The Home Office (HO),also known as the Home Department,is a ministerial department of the Government of the United Kingdom. It is 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,Border Force,visas and immigration,and the Security Service (MI5). It is also in charge of government policy on security-related issues such as drugs,counterterrorism,and immigration. 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.
Sir Richard Clive Mottram is a former British civil servant,who retired in 2007 from his most recent senior post as Permanent Secretary,Intelligence,Security and Resilience in the Cabinet Office.
Ursula Gertrud von der Leyen is a German physician and politician serving as the 13th president of the European Commission since 2019. She served in the German federal government between 2005 and 2019,holding successive positions in Angela Merkel's cabinet,most recently as federal minister of defence. Von der Leyen is a member of the centre-right Christian Democratic Union (CDU) and its EU affiliated group,the European People's Party (EPP).
The Attorney-General's Department,also known as the Department of the Attorney-General or AG’s Department,is the national law enforcement and justice department of the federal government of the Commonwealth of Australia. The attorney-general’s department is responsible for the enforcement and compliance of federal law,the administration of justice and the oversight of industrial relations affairs. The department oversees various agencies including the Australian Federal Police (AFP),the national Human Rights Commission (AHRC) and the Commonwealth Director of Public Prosecutions.
Dame Helen Frances Ghosh,is a former British civil servant who has been Master of Balliol College,Oxford since 2018. She was previously Director-General of the National Trust from November 2012 to April 2018.
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.
Dame Susan Ruth Street,DCB is a former Permanent Secretary for the Department for Culture,Media and Sport (DCMS),serving from 2001 to 2006. She was responsible for the overall strategy,delivery and expenditure for the whole department. This included major projects like the winning bid for the London 2012 Olympic Games and the renewal of the BBC Charter.
Dame Lesley Ann Strathie,DCB was a British senior civil servant.
The Permanent Under-Secretary of State for Defence,also called the Permanent Secretary to the Ministry of Defence,is the permanent secretary at the Ministry of Defence. The office holder is the government's principal civilian adviser on Defence matters. The office holder is a member of the Defence Council and the Defence Board. They are the MOD Principal Accounting Officer,and are called to give evidence to the Defence Select Committee.
Dame Anne Elisabeth Mueller,DCB was a British civil servant and academic. She was Second Permanent Secretary at the Cabinet Office from 1984 to 1987 and then at HM Treasury from 1987 to 1990. She was Chancellor of De Montfort University from June 1991 until 1995.
The King's Birthday Honours 1941 were appointments in the British Empire of King George VI to various orders and honours to reward and highlight good works by citizens of various countries. The appointments were made to celebrate the official birthday of The King,and were published on 6 June 1941.
Dame Una O'Brien DCB is a British former civil servant,who served as the Permanent Secretary at the Department of Health. She became a Companion of the Order of the Bath (CB) in the New Year honours list 2011,and a Dame Commander of the Order of the Bath (DCB) in the 2015 Queen's Birthday Honours list.
Sir Jonathan Michael Thompson,is a British civil servant who served as the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Defence (MOD) from September 2012 until April 2016,when he succeeded Dame Lin Homer as Permanent Secretary and Chief Executive of HM Revenue and Customs. He became Chief Executive of the Financial Reporting Council after leaving HMRC in Autumn 2019.
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 Clare Moriarty DCB is the Chief Executive of Citizens Advice and a former British civil servant,who served as permanent secretary of the Department for Environment,Food and Rural Affairs between 2015 and 2019 and as Permanent Secretary of the Department for Exiting the European Union (DExEU) from March 2019 until January 2020. In November 2017,she was appointed the first civil service “faith and belief”champion,to represent all faiths and beliefs and promote interfaith dialogue. After leaving the Civil Service when DExEU was closed,she took up a new role as chief executive of Citizens Advice in April 2021.
Jonathan Slater is a former high ranking British civil servant. From May 2016,he was Permanent Secretary of the Department for Education until his abrupt dismissal on 26 August 2020 following a controversy over national school examination grades.
Antonia Rebecca Caroline Romeo is a British civil servant. She is currently serving as the permanent secretary at the Ministry of Justice and Clerk of the Crown in Chancery. She was the permanent secretary at the Department for International Trade and before that,the British consul-general in New York for the Foreign and Commonwealth Office and concurrently director-general for economic and commercial affairs in the USA.
Dame Bernadette Mary Kelly,is a British senior civil servant who has served as permanent secretary for the Department for Transport since 18 April 2017.
