His Majesty's Chief Inspector

His Majesty's Chief Inspector (formerly Her Majesty's Chief Inspector), or simply HM Chief Inspector, is the head of an inspectorate. They are often appointed from outside the organisation over which they have oversight.

List of chief inspectors

Chief inspector	Year created	Incumbent	Start date
HM Chief Inspector of Constabulary and HM Chief Inspector of Fire & Rescue Services (England and Wales)	1856	Andy Cooke[1]	1 April 2022
HM Chief Inspector of Constabulary in Scotland	1857	Gill Imery	April 2018
HM Chief Inspector of Education and Training in Wales	1907	Meilyr Rowlands[2]	May 2015
HM Chief Inspector of Probation	1936	Dame Glenys Stacey[3]	March 2016
HM Chief Inspector of Prisons in Scotland	1979	David Strang	June 2013
HM Chief Inspector of Prisons (England and Wales)	1981	Charlie Taylor	2020
HM Chief Inspector of Crown Prosecution Service (England and Wales)[4]	1986	Kevin McGinty[5]	April 2015
HM Chief Inspector of Fire Services (Scotland)	2005	Martyn Emberson[6]	January 2016
Chief Nuclear Inspector	2013	Mark Foy	2017
HM Chief Inspector of Crown Premises Fire Safety[7]		Peter Holland	28 January 2013
HM Chief Inspector of Education, Children's Services and Skills (England)	1992	Amanda Spielman	1 January 2017
HM Chief Inspector of Mines	1908	Dan Mitchell	20 January 2020
HM Chief Inspector of Drinking Water	1990	Marcus Rink	22 July 2015
HM Chief Inspector of Railways	1840	Richard Hines	June 2024
Chief Planning Inspector		Richard Schofield	May 2022

Dissolved appointments

Chief inspector	Years active	Final incumbent
HM Senior Chief Inspector of Education (Scotland)	1840 to 2011	Bill Maxwell
HM Chief Inspector of Nuclear Installations	? to 2013	Mike Weightman