Sir Robin Richard Tilt (born 11 March 1944) is a British public servant. Formerly a prison governor, he served as Director General of

Her Majesty's Prison Service His Majesty's Prison Service (HMPS) is a part of HM Prison and Probation Service (formerly the National Offender Management Service), which is the part of His Majesty's Government charged with managing most of the prisons within England and Wal ...

(1996–99), Social Fund Commissioner (2000–09), Chairman of the

Social Security Advisory Committee The Social Security Advisory Committee (SSAC) is a statutory body that provides impartial advice to the UK government on social security issues. When the SSAC reports on government proposals for regulations the report must be presented to Parliament ...

(2004–11) and Independent Chair of the

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(2012–17). He was appointed a Knight Bachelor in the 1999 Birthday Honours.

Education

Tilt was educated at the

King's School, Worcester The King's School, Worcester is an English independent day school refounded by Henry VIII in 1541. It occupies a site adjacent to Worcester Cathedral on the banks of the River Severn in the centre of the city of Worcester. It offers mixed-sex m ...

and the

University of Nottingham , mottoeng = A city is built on wisdom , established = 1798 – teacher training college1881 – University College Nottingham1948 – university status , type = Public , chancellor ...

Career

Prison Service

Tilt first worked within

, as an Assistant Governor, in 1966. He served as Governor of

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and HM Prison Gartree. Following the removal of Derek Lewis, Director General of the Prison Service, Tilt became acting Director General in October 1995, and was formally appointed Director General on 1 April 1996, retiring in 1999. Tilt was a member of the Sentencing Advisory Panel from 1999 to 2002. Tilt was a panelist at a conference of individuals involved within the Prison Services, meeting to discuss and vote on issues regarding the Chaucer Unit. The Chaucer unit was created in order to investigate the services of

Kent Kent is a county in South East England and one of the home counties. It borders Greater London to the north-west, Surrey to the west and East Sussex to the south-west, and Essex to the north across the estuary of the River Thames; it faces ...

for instances of corruption and serious misconduct, as a consequence of the so-called ATM scam within HM Prison Blantyre House. Tilt gave evidence to the inquiry into the death of Ulster loyalist Billy Wright, regarding the validity of a decision to house imprisoned individuals of the

Loyalist Volunteer Force The Loyalist Volunteer Force (LVF) is a small Ulster loyalist paramilitary group in Northern Ireland. It was formed by Billy Wright in 1996 when he and his unit split from the Ulster Volunteer Force (UVF) after breaking its ceasefire. Most of ...

and the Irish National Liberation Army together within

HM Prison Maze Her Majesty's Prison Maze (previously Long Kesh Detention Centre, and known colloquially as The Maze or H-Blocks) was a prison in Northern Ireland that was used to house alleged paramilitary prisoners during the Troubles from August 1971 to Sept ...

, giving this evidence on 10 December 2008.

National Health Service and Social Security

He served as chairman of the following

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trusts and authorities: * Kettering General Hospital NHS Trust (1999–2000) * Northamptonshire Health Authority (2000–02) * Leicestershire, Northamptonshire and Rutland Strategic Health Authority (2002–06) Appointed as Social Fund Commissioner for Great Britain and Northern Ireland in December 2000, Tilt served in this part-time post until 2009. He was also elected to chair the

in 2004, serving two terms, his second term ending on 31 March 2011. In 2000, Sir Richard Tilt chaired a review (the ''Tilt Review'') of security at the three high-security hospitals in England ( Ashworth, Broadmoor and

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). The Tilt Review suggested increased security measures, and altogether made 86 recommendations, all of which were subsequently accepted by the government. Following a critique of the Tilt Review by Tim Exworthy and John Gunn in the

British Journal of Psychiatry The ''British Journal of Psychiatry'' is a peer-reviewed medical journal covering all branches of psychiatry with a particular emphasis on the clinical aspects of each topic. The journal is owned by the Royal College of Psychiatrists and publ ...

, Tilt published a response in June 2003.

Internet Watch Foundation

Tilt was appointed Independent Chair of the

in January 2012. His six-year term as chair ended at the end of December 2017.

Other responsibilities

He was governor of

De Montfort University De Montfort University Leicester (DMU) is a public university in the city of Leicester, England. It was established in accordance with the Further and Higher Education Act in 1992 as a degree awarding body. The name De Montfort University was tak ...

from 2001 to 2010.

References

External links

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