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| − | '''Sir Jeremy Heywood''', Cabinet Secretary and Head of the Home Civil Service, is supervising a review of the | + | '''Sir Jeremy Heywood''', Cabinet Secretary and Head of the Home Civil Service, is supervising a review of the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freedom_of_Information_Act_2000 Freedom of Information Act] which came into force on 1 January 2005,<ref>[http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/politics/11889304/Sir-Jeremy-Heywood-says-FOI-is-chilling-work-in-Whitehall-and-backs-controversial-review.html "Sir Jeremy Heywood says FOI is 'chilling' work in Whitehall and backs controversial review"]</ref> and has denied being ''[[Sir Cover-up]]'' as he faces accusations of slowing down the release of the [[Chilcot Inquiry]]'s report into the [[Iraq War]].<ref>[http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/politics/11940099/Sir-Jeremy-Heywood-denies-Chilcot-Inquiry-cover-up.html "Sir Jeremy Heywood denies Chilcot Inquiry cover up"]</ref> |
Heywood has also been accused of suppressing the release of government files into the public domain because they contain ‘politically sensitive information’. Among the files due to have been released in 2015 but withheld are those dealing with the [[Gibraltar shootings]] and [[Pan Am Flight 103]].<ref>[http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3378245/For-eyes-Secrecy-row-Whitehall-refuses-release-Cabinet-files-time-50-years.html "For their eyes only... Secrecy row as Whitehall refuses to release Cabinet files in full for first time in 50 years"]</ref> | Heywood has also been accused of suppressing the release of government files into the public domain because they contain ‘politically sensitive information’. Among the files due to have been released in 2015 but withheld are those dealing with the [[Gibraltar shootings]] and [[Pan Am Flight 103]].<ref>[http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3378245/For-eyes-Secrecy-row-Whitehall-refuses-release-Cabinet-files-time-50-years.html "For their eyes only... Secrecy row as Whitehall refuses to release Cabinet files in full for first time in 50 years"]</ref> | ||
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| Nationality | British | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Alma mater | Bootham School, Hertford College, Oxford, London School of Economics, Harvard Business School | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Spouse | Suzanne Elizabeth Cook | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sir Jeremy Heywood, Cabinet Secretary and Head of the Home Civil Service, is supervising a review of the Freedom of Information Act which came into force on 1 January 2005,[1] and has denied being Sir Cover-up as he faces accusations of slowing down the release of the Chilcot Inquiry's report into the Iraq War.[2]
Heywood has also been accused of suppressing the release of government files into the public domain because they contain ‘politically sensitive information’. Among the files due to have been released in 2015 but withheld are those dealing with the Gibraltar shootings and Pan Am Flight 103.[3]
Background
Heywood was educated at Bootham School,[4] an independent school with a Quaker background and ethos in York, before taking a BA in History and Economics at Hertford College, Oxford and an MSc in Economics from the London School of Economics. He also studied for a semester at Harvard Business School.[5]
An appointment by Jeremy Heywood
| Appointee | Job | Appointed | End |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jon Day | UK/Joint Intelligence Committee/Chair | March 2012 | December 2015 |
References
- ↑ "Sir Jeremy Heywood says FOI is 'chilling' work in Whitehall and backs controversial review"
- ↑ "Sir Jeremy Heywood denies Chilcot Inquiry cover up"
- ↑ "For their eyes only... Secrecy row as Whitehall refuses to release Cabinet files in full for first time in 50 years"
- ↑ Bootham Old Scholars Association, Bootham School Register, York, published by BOSA, 2011
- ↑ "Jeremy Heywood". Retrieved 2 June 2010.Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css must have content model "Sanitized CSS" for TemplateStyles (current model is "Scribunto").
