Latest civil service & public affairs moves — January 29

New appointments in the civil service, UK politics, and public affairs, via our colleagues at Dods People


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Parliamentary private secretary appointments

  • No 10: Prime minister Theresa May – George Hollingbery and Seema Kennedy.
  • HM Treasury: Chancellor of the exchequer Philip Hammond – Kwasi Kwarteng; Ministerial team – Scott Mann.
  • Home Office: Home secretary and minister for Women and Equalities Amber Rudd – Ed Argar; Minister of state Caroline Nokes ​– David Morris.
  • Foreign and Commonwealth Office: Foreign secretary Boris Johnson – Conor Burns; Ministerial team – Robert Courts.
  • Ministry of Defence: Defence secretary Gavin Williamson – Will Quince; Ministerial team – Anne Marie Trevelyan and Jack Lopresti.
  • Ministry of Justice: Lord chancellor and justice secretary David Gauke – Peter Heaton Jones; Ministerial team – Julian Knight.
  • Department for Education: Education secretary Damian Hinds – Simon Hoare; Ministerial team – Alex Chalk and David Warbuton.
  • Department for Exiting the European Union: Secretary of state for Exiting the European Union David Davis – Gareth Johnson and Jeremy Quin.
  • Department for International Trade: International trade secretary Liam Fox – Tom Pursglove; Ministerial team – Mike Wood.
  • Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy: Business secretary Greg Clark – Alan Mak; Ministerial team – Mary Robinson.
  • Department of Health and Social Care: Health secretary Jeremy Hunt – James Cartlidge; Ministerial team – Maggie Throup.
  • Department for Work and Pensions: Work and pensions secretary Esther McVey –​ Huw Merriman; Ministerial team – Ranil Jayawardena.
  • Department for Transport: Transport secretary Chris Grayling – James Heappey; Ministerial team – Chris Green.
  • Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government: Housing secretary Sajid Javid ​– Chris Philp.
  • Office of the Leader of the House of Commons: Leader of the House of Commons Andrea Leadsom ​– Victoria Prentis.
  • Office of the Leader of the House of Lords: Leader of the House of Lords Baroness Evans of Bowes Park – Luke Hall.
  • Scotland Office: Secretary of state for Scotland David Mundell ​– Alberto Costa.
  • Wales Office: Secretary of state for Wales Alun Cairns – Glyn Davies; Ministerial team – Chris Davies.
  • Northern Ireland Office: Secretary of state for Northern Ireland Karen Bradley – Matt Warman.
  • Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Environment secretary Michael Gove ​– Kevin Hollinrake; Ministerial team – Rebecca Pow.
  • Department for International Development: International development secretary Penny Mordaunt – Michael Tomlinson; Ministerial team – Craig Tracey.
  • Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport: Culture secretary Matt Hancock – Nigel Huddleston.
  • Cabinet Office: Minister for the Cabinet Office David Lidington ​– Kevin Foster.
  • Attorney General’s Office: Attorney general Jeremy Wright – Michelle Donelan.
  • Minister without Portfolio: Conservative Party chair Brandon Lewis – Helen Whately.

Houses of Parliament

  • House of Commons: Environmental Audit Committee – Robert Goodwill and Philip Dunne appointed as members; Procedure Committee – David Evennett appointed as a member; Science and Technology Committee – Adam Holloway discharged and Damian Moore appointed as a member.

Government departments:

  • Home Office: Commission for Countering Extremism – Sara Khan will become the new lead commissioner in February.
  • Department for Education: David Meller stood down as non-executive board member and as chair of the Apprenticeship Delivery Board.
  • Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government: Homes England – Julian Ashby stood down as chair of Regulation Committee.
  • Department for Transport: Transport for the North – Barry White became chief executive of the body, which comes into force on 1 April.

Parties

  • Labour Party: Lord McAvoy elected as Chief Whip in the Lords; Lord Mendelsohn was asked to resign as opposition spokesperson for business, energy and industrial strategy and for international trade.
  • Sinn Féin: Mary Lou McDonald elected as president.
  • UK Independence Party: Resignations of Margot Parker as deputy leader; Mike Hookem as assistant deputy leader; Star Anderton as spokesperson for disabilities; David Meacock as spokesperson for culture; Gerard Batten as spokesperson for Brexit; John Bickley as spokesperson for immigration; David Sprason as spokesperson for work and pensions; Peter Whittle as spokesperson for London; David Kurten as spokesperson for education; Tim Aker as spokesperson for local government; William Dartmouth as spokesperson for trade; Jonathon Bullock as spokesperson for energy.

Devolved authorities

  • Northern Ireland Government: Denis McMahon to become permanent secretary of the Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs, replacing Noel Lavery; Noel Lavery to become permanent secretary of the Department for the Economy, replacing Andrew McCormick; Andrew McCormick to become director general of international relations; Sue Gray to become permanent secretary of the Department of Finance; Hugh Widdis to become departmental solicitor and head of the Government Legal Service in Northern Ireland.
  • Welsh Government: Peter Halligan appointed to the post of chief scientific adviser for Wales.

Local authorities: by-election result 25 January

  • Isle of Wight Council – Steve Hastings elected for Central Wight – Conservative hold.

Interest groups

  • Improvement Service: Colin Mair to retire as chief executive on 31 March.
  • Scottish Council for Voluntary Organisations: Anna Fowlie appointed as chief executive.
  • Action for Children: Tony Hawkhead to retire as chief executive in February, and Carol Iddon will replace him.

Consultancies

  • Cicero –​ Robert O’Reilly has joined as director.

 

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