§ Mr. CoxTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department which prisons in England and Wales did not have a number one governor in post as of 16 January.
§ Mr. Michael ForsythResponsibility for this matter has been delegated to the Director General of the Prison Service, who has been asked to arrange for a reply to be given.
Letter from Derek Lewis to Mr. Tom Cox, dated 30 January 1995:
The Home Secretary has asked me to reply to your recent Question about which prisons in England and Wales did not have a number one governor in post as of the 16 January.Our planning arrangements ensure that the majority of governor-in-charge posts are handed over by the outgoing governor to the incoming governor. Where there is an interregnum, arrangements are made for the post to be temporarily covered by another senior governor grade, usually from the same establishment.On 16 January, the following prisons did not have a permanent governing governor in post:
- HMP Canterbury: appointment pending.
- HMP Coldingley: appointment made and new governor takes up post on 30 January.
- HMP Lindholme: appointment pending.
510 - HMP Long Lartin: appointment made and new governor takes up post on 30 January.
- HMP Shrewsbury: appointment pending.
The new governor of HMP Parkhurst took up post on 16 January, which in turn created a vacant post to be filled at HMP Albany.