Civil Service Commissioners (UK)
The Civil Service Commission regulates recruitment to the Civil Service in the United Kingdom, providing assurance that appointments are on merit after fair and open competition, and hears appeals under the Civil Service Code. The Commission is independent of Government and the Civil Service.
The Civil Service Commission was established by Gladstone through an order in council on 21 May 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.[1]
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.[2] They are then appointed by the Queen under Royal Prerogative.[3] The First Civil Service Commissioner is appointed for a fixed term of five years, although another Comissioner may act as an interim First Commissioner when necessary.
Contents
List of First Civil Service Commissioners
- Sir Edward Ryan (1855-75)
- John Pakington, 1st Baron Hampton (1875-1880)[4]
- George Byng, Viscount Enfield (later 3rd Earl of Strafford) (1880-88)
- ...
- William Courthope (1892-1907)[5][6]
- Lord Francis Hervey (1907-1909)[7][6]
- Sir Stanley Leathes (1910-1927)[8]
- Sir Roderick Meiklejohn, K.B.E.C.B (1927-1939)[9]
- Sir Percival Waterfield (1939-1951)[10]
- Sir Paul Sinker (1951-1954)[11]
- Laurence Helsby, Baron Helsby (1954-1959)[12]
- Sir George Mallaby (1959-1964)[13]
- Sir George Abell (1964-1967)[14]
- John Hunt (1967-1971)[15][16]
- K. H. Clucas (1971-1974)[16]
- Dr Fergus Allen (1974-1981)[17]
- Angus Fraser (1981-1983)[18]
- Dennis Trevelyan (1983-1989)[19]
- John Holroyd (1989-1993)[20]
- Dame Ann Bowtell (1993-1995)[21]
- Sir Michael Bett (1995-2000)[22]
- Usha Prashar, Baroness Prashar (2000-2005)[23]
- Janet Paraskeva (2006-2010)[3]
- Mark Addison (2011) (Interim)[24]
- Sir David Normington (2011-2016)
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Further reading
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