AQW 10504/22-27

Ms Paula Bradshaw
Alliance Party
South Belfast

Tabled Date: 19/04/2024
Answered On Date: 04/07/2024
Priority Written: No

Question:
To ask the First Minister and deputy First Minister on what date, at the latest, the new Permanent Secretary at the Executive Office will take up post.

Answer:

The role of the Permanent Secretary at the Executive Office will be filled on an interim basis by David Malcolm from 17 June 2024. David is a Senior Civil Service Grade 3 and will be temporary promoted to the Permanent Secretary post.

The temporary promotion arrangement is expected to last for six to twelve months. During this time a review of the most recent Permanent Secretary recruitment competition will be undertaken and a new recruitment competition to fill the TEO Permanent Secretary vacancy on a substantive basis will be progressed.