My honourable friend the Minister of State, Ministry of Justice (Maria Eagle) has made the following Written Ministerial Statement.

My right honourable friend the Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for Justice has appointed Professor John Beath for three years, and reappointed John Davies and Bronwen Curtis, also for three years, as members of the Prison Service Pay Review Body, all commencing March 2010. The appointment and reappointments have been conducted in accordance with the Office of the Commissioner for Public Appointments' code of practice for ministerial appointments to public bodies.