Prison Governors
(asked on 29th April 2019) - View Source
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prisons have had (a) one, (b) two, (c) three, (d) four, (e) five and (f) more than five governors or acting governors in post since 2010.
The table below provides the information requested in relation to substantive Governing governors. Deputy governors providing temporary cover are not included. Figures for acting governors could not be obtained without incurring disproportionate cost.
Number of prisons by number of governors in post, over the period January 2010 to December 2018
Number of Governing Governors1 in post since 2010 | Number of prisons2 |
One | 9 |
Two | 24 |
Three | 43 |
Four | 35 |
Five | 14 |
More than five | 3 |
Notes
1. Prison governors are H M Prison & Probation Service employees, at band 10 and 11. |
2. The data include all prisons operational within HMPPS since 2010. This includes prisons that have since closed and those that have transferred to or from the private sector within this period. |