His Majesty's Home Civil Service,also known as His Majesty's Civil Service,the Home Civil Service,or colloquially as the Civil Service,is the permanent bureaucracy or secretariat of Crown employees that supports His Majesty's Government,which is led by a cabinet of ministers chosen by the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland,as well as two of the three devolved administrations:the Scottish Government and the Welsh Government,but not the Northern Ireland Executive.
His Majesty's Treasury,occasionally referred to as the Exchequer,or more informally the Treasury,is a department of His Majesty's Government responsible for developing and executing the government's public finance policy and economic policy. The Treasury maintains the Online System for Central Accounting and Reporting (OSCAR),the replacement for the Combined Online Information System (COINS),which itemises departmental spending under thousands of category headings,and from which the Whole of Government Accounts (WGA) annual financial statements are produced.
A cabinet secretary is usually a senior official who provides services and advice to a cabinet of ministers as part of the Cabinet Office. In many countries,the position can have considerably wider functions and powers,including general responsibility for the entire civil service.
The Number 10 Policy Unit is a body of policymakers based in 10 Downing Street,providing policy advice directly to the British Prime Minister. Originally set up to support Harold Wilson in 1974,it has gone through a series of guises to suit the needs of successive prime ministers,staffed variously by political advisers,civil servants and more recently a combination of both.
Ian Angus "Ross" Reid is a Canadian former politician who mostly recently served as the Chief of Staff to Newfoundland and Labrador Premier's Kathy Dunderdale and Tom Marshall. Reid is a former Progressive Conservative Member of Parliament who served as the Minister of Fisheries and Oceans and Minister for the Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency under Prime Minister Kim Campbell.
Augustine Thomas O'Donnell,Baron O'Donnell,is a former British senior civil servant and economist,who between 2005 and 2011 served as the Cabinet Secretary,the highest official in the British Civil Service.
The Prime Minister's Delivery Unit (PMDU) was a center of government institution in the United Kingdom,providing support to the Prime Minister on public service delivery. It was created in June 2001 to monitor progress on and strengthen the British government's capacity to deliver on key campaign priorities of Prime Minister Tony Blair's second-term government:education,health,crime and transport. The Unit reported to the Prime Minister through the Head of the Civil Service. The Unit was abolished in 2010.
The Isle of Man Government is the government of the Isle of Man. The formal head of the Isle of Man Government is the Lieutenant Governor,the personal representative of Charles III. The executive head is the Chief Minister.
Sir Thomas Whinfield Scholar is a British civil servant who served as Permanent Secretary to the Treasury until 8 September 2022.
Jeremy John Heywood,Baron Heywood of Whitehall,was a British civil servant who served as Cabinet Secretary to David Cameron and Theresa May from 2012 to 2018 and Head of the Home Civil Service from 2014 to 2018. He served as the Principal Private Secretary to Prime Ministers Tony Blair and Gordon Brown from 1999 to 2003 and 2008 to 2010. He also served as Downing Street Chief of Staff and the first Downing Street Permanent Secretary. After he was diagnosed with lung cancer,he took a leave of absence from June 2018,and retired on health grounds on 24 October 2018,receiving a life peerage;he died a fortnight later on 4 November 2018.
Stephen Paul Barclay is a British politician who has served as Secretary of State for Health and Social Care since October 2022 under Rishi Sunak,having previously held the position from July to September 2022 under Boris Johnson. He served as Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union from 2018 to 2020,Chief Secretary to the Treasury from 2020 to 2021,Minister for the Cabinet Office and Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster from 2021 to 2022,and Downing Street Chief of Staff from February to July 2022. A member of the Conservative Party,he has been Member of Parliament (MP) for North East Cambridgeshire since 2010.
The National Security Council is a United Kingdom cabinet committee. The Council's terms of reference was said in September 2022 to consider matters relating to national security,foreign policy,defence,trade,international relations,development,resilience and resource security.
The National Security Adviser (NSA) is a senior official in the Cabinet Office,based in Whitehall,who serves as the principal adviser to the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and Cabinet of the United Kingdom on all national security issues. The NSA post was created in May 2010 as part of the reforms that also saw the creation of the National Security Council. There have been six holders of the office to date,of whom two served more than three years in the post.
The Cabinet Secretary is the most senior civil servant in the United Kingdom,and is based in the Cabinet Office. The person in this role acts as the senior policy adviser to the Prime Minister and Cabinet and as the Secretary to the Cabinet,is responsible to all ministers for the efficient running of government. The role is currently occupied by Simon Case.
Janice Charette is a Canadian public servant and diplomat who has served as clerk of the Privy Council and secretary to the Cabinet from 2014-2016 and 2021-2023. Charette was the Canadian high commissioner to the United Kingdom from 2016 to 2021.
The Honours Committee is a committee within the Cabinet Office of the Government of the United Kingdom formed to review nominations for national honours for merit,exceptional achievement or service. Twice yearly the Honours Committee submits formal recommendations for the British monarch's New Years and Birthday Honours. Members of the Honours Committee—which comprises a main committee and nine subcommittees in speciality areas—research and vet nominations for national awards,including knighthoods and the Order of the British Empire.
Sir Richard Nicholas Heaton,KCB is a barrister and former senior British civil servant who was the Permanent Secretary to the Ministry of Justice and Clerk of the Crown in Chancery from September 2015 until resigning in August 2020. He had previously served as Cabinet Office Permanent Secretary,and First Parliamentary Counsel. He currently serves as Warden of Robinson College,Cambridge.
Dame Melanie Henrietta Dawes is a British economist and civil servant. Since February 2020 she has been Chief Executive of Ofcom. She was previously the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Housing,Communities and Local Government,and before that worked at HM Treasury,HM Revenue and Customs,and in the Cabinet Office. She is a Trustee of the Patchwork Foundation,founded by Harris Bokhari.
Ian D. Shugart is a Canadian politician and retired public servant who has been a senator from Ontario since September 27,2022. Prior to his appointment to the Senate,Shugart held a number of senior roles within the Public Service of Canada,including as the 24th clerk of the Privy Council and secretary to the Cabinet from 2019 to 2021.
A permanent under-secretary of state,known informally as a permanent secretary,is the most senior civil servant of a ministry in the United Kingdom,charged with running the department on a day-to-day basis. Similar offices,often employing different terms,exist in many other Westminster-style systems and in some other governments. In the United States,the equivalent position is a Deputy Secretary of an executive department,though British permanent secretaries are career civil servants.
