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.
The Home Office (HO),also known as the Home Department,is a ministerial department of His Majesty's Government,responsible for immigration,security,and law and order. As such,it is responsible for policing in England and Wales,fire and rescue services in England,visas and immigration,and the Security Service (MI5). It is also in charge of government policy on security-related issues such as drugs,counter-terrorism,and ID cards. It was formerly responsible for His Majesty's Prison Service and the National Probation Service,but these have been transferred to the Ministry of Justice.
The Department for Culture,Media and Sport (DCMS) is a department of His Majesty's Government,with responsibility for culture and sport in England,and some aspects of the media throughout the UK,such as broadcasting.
The Government Legal Department is the largest in-house legal organisation in the United Kingdom's Government Legal Service.
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.
Sir Mark Ivan Rogers is a former senior British civil servant who was the Permanent Representative of the United Kingdom to the European Union from 4 November 2013 until his resignation on 3 January 2017.
Nicholas Ian Macpherson,Baron Macpherson of Earl's Court,is a former senior British civil servant. He served as the Permanent Secretary to the Treasury from 2005 to 2016.
Dame Susan Jane Owen is a former British civil servant,economist and former academic. She served as the Permanent Secretary for the Department for Digital,Culture,Media and Sport from October 2013 until her retirement in March 2019.
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.
Sir Jonathan Stephen Cunliffe,CB is a senior British civil servant,currently serving as Deputy Governor of the Bank of England for Financial Stability.
Sir Martin Eugene Donnelly,is a British former civil servant. He was Permanent Secretary of the Department for International Trade,until leaving the Civil Service on 24 March 2017.
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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.
Dame Sharon Michele White,Lady Chote,is a British businesswoman. She is currently Chair of the John Lewis Partnership,having previously held a variety of roles in the Civil Service. She was the Chief Executive of the British media regulator Ofcom from March 2015 to November 2019,and was Second Permanent Secretary at HM Treasury from 2013 to 2015. She was the first black person,and the second woman,to become a Permanent Secretary at the Treasury.
Sir Jonathan Guy Jones is a British lawyer,appointed in March 2014 and serving until his resignation on 8 September 2020 as HM Procurator General,Treasury Solicitor and Head of the Government Legal Service,and so the Permanent Secretary of the Government Legal Department.
Sarah Elizabeth Healey is a British civil servant,appointed as Permanent Secretary for the Department for Levelling Up,Housing and Communities in February 2023. Previously,she was Permanent Secretary at the Department for Digital,Culture,Media and Sport (DCMS).
