17 May 2004
The Prime Minister has approved the appointment of Alex Allan to succeed Sir Hayden Phillips GCB, as Permanent Secretary of the Department for Constitutional Affairs.
The Secretary of State for Constitutional Affairs, Lord Falconer of Thoroton, said:
"I am delighted Alex Allan has been appointed to be my Permanent Secretary. This is a further step in the direction of the new Department. He brings with him great skills, formidable experience and an excellent reputation. I am looking forward to working with him to drive forward my Department’s ambitious programme of criminal justice delivery and constitutional reform.
I have thoroughly enjoyed working with Hayden Phillips since the Department’s creation last summer. Hayden will be a hard act to follow, but I am confident that under Alex’s leadership the Department will go from strength to strength."
Notes for Editors
Alex Allan spent most of his early civil service career in the Treasury. He was Principal Private Secretary to the Chancellor of the Exchequer from 1986 to 1989, before jobs as Under Secretary for International Finance and for General Expenditure Policy. He served as Principal Private Secretary to the Prime Minister from 1992 to 1997. He was then appointed High Commissioner to Australia from 1997 to 1999, before returning to London as the Government’s first e-Envoy.
He moved to live in Perth, Western Australia at the end of 2000, where he has been working on a range of IT, government and international issues. Alex Allan is aged 53 and is married to Katie Clemson.
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