6. Apart from semi-structured interviews on the day of our prison visits, we also interviewed Area Managers and Managing Directors from Premier, Securicor, UKDS and Group 4.
7. We also held meetings with Martin Narey (then Director General of HM Prison Service), Phil Wheatley (then Deputy Director General of HM Prison Service), David Kent (then HM Prison Service Central Procurement Unit), Brian Caton (General Secretary of the Prison Officer's Association), staff from the Planning Group (HM Prison Service), Stephen Shaw (Prisons and Probation Ombudsman for England and Wales) Anne Owers (Her Majesty's Chief Inspector of Prisons) Nick Fry (Head of Prison Contracting at the Youth Justice Board) and Mike Gerrard (Partnerships UK).