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Parliament's record since 1997: debates, questions, statements, votes, bills, committees and members' interests

Where MPs Stand

Sourced briefings on the record of Parliament

Prisons: planning and policies

Inquiry by the Justice Committee, 20 November 2013 to 14 July 2015. Its page on the Parliament website.

Reports and responses

Evidence sessions

  • 9 September 2014: Paula Harriott, Head of Programme, User Voice, Angela Levin, former Chair of HMP Wormwood Scrubs Independent Monitoring Board, Jonathan Robinson, former prisoner, and Deborah Russo, Prisoners’ Advice Service
  • 14 October 2014: Kevin Lockyer, consultant, former regional director for National Offender Management Service (NOMS), John Podmore, consultant, former Prison Governor, Phil Wheatley CB, consultant, former Director of NOMS, Professor Yvonne Jewkes, University of Leicester, Dr Kimmett Edgar, Prison Reform Trust, Andrew Neilson, Howard League for Penal Reform and Imtiaz Amin, Zahid Mubarek Trust
  • 10 November 2014: Nick Hardwick, Chief Inspector of Prisons, Nigel Newcomen, Prisons and Probation Ombudsman and Stephen O'Connell, President, Prison Governors' Association; Rod Clark, Chief Executive, Prisoners' Education Trust, Dr Julie Mills, Association of Colleges and Keith Smith, Interim Chief Executive, Skills Funding Agency
  • 18 November 2014: Simon Cartwright, Governor, HMP Belmarsh, John Biggin, Director, HMP Thameside, Grahame Hawkings, Governor, HMPYOI Isis and Phil Copple, Director, National Offender Management Service; Steve Gillan, General Secretary, Prison Officers' Association (POA), Sukhvinder Buparai, Branch Secretary HMP Belmarsh, POA and Thomas Bailey, Branch Chairman HMPYOI Isis, POA; David Pinchin, Independent Monitoring Board Chair, HMPYOI Isis and Carole Homan, Independent Monitoring Board Chair, HMP Belmarsh
  • 24 November 2014: Lin Hinnigan, Chief Executive, Youth Justice Board, Gareth Jones, Chair, Association of Youth Offending Team Managers, Joyce Moseley OBE, Chair, Transition to Adulthood Alliance and Penelope Gibbs, Chair, Standing Committee for Youth Justice
  • 24 November 2014: Douglas, Adellah, Raymond, Daniel and Dwayne, former prisoners.
  • 25 November 2014: Mike Conway, Director of Operations, Sodexo, Jerry Petherick, Managing Director for Custodial and Detention Services, G4S, James Thorburn, Managing Director for Home Affairs, Serco and James Timpson, Chair, Employer's Forum for Reducing Reoffending
  • 2 December 2014: Andrew Selous MP, Minister for Prisons, Probation and Rehabilitation, Ministry of Justice and Michael Spurr, Chief Executive, National Offender Management Service (NOMS)