Prisons Board (Hansard, 12 March 1997)

§ Miss Widdecombe

[holding answer 11 March 1997]: Responsibility for this matter has been delegated to the Director General of the Prison Service, who has been asked to arrange for a reply to be given.

Letter from A. J. Pearson to Sir Ivan Lawrence, dated 12 March 1997

The Home Secretary has asked me, in the absence of the Director General from the office, to reply to your recent Question about the changes in the members of the Prisons Board and the changes in their job titles and responsibilities, with dates of the changes since April 1993.

The requested information is provided in the attached table.

Prisons board from 1 April 1993
Post (date of change if any)	Postholder (date of change if any)	Main responsibilities (date of change if any)
Director General	Derek Lewis (April 1993–October 1995) Richard Tilt (acting October 1995–April 1996, confirmed April 1996–present)	Agency Chief Executive.
Director of Health Care	Dr. Rosemary Wool (April 1993–April 1996) Dr. Mike Longfield (acting April 1996–present)	Responsible for medical policy and (from April 1994) health and safety policy.
Director of Finance	Tony Butler (acting April 1993–December 1993) Brian Landers (December 1993–August 1996) Julian Le Vay (acting August 1996–November 1996) Syd Norris (November 1996–present)	Responsible for financial management and planning.

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Prisons board from 1 April 1993
Post (date of change if any)	Postholder (date of change if any)	Main responsibilities (date of change if any)
Director of Inmate Administration (until April 1994)	Ian Dunbar (April 1993–April 1994)	Operational responsibility and financial support for midlands establishments, policy responsibility for inmate administration.
Director of Custody (April 1993–May 1995)	Philippa Drew (April 1993–May 1995)	Operational responsibility and financial support for establishments in south, policy responsibility for security (until January 1995), lifers and parole (until April 1994). Operational responsibility was increased April 1994 to absorb prisons from Director of Inmate Administration.
Director of Operations South (May 1995–present)	Alan Walker (May 1995–present)	Operational responsibility and financial support for establishments in south.
Director of Personnel and Services (April 1993–94)	Tony Butler (April 1993–April 1994)	Responsible for personnel matters, health and safety, other support services, and competition policy.
Director of Personnel (April 1994–present)	Tony Butler (April 1994–May 1995) Liz Grimsey (acting May–1995–October 1995) David Scott (October 1995–present)	Responsible for personnel matters.
Director of Services (April 1994–March 1997)	Richard Tilt (April 1994–May 1995) Tony Butler (May 1995–June 1996)	Responsible for regime, parole and other support services and competition policy. Responsible for Security January—May 1995. Administration policy added March 1997.
Director of Services and Administration (March 1997–present)	Hugh Taylor (August 1996–present)
Director of Inmate Programmes (April 1993–ApriI 1994)	Tony Pearson (April 1993–April 1994)	Operational responsibility and financial support for prisons in north, policy responsibility for inmate regimes and programmes.
Director of Programmes (April 1994–May 1995)	Tony Pearson (April 1994–May 1995)	Operational responsibility increased April 1994 to absorb prisons from Director of Inmate Administration.
Director of Operations North (May 1995–present)	Tony Pearson (May 1995–October 1995) Alastair Papps (acting October 1995–May 1996, confirmed May 1996–present)	Operational responsibility for establishments in north and financial support.

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Prisons board from 1 April 1993
Post (date of change if any)	Postholder (date of change if any)	Main responsibilities (date of change if any)
Director of Security and Programmes (May 1995–present)	Richard Tilt (May 1995–October 1995) Tony Pearson (October 1995–present)	Responsibility for security, regimes and (until March 1997) prisoner administration policy.
Non-executive Directors	Geoffrey Keays (November 1993–October 1995) Urmilla Bannerjee (November 1993–October 1995) Bill Bentley (April 1993–present) Sir Duncan Nichol (April 1994–present)	Act as independent advisers to the Director General.