Laura Trott

From 30 May to 5 September 2024, 25 staff were appointed to HM Treasury by exception.

The breakdown of these appointments by grade is as below.

• Student – 16

• AO (Range B) – Fewer than 5

• EO (Range C) – Fewer than 5

• HEO – Fewer than 5

• SEO – Fewer than 5

• G7 (Range E) – Fewer than 5

• G6 (Range E2) – Fewer than 5

• SCS1 – Fewer than 5

• SCS2 – Fewer than 5

• SCS3 - Fewer than 5

Where the number of individuals covered is fewer than five (which could include 0), we consider that to provide an exact figure would constitute the disclosure of personal data.

The ‘Student’ grade is used for staff appointed to short term roles via cross Civil Service internship schemes.

The below appointments to Senior Civil Service roles at Director level and above have been made since 4 July 2024:

1. Louise Tinsley - Director of Special Advisers & Chancellor Engagement

2. Timothy Power - Director, Business and International Tax

Ian Corfield has resigned as a Senior Civil Servant and been appointed as an unpaid adviser.

Offers of employment are personal information as individuals are not Directors (or above) until they take up a role.

The Treasury does not comment on individual appointments at Deputy Director level.

The below appointments to Senior Civil Service roles at Director level and above have been made since 4 July 2024:

1. Louise Tinsley - Director of Special Advisers & Chancellor Engagement

2. Timothy Power - Director, Business and International Tax

Ian Corfield has resigned as a Senior Civil Servant and been appointed as an unpaid adviser.

Offers of employment are personal information as individuals are not Directors (or above) until they take up a role.

The Treasury does not comment on individual appointments at Deputy Director level.

The correct processes were followed in the appointment of the Director of Special Advisers and Chancellor Engagement. Louise Tinsley has been a civil servant for 7 years. She had passed a selection board for a role at director level prior to the election being called. A similar Director role had been filled by a civil servant prior to Louise’s appointment. The incumbent has been appointed for an initial period of 6 months.

The Director of Special Advisers and Chancellor Engagement does not currently have line management responsibilities.

The correct processes were followed in the appointment of the Director of Special Advisers and Chancellor Engagement. Louise Tinsley has been a civil servant for 7 years. She had passed a selection board for a role at director level prior to the election being called. A similar Director role had been filled by a civil servant prior to Louise’s appointment. The incumbent has been appointed for an initial period of 6 months.

The Director of Special Advisers and Chancellor Engagement does not currently have line management responsibilities.

The correct processes were followed in the appointment of the Director of Special Advisers and Chancellor Engagement. Louise Tinsley has been a civil servant for 7 years. She had passed a selection board for a role at director level prior to the election being called. A similar Director role had been filled by a civil servant prior to Louise’s appointment. The incumbent has been appointed for an initial period of 6 months.

The Director of Special Advisers and Chancellor Engagement does not currently have line management responsibilities.

The correct processes were followed in the appointment of the Director of Special Advisers and Chancellor Engagement. Louise Tinsley has been a civil servant for 7 years. She had passed a selection board for a role at director level prior to the election being called. A similar Director role had been filled by a civil servant prior to Louise’s appointment. The incumbent has been appointed for an initial period of 6 months.

The Director of Special Advisers and Chancellor Engagement does not currently have line management responsibilities.

On 29^th July, the Chancellor set out the £21.9bn pressure on departmental budgets in the 2024-25 financial year. This was accompanied by the ‘Fixing the Foundations’ paper you refer to, which sets out the detail of the pressures on the public finances that the government inherited.

The guidance on access to papers of a previous administration is set out in in the Cabinet Manual and the Directory of Civil Service Guidance and has been followed.

The Chancellor has made a statement to Parliament on 29 July. The details of the spending audit are published in the Command Paper, ‘Fixing the foundations’.

The Chancellor said that, had the UK economy grown at the average rate of OECD economies over the fourteen years from 2010, it would be £143.3 billion larger. This is a comparison based on outturn data, not requiring assumptions. A methodological note setting out the data sources and analytical methods used to estimate comparative growth rates and projections was published as part of the press notice released alongside the Chancellor’s speech.