Alex Allan
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The Honourable Sir Alex Allan KCB |
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| Chairman of the Joint Intelligence Committee |
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In office 15 November 2007 – 2011 |
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| Prime Minister |
Gordon Brown David Cameron |
| Preceded by |
Sir Richard Mottram as Permanent Secretary, Intelligence, Security and Resilience |
| Succeeded by | To be announced |
| Clerk of the Crown in Chancery | |
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In office 1 August 2004 – 15 November 2007 |
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| Prime Minister |
Gordon Brown David Cameron |
| Lord Chancellor |
Lord Falconer of Thoroton Jack Straw |
| Preceded by | Sir Hayden Phillips |
| Succeeded by | Sir Suma Chakrabarti |
| British High Commissioner to Australia | |
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In office 1 September 1997 – 31 January 1999 |
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| Prime Minister | Tony Blair |
| Preceded by | Sir Roger Carrick |
| Succeeded by | Sir Alastair Goodlad |
| Principal Private Secretary to the Prime Minister | |
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In office 1992–1997 |
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| Prime Minister |
John Major Tony Blair |
| Preceded by | Andrew Turnbull |
| Succeeded by | John Holmes |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 9 February 1951 |
| Nationality | British |
| Relations | Robert Allan, Baron Allan of Kilmahew (father) |
| Residence | London |
| Alma mater |
Harrow School Cambridge University University College London |
| Occupation | Civil servant |
Sir Alexander Claud Stuart Allan, KCB (born 9 February 1951) is a senior British civil servant who was, until 2011, the chairman of the Joint Intelligence Committee and Head of Intelligence Assessment for Her Majesty's Government. He is currently the Prime Minister's Independent advisor on ministerial standards.
He is the son of The Lord Allan of Kilmahew.
Between 1964 and 1969 Allan was educated at Harrow School, followed by obtaining a BA (Hon) degree in Mathematics from Clare College, Cambridge in 1972. In 1973 he also received an MSc degree in Statistics from University College London.
Allan was the first Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Justice, having been the last Permanent Secretary of the Department for Constitutional Affairs from which it was created, together with the addition of HM Prison Service and the Office for Criminal Justice Reform, which were taken from the Home Office. Allan served in both of these roles from 1 August 2004 to 15 November 2007. An historical attribute of the role of Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Justice and its predecessor departments (which included the Lord Chancellor's Department) is that it carries with it the role of Clerk of the Crown in Chancery, an ancient Office, which entails responsibility for overseeing the creation of Letters Patent under the Great Seal, discharged by the Crown Office, itself based in the House of Lords. The Clerk of the Crown in Chancery also has various other responsibilities, including the State Opening of Parliament, and the Prorogation of Parliament. Until the role of the Lord Speaker was carved out of that of the Lord Chancellor, the Clerk of the Crown in Chancery occupied one of Parliament's most prestigious rooms, adjacent to those of the Lord Chancellor. Allan was the last Permanent Secretary and Clerk of the Crown in Chancery to enjoy this splendid room, which he agreed to surrender to the House Authorities so that they could provide suitable accommodation for the newly created Lord Speaker. The only alternative would have been for his political master, the Lord Chancellor, to have given up his room.
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