Current UK Permanent Secretaries
There are currently 41 individuals in UK government departments with the grade of Permanent Secretary or Second Permanent Secretary, though not all use these titles.
| Department | Jobholder | Title |
|---|---|---|
| Departments of State | ||
| Cabinet Office | ||
| Sir Jeremy Heywood, KCB CVO | Cabinet Secretary | |
| Sir Bob Kerslake | Head of the Home Civil Service and Permanent Secretary, DCLG | |
| Richard Heaton | Permanent Secretary, Cabinet Office and First Parliamentary Counsel | |
| Jon Day | Chair, Joint Intelligence Committee | |
| Ivan Rogers | Prime Minister's Adviser on Europe and Global Issues; Head of the European and Global Issues Secretariat | |
| Sir Kim Darroch, KCMG | National Security Advisor | |
| Department for Business, Innovation and Skills | Martin Donnelly | Permanent Secretary |
| Department for Communities and Local Government | Sir Bob Kerslake | Permanent Secretary |
| Department for Culture, Media and Sport | Jonathan Stephens | Permanent Secretary |
| Ministry of Defence | ||
| Jon Thompson | Permanent Secretary | |
| Bernard Gray | Chief of Defence Materiel | |
| Professor Sir Mark Welland, FRS FREng | Chief Scientific Adviser to the Ministry of Defence | |
| Department for Education | Chris Wormald | Permanent Secretary |
| Department of Energy and Climate Change | Moira Wallace | Permanent Secretary |
| Professor Sir David MacKay | Chief Scientific Adviser to the Department of Energy and Climate Change | |
| Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs | Bronwyn Hill | Permanent Secretary |
| Foreign and Commonwealth Office | Simon Fraser, CMG | Permanent Under-Secretary and Head of Her Majesty's Diplomatic Service |
| Department of Health | Una O'Brien, CB | Permanent Secretary |
| Professor Dame Sally Davies, DBE | Chief Medical Officer for the United Kingdom and the National Health Service | |
| Sir David Nicholson, KCB CBE | Chief Executive, National Health Service (NHS) England | |
| Home Office | Helen Kilpatrick | Interim Permanent Secretary |
| Department for International Development | Mark Lowcock | Permanent Secretary |
| Ministry of Justice | Ursula Brennan | Permanent Secretary |
| Department for Transport | Philip Rutnam | Permanent Secretary |
| HM Treasury | Sir Nicholas Macpherson, KCB | Permanent Secretary |
| Tom Scholar | Second Permanent Secretary and Managing Director of Public Services and Growth | |
| Department for Work and Pensions | Robert Devereux | Permanent Secretary |
| Terry Moran | Second Permanent Secretary and Chief Operating Officer | |
| Non-Ministerial Departments | ||
| Crown Prosecution Service | Keir Starmer, QC | Director of Public Prosecutions, |
| Government Office for Science | Professor Sir John Beddington, CMG | Her Majesty's Government Chief Scientific Adviser |
| HM Revenue and Customs | Lin Homer | Chief Executive, Permanent Secretary and Accounting Officer |
| Mike Clasper | Chairman | |
| Dave Hartnett, CB | Second Permanent Secretary for Tax | |
| Security Service (formerly MI5) | Jonathan Evans | Director General |
| Secret Intelligence Service (formerly MI6) | Sir John Sawers, KCMG | Chief or 'C' |
| Government Communications Headquarters (GCHQ) | Iain Lobban | Director |
| Treasury Solicitor's Department | Paul Jenkins, QC | Her Majesty's Procurator General and Treasury Solicitor |
| UK Statistics Authority | Jil Matheson | National Statistician |
| Devolved Administrations | ||
| Northern Ireland Executive | Dr Malcom McKibbin | Permanent Secretary and Head, Northern Ireland Civil Service |
| Scottish Government | Sir Peter Housden, KCB | Permanent Secretary |
| Welsh Government | Derek Jones | Permanent Secretary |
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