The winners received their awards from top officials and politicians including Cabinet Office minister Francis Maude MP, cabinet secretary Sir Jeremy Heywood, civil service CEO John Manzoni, Public Accounts Committee chair Margaret Hodge MP, transport secretary Patrick McLoughlin, and the permanent secretaries Chris Wormald, Richard Heaton, Ursula Brennan and Una O’Brien.
Amyas Morse, comptroller and auditor general of the National Audit Office, was on the judging panel for this year’s awards and told CSW that the quality of nominations was “absolutely fantastic, I’m very impressed. [It was] a very high standard of entry. It’s a pity we couldn’t have awarded twice as many.”
The winners of this year’s awards are:
ANALYSIS AND USE OF EVIDENCE AWARD
Humanitarian Innovation and Evidence Programme, Department for International Development
Sponsored by Vodafone
COMMERCIAL AWARD
Project Thameslink, Department for Transport
Sponsored by Mastercard
COMMUNICATIONS AWARD
Food Safety Week Team, Food Standards Agency
Sponsored by Carat
DAME LESLEY STRATHIE OPERATIONAL EXCELLENCE AWARD
Suzanne Newton, Real Time Information Programme Director, HM Revenue & Customs
Sponsored by BT
DIGITAL AWARD
View Driving Record Project, Driving Vehicle Licensing Agency
Sponsored by TSO
DIVERSITY & EQUALITY AWARD
Disability Confident Campaign Team, Department for Work and Pensions
Sponsored by Microlink
EXCELLENCE IN CIVIL SERVICE REFORM AWARD
Civil Service Local North-West
Sponsored by Atkins
INNOVATION AWARD
Property Alert Team, Land Registry
Sponsored by Huawei
INTERNATIONAL AWARD
Preventing Sexual Violence Initiative, Foreign and Commonwealth Office
LEADERSHIP AWARD
Bernie Rooney, Northern Ireland Civil Service
Sponsored by BDO
POLICY AWARD
Troubled Families Team, Department for Communities and Local Government
PROFESSIONAL OF THE YEAR AWARD
Dr Siriol David, HMPS Wales, Ministry of Justice
PROJECT AND PROGRAMME MANAGEMENT AWARD
Estates Directorate Programme Unit, Ministry of Justice
Sponsored by PMI
SKILLS AWARDS
Learning and Talent Development Team, Defence Science and Technology Laboratory
Sponsored by Tata
SUPPORTING ENTERPRISE AND GROWTH AWARD
Wood Review Report Team, Department for Energy and Climate Change
Sponsored by EY
VOLUNTEERING AWARD
Richard Hill, HM Revenue & Customs
Sponsored by Microsoft
CABINET SECRETARY AND HEAD OF THE CIVIL SERVICE AWARD
Scotland Analysis Programme Team, HM Treasury
For more on the Awards, visit www.civilserviceawards.com/winners