Paul Cremin MBE

Ancestors

Son of John Cremin and Pam (Leonard) Cremin

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Biography

Birth

Paul was born on the 27 Apr 1967 in the Forest Gate maternity hospital, Forest Gate, London, England^{[1] [2]} to John Fredrick Cremin and Pamela Daphne Leonard.

School

Paul lived with his parents at 13 Oakfield Road, East Ham, Essex, England before moving with them to 161 Lansdowne Road, Seven Kings, Ilford Essex. He attended Downshall Junior Mixed School between 1975 and 1978 ^[3] and Seven Kings High School between 1979 and 1984.

Marriage

Paul married Therese Brazier on the 16 August 1997 in the Registry Office in Bexley, Kent, England.^[4] The marriage produced a daughter Lauren Cremin on the 8 December 1998. The marriage was dissolved on the 26 February 2003. Paul married Alison Moore on the 13 September 2008 at the Chilston Park Country House Hotel in Lenham, Kent, England. Paul and Alison had a daughter Isobel Cremin on the 7 November 2007.

Employment

Paul joined the Civil Service in February 1985 working for the Lord Chancellor's Department. He started his career in the Scrivenery Department at the Royal Courts of Justice as a Photo-printer operator, responsible for copying key court documents.^[5]. Paul was promoted to an Administration Officer in on the 24 August 1987. In this role Paul was responsible for overseeing and monitoring of work undertaken by the Tipstaff in recovering children that had been illegally taken from their parents involved in matrimonial disputes and the issuing of Bench Warrants in respect of Bankrupt individuals that had failed to attend the civil courts. This work involved liaison with S05 Branch at Scotland Yard and the Family and Bankruptcy Department’s within the Royal Courts of Justice.

In addition the role included providing support on accommodation matters including work on the new Royal Courts of Justice East Wing Court project.^[6]His good work was awarded with a Temporary Promotion to Executive Officer on the 22 October 1990 where he continued provide support on the day to day running of the Royal Courts of Justice complex, including major building works, such as installation of more modern mobile filing systems and the refurbishment of the Thomas More Building.^[7]

Paul was promoted to Executive Office on the 23 September 1991. In this period he worked in the Superintendent's Office at the Royal Courts of Justice as an Accommodation Officer. During this period Paul provided support on major projects such as the new East Wing Court project, refurbishment of the West Green Building, Stain Glass and Stone Cleaning and lead the work to replace all of the signage within the Royal Courts of Justice and Somerset House. This included approving final design and seeking English Heritage approval for current large crests on external front of the building. Paul was introduced to Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, on Wednesday 13 July 1994, at the opening of the new Civil Appeal Courts at the Royal Courts of Justice. Paul was one of the officers working on this project,^[8][9]

Paul was promoted an Higher Executive Office (HEO) on the 19 September 1994. He transferred to the Old Bailey as a Court Clerk. In this role he was responsible the determination of complex solicitor and counsel's legal aid bills under the Criminal and Care Proceedings (Costs) Regulations and backing up the decisions he made with written and oral reasons. As a court clerk he was responsible for the efficient conduct of serious high profile criminal trials, including trials involving the IRA, several murders and serious fraud. In this time he gained an in depth knowledge of the criminal justice system and criminal taxation procedures and built up a valuable working relationship with the Judiciary, staff, the CPS, Police and the Public.^[10]

In October 1996 he transferred as an HEO to the Legal Aid Division in the Lord Chancellor's Department. His role involved receiving Ministerial and Treat Official correspondence concerning the civil legal aid reform proposals. He was Secretariat for the Family Mediation Research Group responsible for ensuring that legal aid policy was party to the discussions on mediation issues. This included liaising with Academics, Senior Management in Family Policy Division and the Legal Aid Board and producing minutes that provided a detailed note of the meeting. In addition he was responsible for overseeing the Legal Aid Board’s Advice and Assistance pilots, which involved liaising closely with Legal Aid Board, the Advice Sector, solicitor’s and lawyer’s to ensure that the Departmental policy was reflected.^[11]

In November 1997 his role changed within the Legal Aid Division. his new responsibilities included, providing advice on the Legal Aid Board’s planning cycle, including the production of the Annual Report, Corporate Plan and Business Plan. He was responsible for monitoring the Legal Aid Board’s Administration Account (£60m) and liaising on matters such as Treasury Guidance, Machinery of Government and Central Government initiatives such as the Nolan Report, Citizen’s Charter and Open Government Code. In addition his role included coordinating appointments to the Legal Aid Board by writing advertisements, acting as Secretary to the Selection Board and writing submissions to the Lord Chancellor. He provided Secretariat support to the Legal Aid Reform Group which including taking minutes and updating the Legal Aid Reform Plans. He was also responsible for preparing Regulations to give the Legal Aid Board the power to require individuals requiring Legal Aid in divorce and family proceedings to attend mediation hearings.^[12]

In 1999 He provided support to Ministers who were concerned with aligning the work of the Law Commission with Government priorities and manifesto commitments. He was a member of an inter-departmental working group which was tasked with exploring ways in which the Government could introduce legislation to prevent payments to witnesses in criminal proceedings and how the requirements of the European Convention of Human Rights affected contempt proceedings. In addition he was responsible for dealing with public inquiries relating to probate, land law, land disputes and the Landlord and Tenant Act.^[13]

Paul is passionate about aviation and when the chance came to move to a posy in the Department for Transport's Aviation Directorate, he took it. He joined the Air Traffic Division in the Aviation Directorate on the 26 June 2000. ^[14]In this new role Paul was responsible for furthering the UK’s interests in civil air traffic management (ATM), with particular regard to EUROCONTROL and the European Commission (EC). He was UK representative on the EUROCONTROL Advisory Financial Group (AFG) which provides advice and makes recommendations to the Director General of Eurocontrol on all financial issues affecting the Agency. This involved regular trips to Brussels and other European cities to meetings where 30 Member States and other interested Groups are represented. In this arena Paul, on the behalf of the UK, influenced discussions to ensure that a) the Agency's spending was kept under control and b) UK Airspace Users (Airlines, Service Providers etc) were receiving services that were needed and were value for money. As Chairman of the AFG Budget Task Force, he was instrumental in guiding the Task Force to a successful outcome, delivering a detailed set of proposals to the Provisional Council advocating major reform of the Agency's budget process. He represented the UK on other European Task Force's, including UK Representative on the Eurocontrol enlarged Committee for Route Charges, UK Representative on the Eurocontrol Pension Scheme Task Force and Department for Transport's Specialist Advisor on European Air Traffic Mangement Finance .

In addition, during this period Paul was the Department for Transport's Policy Advisor on Single European Sky, SESAME, Eurocontrol and DfT/MoD ATM issues. He was a Member of the European Air Traffic Management Policy Committee and Head of Domestic Air Traffic Management Division (Nov 2004 - Feb 2005).

In this period we saw the emergence of new technologies such as Unmanned Aircraft (Drones). As the Department for Transport's Specialist Advisor on Unmanned Aerial Vehicles, Paul was responsible for the development of Department for Transport's Unmanned Aerial Vehicle strategy. He was Government representative on the AeIGT Technology Pilot - ASTRAEA (Autonomous Systems Technology Related Airborne Evaluation & Assessment) Programme which set out to enable the routine operation of Unmanned Air Systems (UAS) in civil airspace for commercial purposes. He was also Chairman of ParcAberporth Operational sub Group for Unmanned Aerial Vehicles, aimed at creating the World's first commercial test site for UAS.^[15]

On the 8th January 2007 Paul was promoted to Grade 7. He was seconded to the Welsh Assembly Government to assist them and the Ministry of Defence in establishing the UK’s premier UAS Research and Test Facility at ParcAberporth and to support the first flight of the Ministry Of Defence Watchkeeper Programme. His work included the establishment of the world’s first regulatory approved civil airfield for UAS operations, including fully approved UAS operations manual and the development of bespoke new airspace for civil and military UAS operations, including the safe integration of UAS operations with UK MoD fast jet operations and general aviation aircraft.^[16]

In May 2007 Paul returned back to the Department for Transport as Head of Safety, Safety Assessment of Foreign Aircraft (SAFA) and Aircraft Permits. In this role Paul lead the work with the UK Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) and other UK agencies to ensure the effective safety regulation of UK airlines and UK aircraft and that of foreign airlines/aircraft visiting the UK. He had management and oversight of the UK Aviation State Safety Plan and was policy lead for the UK Government on the disappearance of Malaysian Airlines MH370 and MH17, protecting AAIB from Ministerial and Media interference. His work meant that he was the Department for Transport's safety policy lead on a number of fatal helicopter accidents, including the fatal crash of a Super Puma helicopter on approach to Sumburgh Airport on 23 August 2013 and a police helicopter which crashed into the Clutha Vaults, a pub on the north bank of the River Clyde in central Glasgow on 29 November 2013. Paul provided support to Ministers and Director General Civil Aviation at Transport Select Committee hearing. Paul was also the UK representative on Europe's Air Safety Committee, UK representative on the ICAO regional Safety Group, UK representative on the Universal Safety Oversight Audit Programme. In these roles he promoted a risk based approach to safety and improved the operational safety performance of all foreign carriers in the UK.^[17]

In June 2014 Paul became Head of Emerging Aviation Technologies within the Department for Transport. In this role Paul was the overall policy lead for the Department for Transport and across Whitehall for Remotely Piloted Aircraft Systems (RPAS) and Commercial Sub-Orbital Spaceflight. He was Chairman cross-Government Working Group on RPAS and lead work in the UK and Europe to develop the national programme to allow the safe integration of drones in UK airspace, including creating the conditions to allow Beyond Visual Line of Sight (BVLOS) operations. He was responsible for managing and addressing the day-to-day safety issues relating to the rapid emergence of commercial and leisure use of drones. This included leading negotiations with the European Commission and EASA, to ensure that EU rules are developed in accordance with UK objectives^[18].

In addition he was responsible for leading policy development to support UK's ambitions to create the UK's first commercial spaceport and the supporting legal and regulatory framework to allow the safe operation of commercial spaceplanes from the UK. He has a leading role in the negotiation with US Government, laying the groundwork for future high-level agreement between the UK and US on the transfer of key technologies to enable commercial spaceflight in the UK.^[19]

On the 11 Jun 2016 Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II Awarded Paul an MBE for his services to aviation safety. He received the medal personally from Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II on the 6 November 2016 at Buckingham Palace.^[20]

In 2016 Paul became the UK Commercial Spaceflight Policy and Regulation Lead for the Department for Transport. He is currently leading policy development to create the UK's first commercial spaceport and attain first successful commercial spaceflight launch from the UK. This work includes leading responsibility for the Department for Transport and Civil Aviation Authority in developing the Primary Legislation (Space Industry Bill) to allow for the launch of commercial spaceflight flight from the UK and the development of detailed supporting regulations and guidance for sub-orbital space activities and horizontal spaceports. He is also leading negotiations with US State Department and US Federal Aviation Authority on the export and non-proliferation of Cat 1 US technologies to pave the way for UK commercial space launches. He is currently developing the Department for Transports commercial spaceflight policy.^[21]

Sources

1. ↑ Birth Certificate - GRO Index YK461427
2. ↑ Ancestry.com. England & Wales, Civil Registration Birth Index, 1916-2005 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2008.
3. ↑ Downshall Junior Mixed School Reports 1975-78
4. ↑ Ancestry.com. England & Wales, Civil Registration Marriage Index, 1916-2005 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc, 2010.
5. ↑ Lord Chancellor's Department End of Year Performance Reports 1985/86 & 1986/87
6. ↑ Lord Chancellor's Department End of Year Performance Report 1987/89
7. ↑ Lord Chancellor's Department End of Year Performance Report 1989/91
8. ↑ Lord Chancellor's Department End of Year Performance Reports 1991/92, 1992/93 & 1993/94
9. ↑ Official Photographs of Paul Cremin with Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II
10. ↑ Lord Chancellor's Department End of Year Performance Reports 1994/95 & 1995/96
11. ↑ Lord Chancellor's Department End of Year Reports 1996/97
12. ↑ Lord Chancellor's Department End of Year Performance Reports 1997/98 & 1998/99
13. ↑ Lord Chancellor's Department End of Year Performance Report 1999/00
14. ↑ Department for Transport Appointment Letter - Dated 1 June 2000
15. ↑ Department for Transport End of Year Performance Reports 2000-2006
16. ↑ Welsh Government End of Year Reports 2007-2011
17. ↑ Department for Transport End of Year Reports 2011-2014
18. ↑ Department for Transport End of Year Performance Reports 2014-2016
19. ↑ Department for Transport End of Year Performance Reports 2014-2016
20. ↑ The London Gazette - Issue Number: 61608 - Notice ID: 2552226 - Notice Code: 1129 https://www.thegazette.co.uk/notice/2552226
21. ↑ Department for Transport End of Year Performance Report 2016/17