The Departmental Board
The role of the Board is to form the collective strategic and operational leadership of the Department, bringing together the Ministerial and Civil Service leaders with senior non-executives from outside government.
Its remit is performance and delivery, including appropriate oversight of sponsored bodies. Policy will be decided by Ministers with advice from officials, not by the Board. However, the board should expect to give advice on the operational implications and effectiveness of policy proposals.
Board members
Ministers
- Rt Hon Iain Duncan Smith – Secretary of State (Chair)
- Rt Hon Chris Grayling – Minister of State for Employment
- Steve Webb – Minister of State for Pensions
- Lord Freud – Minister for Welfare Reform
Executives
- Robert Devereux – Permanent Secretary
- Hunada Nouss – Director General, Finance
- Terry Moran – Director General, Universal Credit Programme
Non-executives
- Ian Cheshire – Lead non-executive
- John Clare
- Dame Clara Furse
- David Lister
- Willy Roe
