§ Lord Holmpatrickasked Her Majesty's Government:
Whether they will announce the appointment of the Director General of the Prison Service.
§ The Minister of State, Home Office (Baroness Blatch)With the approval of the Prime Minister, my right honourable friend the Home Secretary has today appointed Richard Tilt as Director General of the Prison Service.
My right honourable friend also proposes to establish a Prison Service Advisory Board to advise him on the performance and plans of the Prison Service, including the key performance indicators, and on policy matters relating to the Prison Service. The advisory board will have a part-time non-executive chairman and the other members will include the director general, other senior Home Office and Prison Service officials and other non-executives.
My right honourable friend has concluded that the terms of the framework document which established the Prison Service as an executive agency of the Home Office in 1993 would benefit from some clarification. My right honourable friend proposes to ask the advisory board further to consider the need for such clarification and to make recommendations.