Joseph Pilling

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Sir Joseph Pilling is a former Director General of HM Prison Service in England and Wales, and Permanent Secretary of the Northern Ireland Office from 1997 until his retirement in 2005.[1]

Pilling was appointed as the Home Office’s first Identity Commissioner in October 2009.[2] In May 2010, Home Secretary Theresa May announced plans to scrap this post as part of the Identity Documents Bill.[3]

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  1. ↑ Our Trustees, Our Trustees, Macmillan Cancer Support, 24 June 2010.
  2. ↑ Our Trustees, Our Trustees, Macmillan Cancer Support, 24 June 2010.
  3. ↑ Richard Ford, Identity card scheme to be scrapped by Home Secretary in 100 days, The Times, 28 May 2010.