To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what role Martin Narey is playing in advising the Government on corrective policy and criminal justice reform. [115431]

Martin Narey became Commissioner for the Correctional Services on 10 March 2003. His role is to set the strategic direction for and manage the Directors General of the Prison and Probation Services and to ensure the effective, joint working of the Prison and Probation Services and the Youth Justice Board.