Office for Students: Public Appointments
(asked on 7th February 2022) - View Source
Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what role he had in the appointment of the interim chief executive of the Office for Students.
This question was answered on 15th February 2022
The Higher Education and Research Act 2017 gives the Secretary of State for Education the power to appoint the Chief Executive of the Office for Students.
The interim appointment of Susan Lapworth as the Chief Executive was made under these powers. We will be opening the competition to recruit a permanent Chief Executive shortly.