§ Mr. Raymond S. RobertsonTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland when he plans to establish the superannuation division of the Scottish Office as an executive agency.
§ Mr. LangI announced on 6 March,Official Report, col. 335, that under the Next Steps initiative the Scottish Office superannuation division was to be designated an executive agency. I have now decided that the change in status should take effect from the start of the next financial year, on 1 April 1993. The agency will be known as the Scottish Office Pensions Agency (SOPA). Following open competition Mr. Norman MacLeod, currently head of the Scottish Office superannuation division, has been appointed chief executive of the new agency.