Appointments Latest appointments inlcude: Mr Patrick Brown, a Second Permanent Secretary in the Department of the Environ - ment and Chief Executive, Property Services Agency (PSAS), to be Permanent Sec - r etary , Department of Trans - port , to succeed Sir Alan Bailey, who will be retiring on June 26. Mr Geoffrey Chipperfield, Permanent Secretary, Depart - ment of Energy, to be Perma - nent Secretary and Chief Executive, of PSAS in succes - sion to Mr Brown, with respon - sibility for both management and sale of PS AS. Mr John Guinness, a Grade 2 in the Department of Energy, will, with the acting rank of Second Permanent Secretary, succeed Mr Chipperfield as Permanent Secretary, Department of En - ergy , until the general election after which a decision will be taken about the department's future .