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Rarefied Circles: the Guardian Guide to the Upper Echelons of Whitehall 22 * The Guardian | Friday 24 June 2011 The Guardian | Friday 24 June 2011 * 23 Explore this data Inside the civil service Download it, tell us what you think guardian.co.uk/data ≥ Rarefied circles: the Guardian guide to the upper echelons of Whitehall This is the world of the sen- Cabinet Office Foreign & Commonwealth Office Prime minister Department for Education Department for Work and Pensions ior civil service, courtesy of Cabinet Secretary & Head of Minister Permanent Under-Secretary & Head Cabinet minister David Cameron Permanent Secretary Sir David Bell Cabinet minister Total number of civil servants Permanent Secretary Robert Devereux Cabinet minister the Home Civil Service Francis Maude of the Diplomatic Service Simon Fraser William Hague 469,030 Salary £180,000 - £184,999 Michael Gove a new list published by the Salary £180,000 - £184,999 Iain Duncan Smith government naming every Sir Gus O'Donnell Salary £180,000 - £184,999 Total working for major Civil servants 2,970 Civil servants 120,940 Civil servants 5,900 Senior posts 126 Senior posts 274 Salary £235,000 - £239,999 departments shown here 200,430 Salary bigger than PM 1 senior civil servant for each Senior posts 119 Salary bigger Civil servants in department 1,230 Salary bigger than PM 4 than PM 5 department. One of the larg- Senior civil servants 216 Internal Total number of senior civil servants management Shared est units is the Efficiency & (doesn't include head) 3,192 Services Welfare & Number with minimum Salary £142,500 Total number with a minimum salary Children 4 Wellbeing Group Reform Group in the Cabi- salary higher than Europe & Young People 12 Employment Prime Minister 19 Knowledge & Global: Cabinet minister’s salary £134,565 higher than the Prime minister’s pay 90 & Families Infrastructure & 31 Group net Office – driving the cuts Information Europe Operations Universal Management officer Funding Directorate Credits agenda. It does not include Honours & Europe & Department for Communities & local government Northern Ireland Office 28 Academies, Change 25 1 Global Pol: 20 6 Management Appointments Permanent Secretary Sir Bob Kerslake Cabinet minister free schools staff working for agencies, Secretariat Issues Middle East 17 Director-General Hilary Jackson 4 Secretariat & North Africa Other Salary £170,000 - £174,999 Eric Pickles Strategy, 2 Salary £120,000 - £124,999 30 Information and junior staff within Efficiency & 5 Constitution Defence & Civil servants 2,650 Civil servants 110 Reform Group 13 intelligence Europe & Education Corporate & Pensions National Group E&G: Africa Senior posts Communications departments. At this end of Security Drives government's Joint Global: 116 Senior posts 8 Standards Information Group 5 6 7 Salary bigger than PM 2 Salary bigger than PM 0 24 Pension, Secretariat efficiency agenda Intelligence Pol: Asia Pacific Directorate Finance & Technology Disability & Carers the civil service, the rewards National 8 8 Organisation Private South Asia Defence & Strategy & Minister Corporate Service are high: its head, Sir Gus 2 Office & Afghanistan intelligence: Other 11 Programme curricullum Services Directorate 33 91 Group Owen Paterson Cabinet Americas political Team 8 Human O’Donnell, gets paid nearly Human 9 35 21 Resources Office Resources 5 8 29 Communications Corporate 11 6 Private £240,000, with Sir David Services 2 PUS office No unit Office 13 5 Pol: Eastern UK Other Finance & Jobcentre Plus Deputy Group Europe & E&G Nicholson, CEO at health, Prime 7 Trade & Corporate Services 17 6 Finance & 1 Central Asia Minister's Prime Minister's Investment 2 Department for International Development 43 Group close behind at £215,000 Estates Office 4 Management Office of the Office 3 36 Acting Permanent Secretary Mark Lowcock Cabinet Darra Singh Finance 2 Neighbourhoods Chief Executive 3 Parliamentary Counsel minister 17 Salary £150,000 - £154,999 21 27 Andrew Mitchell £185,000 - £189,999 Economic & 54 Civil servants 1,570 Legal Group Domestic Affairs Sir Stephen Laws Richard McCarthy Senior posts 80 Government Director General 27 Secretariat Chief Parliamentary Digital Salary bigger than PM 1 8 Counsel Service £175,000 - £225,000 - £229,999 5 Scotland Office Localism Home Office £179,999 Cabinet minister Ministry of Justice Director Alisdair McIntosh Permanent Secretary Dame Helen Ghosh Permanent Secretary Sir Suma Chakrabarti Salary £80,000 - £84,999 28 Country Theresa May Cabinet minister Permanent Salary £180,000 - £184,999 Civil servants programmes Private Salary £180,000 - £184,999 Kenneth Clarke 100 Secretary office Civil servants 3,140 HM Treasury Senior posts Civil servants 3,130 4 Senior posts 111 Salary bigger than PM 0 2 34 4 Permanent Secretary Sir Nick Macpherson Cabinet minister Senior posts 171 Salary bigger than PM 5 George Osborne Salary bigger than PM 6 Cabinet minister Salary £175,000 - £179,999 Department for Transport Michael Moore 4 Finance & Security & Civil servants 1,330 Permanent Secretary Lin Homer Cabinet minister Corporate counter- Senior posts 108 Salary bigger Salary £170,000 - £174,999 Philip Hammond 80 Performance Commercial terrorism Chief than PM 5 Corporate Private Civil servants 2,080 7 Office Policy & 14 scientific Performance Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs Wales Office Senior posts 117 International 27 adviser Group 2 Salary bigger Permanent Secretary Bronwyn Hill Director Fiona Adams Jones Director Corporate Cabinet minister than PM 2 28 14 49 Salary £80,000 - £84,999 General's Her Majesty's Salary £160,000 - £164,999 Caroline Spelman Office 8 Civil servants 2,640 Civil servants 60 Board Ministerial Court & Communications Senior posts 127 Senior posts 4 Domestic Crime & Service 14 policing (HMCS) Salary bigger than PM Salary bigger than PM 0 International, group Legal Tribunals 1 strategy & 72 Adviser Economics Service 40 Cabinet minister environment 28 Department of Energy & Climate Change 24 Cheryl Gillan 4 Home 10 6 Justice Permanent Secretary Moira Wallace Cabinet minister Secretary's 12 Policy Chief 34 Chris Huhne Office Human Infrastructure Group scientific General Salary £165,000 - £169,999 adviser resources UK Green economy & counsel Civil servants 1,020 1 Communications 45 Corporate services Senior posts 4 1 Department for Culture, 93 10 Chancellor's office, Law, Rights & 11 4 Strategy, Helen Edwards International Group 51 Media & Sport Salary bigger Corporate & press, communications, Director General than PM 1 correspondence, others change & Secretariat Professional performance 27 Permanent Secretary Jonathan Stephens Cabinet Corporate Services £160,000 - 3 minister group Major projects 10 2 Salary £155,000 - £159,999 Energy Ministry of Defence £164,999 Civil servants 470 Jeremy Hunt & London 21 Office of 25 Markets & Cabinet minister Senior posts 43 Infrastructure Permanent Secretary Ursula Brennan the Public 17 National Liam Fox Guardian Food & Environment Salary bigger Salary £180,000 - £184,999 than PM 3 Climate Change 2 Farming & Rural 29 & Consumer Support Civil servants 65,490 Senior posts 626 30 37 Government Department Salary bigger Private 21 office Olympic International of Energy than PM 9 Executive Energy & & Climate Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs Change 5 Climate Change Private Chief Executive & Permanent Secretary Dame Lesley Strathie 19 1 Office Defence Senior 10 Infrastructure Salary £170,000 - £174,999 Management Strategy Group Science & Directorate Organisation Civil servants 75,340 Non-ministerial dept Team Innovation 1 Senior posts 352 Executive Department of Health Group Board 6 16 Salary higher 17 Permanent Secretary Una O'Brien 4 Cabinet minister Central Top Level Budget than PM 9 6 Salary £160,000 - £164,999 Andrew Lansley 214 Chief Executive Sir David Nicholson Permanent Secretary for Tax Salary £210,000 - £214,999 Government Equalities Office Department for Business, Innovation and Skills Civil servants 5,400 24 Solicitor's Senior posts 302 Director-general Jonathan Rees Permanent Secretary Martin Donnelly Cabinet minister Regional public Office of Navy Command Office Salary bigger health groups Salary £130,000 - £134,999 Vince Cable the NHS Salary £160,000 - £164,999 than PM 8 Leadership 46 24 Civil servants 120 Civil servants 3,940 28 Team Senior posts 8 Senior posts 195 3 Salary bigger than PM 0 Salary bigger Defence Equipment & Support than PM 9 Informatics Minister Chief NHS Medical NHS Finance Other 141 Theresa May economic Health 5 Performance Permanent Chief Legal, Joint Business tax 8 adviser People & 38 Improvement & Operations Bernard Gray 8 scientific Chief of Defence Materiel Headquarters adviser Communications & Protection 114 10 Chief Medical 24 Compliance & 6 22 Officer's £220,000 - £224,999 22 Enforcement Shareholder 30 Private Executive Office 52 Ministerial & Business Social Care Corporate 19 Parliamentary & Skills 1 Development Royal Air Force Air Command People Support Local Government Stephen Lovegrove 2 Manufacturing, enterprise, & Care Partnerships 21 64 19 Chief Executive, economic development, information economy, 29 Workforce £185,000 - Managing Director £189,999 Knowledge further education David Behan Information Director General 21 for Commissioning Attorney Generals' Departments & Innovation 57 Development Management Director-general Peter Fish Philip Rutnam £180,000 - Managing Director Benefits Finance 12 Director General Land Forces Salary £120,000 - £124,999 £184,999 18 for Provider 23 & Credits Directorate Development 11 Director of Public Prosecutions Keir Starmer £180,000 - Chief Nursing 118 Salary £195,000 - £199,999 13 £184,999 Policy Strategy Officer's 10 Personal tax £205,000 - & Finance department Public Health Finance Civil servants 9,500 England £209,999 Senior posts 8 UKTI - 22 54 Market 28 14 Transition Team Research & Salary bigger than PM 4 International Frameworks 7 Development James Ballingall £185,000 - Minister Attorney 22 9 General 23 National Director Deputy Director, Dominic Grieve Communications Head of Assurance £189,999 for Improvement 4 & Efficiency Steve Lamey Crown 4 7 Director General Prosecution 7 Service SOURCE: DATA.GOV.UK, GRAPHIC: JENNY RIDLEY, COPY & RESEARCH: SIMON ROGERS.
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