Sir Philip Rutnam | |
|---|---|
 Philip Rutnam | |
| Permanent Under-Secretary of State at the Home Office | |
| In office 5 April 2017 – 29 February 2020 | |
| Minister | Amber Rudd Sajid Javid Priti Patel |
| Preceded by | Mark Sedwill |
| Succeeded by | Matthew Rycroft |
| Permanent Secretary of the Department for Transport | |
| In office 12 March 2012 – 5 April 2017 | |
| Prime Minister | David Cameron Theresa May |
| Minister | Justine Greening Patrick McLoughlin Chris Grayling |
| Preceded by | Lin Homer |
| Succeeded by | Bernadette Kelly |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Philip McDougall Rutnam 19 June 1965 Bromley, Kent, England |
| Alma mater | University of Cambridge Harvard University |
| Occupation | Civil servant |
Sir Philip McDougall Rutnam, KCB (born 19 June 1965) is a British former civil servant who served as Permanent Under-Secretary of State at the Home Office from 2017 until his resignation on 29 February 2020. Prior to this, he was the Permanent Secretary at the Department for Transport for five years and also Acting Permanent Secretary at the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills in 2010.[1]
Rutnam is currently Chair of the National Churches Trust, the UK's national conservation charity for churches, chapels and meeting houses open for worship.[2] He is also a Council Member of the University of Surrey[3] and a Non-Executive Director of Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust,[4] where he chairs the partnership to redevelop the Warneford Hospital site as Oxford's new centre for treatment and research linked to brain science and mental health.[5] He is also a Patron of the Independent Transport Commission.
After Rutnam resigned from the Government in February 2020, he began legal action against the Home Office for constructive dismissal, making clear that his dismissal followed concerns he had raised about Ministerial conduct towards staff. As a consequence of his statement, the Prime Minister asked the Independent Adviser on Ministers' Interests to investigate the conduct of the Home Secretary, Priti Patel, towards staff. The Adviser later found that she had breached the Ministerial Code by bullying staff. The legal action was settled in March 2021 in a settlement worth approximately £376,000 including a contribution to Rutnam's legal costs of £30,000.[6]
- ^ Annual Report and Accounts 2010 –11 BIS Retrieved 8 February 2023
- ^ "New Chairman appointed". National Churches Trust. 24 August 2023. Retrieved 24 August 2023.
- ^ "Members of Council | University of Surrey". www.surrey.ac.uk. Retrieved 24 August 2023.
- ^ "Board of Directors". Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust. Retrieved 24 August 2023.
- ^ https://www.warnefordpark.co.uk. "Warneford Park". Warneford Park. Retrieved 27 April 2024.
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