Permanent Under-Secretary of State at the Home Office

The permanent under-secretary of state at the Home Office is the permanent secretary at the Home Office, the most senior civil servant in the department, charged with running its affairs on a day-to-day basis.

List of permanent secretaries

March 1782: J. Bell December 1791: John King February 1806 – 1817: John Beckett [later Sir John Beckett, Bart.] June 1817 – 1827: Henry Hobhouse July 1827 – 1848: Samuel March Phillipps 1848–1867: Horatio Waddington 1867–1885: Sir Adolphus Frederick Octavius LiddellSource for Liddell and all his predecessors – Newsam F. (Newsam F (1954) The Home Office (London, Allen and Unwin), p.215) June 1885: Sir H. Maine July 1885 – 1895: Sir Godfrey Lushington 1895–1903: Sir Kenelm Digby 1903–1908: Sir Mackenzie Dalzell Chalmers 1908–1922: Sir Edward Troup 1922–1932: Sir John Anderson 1932–1938: Sir Russell Scott 1938–1948: Sir Alexander Maxwell 1948–1957: Sir Frank Newsam 1957–1966: Sir Charles Cunningham 1966–1972: Sir Philip Allen 1972–1977: Sir Arthur Peterson 1977–1979: Sir Robert Armstrong 1979–1988: Sir Brian Cubbon 1988–1994: Sir Clive Whitmore 1994–1997: Sir Richard Wilson 1997–2001: Sir David Omand 2001–2005: Sir John Gieve 2005–2011: Sir David Normington 2011–2012: Dame Helen Ghosh 2012–2013: Helen Kilpatrick (acting) 2013–2017: Mark Sedwill 2017–2020: Sir Philip Rutnam 2020–2025: Sir Matthew Rycroft 28 March 2025 – 14 April 2025: Simon Ridley (acting) 14 April 2025 – 19 February 2026: Dame Antonia Romeo 19 February 2026 – 5 April 2026: Simon Ridley (acting) From 6 April 2026 – Gareth Davies

Permanent Under-Secretary of State at the Home Office

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