Senior officials 'high earners' salaries 2010
Updated 20 July 2023
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Name | Job Title | Grade | Organisation | Annual pay rate - including taxable benefits and allowances | Notes |
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Stephan Wilcke | Chief Executive Officer | Not set | Asset Protection Agency | £150,000 - £154,999 | Not set |
Jens Bech | Chief Risk Officer | Not set | Asset Protection Agency | £165,000 - £169,999 | No pension |
Ion Dagtoglou | Chief Invesment Officer | Not set | Asset Protection Agency | £165,000 - £169,999 | No pension |
Brian Scammell | Chief Credit Officer | Not set | Asset Protection Agency | £130,000 - £134,999 | 4 days per week |
Hamish Buckland | Special Advisor | Not set | Asset Protection Agency | £65,000 - £69,999 | 2 days per week |
Stephen Lovegrove | Chief Executive, Shareholder Executive | Director General | BIS | £185,000 - £189,999 | Not set |
Philip Rutnam | Director General, Business Group | Director General | BIS | £180,000 - £184,999 | Not set |
Vicky Pryce | Director General, Economics and Joint Head, UK Government Economic Service | Director General | BIS | £175,000 - £179,999 | Not set |
Prof. John Beddington | Government Chief Scientific Adviser | Permanent Secretary | BIS | £165,000 - £169,999 | Not set |
Prof. Adrian Smith | Director General, Science and Research | Director General | BIS | £160,000 - £164,999 | Not set |
Philip Rycroft | Director General, Innovation and Enterpriseand Chief Executive of the Better Regulation Executive | Director General | BIS | £160,000 - £164,999 | Not set |
Howard Orme | Director General, Finance and Commercial | Director General | BIS | £160,000 - £164,999 | Not set |
Simon Fraser | BIS Permanent Secretary | Permanent Secretary | BIS | £160,000 - £164,999 | Not set |
Mark Russell | Deputy Chief Executive, Shareholder Executive | Director | BIS | £155,000 - £159,999 | Not set |
John McCready | Managing Director, Property, Shareholder Executive | Director | BIS | £150,000 - £154,999 | Not set |
Marc Middleton | Managing Director, Royal Mail & Postal Services, Shareholder Executive | Director | BIS | £150,000 - £154,999 | Not set |
Alison Littley | Chief Executive | Director General | Buying Solutions | £150,000 - £154,999 | Not set |
Gus O'Donnell | Cabinet Secretary and Head of the Home Civil Service | Permanent Secretary | Cabinet Office | £235,000 - £239,999 | Not set |
Stephen Laws | First Parliamentary Counsel | Permanent Secretary | Cabinet Office | £225,000 - £229,999 | Not set |
Robert Parker | Parliamentary Counsel | Parliamentary Counsel | Cabinet Office | £210,000 - £214,999 | Not set |
John Suffolk | Chief Information Officer for HM Government and chair of the CIO Council | Director General | Cabinet Office | £205,000 - £209,999 | Not set |
Philip Davies | Parliamentary Counsel | Parliamentary Counsel | Cabinet Office | £195,000 - £199,999 | Not set |
Catherine Johnston | Parliamentary Counsel | Parliamentary Counsel | Cabinet Office | £190,000 - £194,999 | Not set |
Gill Rider | Head of Civil Service Capability Group | Director General | Cabinet Office | £180,000 - £184,999 | No pension |
David Cook | Parliamentary Counsel | Parliamentary Counsel | Cabinet Office | £175,000 - £179,999 | Not set |
Elizabeth Gardiner | Parliamentary Counsel | Parliamentary Counsel | Cabinet Office | £170,000 - £174,999 | Not set |
Adrian Hogarth | Parliamentary Counsel | Parliamentary Counsel | Cabinet Office | £170,000 - £174,999 | Not set |
Leonie McLaughlin | Parliamentary Counsel | Parliamentary Counsel | Cabinet Office | £170,000 - £174,999 | Not set |
Matt Tee | Permanent Secretary for Government Communications | Permanent Secretary | Cabinet Office | £160,000 - £164,999 | Not set |
Alex Allan | Chairman of the Joint Intelligence committee and Professional Head of Intelligence Analysis | Permanent Secretary | Cabinet Office | £160,000 - £164,999 | Not set |
Edward Stell | Parliamentary Counsel | Parliamentary Counsel | Cabinet Office | £160,000 - £164,999 | Not set |
Hayley Rogers | Parliamentary Counsel | Parliamentary Counsel | Cabinet Office | £155,000 - £159,999 | Not set |
Jonathan Cunliffe | Prime Minister's Adviser on International Economic Affairs and Europe | Permanent Secretary | Cabinet Office | £155,000 - £159,999 | Not set |
David Sprackling | Parliamentary Counsel | Parliamentary Counsel | Cabinet Office | £150,000 - £154,999 | Not set |
Jeremy Heywood | Permanent Secretary, No.10 | Permanent Secretary | Cabinet Office | £150,000 - £154,999 | Not set |
Douglas Ramsay | Parliamentary Counsel | Parliamentary Counsel | Cabinet Office | £135,000 - £139,998 | Equal to 0.8 Full Time Salary |
Janet Paraskeva | First Civil Service Commissioner | Not set | Cabinet Office | £120,000 - £124,999 | Equal to 0.6 Full Time Salary |
Janet Gaymer | Commissioner for Public Appointments | Not set | Cabinet Office | £90,000 - £94,999 | Equal to 0.6 Full Time Salary |
Joe Montgomery | Director General, Regions and Communities | Director General | Communities & Local Government | £150,000 - £154,999 | Not set |
Sir Ken Knight | Chief Fire and Rescue Adviser | Director | Communities & Local Government | £165,000 - £169,999 | Not set |
Richard McCarthy | Director General, Housing and Planning | Director General | Communities & Local Government | £175,000 - £179,999 | Not set |
Peter Housden | Permanent Secretary | Permanent Secretary | Communities & Local Government | £185,000 - £189,999 | Not set |
Peter Lewis | Chief Executive | Director General | Crown Prosecution Service | £160,000 - £164,999 | Not set |
Keir Starmer | Director of Public Prosecutions | Permanent Secretary | Crown Prosecution Service | £195,000 - £199,999 | Not set |
David Green | Director of Revenues and Customs Division | Not set | Crown Prosecution Service | £210,000 - £214,999 | Officer was previously the Permanent Secretary for RCPO and currently retains this grade on a personal basis |
Jonathan Stephens | Permanent Secretary | Permanent Secretary | DCMS | £155,000 - £159,999 | Not set |
Jeremy Beeton | Director General,Government Olympic Executive | Director General | DCMS | £225,000 - £229,999 | Not set |
David Goldstone | Director- Finance and Programme, Government Olympic Executive | Director | DCMS | £185,000 - £189,999 | Not set |
Moira Wallace | Permanent Secretary | Permanent Secretary | DECC | £165,000 - £169,999 | Not set |
Dame Helen Ghosh | Permanent Secretary | Permanent Secretary | Defra | £140,000 - £144,999 | 4.5 days per week |
Prof Robert Watson | Chief Scientific Adviser | Director General | Defra | £135,000 - £139,999 | 4 days per week |
Nemat Shafik | Permanent Secretary | Permanent Secretary | Department for International Development | £190,000 - £194,999 | Not set |
Robert Devereux | Permanent Secretary | Permanent Secretary | Department for Transport | £160,000 - £164,999 | Not set |
Dr Mike Mitchell | Head of National Networks Group | Director General | Department for Transport (Centre) | £200,000 - £204,999 | Not set |
Nirmal Kotecha | Major Projects Director | Director | Department for Transport, Highways Agency | £150,000 - £154,999 | Not set |
David Nicholson | NHS Chief Executive | Permanent Secretary | Dept. of Health | £255,000 - £259,999 | Includes a gross benefit in kind of £45-50k for a rented flat and associated expenses in London |
Clare Chapman | Director General of Workforce | Director General | Dept. of Health | £220,000 - £224,999 | Contractual bonus not included |
Sir Liam Donaldson | Chief Medical Officer | Permanent Secretary | Dept. of Health | £205,000 - £209,999 | Not set |
Christine Connelly | Chief Information Officer | Director General | Dept. of Health | £200,000 - £204,999 | Not set |
Gabriel Scally | Regional Director of Public Health | Director | Dept. of Health | £200,000 - £204,999 | Not set |
David Behan | Director General of Social Care, Local Government and Carepartnerships | Director General | Dept. of Health | £180,000 - £184,999 | Not set |
David Salisbury | Director of Immunisation | Director | Dept. of Health | £175,000 - £179,999 | Not set |
Lindsey Davies | Interim Regional Director of Public Health | Director | Dept. of Health | £165,000 - £169,999 | Not set |
Sir Hugh Taylor | Permanent Secretary, DH | Permanent Secretary | Dept. of Health | £155,000 - £159,999 | Not set |
Martin Bellamy | ICT Director | Director | Dept. of Health | £160,000 - £164,999 | Not set |
Duncan Selbie | Chief Executive | Director General | Dept. of Health | £180,000 - £184,999 | On secondment to Royal Sussex County Hospital |
Sir Leigh Lewis | Permanent Secretary | Permanent Secretary | DWP | £195,000 - £199,999 | Not set |
Hunada Nouss | Finance Director General | Director General | DWP | £165,000 - £169,999 | Not set |
Joe Harley | IT Director General & Chief Information Officer | Director General | DWP | £245,000 - £249,999 | Not set |
Chris Last | HR Director General | Director General | DWP | £180,000 - £184,999 | Not set |
Mel Groves | Project Director, Welfare & Wellbeing | Director General | DWP | £175,000 - £179,999 | Left DWP 30/4/2010 |
Stephen Holt | Director of Change Management | Director | DWP | £160,000 - £164,999 | Not set |
Bill Gunnyeon | Director of Health Work and Wellbeing, Chief Medical Adviser and Chief Scientist | Director | DWP | £155,000 - £159,999 | Not set |
David Bell | Permanent Secretary | Permanent Secretary | Education | £180,000 - £184,999 | Not set |
Patrick Crawford | Chief Executive | Director General | Export Credits Guarantee Department | £205,000 - £209,999 | Not set |
Tim Smith | Chief Executive | Director General | Food Standards Agency | £190,000 - £194,999 | Not set |
Peter Ricketts | Permanent Under-Secretary and Head of the Diplomatic Service | Permanent Secretary | Foreign & Commonwealth Office | £175,000 - £179,999 | Left on 11 May 2010 |
Nigel Shienwald | HM Ambassador to the United States of America | Permanent Secretary | Foreign & Commonwealth Office | £175,000 - £179,999 | Not set |
Kim Darroch | UK Permanent Representative to the European Union | Permanent Secretary | Foreign & Commonwealth Office | £170,000 - £174,999 | Not set |
Trevor Llanwarne | Government Actuary | Permanent Secretary | Government Actuary's Dept | £190,000 - £194,999 | Not set |
Marco Pierleoni | Chief Executive and Chief Land Registrar | Director General | HM Land Registry (MoJ Executive Agency) | £170,000 - £174,999 | Marco Pierleoni took up this role and full responsibility for Land Registry Business with effect from 1 February 2010 |
Peter Collis | Chief Executive and Chief Land Registrar | Director General | HM Land Registry (MoJ Executive Agency) | £150,000 - £154,999 | Peter Collis formally retired on 31 March 2010 |
Mike Clasper | Chair HM Revenue & Customs | Non-executive | HM Revenue & Customs | £150,000 - £154,999 | 3 days per week |
Steve Lamey | Director General Benefits & Credits | Director General | HM Revenue & Customs | £205,000 - £209,999 | Not set |
Simon Bowles | Chief Finance Officer | Director General | HM Revenue & Customs | £185,000 - £189,999 | Not set |
Phil Pavitt | Chief Information Officer | Director General | HM Revenue & Customs | £180,000 - £184,999 | Not set |
Mike Falvey | Chief People Officer | Director General | HM Revenue & Customs | £175,000 - £179,999 | Not set |
Lesley Strathie | Chief Executive Officer | Permanent Secretary | HM Revenue & Customs | £170,000 - £174,999 | Not set |
Dave Hartnett | Permanent Secretary For Tax | Permanent Secretary | HM Revenue & Customs | £160,000 - £164,999 | Not set |
Sir Nicholas Macpherson | Permanent Secretary | Permanent Secretary | HM Treasury | £175,000 - £179,999 | Not set |
R Shostak | Head of Prime Minister's Delivery Unit and DG Performance Management | Director General | HM Treasury | £165,000 - £169,999 | Not set |
JMG Taylor | Financial Services and Stability Director | Director General | HM Treasury | £160,000 - £164,999 | Not set |
TW Scholar | 2nd Permanent Secretary | Permanent Secretary | HM Treasury | £150,000 - £154,999 | Not set |
Sir David Normington | Permanent Secretary | Permanent Secretary | Home Office | £195,000 - £199,999 | Not set |
Helen Kilpatrick | Director General, Finance and Commercial | Director General | Home Office | £205,000 - £209,999 | Not set |
Kevin White | Director General, Human Resources | Director General | Home Office | £190,000 - £194,999 | Not set |
Peter Makeham | Director General, Strategy and Reform | Director General | Home Office | £160,000 - £164,999 | Not set |
Paul Wiles | Chief Scientific Adviser, Statistics and Research Group | Director | Home Office | £155,000 - £159,999 | Retired on 31 March 2010 |
James Hall | Chief Executive, Identity and Passport Service | Pay Band 3 | Home Office (Agency-IPS) | £195,000 - £199,999 | Not set |
Lin Homer | Chief Executive, United Kingdom Border Agency | Pay Band 3 | Home Office (Agency-UKBA) | £205,000 - £209,999 | Not set |
Geoffrey Podger | Chief Executive | Director General | Health & Safety Executive | £170,000 - £174,999 | Not set |
Darra Singh | Chief Executive | Permanent Secretary | Jobcentre Plus | £185,000 - £189,999 | Not set |
Professor Kent Woods | Chief Executive | Director General | MHRA | £190,000 - £194,999 | On secondment from the University of Leicester. |
Professor Sir Alasdair Breckenridge | Chairman | Director General | MHRA | £90,000 - £94,999 | Contracted to work 3 days a week. |
Sir Jock Stirrup | Chief of the Defence Staff | Air Chief Marshal | Ministry of Defence | £240,000 - £244,999 | Not set |
Sir Mark Stanhope | First Sea Lord and Chief of the Naval staff | Admiral | Ministry of Defence | £175,000 - £179,999 | Not set |
Sir Kevin O'Donoghue | Chief of Defence Materiel | General | Ministry of Defence | £175,000 - £179,999 | Not set |
Peter Ruddock | Saudi Arabia Project Team | Air Marshal | Ministry of Defence | £175,000 - £179,999 | Not set |
Sir David Richards | Chief of the General Staff | General | Ministry of Defence | £165,000 - £169,999 | Not set |
Sir Stephen Dalton | Chief of the Air Staff | Air Chief Marshal | Ministry of Defence | £165,000 - £169,999 | Not set |
Sir Nicholas Houghton | Vice Chief of the Defence Staff | General | Ministry of Defence | £165,000 - £169,999 | Not set |
Sir John McColl | Deputy Supreme Allied Commander Europe | General | Ministry of Defence | £165,000 - £169,999 | Not set |
Sir Trevor Soar | Commander-In-Chief Fleet | Admiral | Ministry of Defence | £160,000 - £164,999 | Not set |
Sir Peter Wall | Commander-in-Chief Land Forces | General | Ministry of Defence | £160,000 - £164,999 | Not set |
Andrew Tyler | Chief Operating Officer Defence Equipment and Support | Director General | Ministry of Defence | £200,000 - £204,999 | Not set |
Andrew Manley | DG Defence Commercial | Director General | Ministry of Defence | £195,000 - £199,999 | Not set |
Sir Bill Jeffrey | Permanent Under Secretary | Permanent Secretary | Ministry of Defence | £175,000 - £179,999 | Not set |
Jon Thompson | DG Finance | Director General | Ministry of Defence | £175,000 - £179,999 | Not set |
John Hirst | Chief Executive Met Office | Director | Ministry of Defence | £170,000 - £174,999 | Not set |
Mike Robinson | Chief Executive UK Hydrographic Office | Director | Ministry of Defence | £170,000 - £174,999 | Not set |
Les Mosco | Director Commercial Defence Equipment and Support | Director | Ministry of Defence | £165,000 - £169,999 | Not set |
Susanna Mason | Director Industrial Relationships | Director | Ministry of Defence | £160,000 - £164,999 | Not set |
Ursula Brennan | 2nd Permanent Under Secretary | Permanent Secretary | Ministry of Defence | £155,000 - £159,999 | Not set |
Archie Hughes | Chief Executive Defence Support Group | Director | Ministry of Defence | £155,000 - £159,999 | Not set |
Stephen Love | Chief Executive/Chief Constable MoD Police and Guarding Agency | Director | Ministry of Defence | £155,000 - £159,999 | Not set |
Bruce Houlder QC | Director Service Prosecutions | Director | Ministry of Defence | £150,000 - £154,999 | Not set |
Ian Rushby | Non-Executive Director Defence Board and Chair Audit Committee | Non-Executive | Ministry of Defence | £40k | Works a minimum of 40 days per annum |
David Allen | Non-Executive Director Defence Board and Chair Audit Committee | Non-Executive | Ministry of Defence | £30k | Works a minimum of 30 days per annum |
Sir Richard Mottram | Non-Executive Chair Dstl | Non-Executive | Ministry of Defence | £40k | Works a minimum of 40 days per annum |
Sandra Rogers | Non-Executive Chair UKHO | Non-Executive | Ministry of Defence | £40k | Works a minimum of 40 days per annum |
Jamie Pike | Non-Executive Chair DSG | Non-Executive | Ministry of Defence | £40k | Works a minimum of 40 days per annum |
Robert Napier | Non-Executive Chair Met Office | Non-Executive | Ministry of Defence | £40k | Works a minimum of 40 days per annum |
Suma Chakrabarti | Permanent Secretary | Permanent Secretary | Ministry of Justice | £180,000 - £184,999 | Not set |
Carolyn Downs | Director General - Corporate Performance Group and Deputy Permanent Secretary (now Interim Chief Executive of the Legal Services Commission) | Director General | Ministry of Justice | £165,000 - £169,999 | Not set |
Helen Edwards | Director General - Criminal Justice Group (now Director General - Justice Policy Group) | Director General | Ministry of Justice | £160,000 - £164,999 | Not set |
Jim Gallagher | Director General - Devolution | Director General | Ministry of Justice | £175,000 - £179,999 | Not set |
Neil Hayward | Group HR Director | Director | Ministry of Justice | £150,000 - £154,999 | Not set |
Andy Nelson | Chief Information Officer | Director | Ministry of Justice | £190,000 - £194,999 | Not set |
Nick Ramsay | Director ICT Portfolio and Programmes | Director | Ministry of Justice | £160,000 - £164,999 | Not set |
Beverley Shears | Director of Offender Management - East Midlands | Director | National Offender Management Service (MoJ Executive Agency) | £150,000 - £154,999 | Not set |
Phil Wheatley | Director General - National Offender Management Service | Director General | National Offender Management Service (MoJ Executive Agency) | £160,000 - £164,999 | Not set |
Jane Platt | Chief Executive | Not set | National Savings & Investments | £190,000 - £194,999 | Not set |
Sir Jonathan Phillips | Permanent Secretary | Permanent Secretary | Northern Ireland Office | £160,000 - £164,999 | Retired on 13 May, not replaced |
Christine Gilbert | Her Majesty's Chief Inspector | Permanent Secretary | OFSTED | £195,000 - £199,999 | Not set |
Lorraine Langham | Director, Corporate Services | Director | OFSTED | £165,000 - £169,999 | Not set |
Melanie Hunt | Director, Development Learning and Skills | Director | OFSTED | £160,000 - £164,999 | Not set |
John Goldup | Director, Development Social Care | Director | OFSTED | £150,000 - £154,999 | Not set |
Patrick Leeson | Director, Development Education and Care | Director | OFSTED | £150,000 - £154,999 | Not set |
Philip Collins | Chairman | Not set | Office of Fair Trading | £175,000 - £179,999 | Not set |
John Fingleton | Chief Executive | Not set | Office of Fair Trading | £275,000 - £279,999 | Not set |
William Emery | Chief Executive | Director | Office of Rail Regulation | £160,000 - £164,999 | Not set |
Philip Fletcher | Chairman | Not set | Ofwat | £105,000 - £110,000 | Works 3 days per week |
D Pitchford | Major Projects Executive Director | Director | OGC | £200,000 - £204,999 | Not set |
N Smith | Chief Executive | Permanent Secretary | OGC | £185,000 - £189,999 | Not set |
DA Shields | Programme Director | Director | OGC | £205,000 - £209,999 | Not set |
Vanessa Lawrence | Director General & Chief Executive Officer | Director General | Ordnance Survey | £190,000 - £194,999 | Not set |
Paul Hemsley | Director of Finance | Director | Ordnance Survey | £220,000 - £224,999 | Fixed Term Appointment |
Terry Moran | Chief Executive | Director General | Pension, Disability & Carers Service | £155,000 - £159,999 | Not set |
Nigel Stapleton | Chairman | Not set | Postcomm | £85,000 - £89,999 | 2.5 days per week |
Tim Brown | Chief Executive | Not set | Postcomm | £150,000 - £154,999 | Not set |
Sir Alisdair Fraser | Director of Public Prosecution, NI | Director of Public Prosecutions | Public Prosecution Service | £170,000 - £174,999 | This post became part of the NI PPS, an NMDB, from 12 April 2010 |
Sir John Elvidge | Permanent Secretary | Permanent Secretary | Scottish Government | £160,000 - £164,999 | Leaving on 21 June 2010 |
Dr Kevin Woods | Director General, Health and Chief Executive NHS Scotland | Director General | Scottish Government | £160,000 - £164,999 | Not set |
Ms Stella Manzie | Director General,Justice and Communities | Director General | Scottish Government | £150,000 - £154,999 | Not set |
Richard Alderman | Director | Director General | Serious Fraud Office | £165,000 - £169,999 | Not set |
Paul Jenkins Q.C. | Treasury Solicitor | Permanent Secretary | Treasury Solicitors Department | £155,000 - £159,999 | Not set |
Sir Michael Scholar | Chair of UK Statistics Authority | NA | UK Statistics Authority | £150,000 - £154,999 | at least 3 days per week |
Professor Sir Roger Jowell | Deputy Chair (Statistics System) | NA | UK Statistics Authority | £35,000-£39,999 | at least 4 days per month |
Lord David Rowe-Beddoe of Kilgetty | Deputy Chair (ONS) | NA | UK Statistics Authority | £35,000-£39,999 | at least 4 days per month |
Sir Andrew Cahn | Chief Executive, UK Trade & Investment | Director General | UKTI (joint BIS/FCO) | £205,000 - £209,999 | Not set |
Richard Paniguian | Head of UK Trade & Investment Defence and Security Organsation | Director | UKTI (joint BIS/FCO) | £195,000 - £199,999 | Not set |
Fiona Adshead | Director General on secondment | Director General | World Health Organisation | £160,000 - £164,999 | On secondment |