asked the Prime Minister (1) if she will publish in the Official Report a list showing the rank, Department and responsibilities of the officials whose appointments she has had to approve since May 1979;(2) if she will publish in the
Official Report a list of the permanent secretaries and deputy secretaries who have been appointed since 3 May 1979; and whether any political tests have been imposed on appointees.
Since May 1979 the following Civil Service appointments, already announced, have been approved by me. No political tests were applied.
Name
| Grade/Rank
| Department
| Responsibilities
|
| Sir R. Armstrong | Permanent Secretary | Cabinet Office | Secretary of the Cabinet |
| Sir B. Cubbon | Permanent Secretary | Home Office | Head of Department |
| K. R. Stowe | Permanent Secretary | Northern Ireland Office | Head of Department |
| Sir M. Oldfield | Permanent Secretary | Northern Ireland Office | Security Co-ordinator |
| Sir K. Clucas | Permanent Secretary | Department of Trade | Head of amalgamated Departments of Trade and Consumer Protection |
| D. Cardwell | Permanent Secretary | Ministry of Defence | Chief of Defence Procurement |
| R.Ibbs | Permanent Secretary | Cabinet Office | Head of the Central Policy Review Staff |
| Sir L. Airey | Permanent Secretary | Inland Revenue | Head of Department |
| G. J. Otton | Second Permanent Secretary | Department of Health and Social Security | Social Security Administration |
| T. Burns | Second Permanent Secretary | Treasury | Head of Government Economic Service and Chief Economic Adviser |
| W. S. Ryrie | Second Permanent Secretary | Treasury | Head of Domestic Economy Sector |
| J. W. Stacpoole | Deputy Secretary | Department of Health and Social Security | Policy on Supplementary Benefits and Family Support |
| D. B. Smith | Deputy Secretary | Department of Employment | Incomes Policy; Industrial Relations; Information |
| J. A. Marshall | Deputy Secretary | Northern Ireland Office | Head of London Office |
| J. F. Barnes | Deputy Secretary | Ministry of Defence | Deputy Chief Scientific Adviser (Projects) |
| R. C. M. Cooper | Deputy Secretary | Departments of Trade and Industry | Principal Establishment Officer and Principal Finance Officer |
| E. J. D. Warne | Deputy Secretary | Office of Fair Trading | Deputy Director General |
| A. G. Manzie | Deputy Secretary | Department of Industry | Head of Industrial Development Unit |
| J. G. Kelsey | Deputy Secretary | Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food | Fisheries and Food Policy |
| D. J. S. Hancock | Deputy Secretary | Treasury | Overseas Finance Policy |
| P. E. Middleton | Deputy Secretary | Treasury | Counter Inflation and Public Finance Policy |
| J. Caines | Deputy Secretary | Department of Trade | Policy on Commercial Relations with Individual Countries and Related Groupings |
| G. L. J. Engle | Second Parliamentary Counsel | Parliamentary Counsel | Second Parliamentary Counsel |
| Miss S. P. Burns | Parliamentary Counsel | Office of Parliamentary Counsel | Parliamentary Counsel |
| J. S. Mason | Parliamentary Counsel | Office of Parliamentary Counsel | Parliamentary Counsel |
| *E. J. Morgan | Under Secretary | Civil Service Department | Civil Service Commissioner |
| *N. E. Godfrey | Under Secretary | Customs and Excise | Head of General Customs Directorate |
| *Miss V. Strachan | Under Secretary | Customs and Excise | Commissioner, Revenue Duties Directorate |
| *Mrs. M. E. Sunderland | — | — | Part-time Civil Service Commissioner |
| * These appointments were approved by Her Majesty the Queen on the recommendation of the Prime Minister. | |||
As far as special, political or policy advisers are concerned, I refer the hon. Member to the answer given by my hon. Friend the Minister of State, Civil Service Department to the hon. Member for Blackburn (Mr. Straw) on 5 February 1980.