Last updated: 11/01/2008
About the civil service
Permanent Secretaries across the Civil Service
| Name | Department |
|---|---|
| Alex Allan | Cabinet Office |
| Sir Ian Andrews CBE TD | Ministry of Defence |
| Professor John Beddington | Chief Scientific Adviser to HM Government and Head of the Government Office for Science |
| Sir Brian Bender KCB | Department for Business, Enterprise & Regulatory Reform |
| David Bell | Department for Children |
| Sir Suma Chakrabarti KCB | Ministry of Justice |
| Alexis Cleveland | Cabinet Office |
| Jon Cunliffe CB | Cabinet Office |
| Robert Devereux | Department for Transport |
| Sir Liam Donaldson | CMO, Department of Health |
| Karen Dunnell | Office for National Statistics |
| Sir John Elvidge KCB | Scottish Executive |
| Jonathan Evans | Security Service |
| Helen Ghosh | Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs |
| Sir Nigel Hamilton KCB | Northern Ireland Civil Service |
| Dave Hartnett | HM Revenue & Customs (Acting) |
| Jeremy Heywood | Cabinet Office |
| Peter Housden | Communities and Local Government |
| Sir Bill Jeffrey KCB | Ministry of Defence |
| Paul Jenkins | Treasury Solicitor’s Department |
| John Kingman | HM Treasury |
| Stephen Laws CB | Parliamentary Counsel Office |
| Sir Leigh Lewis KCB | Department for Work & Pensions |
| Sir Ken Macdonald QC | Crown Prosecution Service |
| Nicholas Macpherson | HM Treasury |
| Sir David Normington KCB | Home Office |
| Sir Gus O’Donnell KCB | Cabinet Office |
| Sue Owen | Department for International Development |
| Sir David Pepper KCMG | Government Communications Head Quarters |
| Jonathan Phillips | Northern Ireland Office |
| Sir Peter Ricketts KCMG | Foreign and Commonwealth Office |
| Gill Rider | Cabinet Office |
| Sir John Scarlett KCMG | Secret Intelligence Service |
| William Sargent | Department for Business, Enterprise & Regulatory Reform |
| Sir Jon Shortridge KCB | Welsh Assembly Government |
| Nigel Smith | Office of Government Commerce |
| Lesley Strathie | Department for Work and Pensions |
| Jonathan Stephens | Department for Culture, Media and Sport |
| Hugh Taylor | Department of Health |
| David Nicholson (Chief Exec. National Health Service) | Department of Health |
| Ian Watmore | Department of Innovation, Universities & Skills |