§ Mr. McAllionTo ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster if he will list all executive agency chief executives, and their grade, stating whether they were appointed through open competition, and whether they were serving civil servants or direct entrants.
§ Mr. WaldegraveThe table provides the information requested in respect of the 72 existing "next steps" agency chief executives at 16 June 1992. Of the 72 chief executives now in post, 20 were appointed internally, 47 following an open competition and five are armed forces appointments. Thirty-nine were serving civil servants, 28 were direct entrants and five were from the armed forces.
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Agency Chief executive Civil service grade equivalents Method of appointment Origin Laboratory of the Government Chemist Dr. Richard Worswick 3 Open competition Direct entrant Land Registry John Manthorpe 2 Open competition Serving civil servant Medicines Control Agency Dr. Keith Jones 3 Open competition Direct entrant Meteorological Office Professor Julian Hunt 2 Open competition Direct entrant Military Survey1 Major-General Roy Wood — Armed forces appointment Armed forces National Engineering Laboratory William Edgar 3 Open competition Direct entrant National Weights and Measures Laboratory Dr. Seton Bennett 5 Open competition Serving civil servant National Physical Laboratory Dr. Peter Clapham, CB 3 Open competition Serving civil servant Natural Resources Institute Anthony Beattie 3 Internal appointment Serving civil servant Naval Aircraft Repair Organisation1 Capt. David Symonds — Armed forces appointment Armed forces NHS Estates John Locke 3 Open competition Direct entrant Occupational Health Service Dr. George Sorrie 3 Open competition Serving civil servant Ordnance Survey Professor David Rhind 3 Open competition Direct entrant Ordnance Survey of Northern Ireland Michael Brand 5 Internal appointment Serving civil servant Patent Office Paul Hartnack 3 Open competition Serving civil servant Planning Inspectorate Stephen Crow 3 Open competition Serving civil servant Public Record Office Sarah Tyacke 3 Opem competition Direct entrant Queen Elizabeth II Conference Centre Roy Kendrick 5 Open competition Direct entrant Queen Victoria School Julian Hankinson 5 Open competition Direct entrant Radiocommunications Agency John Michell 3 Internal appointment Serving civil servant RAF Maintenance Unit7 Air Vice Marshal Don Campbell — Armed forces appointment Armed forces Rate Collection Agency (Northern Ireland) David Gallagher 6 Open competition Serving civil servant Recruitment and Assessment Services Agency Michael Geddes 3 Open competition Direct entrant Registers of Scotland James Barron 4 Open competition Serving civil servant Royal Mint Tony Garrett 3 Open competition Direct entrant Scottish Agricultural Science Agency Dr. Robert Hay 5 Open competition Direct entrant Scottish Fisheries Prrotection Agency Andrew MacLeod 5 Internal appointment Serving civil servant Service Children's Schools (North West Europe)7 Ian Mitchelson 4 Open competition Direct entrant Social Security Agency (Northern Ireland) Alex Wylie 3 Open competition Direct entrant Social Security Benefits Agency Michael Bichard 2 Open competition Direct entrant Social Security Contributions Agency Ann Chant 5 Internal appointment Serving civil servant Social Security Information Technology Services Agency John Kenworthy 3 Internal appointment Serving civil servant Social Security Resettlement Agency Tony Ward 6 Internal appointment Serving civil servant Teachers' Pensions Agency Denyse Metcalfe 5 Open competition Direct entrant The Buying Agency Roger Powell 5 Open competition Direct entrant Training and Employment Agency (Northern Ireland) Julian Crozier 3 Internal appointment Serving civil servant Transport Research Laboratory John Wooton 3 Open competition Direct entrant United Kingdom Passport Agency John Hayzelden 5 Open competition Serving civil servant Valuation Office Rex Shutler CB 2 Open competition Serving civil servant Vehicle Certification Agency Derek Harvey 5 Internal appointment Serving civil servant Vehicle Inspectorate Ron Oliver 4 Internal appointment Serving civil servant Veterinary Medicines Directorate Dr. Michael Rutter 4 Open competition Direct entrant Warren Springs Laboratory Dr. D. Cormack 3 Open competition Serving civil servant Wilton Park Conference Centre Geoffrey Denton 5 Open competition Direct entrant 1 Defence Support Agency