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Quarterly data on the volume of cases dealt with by family courts over time, with statistics also broken down for the main types of case involved.
Lee Owston was appointed National Director, Education in January 2024. Since joining Ofsted as one of His Majesty’s Inspectors ( HMI ) in 2013, Lee has held various deputy director roles across early years, schools, teacher development and special educational...
Details of the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office Boards and sub-committees.
Roderick Drummond was appointed Her Majesty’s British Ambassador to Bahrain in April 2019. Prior to this appointment, he was the Director Security, Estates and Security Directorate from 2016 to 2019. Drummond joined the Diplomatic Service in 1985. Some of his...
Businesses can form a partnership with a local authority to provide advice other local regulators must respect.
Alison Thorpe took up the role of Special Envoy for the African Great Lakes and Head of Southern and Central Africa Department of the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office ( FCDO ) in August 2022. Alison joined the Foreign Office in...
James became Regional Director for the South West in 2021 after being appointed as Regional Director, West Midlands in September 2020. Previously, he was Assistant Regional Director and a Senior HMI in the West Midlands. Before being appointed as one...
Andrew became Regional Director for the North West and West Midlands in November 2021. Before this he was appointed Regional Director for the North West in November 2016, taking on responsibility for the South West as well in July 2021....
Julia Kinniburgh is the Director General for Skills Group, taking on the role in December 2022. Prior to this she was Director General for Strategy Group from April to December 2022. Julia’s previous roles in government include: Director General for...
Catherine Frances is Director General, Local Government, Resilience and Communities at the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities. Catherine was previously, from April 2019 to September 2021, Director General, Local Government and Public Services at the Ministry of Housing,...
Letter to the Chief Executive of the London Borough of Croydon regarding the Secretary of State’s decision to intervene.
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