Chris Wormald

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Sir Chris Wormald
KCB
Permanent Secretary of the
Department for Health and Social Care
Assumed office
2016
Prime MinisterTheresa May
Boris Johnson
Secretary of StateJeremy Hunt
Matt Hancock
Preceded byUna O'Brien
Permanent Secretary of the
Department for Education
In office
2012–2016
Prime MinisterDavid Cameron
Secretary of StateMichael Gove
Nicky Morgan
Preceded bySir David Bell
Director-General, Deputy Prime Minister's Office
In office
2010–2012
Prime MinisterDavid Cameron
Deputy Prime MinisterNick Clegg
Preceded byNew office
Succeeded byPhilip Rycroft
Personal details
Born (1968-10-30) 30 October 1968 (age 53)
NationalityBritish
OccupationCivil servant

Sir Christopher Stephen Wormald KCB (born 30 October 1968) is a British civil servant, serving since 2016 as the Permanent Secretary at the Department of Health and Social Care,[1] having previously served since 2012 in the same role at the Department for Education.[2]

Career[]

Educated at Rutlish School in Merton and then St John's College, Oxford, Wormald joined the Civil Service in 1991 into the Department for Education (later the Department for Education and Employment). Rising to Principal Private Secretary to the Secretary of State for Education and Skills from 2001 until 2004, he then worked on the Academies programme.[2]

Wormald transferred in 2006 to the newly formed Department for Communities and Local Government, promoted to be the Director-General of Local Government and Regeneration. In 2009, he moved to the Cabinet Office as the Head of the Economic and Domestic Affairs Secretariat, taking over from . Following the general election in 2010 and the consequent change of the position of the Deputy Prime Minister, he additionally became the Head of the Deputy Prime Minister's Office.[2][3]

In March 2012, Wormald left the Cabinet Office to return to the Department for Education as its Permanent Secretary, replacing Sir David Bell who had retired to be the Vice-Chancellor of the University of Reading.[4] As of 2015, Wormald was paid a salary of between £160,000 and £164,999 by DCLG, making him one of the 328 most highly paid people in the British public sector at that time.[5] In January 2016 it was announced that Wormald would move to the Department of Health and Social Care later in 2016, to replace Dame Una O'Brien after her retirement as the permanent secretary there.[1]

He was appointed Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath (KCB) in the 2017 Birthday Honours.[6]

Offices held[]

Government offices
New office Director-General,
Local Government and Regeneration,
Department for Communities
and Local Government
2006–2009 		Succeeded by
Irene Lucas
Preceded by
 Director-General,
Economic and Domestic Secretariat,
Cabinet Office
2009–2011 		Succeeded by
New office Director-General,
Deputy Prime Minister's Office,
Cabinet Office
2010–2012 		Succeeded by
Preceded by
Sir David Bell
 Permanent Secretary
Department for Education
2012–2016 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Permanent Secretary
Department for Health
2016- 		Incumbent

References[]

  1. ^ a b "New Permanent Secretary for the Department of Health - Press releases - GOV.UK". www.gov.uk. Retrieved 2016-03-11.
  2. ^ a b c "Chris Wormald - GOV.UK". www.gov.uk. Retrieved 2016-03-11.
  3. ^ Wintour, Patrick; editor, political (2010-10-25). "Nick Clegg shuffles private team to ease workload". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2016-03-11. {{cite news}}: |last2= has generic name (help)
  4. ^ "New Permanent Secretary for Department for Education - News stories - GOV.UK". www.gov.uk. Retrieved 2016-03-11.
  5. ^ "Senior officials 'high earners' salaries as at 30 September 2015 - GOV.UK". www.gov.uk. 2015-12-17. Retrieved 2016-03-11.
  6. ^ "No. 61962". The London Gazette (Supplement). 17 June 2017. p. B3.

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