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Here you can browse the Minutes of Evidence which were ordered by the House of Commons to be printed 13 December 2004.

Oral evidence

Taken before the Committee of Public Accounts

on Monday 14 June 2004

Members present:

Mr Edward Leigh, in the Chair

Mr Richard Allan	Mr Gerry Steinberg
Mr Richard Bacon	Jon Trickett
Mr David Curry	Mr Alan Williams
Mr Frank Field

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Sir John Bourn KCB, Comptroller and Auditor General, Mr Tim Burr, Deputy Comptroller and Auditor General, and Ms Aileen Murphie, Director of Home Affairs and Criminal Justice VFM, National Audit Office, further examined.

Mr Brian Glicksman, Treasury Officer of Accounts, HM Treasury, further examined.

REPORT BY THE COMPTROLLER AND AUDITOR GENERAL:

The Management of Sickness Absence in the Prison Service (HC 533)

CONTENTS

Examination of Witnesses

Mr Martin Narey, Chief Executive, Mr Phil Wheatley CB, Director General, Mr Gareth Hadley, Director of Personnel, and Mr Robin Wilkinson, Head of Personnel Management Group, HM Prison Service, examined.

Question Number

1-19

20-39

40-59

60-79

80-99

100-119

120-131

Supplementary memorandum submitted by the HM Prison Service

Further supplementary memorandum submitted by HM Prison Service

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Prepared 18 January 2005