Aileen was appointed co-director of Home Affairs & Criminal Justice Value for Money Studies at the National Audit Office in February 2003. Since then, she has directed studies into the success of the Home Office’s drive to reduce crime, in particular vehicle crime; into the effectiveness of electronic tagging; the efficiency and effectiveness of NOMS, including most recently NOMIS and the Management of Short Term Custodial Sentences and into the implementation of the New Asylum Model by the UK Border Agency. Previous experience, apart from in the NAO, includes two years in the Cabinet Office, including the PMDU and serving as Delivery & Public Sector Reform Coordinator to the Minister for the Cabinet Office.