22 JUNE 2009

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Ministerial update

LORD ADONIS has been appointed as the Secretary of State for Transport following the resignation of Geoff Hoon.  Andrew Adonis was Minister of State for Transport and Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (PUSS) for Schools and Learners at the Department for Children, Schools and Families.  Prior to this he worked as adviser to the previous Prime Minister on education and public services and as Head of the No 10 Policy Unit.  Between 1988 and 1998 he was successively Fellow (in history and politics) of Nuffield College, Oxford; education correspondent and then Public Policy Editor at the Financial Times; and political columnist and leader writer at the Observer.  He is represented in the Commons by Sadiq Khan as Minister of State for Transport whose portfolio includes London, Crossrail, the environment and climate change.  There does not appear to be a minster responsible for air transport. www.dft.gov.uk 

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