1 June 2010 Last updated at 04:34 ET

Full list of top-paid civil servants

This is the full list of top-paid civil servants provided by the government. The raw data is available from direct.gov.uk.

Name	Job title	Grade	Organisation	Annual pay rate	Notes
Stephan Wilcke	Chief Executive Officer		Asset Protection Agency	£150,000 - £154,999
Jens Bech	Chief Risk Officer		Asset Protection Agency	£165,000 - £169,999	No pension
Ion Dagtoglou	Chief Invesment Officer		Asset Protection Agency	£165,000 - £169,999	No pension
Brian Scammell	Chief Credit Officer		Asset Protection Agency	£130,000 - £134,999	4 days per week
Hamish Buckland	Special Advisor		Asset Protection Agency	£65,000 - £69,999	2 days per week
Stephen Lovegrove	Chief Executive, Shareholder Executive	Director General	BIS	£185,000 - £189,999
Philip Rutnam	Director General, Business Group	Director General	BIS	£180,000 - £184,999
Vicky Pryce	Director General, Economics and Joint Head, UK Government Economic Service	Director General	BIS	£175,000 - £179,999
Prof. John Beddington	Government Chief Scientific Adviser	Permanent Secretary	BIS	£165,000 - £169,999
Prof. Adrian Smith	Director General, Science and Research	Director General	BIS	£160,000 - £164,999
Philip Rycroft	Director General, Innovation and Enterpriseand Chief Executive of the Better Regulation Executive	Director General	BIS	£160,000 - £164,999
Howard Orme	Director General, Finance and Commercial	Director General	BIS	£160,000 - £164,999
Simon Fraser	BIS Permanent Secretary	Permanent Secretary	BIS	£160,000 - £164,999
Mark Russell	Deputy Chief Executive, Shareholder Executive	Director	BIS	£155,000 - £159,999
John McCready	Managing Director, Property, Shareholder Executive	Director	BIS	£150,000 - £154,999
Marc Middleton	Managing Director, Royal Mail & Postal Services, Shareholder Executive	Director	BIS	£150,000 - £154,999
Alison Littley	Chief Executive	Director General	Buying Solutions	£150,000 - £154,999
Gus O'Donnell	Cabinet Secretary and Head of the Home Civil Service	Permanent Secretary	Cabinet Office	£235,000 - £239,999
Stephen Laws	First Parliamentary Counsel	Permanent Secretary	Cabinet Office	£225,000 - £229,999
Robert Parker	Parliamentary Counsel	Parliamentary Counsel	Cabinet Office	£210,000 - £214,999
John Suffolk	Chief Information Officer for HM Government and chair of the CIO Council	Director General	Cabinet Office	£205,000 - £209,999
Philip Davies	Parliamentary Counsel	Parliamentary Counsel	Cabinet Office	£195,000 - £199,999
Catherine Johnston	Parliamentary Counsel	Parliamentary Counsel	Cabinet Office	£190,000 - £194,999
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
Elizabeth Gardiner	Parliamentary Counsel	Parliamentary Counsel	Cabinet Office	£170,000 - £174,999
Adrian Hogarth	Parliamentary Counsel	Parliamentary Counsel	Cabinet Office	£170,000 - £174,999
Leonie McLaughlin	Parliamentary Counsel	Parliamentary Counsel	Cabinet Office	£170,000 - £174,999
Matt Tee	Permanent Secretary for Government Communications	Permanent Secretary	Cabinet Office	£160,000 - £164,999
Alex Allan	Chairman of the Joint Intelligence committee and Professional Head of Intelligence Analysis	Permanent Secretary	Cabinet Office	£160,000 - £164,999
Edward Stell	Parliamentary Counsel	Parliamentary Counsel	Cabinet Office	£160,000 - £164,999
Hayley Rogers	Parliamentary Counsel	Parliamentary Counsel	Cabinet Office	£155,000 - £159,999
Jonathan Cunliffe	Prime Minister's Adviser on International Economic Affairs and Europe	Permanent Secretary	Cabinet Office	£155,000 - £159,999
David Sprackling	Parliamentary Counsel	Parliamentary Counsel	Cabinet Office	£150,000 - £154,999
Jeremy Heywood	Permanent Secretary, No.10	Permanent Secretary	Cabinet Office	£150,000 - £154,999
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		Cabinet Office	£120,000 - £124,999	Equal to 0.6 Full Time Salary
Janet Gaymer	Commissioner for Public Appointments		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
Sir Ken Knight	Chief Fire and Rescue Adviser	Director	Communities & Local Government	£165,000 - £169,999
Richard McCarthy	Director General, Housing and Planning	Director General	Communities & Local Government	£175,000 - £179,999
Peter Housden	Permanent Secretary	Permanent Secretary	Communities & Local Government	£185,000 - £189,999
Peter Lewis	Chief Executive	Director General	Crown Prosecution Service	£160,000 - £164,999
Keir Starmer	Director of Public Prosecutions	Permanent Secretary	Crown Prosecution Service	£195,000 - £199,999
David Green	Director of Revenues and Customs Division		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
Jeremy Beeton	Director General,Government Olympic Executive	Director General	DCMS	£225,000 - £229,999
David Goldstone	Director- Finance and Programme, Government Olympic Executive	Director	DCMS	£185,000 - £189,999
Moira Wallace	Permanent Secretary	Permanent Secretary	DECC	£165,000 - £169,999
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
Robert Devereux	Permanent Secretary	Permanent Secretary	Department for Transport	£160,000 - £164,999
Dr Mike Mitchell	Head of National Networks Group	Director General	Department for Transport (Centre)	£200,000 - £204,999
Nirmal Kotecha	Major Projects Director	Director	Department for Transport, Highways Agency	£150,000 - £154,999
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
Christine Connelly	Chief Information Officer	Director General	Dept. of Health	£200,000 - £204,999
Gabriel Scally	Regional Director of Public Health	Director	Dept. of Health	£200,000 - £204,999
David Behan	Director General of Social Care, Local Government and Carepartnerships	Director General	Dept. of Health	£180,000 - £184,999
David Salisbury	Director of Immunisation	Director	Dept. of Health	£175,000 - £179,999
Lindsey Davies	Interim Regional Director of Public Health	Director	Dept. of Health	£165,000 - £169,999
Sir Hugh Taylor	Permanent Secretary, DH	Permanent Secretary	Dept. of Health	£155,000 - £159,999
Martin Bellamy	ICT Director	Director	Dept. of Health	£160,000 - £164,999
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
Hunada Nouss	Finance Director General	Director General	DWP	£165,000 - £169,999
Joe Harley	IT Director General & Chief Information Officer	Director General	DWP	£245,000 - £249,999
Chris Last	HR Director General	Director General	DWP	£180,000 - £184,999
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
Bill Gunnyeon	Director of Health Work and Wellbeing, Chief Medical Adviser and Chief Scientist	Director	DWP	£155,000 - £159,999
David Bell	Permanent Secretary	Permanent Secretary	Education	£180,000 - £184,999
Patrick Crawford	Chief Executive	Director General	Export Credits Guarantee Department	£205,000 - £209,999
Tim Smith	Chief Executive	Director General	Food Standards Agency	£190,000 - £194,999
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
Kim Darroch	UK Permanent Representative to the European Union	Permanent Secretary	Foreign & Commonwealth Office	£170,000 - £174,999
Trevor Llanwarne	Government Actuary	Permanent Secretary	Government Actuary's Dept	£190,000 - £194,999
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
Simon Bowles	Chief Finance Officer	Director General	HM Revenue & Customs	£185,000 - £189,999
Phil Pavitt	Chief Information Officer	Director General	HM Revenue & Customs	£180,000 - £184,999
Mike Falvey	Chief People Officer	Director General	HM Revenue & Customs	£175,000 - £179,999
Lesley Strathie	Chief Executive Officer	Permanent Secretary	HM Revenue & Customs	£170,000 - £174,999
Dave Hartnett	Permanent Secretary For Tax	Permanent Secretary	HM Revenue & Customs	£160,000 - £164,999
Sir Nicholas Macpherson	Permanent Secretary	Permanent Secretary	HM Treasury	£175,000 - £179,999
R Shostak	Head of Prime Minister's Delivery Unit and DG Performance Management	Director General	HM Treasury	£165,000 - £169,999
JMG Taylor	Financial Services and Stability Director	Director General	HM Treasury	£160,000 - £164,999
TW Scholar	2nd Permanent Secretary	Permanent Secretary	HM Treasury	£150,000 - £154,999
Sir David Normington	Permanent Secretary	Permanent Secretary	Home Office	£195,000 - £199,999
Helen Kilpatrick	Director General, Finance and Commercial	Director General	Home Office	£205,000 - £209,999
Kevin White	Director General, Human Resources	Director General	Home Office	£190,000 - £194,999
Peter Makeham	Director General, Strategy and Reform	Director General	Home Office	£160,000 - £164,999
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
Lin Homer	Chief Executive, United Kingdom Border Agency	Pay Band 3	Home Office (Agency-UKBA)	£205,000 - £209,999
Geoffrey Podger	Chief Executive	Director General	Health & Safety Executive	£170,000 - £174,999
Darra Singh	Chief Executive	Permanent Secretary	Jobcentre Plus	£185,000 - £189,999
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
Sir Mark Stanhope	First Sea Lord and Chief of the Naval staff	Admiral	Ministry of Defence	£175,000 - £179,999
Sir Kevin O'Donoghue	Chief of Defence Materiel	General	Ministry of Defence	£175,000 - £179,999
Peter Ruddock	Saudi Arabia Project Team	Air Marshal	Ministry of Defence	£175,000 - £179,999
Sir David Richards	Chief of the General Staff	General	Ministry of Defence	£165,000 - £169,999
Sir Stephen Dalton	Chief of the Air Staff	Air Chief Marshal	Ministry of Defence	£165,000 - £169,999
Sir Nicholas Houghton	Vice Chief of the Defence Staff	General	Ministry of Defence	£165,000 - £169,999
Sir John McColl	Deputy Supreme Allied Commander Europe	General	Ministry of Defence	£165,000 - £169,999
Sir Trevor Soar	Commander-In-Chief Fleet	Admiral	Ministry of Defence	£160,000 - £164,999
Sir Peter Wall	Commander-in-Chief Land Forces	General	Ministry of Defence	£160,000 - £164,999
Andrew Tyler	Chief Operating Officer Defence Equipment and Support	Director General	Ministry of Defence	£200,000 - £204,999
Andrew Manley	DG Defence Commercial	Director General	Ministry of Defence	£195,000 - £199,999
Sir Bill Jeffrey	Permanent Under Secretary	Permanent Secretary	Ministry of Defence	£175,000 - £179,999
Jon Thompson	DG Finance	Director General	Ministry of Defence	£175,000 - £179,999
John Hirst	Chief Executive Met Office	Director	Ministry of Defence	£170,000 - £174,999
Mike Robinson	Chief Executive UK Hydrographic Office	Director	Ministry of Defence	£170,000 - £174,999
Les Mosco	Director Commercial Defence Equipment and Support	Director	Ministry of Defence	£165,000 - £169,999
Susanna Mason	Director Industrial Relationships	Director	Ministry of Defence	£160,000 - £164,999
Ursula Brennan	2nd Permanent Under Secretary	Permanent Secretary	Ministry of Defence	£155,000 - £159,999
Archie Hughes	Chief Executive Defence Support Group	Director	Ministry of Defence	£155,000 - £159,999
Stephen Love	Chief Executive/Chief Constable MoD Police and Guarding Agency	Director	Ministry of Defence	£155,000 - £159,999
Bruce Houlder QC	Director Service Prosecutions	Director	Ministry of Defence	£150,000 - £154,999
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
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
Helen Edwards	Director General - Criminal Justice Group (now Director General - Justice Policy Group)	Director General	Ministry of Justice	£160,000 - £164,999
Jim Gallagher	Director General - Devolution	Director General	Ministry of Justice	£175,000 - £179,999
Neil Hayward	Group HR Director	Director	Ministry of Justice	£150,000 - £154,999
Andy Nelson	Chief Information Officer	Director	Ministry of Justice	£190,000 - £194,999
Nick Ramsay	Director ICT Portfolio and Programmes	Director	Ministry of Justice	£160,000 - £164,999
Beverley Shears	Director of Offender Management - East Midlands	Director	National Offender Management Service (MoJ Executive Agency)	£150,000 - £154,999
Phil Wheatley	Director General - National Offender Management Service	Director General	National Offender Management Service (MoJ Executive Agency)	£160,000 - £164,999
Jane Platt	Chief Executive		National Savings & Investments	£190,000 - £194,999
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
Lorraine Langham	Director, Corporate Services	Director	OFSTED	£165,000 - £169,999
Melanie Hunt	Director, Development Learning and Skills	Director	OFSTED	£160,000 - £164,999
John Goldup	Director, Development Social Care	Director	OFSTED	£150,000 - £154,999
Patrick Leeson	Director, Development Education and Care	Director	OFSTED	£150,000 - £154,999
Philip Collins	Chairman		Office of Fair Trading	£175,000 - £179,999
John Fingleton	Chief Executive		Office of Fair Trading	£275,000 - £279,999
William Emery	Chief Executive	Director	Office of Rail Regulation	£160,000 - £164,999
Philip Fletcher	Chairman		Ofwat	£105,000 - £110,000	Works 3 days per week
D Pitchford	Major Projects Executive Director	Director	OGC	£200,000 - £204,999
N Smith	Chief Executive	Permanent Secretary	OGC	£185,000 - £189,999
DA Shields	Programme Director	Director	OGC	£205,000 - £209,999
Vanessa Lawrence	Director General & Chief Executive Officer	Director General	Ordnance Survey	£190,000 - £194,999
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
Nigel Stapleton	Chairman		Postcomm	£85,000 - £89,999	2.5 days per week
Tim Brown	Chief Executive		Postcomm	£150,000 - £154,999
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
Ms Stella Manzie	Director General,Justice and Communities	Director General	Scottish Government	£150,000 - £154,999
Richard Alderman	Director	Director General	Serious Fraud Office	£165,000 - £169,999
Paul Jenkins Q.C.	Treasury Solicitor	Permanent Secretary	Treasury Solicitors Department	£155,000 - £159,999
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
Richard Paniguian	Head of UK Trade & Investment Defence and Security Organsation	Director	UKTI (joint BIS/FCO)	£195,000 - £199,999
Fiona Adshead	Director General on secondment	Director General	World Health Organisation	£160,000 - £164,999	On secondment

Source: Cabinet Office

Annual pay rates include taxable benefits and allowances