Permanent Under-Secretary of State of the Home Office

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Permanent Under-Secretary of State of the Home Office
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Incumbent
Sir Matthew Rycroft KCMG CBE
since 23 March 2020
Home Office
Reports to Home Secretary
Term length At His Majesty's pleasure
First holderJ. Bell
Website www.gov.uk

The Permanent Under-Secretary of State of the Home Office [1] [2] is the permanent secretary of the Home Office, the most senior civil servant in the department, charged with running its affairs on a day-to-day basis.

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References

  1. "William Davidson". The National Archives. Retrieved 26 March 2022. Henry Hobhouse, permanent Under-Secretary of State at the Home Office 1817-1827
  2. "MI5 saved royal fascist from jail". BBC News. 5 March 2006. Retrieved 26 March 2022. Sir Alexander Maxwell, then Permanent Under Secretary of State at the Home Office
  3. Lee, Sidney, ed. (1896). "Phillipps, Samuel March"  . Dictionary of National Biography . Vol. 45. London: Smith, Elder & Co.
  4. Source for Liddell and all his predecessors – Newsam F. (Newsam F (1954) The Home Office (London, Allen and Unwin), p.215)
  5. "Home Office boss quits over 'campaign against him'". BBC News. 29 February 2020. Retrieved 29 February 2020.
  6. "Matthew Rycroft CBE appointed Permanent Secretary at the Home Office". gov.uk. Retrieved 14 September 2020.