler—Deputy Director-General

J. A. Chilcot—Director of Personnel and Finance

D. E. R. Faulkner—Director of Operational Policy

K. J. Neale—Director of Regimes and Services

J. H. Orr—Director of Prison Medical Services

D. W. Fisher—Regional Director, South-West

K. Gibson—Regional Director, South-East

D. W. Higman—Regional Director, Midlands

L. J. F. Wheeler—Regional Director, North

I hope to announce shortly the appointment of two outside non-executive members.