Breakfast Briefing with Peter Schofield, Permanent Secretary, Department for Work and Pensions
Author WIG Date 4 Oct 2022
We were delighted to welcome Peter Schofield, Permanent Secretary, Department for Work and Pensions for this Breakfast Briefing to share insights into his role. Peter provided a unique insight on leading the UK’s biggest public service department.
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Peter became the Permanent Secretary at the Department for Work and Pensions on 16 January 2018.
The Permanent Secretary is the head of the department, responsible for the effectiveness and efficiency of the department’s work and its spending. They are also responsible for the leadership, management and staffing of the department.
Previously he has worked: as Director General for Finance at DWP from July 2016; as Director General for Housing and Planning at the Department for Communities and Local Government; as Director of the Enterprise and Growth Unit at HM Treasury; as a director in the Shareholder Executive; on secondment to 3i PLC and in a number of additional roles, including Private Secretary to the Chief Secretary, at HM Treasury