Permanent Secretary - Current UK Permanent Secretaries

Current UK Permanent Secretaries

There are currently 41 individuals in UK government departments with the grade of Permanent Secretary or Second Permanent Secretary, though not all use these titles.

Department Jobholder Title
Departments of State
Cabinet Office
Sir Jeremy Heywood, KCB CVO Cabinet Secretary
Sir Bob Kerslake Head of the Home Civil Service and Permanent Secretary, DCLG
Richard Heaton Permanent Secretary, Cabinet Office and First Parliamentary Counsel
Jon Day Chair, Joint Intelligence Committee
Ivan Rogers Prime Minister's Adviser on Europe and Global Issues; Head of the European and Global Issues Secretariat
Sir Kim Darroch, KCMG National Security Advisor
Department for Business, Innovation and Skills Martin Donnelly Permanent Secretary
Department for Communities and Local Government Sir Bob Kerslake Permanent Secretary
Department for Culture, Media and Sport Jonathan Stephens Permanent Secretary
Ministry of Defence
Jon Thompson Permanent Secretary
Bernard Gray Chief of Defence Materiel
Professor Sir Mark Welland, FRS FREng Chief Scientific Adviser to the Ministry of Defence
Department for Education Chris Wormald Permanent Secretary
Department of Energy and Climate Change Moira Wallace Permanent Secretary
Professor Sir David MacKay Chief Scientific Adviser to the Department of Energy and Climate Change
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Bronwyn Hill Permanent Secretary
Foreign and Commonwealth Office Simon Fraser, CMG Permanent Under-Secretary and Head of Her Majesty's Diplomatic Service
Department of Health Una O'Brien, CB Permanent Secretary
Professor Dame Sally Davies, DBE Chief Medical Officer for the United Kingdom and the National Health Service
Sir David Nicholson, KCB CBE Chief Executive, National Health Service (NHS) England
Home Office Helen Kilpatrick Interim Permanent Secretary
Department for International Development Mark Lowcock Permanent Secretary
Ministry of Justice Ursula Brennan Permanent Secretary
Department for Transport Philip Rutnam Permanent Secretary
HM Treasury Sir Nicholas Macpherson, KCB Permanent Secretary
Tom Scholar Second Permanent Secretary and Managing Director of Public Services and Growth
Department for Work and Pensions Robert Devereux Permanent Secretary
Terry Moran Second Permanent Secretary and Chief Operating Officer
Non-Ministerial Departments
Crown Prosecution Service Keir Starmer, QC Director of Public Prosecutions,
Government Office for Science Professor Sir John Beddington, CMG Her Majesty's Government Chief Scientific Adviser
HM Revenue and Customs Lin Homer Chief Executive, Permanent Secretary and Accounting Officer
Mike Clasper Chairman
Dave Hartnett, CB Second Permanent Secretary for Tax
Security Service (formerly MI5) Jonathan Evans Director General
Secret Intelligence Service (formerly MI6) Sir John Sawers, KCMG Chief or 'C'
Government Communications Headquarters (GCHQ) Iain Lobban Director
Treasury Solicitor's Department Paul Jenkins, QC Her Majesty's Procurator General and Treasury Solicitor
UK Statistics Authority Jil Matheson National Statistician
Devolved Administrations
Northern Ireland Executive Dr Malcom McKibbin Permanent Secretary and Head, Northern Ireland Civil Service
Scottish Government Sir Peter Housden, KCB Permanent Secretary
Welsh Government Derek Jones Permanent Secretary

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