Press release
Appointment extended: Nick Hardwick, HM Chief Inspector of Prisons
Nick Hardwick’s appointment as HM Chief Inspector of Prisons has been extended.
Nick Hardwick’s appointment as HM Chief Inspector of Prisons has been extended in order to allow the recruitment process for his successor to be re-run.
Justice Secretary Chris Grayling has confirmed to the Justice Select Committee that he will not be proposing a preferred candidate to them as there was not a wide enough pool of candidates from which to select.
The Committee had been due to hold a pre-appointment hearing with the preferred candidate later this month, with Mr Hardwick’s fixed term originally due to end in July 2015.