Ian Watmore is the chief operating officer of the Cabinet Office's Efficiency and Reform Group. On 1 January he will become the Cabinet Office permanent secretary

Director General and HM Government Chief Information Officer, Corporate IT,

Department for Work and Pensions

Permanent Secretary, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills

Permanent Secretary and Head of HM Diplomatic Service, Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Head of Government HR Operations and Director General, Civil Service Capability Group, Cabinet Office; and Director General, Human Resources, Department for Work and Pensions

Executive Director, Major Projects Authority, Efficiency and Reform Group, Cabinet Office

Permanent Secretary, Welsh Government

Head of the Northern Ireland Civil Service and Secretary to the Executive, Northern Ireland Executive

HM Procurator-General, Treasury Solicitor and Head of the Government Legal Service, Treasury Solicitor's Department

Permanent Secretary, Scottish Government

Permanent Secretary, Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Permanent Secretary, Home Office

Permanent Secretary, Department for Transport

From January, Lin Homer will become chief executive of HMRC

Prime Minister's National Security Adviser

Permanent Secretary, Department for Work and Pensions

Permanent Secretary and Clerk of the Crown in Chancery, Ministry of Justice

Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Defence

Permanent Secretary, Department for Education

Permanent Secretary, Department for Communities and Local Government

On 1 January, Sir Bob will become the Head of the Civil Service

Permanent Secretary, Number 10

On 1 January, Jeremy Heywood will become the cabinet secretary

In 2000, Tim Kelsey launched the private business Dr Foster to produce a league table on hospital performance. Now he’s been hired by the PM to push the transparency agenda throughout Whitehall. Matt Ross meets him.

An English teacher in a comprehensive school in a deprived area thinks Ofsted frameworks don’t help poorer pupils

The head of education at the Chartered Institute of Public Finance and Accountancy, Adrian Pulham, tells Joshua Chambers that finance skills are more important than ever in government – and that they must be improved.