Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the average time was for prison governors to be in post on 1 March 2023.

HMPPS workforce statistics data are published up to 31 December 2022.

As of 31 December 2022, the average length of time spent in post for prison governors in England and Wales was 3.2 years.

This is an increase of almost one year since 2010. The average length of tenure as governor was 2.3 years on 31 December 2010.

This relates to Governing Governors only and does not include deputy governors temporarily covering this role.