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Question for Ministry of Justice

UIN 226832, tabled on 9 March 2015

Question

Sadiq Khan
Labour
Tooting
Commons

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, who the members are of the appointment panel for the new Chief Inspector of Prisons.

Answer

Andrew Selous
Conservative
South West Bedfordshire
Commons

Answered on

12 March 2015

The Selection Panel for the competition to recruit a new Her Majesty’s Chief Inspector of Prisons were:

  • Dame Anne Pringle (Chair) – A Public Appointment Assessor nominated by the Commissioner for Public Appointments.
  • Antonia Romeo, the then Director of Criminal Justice, Ministry of Justice.
  • Lord Oliver Henley, former Minister of State, Home Office. He was the first independent selection panel member.
  • Amanda Sater, a member of the Youth Justice Board and the second independent selection panel member.

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