Public Appointments: Permanent Secretaries
(asked on 15th October 2019) - View Source
Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to page 31 of the 2013 report entitled Civil Service Reform Plan: One Year On, whether it remains Government policy to appoint all new permanent secretaries on fixed-term tenures; how the civil service implemented that policy; and if he will publish (a) all permanent secretary-level appointments, (b) whether those appointments are fixed-term and (c) when those tenures expire.
Since 2014, permanent secretary appointments have been made on the basis of a five year fixed tenure; this is set out in contracts of employment. Fixed term contracts may be offered to external candidates, for example in the case of specialist roles where experts are brought into the Civil Service to undertake a specific role.
There is no automatic presumption in favour of renewal, but short renewals may be possible at the discretion of the Prime Minister in cases where performance has been strong and an extension is supported by the relevant Minister.
The table below sets out the tenure end dates of the current cadre of permanent secretaries:
Permanent Secretary | Department | Appointment to Current Post | Tenure End Date |
John Manzoni | Chief Exec CS and Cabinet Office | 13/10/2014 | 31/12/2019 |
Jonathan Stephens | NIO | 09/06/2014 | 31/12/2019 |
Melanie Dawes | MHCLG | 02/03/2015 | 01/03/2020 |
Alex Younger | Secret Intelligence Service | 27/10/2014 | 31/03/2020 |
Andrew Parker | Security Service | 22/04/2013 | 22/04/2020 |
Leslie Evans | SG | 01/07/2015 | 30/06/2020 |
Richard Heaton | MOJ | 29/08/2015 | 28/08/2020 |
Simon McDonald | FCO | 01/09/2015 | 31/08/2020 |
Elizabeth Gardiner | First Parliamentary Counsel | 24/11/2015 | 23/11/2020 |
Lynne Owens | National Crime Agency | 04/01/2016 | 03/01/2021 |
Simon Bollom | Defence Equipment & Support | 21/05/2018 | 20/02/2021 |
Stephen Lovegrove | MOD | 25/04/2016 | 24/04/2021 |
Jonathan Slater | DFE | 03/05/2016 | 02/05/2021 |
Chris Wormald[1] | DHSC | 03/05/2016 | 02/05/2021 |
Tom Scholar | HMT | 01/07/2016 | 30/06/2021 |
Charles Roxburgh | HMT (2nd Perm Sec) | 04/07/2016 | 03/07/2021 |
Alex Chisholm | BEIS | 14/07/2016 | 13/07/2021 |
Ian Diamond[2] | UKSA/ ONS | 20/06/2019 | 31/12/2021 |
Shan Morgan | WG | 06/02/2017 | 05/02/2022 |
Jonathan Jones | Govt Legal Department | 01/03/2014 | 28/02/2022 |
Antonia Romeo | DIT | 27/03/2017 | 26/03/2022 |
Philip Rutnam | HO | 05/04/2017 | 04/04/2022 |
Jeremy Fleming | GCHQ | 10/04/2017 | 09/04/2022 |
Bernadette Kelly | DFT | 18/04/2017 | 17/04/2022 |
Simon Gass | Joint Intelligence Committee | 18/06/2019 | 17/06/2022 |
Crawford Falconer | Chief Trade Negotiation Adviser | 21/08/2017 | 20/08/2022 |
Jim Harra | HMRC | 02/01/2018 | 01/01/2023 |
Peter Schofield | DWP | 16/01/2018 | 16/01/2023 |
Matthew Rycroft | DFID | 22/01/2018 | 22/01/2023 |
Patrick Vallance | Govt Chief Scientific Adviser | 04/04/2018 | 03/04/2023 |
Shona Dunn | HO 2nd PS | 08/10/2018 | 07/10/2023 |
Mark Sedwill | Cabinet Secretary | 24/10/2018 | 23/10/2023 |
Max Hill | Director of Public Prosecutions | 01/11/2018 | 31/10/2023 |
Clare Moriarty | DExEU | 01/04/2019 | 31/03/2024 |
Sarah Healey | DCMS | 23/04/2019 | 22/04/2024 |
Tamara Finkelstein | DEFRA | 19/06/2019 | 18/06/2024 |
Chris Whitty | Chief Medical Officer | 01/10/2019 | 31/09/2024 |
[1] Not on a fixed tenure contract
[2] On a fixed term contract to cover delivery of the next census