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Lord Agnew of Oulton:To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Anderson of Stoke-on-Trent on 7 April (HL6018), and to the Written Answer by the Parliamentary Secretary at the Cabinet Office on 21 October 2019 (HC463), why it was possible, in the case of the latter, to provide a full list of Permanent Secretary-level appointments, but not in the case of the former; and whether they will now provide a corresponding list of current Permanent Secretary-level appointments, including whether each appointment is fixed-term and its expiry date. \p Baroness Anderson of Stoke-on-Trent: Since 2014, permanent secretary appointments have been made on the basis of a five year fixed tenure; this is set out in contracts of employment. There is no automatic presumption in favour of renewal, but renewals are possible at the discretion of the Prime Minister.

The table below sets out the tenure end dates of the current permanent secretary group.

Permanent Secretary

Role

Appointment to current post

Tenure end date

Susan Acland-Hood

Permanent Secretary DFE

01/09/2020

6/12/2025

Madeleine Alessandri

Chair Joint Intelligence Committee

01/07/2023

30/06/2026

Sam Beckett

Second Permanent Secretary HMT

31/05/2023

30/05/2028

Graeme Biggar

Director General NCA

15/08/2022

14/08/2027

James Bowler

Permanent Secretary HMT

17/10/2022

16/10/2027

Gareth Davies

Permanent Secretary DBT

07/02/2023

06/02/2028

Jessica DeMounteney

First Parliamentary Counsel

01/05/2024

30/04/2029

Ian Diamond

Permanent Secretary ONS

20/08/2019

31/03/2028

Nick Dyer

Second Permanent under Secretary FCDO

03/07/2023

02/07/2028

Michael Ellam

Second Permanent Secretary European Union and International Economic Affairs CO

13/01/2025

12/01/2030

Tamara Finkelstein***

Permanent Secretary Defra

19/06/2019

18/06/2029

Andrew Goodall*

Permanent Secretary Welsh Government

01/11/2021

31/10/2026

Joe Griffin

Permanent Secretary Scottish Government

06/04/2025

05/04/2030

Jenny Harries***

Chief Executive UKHSA

01/04/2021

31/03/2026

Julie Harrison

Permanent Secretary NIO

06/09/2023

05/09/2028

Sarah Healey

Permanent Secretary MHCLG

07/02/2023

06/02/2028

Anne Keast-Butler

Director GCHQ

12/05/2023

11/05/2028

Bernadette Kelly

Permanent Secretary DFT

18/04/2017

13/06/2025

Cat Little

Permanent Secretary CO

02/04/2024

01/04/2029

Angela MacDonald

Second Permanent Secretary HMRC

01/08/2020

31/07/2025

JP Marks

Permanent Secretary HMRC

06/04/2025

05/04/2030

Clive Maxwell

Second Permanent Secretary DESNZ

06/02/2023

11/11/2027

Ken McCallum

Director General Security Service

25/04/2020

24/04/2030

Susanna McGibbon

Treasury Solicitor and Permanent Secretary GLD

08/03/2021

07/03/2026

Angela McLean

Government Chief Scientific Adviser

01/04/2023

31/03/2028

Maddy McTernan

Chief of Defence Nuclear MoD

06/09/2023

05/09/2028

Richard Moore

Chief Secret Intelligence Service

01/10/2020

30/09/2025

Sarah Munby***

Permanent Secretary DSIT

02/02/2023

01/02/2028

Stephen Parkinson

Director of Public Prosecutions CPS

01/11/2023

31/10/2028

Jeremy Pocklington

Permanent Secretary DESNZ

07/02/2023

06/02/2028

Simon Ridley

Second Permanent Secretary HO

18/04/2023

17/04/2028

Tom Riordan

Second Permanent Secretary DHSC

23/09/2024

22/09/2029

Oliver Robbins

Permanent under Secretary FCDO

13/01/2025

12/01/2030

Antonia Romeo

Permanent Secretary MoJ

14/04/2025

13/04/2030

Beth Russell

Second Permanent Secretary HMT

17/10/2022

17/10/2027

Peter Schofield

Permanent Secretary DWP

16/01/2018

15/01/2026

Jo Shanmugalingam

Second Permanent Secretary DFT

30/05/2023

29/05/2028

Andy Start**

Chief Executive DE&S

05/09/2022

04/09/2025

Susannah Storey

Permanent Secretary DCMS

10/07/2023

09/07/2028

Clara Swinson

Second Permanent Secretary Mission Delivery Unit, CO

16/09/2024

15/09/2029

Chris Whitty

Chief Medical Officer DHSC

01/10/2019

30/09/2029

David Williams

Permanent Secretary MOD

06/04/2021

05/04/2026

Chris Wormald

Cabinet Secretary

16/12/2024

15/12/2029

*Andrew Goodall is on secondment from NHS Wales

**Andy Start is on a Fixed Term contract

*** Tamara Finkelstein, Jenny Harries and Sarah Munby are leaving the Civil Service in Summer 2025, and therefore before their tenure end date