Jeremy Mark Pocklington CB was born on 13 October 1973 and is a British civil servant who has served as Permanent Secretary of the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero since February 2023.
12 Facts About Jeremy Pocklington
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Jeremy Pocklington served as Permanent Secretary of the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities from March 2020 to February 2023.
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Jeremy Pocklington was formerly Director General for Housing and Planning at the MHCLG, having served in that role from August 2018 until his appointment as Permanent Secretary at the MHCLG.
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Jeremy Pocklington later studied at Exeter College in the University of Oxford, graduating with a Bachelor of Arts in Modern History in 1995.
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Jeremy Pocklington later went on to graduate with a Master of Philosophy in Economics and Social History with distinction in 1997 from the same college.
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Jeremy Pocklington began his civil service career in 1997 when he joined HM Treasury, where over a number of years he was responsible for financial regulation, tax policy and fiscal policy, and, at one point, worked as an assistant private secretary to two Chief Secretaries to the Treasury.
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Jeremy Pocklington was head of property tax from 2004 until 2006, when he became deputy director responsible for corporate finance and public-private partnerships, a position he remained in until 2009.
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In 2009 Jeremy Pocklington joined the Cabinet Office as the Director of the National Economic Council secretariat.
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In 2012, Jeremy Pocklington was appointed as the director of the Enterprise and Growth Unit at HM Treasury, responsible for policy on growth, business, infrastructure and advising on public spending for a number of government departments.
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In 2015, Jeremy Pocklington was appointed as Director General of the Markets and Infrastructure Group at the Department for Energy and Climate Change before being appointed as Director General for Energy and Security at the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy.
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In 2018, Jeremy Pocklington became Director General for Housing and Planning at the MHCLG.
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Jeremy Pocklington was appointed Companion of the Order of the Bath in the 2020 New Year Honours for public service.