§ Mr. Eggarasked the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will list the professional and other qualifications of the principal finance officer and principal establishment officer for his Department.
§ Mr. HeseltineThe principal finance officer for the central part of my Department, a deputy secretary, is a graduate of Birkbeck college, London. He has had experience in a range of finance, and finance-related, posts at senior level, including housing finance and investment; and local government finance. In addition to being principal finance officer, he has responsibility for local government matters.
The principal finance officer for the Property Services Agency, an under-secretary, is a graduate of Cambridge. He has had experience in a range of finance-related posts at senior level, including ones concerned with transport in London and the third London airport project; when head of the Water Directorate, he was involved in particular with the financial structure of the industry.
The principal establishment officer for the central part of my Department, a deputy secretary —an appointment in common with the Department of Transport—is a graduate of the London School of Economics. He has had experience in a wide range of posts at senior level, including a period as head of the Central Policy and Resources Directorate, during which he was also a principal finance officer, with responsibility for the introduction of the MINIS system.
The principal establishment officer for the Property Services Agency, an under-secretary, is a graduate of Sheffield university. He has experience in a wide range of 384W posts at senior level, including director of establishments and finance at Ordnance Survey; director of personnel management and training for the Departments of the Environment and Transport; six months secondment to private industry; and controller of supplies in PSA.