§ Lord Harris of Greenwichasked Her Majesty's Government:
What response they propose to make to the report of Her Majesty's Chief Inspector of Prisons on HM Prison, Canterbury, in which he expresses his concern about the number of managers holding acting rank without being promoted, some for as long as four years. [HL641]
§ Lord Williams of MostynThe Government welcome the Chief Inspector's report on his inspection of Canterbury prison. While the Chief Inspector did not make any specific recommendations in his report about 105WA the number of staff on temporary promotion to managerial grades, the Prison Service has taken immediate action. A series of competitive promotion boards and assessment centres, which will run until August 1998, have been scheduled to fill these posts on substantive promotion.