§ Mr. BeithTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to his answer of 13 November 1997,Official Report, column 647, if he will list those former Home Office officials and Prison Service staff who have taken paid employment with Group 4 Prison and Court Services Ltd. after leaving his Department; and if he will list all their former responsibilities within his Department. [17770]
§ Ms Quin[holding answer 25 November 1997]: We now understand from Group 4 Prison and Court Services Ltd. that they have employed a total of 40 former Prison Service employees. This includes 14 former governor grades, not 20 as previously stated in my answer to a Question from the right hon. Member on 13 November 1997, official Report, column 647, and two Psychologists. The remainder were either prison officers of differing grades and specialisms, or prison auxiliaries.
435WIt is not general policy to mention officials or former officials by name.
Details of posts held by former officials are not kept centrally and could be obtained only at disproportionate cost.