Report publication: Appointment of Chief Inspector of HMCPSI
29 January 2025
The Justice Committee has published its report following the pre-appointment scrutiny hearing on Tuesday, 28 January with Anthony Rogers, the Government’s preferred candidate for HM Chief Inspector of HM Crown Prosecution Service Inspectorate (HMCPSI).
The cross-party committee of MPs, chaired by Labour MP Andy Slaughter, concludes that Mr Rogers meets the criteria for the position and endorses his appointment.
The pre-appointment hearing for the previous Chief Inspector of HMCPSI, Andrew Cayley CMG KC, took place on 14 January 2021. He was appointed for a five-year term on 19 January 2021. He stood down on 26 February 2024 to take up a new role as Principal Trial Lawyer at the International Criminal Court in The Hague.
Anthony Rogers, the then Deputy Chief Inspector at HMCPSI, replaced Andrew Cayley as interim Chief Inspector on 27 February 2024.
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