Section five Appendices Appendix I Letter from NPM Chair to Director of Judicial, Rights and International Policy at the Ministry of Justice, January 2017 UK National Preventive Mechanism c/o HM Inspectorate of Prisons Victory House 6th Floor 30–34 Kingsway London WC2B 6EX Tel: 020 3681 2800 Fax: 020 7035 2141 E-mail: louise.finer@hmiprisons.gsi.gov.uk 13 January 2017 Scott McPherson Director of Judicial, Rights, and International Policy Ministry of Justice 102 Petty France London SW1H 9AJ Dear Scott, When we met in August 2016 we discussed my initial impressions of the NPM as its newly appointed independent chair. After eight months in my role as NPM Chair I have had opportunity to meet with all members of the NPM, shadow a number of visits or inspections of places of detention with members, as well meet as many of its stakeholders in the UK and international bodies (including several members or ex-members of the SPT and the CPT). 77