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Arts and Media

Independent Chairman: Lord Stevenson of Coddenham CBE

Non-civil service members: Dame Jenny Abramsky DBE, Former director, radio and music, BBC; John Gross, author and former theatre critic of The Sunday Telegraph; Ben Okri OBE, novelist and poet

Permanent Secretary (Department for Culture, Media and Sport): Jonathan Stephens

Permanent Secretary (Scottish Executive): Sir John Elvidge KCB

Community, Voluntary and Local Services

Independent Chairman: Lord Newton of Braintree OBE 

Non-civil service members: Mohammed Aziz, Director, Faithwise Ltd; Sir Jeremy Beecham, former Leader, Newcastle City Council and currently Vice-Chairman, Local Government Association; Stephen Bubb, Chief Executive of ACEVO; Christine Harris DL, Consultant of Community Foundations; Elspeth Mitcheson, former Director of Leisure and Heritage, Isle of Anglesey; Richard Temple Cox CBE, former Chairman, Castle Vale Housing Action Trust; Mary Thomas, Non-Executive Director, Calderstones NHS Trust

Permanent Secretary (Home Office): Sir David Normington KCB

Permanent Secretary (Department for Community and Local Government): Peter Housden

Permanent Secretary (Department for Children, Schools and Families): David Bell

Permanent Secretary (Ministry of Justice): Sir Suma Chakrabarti KCB

Permanent Secretary (Northern Ireland Office): Sir Jonathan Phillips KCB

Education

Independent Chair: Dame Alexandra Burslem DBE, former Vice-Chancellor, Manchester Metropolitan University

Non-civil service members: Professor Sir George Bain, former President and Vice-Chancellor, Queen's University Belfast; John Anderson MBE, Professional Officer, General Teaching Council for Scotland; James Gillard, President, Eastern Region National Association of Head Teachers; Mary Oliver MBE, Special Educational Needs Officer Conwy and Chair of Mencap National Assembly; Professor the Baroness Afshar OBE, Professor of Politics and Centre for Women's Studies, University of York; Ms Sheila Gupta, Director of Human Resources, University of Edinburgh; Professor Graham Shipley, Professor of Ancient History, University of Leicester.

Permanent Secretary (Department for Children, Schools and Families): David Bell

Permanent Secretary (Head of Northern Ireland Civil Service): Bruce Robinson

Permanent Secretary (Department for Business, Innovation and Skills): Simon Fraser

Sport

Independent Chairman: Lord MacLaurin of Knebworth, former Chairman Vodafone Group plc 

Non-civil service members: Dame Tanni Grey Thompson DBE, multi-Gold Medal winning Paralympic athlete; Tony Lewis CBE DL, former England Cricket Captain and Chairman, MCC World Cricket Committee; Ian McGeechan OBE, former Director of Rugby, London Wasps; Sir Matthew Pinsent, multi-Gold Medal winning Olympic oarsman; Tessa Sanderson CBE, Olympic Gold Medal athlete; Graham Taylor OBE, former England Football Manager

 Permanent Secretary (Head of Northern Ireland Civil Service): Bruce Robinson

Permanent Secretary (Department for Culture, Media and Sport): Jonathan Stephens

Health

Independent Chairman: Sir Ian Carruthers OBE, Chief Executive, South West Strategic Health Authority 

Non-civil service members: Professor Sir Netar Mallick, Medical Director of the Advisory Committee on Clinical Excellence Awards and Professor Emeritus in Renal Medicine, University of Manchester; Dame Karlene Davis DBE, former General-Secretary, Royal College of Midwives; Professor Mansel Aylward CB, Chairman Wales Centre for Health; Niall Dickson, Chief Executive, The King's Fund; Professor Sir Anthony Newman Taylor CBE, Deputy Chief Executive and Consultant Physician, Royal Brompton and Harefield NHS Trust; Professor Irene Gray, Chief Operation Officer, UBHT; Sir Neil McKay CB, Chief Executive, Leeds Teaching Hospitals, Professor Dame Janet Husband DBE, former Chair, Royal College of Radiologists Council 

Permanent Secretary (Department of Health): Sir Hugh Taylor KCB

Permanent Secretary (Welsh Assemby Government): Dame Gill Morgan DBE

Chief Medical Officer (England): Sir Liam Donaldson

Science and Technology

Independent Chairman: Lord Krebs, Principal of Jesus College, Oxford 

Non-civil service members: Professor Sir Richard Brook OBE, Director, Leverhulme Trust; Professor Sir Partha Dasgupta, Frank Ramsay Professor of Economics, University of Cambridge; Sir Rob Margetts CBE, Chairman of Legal and General Group plc; Professor Noreen Murray Geneticist, University of Edinburgh

Permanent Secretary (Department for Business, Innovation and Skills): Simon Fraser

Chief Scientific Adviser: Professor John Beddington CMG

State

Independent Chairman: Sir David Cooksey, Chairman, London and Continental Railway Limited

Non-civil service members: Mohammed Aziz, Director, Faithwise Ltd; Dame Suzi Leather DBE, Chair, Charity Commission; Dame Mary Marsh DBE, Director, Clore Social Leadership Programme 

Cabinet Secretary: Sir Gus O'Donnell KCB

Permanent Secretary (Cabinet Office): Alex Allan

Permanent Secretary (Ministry of Justice): Sir Suma Chakrabarti KCB

The Economy

Independent Chairman: Sir John Parker, Chairman, National Grid plc

Non-civil service members: Sir Rob Margetts CBE, Chairman, Legal and General plc; Rosemarie Harris, farmer, South Wales; Christopher Hyman, Chief Executive, SERCO plc; Peter Chappelow, Chairman, Portfolio; David Thomas CBE, former Chief Executive, Whitbread plc

Permanent Secretary (HM Treasury): Sir Nicholas Macpherson KCB

Permanent Secretary (Department for Business, Innovation and Skills): Simon Fraser

Permanent Secretary (Department for Culture, Media and Sport): Jonathan Stephens

Permanent Secretary (Scottish Executive): Sir John Elvidge KCB