Permanent Secretaries

HC Deb 08 March 1995 vol 256 c200W

Mr. Milburn

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland which permanent secretaries have left his Department's employment in the last five years; and which public positions they have been appointed to subsequently.

Sir John Wheeler

Sir John Blelloch and Sir Kenneth Bloomfield have retired as permanent secretaries in the Northern Ireland Office and Northern Ireland Departments in the five years from I March 1990. Ministers have subsequently appointed them to the following positions:

Sir John Blelloch Chairman of the Committee for Monitoring Tobacco Advertising and Sponsoring Chairman of the GB Committee of the NI Partnership. Member of the Prime Minister's Advisory Committee on Business Appointments. Member of the Lord Chancellor's Advisory Committee on Public Records. Trustee of the RAF Museum.

Sir Kenneth Bloomfield Member of Queen's University Senate. Member of the Law Reform Advisory Committee for NI. Non-Executive Director of Green Park Health and Social Services Trust. Chairman of NI Higher Education Council.