Examination of Witnesses (Questions 934
- 939)
TUESDAY 6 JUNE 2006
MS LIN
HOMER, MS
MANDIE CAMPBELL
AND MR
PHIL WHEATLEY
Q934 Chairman: Ms Homer, thank you
very much to you and your colleagues for joining us this morning.
As you know, this is an additional session and we have asked you
to come to look at some of the issues arising from the release
of foreign prisoners. I think you are all familiar with the Committee
from previous sessions, but perhaps you could introduce yourself
and your colleagues for the record, please.
Ms Homer: Thank you, Chairman.
My name is Lin Homer. I am the Director General of the Immigration
and Nationality Directorate. I have with me Mandie Campbell, who
is currently acting as Director for the Criminal Casework Team,
and Phil Wheatley who is the Director General of the Prison Service.
Q935 Chairman: Could we just check
something with Mandie Campbell. Your post—is it a new one?
Ms Campbell: Yes. I have been
in-post now for just over a week.
Q936 Chairman: What does your post
cover?
Ms Campbell: It covers the criminal
casework side of IND's business, predominantly at the moment focussing
on those foreign national prisoners who are still in custody,
looking to make sure that the processes are in place.
Q937 Chairman: This is obviously
a new post for you. Is this a new post in IND which has been created
for this purpose, or did it previously exist?
Ms Campbell: It did not previously
exist in the form that it is at the moment.
Q938 Chairman: What has been brought
together in this area; what was there before; so the Committee
is clear?
Ms Campbell: It is more the case
that previously there was a Director responsible for a wider remit
than the remit I have at the moment, which is focussing solely
on criminal casework.
Q939 Chairman: It is actually narrower
and more focussed?
Ms Campbell: Yes, that is right.
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