Alan Marre
.svg){kind=small} Sir Alan Marre KCB |
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| Parliamentary Commissioner for Administration | |
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In office 1 April 1971 – 31 March 1976 |
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| Preceded by | Sir Edmund Compton |
| Succeeded by | Sir Idwal Pugh |
| Health Service Commissioner for England | |
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In office 1 October 1973 – 31 March 1976 |
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| Preceded by | New office |
| Succeeded by | Sir Idwal Pugh |
| Health Service Commissioner for Scotland | |
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In office 1 October 1973 – 31 March 1976 |
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| Preceded by | New office |
| Succeeded by | Sir Idwal Pugh |
| Health Service Commissioner for Wales | |
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In office 1 October 1973 – 31 March 1976 |
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| Preceded by | New office |
| Succeeded by | Sir Idwal Pugh |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 25 February 1914 |
| Died | 20 March 1990 (aged 76) |
| Nationality |
 English
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| Spouse(s) | Romola Mary Gilling (b. 1920 d. 2005) |
| Alma mater | Trinity Hall, Cambridge |
| Religion | Jewish |
Sir Alan Samuel Marre KCB (25 February 1914 – 20 March 1990) was a British civil servant, serving most notably as Parliamentary Commissioner for Administration and as the first Health Service Commissioner for England, Scotland and Wales.
Marre was the son of an immigrant tobacconist and was educated at St Olave's Grammar School in Orpington, Kent. He went to Trinity Hall, Cambridge where he achieved a double first.
He joined the Ministry of Health and was Assistant Principal in 1936. He became, in turn, Principal in 1941, Assistant Secretary in 1946 and then Under-Secretary between 1952 and 1963. Marre moved to the Ministry of Labour and served as Under-Secretary until 1964. He was appointed Deputy Secretary at the Ministry of Health, where he stayed until 1966 when he returned to the Ministry of Labour as Deputy Secretary. In 1968, Marre became the Second Permanent Under-Secretary of State and the Department of Health and Social Security.
During his time at the Ministry of Health, Marre met Mary Gilling, a philosophy graduate. They became married and she became distinguished in her own right in both public and charitable life.
Marre succeeded Sir Edmund Compton as Parliamentary Ombudsman in 1971. He was confronted by a distinct lack of case work. The number of cases handled by the Office had fallen from 1,120 in 1968 to just 548 in 1971. Marre considered that it could be necessary to see if the Office could 'think of any new way of stimulating some publicity'. Marre determined to bring the work of the Office more fully into the public eye and made efforts to respond positively to requests from the press, radio and television for interviews and participation in programmes. Meetings of interested people were addressed by both Marre and his officers. Consequently, there was a growth in case work for the Office.
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