§ Mr. Eggarasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science if he will list the professional and other qualifications of the principal finance officer and principal establishment officer for his Department.
§ Sir Keith JosephThe principal finance officer has been in post since 1978. Before that he had three years' experience of finance work and was then in succession head of the Department's planning unit; in charge of the Cabinet Office unit responsible for the 1975 referendum; and head of the branch concerned with the organisation and supply of schools. The principal establishment officer has been in post for nearly three years following a range of jobs in the Department's main areas of work and a previous career in the diplomatic service. He has attended training courses relevant to his present work.