"Continuity and Change"

HC Deb 19 December 1994 vol 251 c961W

Mr. George Howarth

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will make a statement about the effects of the White Paper, "Continuity and Change", published in July 1994 for the Prison Service.

Mr. Michael Forsyth

Many of the developments outlined in the White Paper, such as taking responsibility for pay and grading, developing effective management systems and improving the measurement of performance, are already reflected in the Prison Service's programme of work. A review of the senior management structures in Home Office agencies, including the Prison Service, is planned to take place in the second half of 1995; this will take into account the White Paper's proposals for a new senior management structure in the civil service.