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First Civil Service Commissioner

UK government occupation

UK government occupation

FieldValue
postFirst Civil Service Commissioner
flagFlag of the United Kingdom.svg
flagsize110px
flagcaptionFlag of the United Kingdom
insigniaCiv-serv-comm.jpg
insigniacaptionCivil Service Commission logo
departmentCivil Service Commission
imageBaroness Gisela Stuart.jpg
incumbentThe Baroness Stuart of Edgbaston
incumbentsinceMarch 2022
seatWestminster, London
appointerThe King
on the advice of the prime minister
termlengthFive years
inauguralSir Edward Ryan
formation1885

on the advice of the prime minister The First Civil Service Commissioner heads the Civil Service Commission, a statutory body which ensures that appointments to the Civil Service in the United Kingdom are made openly and on merit, and hears appeals from civil servants under the Civil Service Code.

The post was created in 1855 following publication of the Northcote–Trevelyan Report by Charles Trevelyan and Stafford Northcote that advocated the decoupling of appointments of senior civil servants from ministers to insure the impartiality of the Civil Service. Following a report of the Committee on Standards in Public Life, "Defining the Boundaries within the Executive: Ministers, special advisers and the permanent Civil Service" in 2003, the appointment of the First Civil Service Commissioner is made by Government after consultation with the leaders of the main opposition parties. They are then appointed by the King under Royal Prerogative.

List of first civil service commissioners

  • Sir Edward Ryan (1855–1875)
  • John Pakington, 1st Baron Hampton (1875–1880)
  • George Byng, Viscount Enfield (later The 3rd Earl of Strafford) (1880–88)
  • ...
  • William Courthope (1892–1907)
  • Lord Francis Hervey (1907–1909)
  • Sir Stanley Leathes (1910–1927)
  • Sir Roderick Meikejohn (1927–1939)
  • Sir Percival Waterfield (1939–1951)
  • Sir Paul Sinker (1951–1954)
  • Laurence Helsby, Baron Helsby (1954–1959)
  • Sir George Mallaby (1959–1964)
  • Sir George Abell (1964–1967)
  • John Hunt (later Baron Hunt of Tanworth) (1967–1971)
  • Sir Kenneth Clucas (1971–1974)
  • Dr Fergus Allen (1974–1981)
  • Angus Fraser (1981–1983)
  • Dennis Trevelyan (1983–1989)
  • John Holroyd (1989–1993)
  • Dame Ann Bowtell (1993–1995)
  • Sir Michael Bett (1995–2000)
  • Usha Prashar, Baroness Prashar (2000–2005)
  • Dame Janet Paraskeva (2006–2010)
  • Mark Addison (2011) (interim)
  • Sir David Normington (2011–2016)
  • Kathryn Bishop (2016) (interim)
  • Ian Watmore (2016–2021)
  • Rosie Glazebrook (2021) (interim)
  • Gisela Stuart, Baroness Stuart of Edgbaston (2022–present)

References

References

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  3. Chilcott, Paul. (2004). "Pakington, John Somerset, first Baron Hampton (1799–1880)".
  4. Chapman, Richard A. (2004). "The Civil Service Commission, 1855-1991: A Bureau Biography". Routledge.
  5. "Order-in-Council dated 12 August 1907. Appointment of Lord Francis Hervey as First Commissioner ...". The National Archives.
  6. (August 8, 1907). "Civil Service Commission". The Times.
  7. Dampier, W. C. D. (2004). "Leathes, Sir Stanley Mordaunt (1861–1938)".
  8. (November 12, 1927). "First Civil Service Commissioner". The Times.
  9. Chapman, Richard A. (2004). "Waterfield, Sir (Alexander) Percival (1888–1965)".
  10. Lee, J M. (2004). "Sinker, Sir (Algernon) Paul (1905–1977)".
  11. Caulcott, Tom. (2004). "Helsby, Laurence Norman, Baron Helsby (1908–1978)".
  12. Gittings, Robert. (2004). "Mallaby, Sir (Howard) George Charles (1902–1978)".
  13. Ellis, Roger. (2004). "Abell, Sir George Edmond Brackenbury (1904–1989)".
  14. (September 21, 1967). "First Civil Service Commissioner". The Times.
  15. (February 25, 1971). "Three appointments are made at the Treasury". The Times.
  16. (20 September 2010). "Sir Kenneth Clucas obituary". [[The Guardian]].
  17. (January 25, 1974). "Commissioner named". The Times.
  18. (July 18, 2001). "Obituary: Sir Angus Fraser". The Independent.
  19. (March 5, 1983). "Prison service head to recruit civil servants". The Times.
  20. Hughes, Colin. (March 24, 1989). "Parliament and Politics: New civil service key player". The Independent.
  21. (February 12, 1993). "Woman takes top job - Ann Elizabeth Bowtell". The Times.
  22. (March 16, 1995). "Most civil servant - Michael Bett". The Times.
  23. (September 2010). "Baroness Prashar appointed first Civil Service Commissioner.". M2 Presswire.
  24. (2005-12-22). "Law Society chief named new First Civil Service Commissioner". Reed Business Information.
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