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          6 February 2025
        The Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for the
Ministery of Housing, Communities and Local Government has re appointed Dr Teri Okoro as a Board member to serve their second term of four years, from
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          6 February 2025
        Department for Education: non-executive board members
 Naomi Eisenstadt, Steve Crocker, Rebecca George CBE and Margaret Casely-Hayford have been appointed as non-executive board members to serve on the Department for Education Board. They will serve from 1 March 2025 for a period of 3 years.
 Remuneration is £15,000 per annum per non-executive board member for an estimated time commitment of 24 days per year.
 Naomi Eisenstadt has declared the following interests: 
 Chair, NHS Northamptonshire Integrated Care Board
 Adviser, Social Mobility Commission (contract for occasional days)
 Non-executive Board Member, Department of Health and Social Care
 Trustee, abrdn Financial Fairness Trust (unpaid)
 Trustee, Education Endowment Foundation (unpaid)
 Adviser, Thrive At Five (unpaid)
 Adviser, Sutton Trust (unpaid)
 She has declared the following political activity: 
 Labour Party member (monthly donation of £10)
 Steve Crocker has declared the following interests: 
 Director, Steve Crocker Consultancy Ltd, engaged with the following:
 Bristol City Council – Improvement Adviser, social care and SEN
 Oxfordshire County Council – Improvement Adviser
 Leo Lion (not-for-profit organisation) – advising on SEN and education
 Isle Of Wight Council – mentoring the Director of Children’s Services
 Department for Education – Chair, Children’s Social Care Market Interventions Advisory Group
 Department for Education – Chair, SEN Change Programme Advisory Group
 Ministry of Justice – Independent Lead Reviewer, review of Youth Justice Board
 Trustee, National Children’s Bureau
 Governor, Pathways SEN School
 His wife is a teacher, working for River Learning Trust
 He has declared the following political activity: 
 None
 Rebecca George CBE has declared the following interests: 
 Non-Executive Director, Metropolitan Police
 Member, BCS, The Chartered Institute of IT’s Professional Conduct Investigation Panel
 Member and Past President, BCS, the Chartered Institute of IT
 Member, The Worshipful Company of Information Technologists
 Previous role: Managing Partner, Deloitte
 Volunteer, Inspiring the Future
 Guest speaker (unremunerated), Windsor Leadership Trust
 She has declared the following political activity: 
 None
 Margaret Casely-Hayford has declared the following interests: 
 Non-Executive Director (elected), Co-op Group
 Advisory Board, SquarePeg
 Adviser, Ultra Education
 Trustee, The Radcliffe Trust
 Trustee, Concert Theatre Works
 Trustee and Director, Gallery of Living History
 Patron, Girls’ Brigade Ministries
 Patron, Leathersellers’ Academy Schools
 Honorary Bencher, Gray’s Inn
 Previous role: Chancellor, Coventry University
 She has declared the following political activity: 
 Co-operative Party member
 The Department for Education’s departmental board comprises the Secretary of State, executive officials and non-executive board members. 
 
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          6 February 2025
        Department for Education: non-executive board members
 Naomi Eisenstadt, Steve Crocker, Rebecca George CBE and Margaret Casely-Hayford have been appointed as non-executive board members to serve on the Department for Education Board. They will serve from 1 March 2025 for a period of 3 years.
 Remuneration is £15,000 per annum per non-executive board member for an estimated time commitment of 24 days per year.
 Naomi Eisenstadt has declared the following interests: 
 Chair, NHS Northamptonshire Integrated Care Board
 Adviser, Social Mobility Commission (contract for occasional days)
 Non-executive Board Member, Department of Health and Social Care
 Trustee, abrdn Financial Fairness Trust (unpaid)
 Trustee, Education Endowment Foundation (unpaid)
 Adviser, Thrive At Five (unpaid)
 Adviser, Sutton Trust (unpaid)
 She has declared the following political activity: 
 Labour Party member (monthly donation of £10)
 Steve Crocker has declared the following interests: 
 Director, Steve Crocker Consultancy Ltd, engaged with the following:
 Bristol City Council – Improvement Adviser, social care and SEN
 Oxfordshire County Council – Improvement Adviser
 Leo Lion (not-for-profit organisation) – advising on SEN and education
 Isle Of Wight Council – mentoring the Director of Children’s Services
 Department for Education – Chair, Children’s Social Care Market Interventions Advisory Group
 Department for Education – Chair, SEN Change Programme Advisory Group
 Ministry of Justice – Independent Lead Reviewer, review of Youth Justice Board
 Trustee, National Children’s Bureau
 Governor, Pathways SEN School
 His wife is a teacher, working for River Learning Trust
 He has declared the following political activity: 
 None
 Rebecca George CBE has declared the following interests: 
 Non-Executive Director, Metropolitan Police
 Member, BCS, The Chartered Institute of IT’s Professional Conduct Investigation Panel
 Member and Past President, BCS, the Chartered Institute of IT
 Member, The Worshipful Company of Information Technologists
 Previous role: Managing Partner, Deloitte
 Volunteer, Inspiring the Future
 Guest speaker (unremunerated), Windsor Leadership Trust
 She has declared the following political activity: 
 None
 Margaret Casely-Hayford has declared the following interests: 
 Non-Executive Director (elected), Co-op Group
 Advisory Board, SquarePeg
 Adviser, Ultra Education
 Trustee, The Radcliffe Trust
 Trustee, Concert Theatre Works
 Trustee and Director, Gallery of Living History
 Patron, Girls’ Brigade Ministries
 Patron, Leathersellers’ Academy Schools
 Honorary Bencher, Gray’s Inn
 Previous role: Chancellor, Coventry University
 She has declared the following political activity: 
 Co-operative Party member
 The Department for Education’s departmental board comprises the Secretary of State, executive officials and non-executive board members. 
 
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          6 February 2025
        Department for Education: non-executive board members
 Naomi Eisenstadt, Steve Crocker, Rebecca George CBE and Margaret Casely-Hayford have been appointed as non-executive board members to serve on the Department for Education Board. They will serve from 1 March 2025 for a period of 3 years.
 Remuneration is £15,000 per annum per non-executive board member for an estimated time commitment of 24 days per year.
 Naomi Eisenstadt has declared the following interests: 
 Chair, NHS Northamptonshire Integrated Care Board
 Adviser, Social Mobility Commission (contract for occasional days)
 Non-executive Board Member, Department of Health and Social Care
 Trustee, abrdn Financial Fairness Trust (unpaid)
 Trustee, Education Endowment Foundation (unpaid)
 Adviser, Thrive At Five (unpaid)
 Adviser, Sutton Trust (unpaid)
 She has declared the following political activity: 
 Labour Party member (monthly donation of £10)
 Steve Crocker has declared the following interests: 
 Director, Steve Crocker Consultancy Ltd, engaged with the following:
 Bristol City Council – Improvement Adviser, social care and SEN
 Oxfordshire County Council – Improvement Adviser
 Leo Lion (not-for-profit organisation) – advising on SEN and education
 Isle Of Wight Council – mentoring the Director of Children’s Services
 Department for Education – Chair, Children’s Social Care Market Interventions Advisory Group
 Department for Education – Chair, SEN Change Programme Advisory Group
 Ministry of Justice – Independent Lead Reviewer, review of Youth Justice Board
 Trustee, National Children’s Bureau
 Governor, Pathways SEN School
 His wife is a teacher, working for River Learning Trust
 He has declared the following political activity: 
 None
 Rebecca George CBE has declared the following interests: 
 Non-Executive Director, Metropolitan Police
 Member, BCS, The Chartered Institute of IT’s Professional Conduct Investigation Panel
 Member and Past President, BCS, the Chartered Institute of IT
 Member, The Worshipful Company of Information Technologists
 Previous role: Managing Partner, Deloitte
 Volunteer, Inspiring the Future
 Guest speaker (unremunerated), Windsor Leadership Trust
 She has declared the following political activity: 
 None
 Margaret Casely-Hayford has declared the following interests: 
 Non-Executive Director (elected), Co-op Group
 Advisory Board, SquarePeg
 Adviser, Ultra Education
 Trustee, The Radcliffe Trust
 Trustee, Concert Theatre Works
 Trustee and Director, Gallery of Living History
 Patron, Girls’ Brigade Ministries
 Patron, Leathersellers’ Academy Schools
 Honorary Bencher, Gray’s Inn
 Previous role: Chancellor, Coventry University
 She has declared the following political activity: 
 Co-operative Party member
 The Department for Education’s departmental board comprises the Secretary of State, executive officials and non-executive board members. 
 
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          6 February 2025
        Department for Education: non-executive board members
 Naomi Eisenstadt, Steve Crocker, Rebecca George CBE and Margaret Casely-Hayford have been appointed as non-executive board members to serve on the Department for Education Board. They will serve from 1 March 2025 for a period of 3 years.
 Remuneration is £15,000 per annum per non-executive board member for an estimated time commitment of 24 days per year.
 Naomi Eisenstadt has declared the following interests: 
 Chair, NHS Northamptonshire Integrated Care Board
 Adviser, Social Mobility Commission (contract for occasional days)
 Non-executive Board Member, Department of Health and Social Care
 Trustee, abrdn Financial Fairness Trust (unpaid)
 Trustee, Education Endowment Foundation (unpaid)
 Adviser, Thrive At Five (unpaid)
 Adviser, Sutton Trust (unpaid)
 She has declared the following political activity: 
 Labour Party member (monthly donation of £10)
 Steve Crocker has declared the following interests: 
 Director, Steve Crocker Consultancy Ltd, engaged with the following:
 Bristol City Council – Improvement Adviser, social care and SEN
 Oxfordshire County Council – Improvement Adviser
 Leo Lion (not-for-profit organisation) – advising on SEN and education
 Isle Of Wight Council – mentoring the Director of Children’s Services
 Department for Education – Chair, Children’s Social Care Market Interventions Advisory Group
 Department for Education – Chair, SEN Change Programme Advisory Group
 Ministry of Justice – Independent Lead Reviewer, review of Youth Justice Board
 Trustee, National Children’s Bureau
 Governor, Pathways SEN School
 His wife is a teacher, working for River Learning Trust
 He has declared the following political activity: 
 None
 Rebecca George CBE has declared the following interests: 
 Non-Executive Director, Metropolitan Police
 Member, BCS, The Chartered Institute of IT’s Professional Conduct Investigation Panel
 Member and Past President, BCS, the Chartered Institute of IT
 Member, The Worshipful Company of Information Technologists
 Previous role: Managing Partner, Deloitte
 Volunteer, Inspiring the Future
 Guest speaker (unremunerated), Windsor Leadership Trust
 She has declared the following political activity: 
 None
 Margaret Casely-Hayford has declared the following interests: 
 Non-Executive Director (elected), Co-op Group
 Advisory Board, SquarePeg
 Adviser, Ultra Education
 Trustee, The Radcliffe Trust
 Trustee, Concert Theatre Works
 Trustee and Director, Gallery of Living History
 Patron, Girls’ Brigade Ministries
 Patron, Leathersellers’ Academy Schools
 Honorary Bencher, Gray’s Inn
 Previous role: Chancellor, Coventry University
 She has declared the following political activity: 
 Co-operative Party member
 The Department for Education’s departmental board comprises the Secretary of State, executive officials and non-executive board members. 
 
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          6 February 2025
        The Parliamentary
Under Secretary of State for the Ministery of Housing, Communities and
Local Government has re appointed Ms Cindy Leslie as a Board member to serve their second term of four years, from 01/03/2025 to 28/02/2029. 
 
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          5 February 2025
        Sarah Hamilton has been reappointed as a Member of the Boundary Commission for England for a term of 7 years and 2 months. To find out more, click here:  https://www.gov.uk/government/news/reappointments-to-the-boundary-commission-of-england. 
 
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          5 February 2025
        Colin Byrne has been reappointed as a Member of the Boundary Commission for England for a term of 7 years and 2 months. To find out more, click here:  https://www.gov.uk/government/news/reappointments-to-the-boundary-commission-of-england. 
 
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          4 February 2025
        Camilla Cavendish, Naomi Eisenstadt, and Phil Jordan have been appointed. For details about the appointments see the full announcement here: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/dhsc-public-appointments-2024-to-2025/appointments-made-october-2024-to-march-2025 
 
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      Council for Science and Technology
    
 
          3 February 2025
        Eight new members have been appointed to the Council that advises the Prime Minister and Cabinet on science and technology.  New members: 
 Mark Enzer OBE is a Strategic Advisor at Mott MacDonald. He is a Visiting Professor at the University of Cambridge and Imperial College London. 
 Professor Dame Lynn Gladden DBE is Shell Professor of Chemical Engineering at the University of Cambridge, and former Executive-Chair of the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council. 
 Priya Lakhani OBE is Founder CEO of CENTURY Tech. She co-founded the Institute for Ethical AI in education. 
 Avid Larizadeh Duggan OBE is a Senior Managing Director, Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan, Teachers’ Venture Growth. She is a Non-Executive Director on the board of Barclays Bank UK.
 Professor (Emeritus) Nick McKeown is Senior Fellow at Intel Corporation, Professor (Emeritus) of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at Stanford University and Visiting Professor of Engineering and Senior Research Fellow at Oxford University. 
 Professor Sir Nigel Richard Shadbolt is Professor of Computer Science at the University of Oxford and Principal of Jesus College, Oxford. He is Co-Founder and Chair of the Open Data Institute. 
 Richard Slater is Chief R&D Officer for Unilever. He was previously Senior Vice President R&D, GSK Consumer Healthcare. He is a Non-Executive Director at Future Origins. 
 Paul Taylor CBE is Director of Morgan Stanley International, Chair of Interrupt Labs Ltd and Chair of Beyond Blue. He is a Non-Executive Director on the Defence Technology and Innovation Board at the Ministry of Defence.