Jeremy Pocklington CB
Biography
Jeremy Pocklington is the Permanent Secretary at the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero (DESNZ).
Jeremy was previously Permanent Secretary at the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities (September 2021 to February 2023), and Permanent Secretary at the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (March 2020 to September 2021).
He was Director General, Housing, Planning and Building Safety at the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government from August 2018 to March 2020. Before that, he was Director General, Energy and Security at the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) and in the Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) from February 2015 until August 2018.
Before joining DECC Jeremy was Director of the Enterprise and Growth Unit at HM Treasury responsible for policies on growth, business and infrastructure and for advising on public spending for BIS, DfT, DECC and DEFRA. From 2009 to 2012 he was Director of the Economic and Domestic secretariat at the Cabinet Office. He joined the Treasury in 1997 and has held a range of posts on financial regulation, tax, fiscal policy and corporate finance as well as working as an assistant private secretary to 2 Chief Secretaries.
Permanent Secretary
The Permanent Secretary is responsible for leading the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero.
Previous roles in government
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Permanent Secretary
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Permanent Secretary
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Director General, Housing and Planning
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Acting Director General, Energy Transformation and Clean Growth, BEIS
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Director General, Energy and Security, BEIS
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Director General, Markets and Infrastructure Group, DECC