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24-802: Theodore Thomas More Agnew, Baron Agnew of Oulton , DL (born 17 January 1961) is a British businessman, Conservative life peer , and former Minister of State at the Cabinet Office and HM Treasury . He is the founder and current chairman of the board of Inspiration Trust , an academy trust in Norfolk and Suffolk . He was born in Norfolk , the 6th of 7 children, brought up in Oulton near Aylsham and educated at Beeston Hall School and Rugby School . After school, he worked in Canada and Australia between 1978 and 1988, initially in farming but later buying and selling
48-564: A Lloyd's insurance business managing £130 million of premiums. He resigned in 2011 after it was sold to Ryan Specialty. In 2006, he founded the Public Interest Foundation, a grant-giving charity primarily focused on education and communities. He was chairman of the Norfolk Community Foundation between 2007 and 2013. In 2006 he became a trustee of Policy Exchange , a Westminster-based think tank , and remained on
72-419: A Westminster-based research institute , between 2015 and 2017. He was appointed a director of National Institute of Teaching in 2022. The aim of NIOT is to boost the quality of teaching and school leadership by carrying out research applying these insights to its professional development programmes, and sharing findings with the sector. Theodore Agnew joined James Goldsmith's Referendum Party sometime before
96-453: A dozen that are appointed, as the number of deputy lieutenants today correlates with the population of each respective county. Deputy lieutenants tend to be people who either have served the local community, or have a history of public service in other fields. Deputy lieutenants represent the lord-lieutenant in his or her absence, including at local ceremonies and official events, from opening exhibitions to inductions of vicars (as requested by
120-612: A variety of businesses. After working in Australia, he returned to the UK and founded Town & Country Assistance in 1989, later becoming WNS Assistance. He grew the business to annual gross revenues of £40 million. Selling it to Warburg Pincus in 2002, he became a co-founder of WNS Global Services . This company was floated on the New York Stock Exchange in 2006. In 2004, he became Chief Executive of Jubilee Managing Agency Ltd,
144-567: Is a ministerial department of the Government of the United Kingdom . It is responsible for supporting the prime minister and Cabinet . It is composed of various units that support Cabinet committees and coordinate the delivery of government objectives via other departments. As of December 2021, it had over 10,200 staff, mostly civil servants , some of whom work in Whitehall . Staff working in
168-524: The Church of England ). They must live within their lieutenancy area, or within seven miles (11 km) of its boundary. Their appointments do not terminate with any change of lord-lieutenant, but they are legally required to retire at age 75. One of the serving deputy lieutenants is appointed to be vice lord-lieutenant, who in most circumstances will stand in for a lord-lieutenant who cannot be present. The appointment as vice lord-lieutenant usually expires upon
192-658: The Prime Minister's Office are part of the Cabinet Office. The Cabinet Office's core functions are: The Cabinet Office has responsibility for the following at the UK national level: The department was formed in December 1916 from the secretariat of the Committee of Imperial Defence under Sir Maurice Hankey , the first Cabinet Secretary . Traditionally the most important part of
216-698: The UK's vaccination effort during the COVID-19 pandemic . He referred two companies to the PPE fast or VIP lane: Worldlink Resources, advised by former MP Brooks Newmark, which gained contracts for £258 million, and Uniserve, which gained an additional contract for £304 million. In April 2021 he was accused of a conflict of interest over his shares in Public Group, a firm helping companies bid for government contracts. On 24 January 2022, Agnew resigned as Minister of State for Efficiency and Transformation after strongly criticising
240-613: The 1997 General Election and attempted to get elected as their Prospective Parliamentary Candidate for the Ipswich constituency. Agnew donated a total of £134,000 to the Conservative Party between 2007 and 2009. He endorsed Kemi Badenoch in the July 2022 Conservative Party leadership election . Agnew was a non-executive board member of the Department for Education from 2010 to 2015. He
264-523: The Cabinet Office often takes on responsibility for areas of policy which are the priority of the Government of the time. The units that administer these areas migrate in and out of the Cabinet Office as government priorities (and governments) change. The Cabinet Office Ministers are as follows, with cabinet ministers in bold: Additionally supports the Deputy Prime Minister on: Driving delivery of
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#1732881331654288-625: The Cabinet Office's role was facilitating collective decision-making by the Cabinet, through running and supporting Cabinet-level committees. This is still its principal role, but since the absorption of some of the functions of the Civil Service Department in 1981 the Cabinet Office has also helped to ensure that a wide range of Ministerial priorities are taken forward across Whitehall. It also contains miscellaneous units that do not sit well in other departments. For example: In modern times
312-642: The Treasury Buildings. Immediately to the west Dorset House (1700) connects the front of the building to William Kent 's Treasury (1733–36), which faces out onto Horse Guards Parade . The latter is built over the site of the Cockpit, used for cock fighting in the Tudor period, and subsequently as a theatre . In the early 1960s the buildings were restored and many of the Tudor remains were exposed and repaired. Significant renovations between 2010 and 2016 converted many of
336-722: The appropriate government minister by command of the British monarch . In England and Wales, since November 2001, the minister responsible for most appointments is the Lord Chancellor , with exceptions such as the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster . In Scotland, since July 1999, it has been the Scottish Ministers . Decades ago, the number of deputy lieutenants for each county could be as few as three. Today, however, there may be well over
360-787: The board until 2014. Agnew is the founder and chairman of the Inspiration Trust , a multi-academy trust that runs seventeen schools in East Anglia . The Trust was founded as the East Norfolk Academy Trust on 14 August 2012, changing its name to the Inspiration Trust on 27 January 2013. He returned as chairman in 2022 after serving in the Government Agnew was a board member of the Education Policy Institute ,
384-854: The clerk of the lieutenancy, as a State Appointment, in either the London Gazette or the Edinburgh Gazette , as appropriate, with the names of the persons appointed deputy lieutenants for that county or area, and the dates of their commissions. Cabinet Office [REDACTED] William, Prince of Wales [REDACTED] Charles III ( King-in-Council ) [REDACTED] Starmer ministry ( L ) Keir Starmer ( L ) Angela Rayner ( L ) ( King-in-Parliament ) [REDACTED] Charles III [REDACTED] [REDACTED] [REDACTED] The Lord Reed The Lord Hodge Andrew Bailey Monetary Policy Committee The Cabinet Office
408-512: The county of Norfolk , on 19 October 2017, sitting with the Conservative Party group in the House of Lords . He had an interest in improving the cost base of schools and was responsible for the academies and free schools programs. Agnew became Minister of State for Efficiency and Transformation jointly at the Cabinet Office and HM Treasury on 14 February 2020. Agnew had a senior role in
432-550: The creation of the Irish Free State , all Irish counties had deputy lieutenants. In formal style , the postnominal letters DL may be added after a deputy lieutenant's surname and other postnominals – e.g. John Brown, CBE, DL. Deputy lieutenants are nominated by a lord-lieutenant, to assist with any duties as may be required (see the Lieutenancies Act 1997 ). Deputy lieutenants receive their commission of appointment via
456-525: The government's failure to tackle billions of pounds worth of fraud in the Coronavirus Bounce Back Loan Scheme. Agnew said "a combination of arrogance, indolence and ignorance" was "freezing the government machine". Agnew accused the government of making "schoolboy errors" through giving loans to more than 1,000 companies which were not trading when the pandemic happened. Agnew was appointed a deputy lieutenant (DL) of Norfolk in 2013. He
480-556: The government's priorities; Civil contingencies and resilience. Leaders of the Houses of Commons and Lords supported by the Cabinet Office are as follows: The Cabinet Office senior civil servants are as follows: The Cabinet Office also supports the work of the Whips Offices of the House of Lords and House of Commons. The Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Cabinet Office supports
504-496: The retirement of the lord-lieutenant who made the choice. Generally, the vice lord-lieutenant would then revert to being a regular deputy lieutenant. Unlike the office of lord-lieutenant, which is an appointment in the gift of the Sovereign, the position of deputy lieutenant is an appointment of the Sovereign's appointee, and therefore not a direct appointment of the Sovereign per se . Deputy lieutenant commissions are published by
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#1732881331654528-526: The work of ministers. Cabinet committees have two key purposes: The main building of the Cabinet Office is at 70 Whitehall , adjacent to Downing Street . The building connects three historically distinct properties, as well as the remains of Henry VIII 's 1530 tennis courts , part of the Palace of Whitehall , which can be seen within the building. The Whitehall frontage was designed by Sir John Soane and completed by Sir Charles Barry between 1845 and 1847 as
552-583: Was chairman of its Academies Board from 2013 to 2015. He was appointed lead non-executive board member of the Ministry of Justice in July 2015 until September 2017. Agnew was appointed as Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for the School System, in the Department for Education , on 28 September 2017. He had an interest in improving the cost base of schools. He was created Baron Agnew of Oulton , of Oulton in
576-468: Was made a Knight Bachelor in the 2015 New Year Honours "for services to education". Deputy Lieutenant In the United Kingdom , a deputy lieutenant is a Crown appointment and one of several deputies to the lord-lieutenant of a lieutenancy area – an English ceremonial county , Welsh preserved county , Scottish lieutenancy area , or Northern Irish county borough or county . Before
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