Sir Mark Sedwill was appointed Cabinet Secretary in 2018, he is also the head of the Civil Service and National Security Adviser.. Cabinet Secretary Sir Mark Sedwill is to be paid £248,000 in “compensation” after announcing last month that he would step down from his role as head of the civil service.. Appointed in March 2017, Thurston was second placed in that year’s high-earners list behind Network Rail chief exec Mark Carne, whose salary band at the time was £760,000-£764,999. The increase closes the gap between her salary and that of DIT chief trade negation adviser Crawford Falconer, who did not get an annual rise. Sir Mark Sedwill confirmed he was leaving Whitehall last month as Boris Johnson announced plans to split his role as cabinet secretary and national security adviser into two posts. Current Network Rail chief executive Andrew Haines is second-placed on the list, with a salary band of £585,000-£589,999. Mark Sedwill. The former Home Office permanent secretary said "I don't think personalities were an issue at all" during his time working in Downing Street and said he had a "really good relationship" with Boris Johnson. According to the list, 186 roles had seen a pay increase, 233 were recorded as “no change”, 104 entries were described as a “new post” and 29 were described as “down from 2019”. The UK's top civil servant will receive a payout of almost £250,000 when he steps down in September. 3. Sir Mark Sedwill was appointed Cabinet Secretary in 2018, he is also the head of the Civil Service and National Security Adviser.. Although eight of the UK’s top-10 highest public-sector earners work in the rail industry – a figure unchanged since last year, the balance has shifted. Then, by way of the beach, came the Diplomatic Service. Mark Philip Sedwill, Baron Sedwill KCMG FRGS (born 21 October 1964) is a British diplomat, public policy analyst and senior civil servant who served as Cabinet Secretary to Prime Ministers Theresa May and Boris Johnson and Head of the Civil Service from 2018 to 2020. Sir Mark today warned civil service officials had become "fair game" in modern politics as he spoke out again on anonymous briefings against him amid reports of clashes with the Prime Minister's chief adviser Dominic Cummings. Highways England chief exec James O’Sullivan and Nuclear Decommissioning Authority chief exec David Peattie are the only top-10 earners from outside the rail industry. He has also served as National Security Adviser since 2017. It is not uncommon for some officials to have significantly higher salaries than the permanent secretaries they are answerable to. Cummings was RIGHT to oust Sir Mark Sedwill, Dominic Cummings is RIGHT: Brexit Britain needs fresh blood, Mark Sedwill quits after ‘Cummings and Boris pressure', Sedwill’s exit shows Brexit was just beginning for Boris and Cummings, Brian Cox hits out at 'Cummings' revolution' after Sedwill quits, Cummings' brutal swipe at May's Brexit negotiator exposed. Sir Mark Sedwill: UK's top civil servant to receive £250,000 payout. He's the first person to juggle both roles at the same time. As a former defence secretary, Williamson is entitled to the normal severance settlement enjoyed by any cabinet minister, No 10 said, which is three months of his annual salary of £67,505. In 2019, Thurston was one of three HS2 officials in the top 10. Lord Sedwill, who declined to comment, will join Rothschild’s London office as a senior adviser in a part-time role in January. UK fighting Russia in ‘grey space’ between normal relations and war. 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