§ Mr. David Youngasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will publish in the Official Report a list of any special advisers or specialist advisory bodies which advise him on the prison service; and to what extent these persons or members of these bodies have had experience within the prison service.
§ Mr. MayhewThe prison service itself includes a wide range of specialist and professional staff. In addition, my right hon. Friend is advised on the operation of the prison system by Her Majesty's Chief Inspector of Prisons, most of whose staff have had experience in the Prison Service, and by the boards of visitors appointed to each prison department establishment, whose members are drawn from the community as a whole. There is also a variety of consultative arrangements by which the Department receives advice on the management of its specialist services.