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- 1 2 "David Sterling". Northern Ireland: The Executive Office. Retrieved 3 January 2017.[ permanent dead link ]
- ↑ Jenny Pyper became Interim head of the Civil Service for 8 Months (December 2020) until a Permanent head can be appointed