Jeremy Pocklington

Pocklington was born on 13 October 1973 to David Pocklington and Valerie Pocklington.{{Cite web|url=https://doi.org/10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.U256425|url-access=subscription|title=Pocklington, Jeremy Mark|last=A & C Black|work=Who's Who|date=1 December 2021|publisher=Oxford University Press|doi=10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.U256425|edition=online|access-date=5 February 2022}} He was educated at Manchester Grammar School. He later studied at Exeter College in the University of Oxford, graduating with a Bachelor of Arts in Modern History in 1995. He later went on to graduate with a Master of Philosophy in Economics and Social History with distinction in 1997 from the same college.{{cite news |last1=Smith |first1=Beckie |title=Acting MHCLG perm sec Jeremy Pocklington to stay on |url=https://www.civilserviceworld.com/professions/article/acting-mhclg-perm-sec-jeremy-pocklington-to-stay-on |access-date=2 July 2022 |publisher=Civil Service World |date=30 March 2020}}

Pocklington began his civil service career in 1997 when he joined HM Treasury, where over a number of years he was responsible for financial regulation, tax policy and fiscal policy, and, at one point, worked as an assistant private secretary to two Chief Secretaries to the Treasury. He was head of property tax from 2004 until 2006, when he became deputy director responsible for corporate finance and public-private partnerships, a position he remained in until 2009. In 2009 Pocklington joined the Cabinet Office as the Director of the National Economic Council secretariat. In 2010 he became director of the Economic and Domestic Affairs Secretariat.

In 2012, Pocklington was appointed as the director of the Enterprise and Growth Unit at HM Treasury, responsible for policy on growth, business, infrastructure and advising on public spending for a number of government departments. In 2015, Pocklington was appointed as Director General of the Markets and Infrastructure Group at the Department for Energy and Climate Change before being appointed as Director General for Energy and Security at the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy.

In 2018, Pocklington became Director General for Housing and Planning at the MHCLG.{{cite news |last1=Marshall |first1=Jordan |title=Government appoints new director general for housing |url=https://www.building.co.uk/news/government-appoints-new-director-general-for-housing/5093980.article |access-date=2 July 2022 |publisher=Building |date=7 June 2018}}

Pocklington was appointed Companion of the Order of the Bath (CB) in the 2020 New Year Honours for public service.{{London Gazette |issue= 62866|date= 27 December 2019 |page= N3 |supp= y }}{{cite news |last1=Curry |first1=Rhiannon |title=Housing professionals recognised in New Year's Honours list |url=https://www.insidehousing.co.uk/news/news/housing-professionals-recognised-in-new-years-honours-list-64611 |access-date=2 July 2022 |publisher=Inside Housing |date=2 January 2020}}

On 30 March 2020, the then Cabinet Secretary, Sir Mark Sedwill, with the approval of the prime minister, approved the appointment of Pocklington as the new Permanent Secretary to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government following a brief period as acting Permanent Secretary following the resignation of Dame Melanie Dawes.{{Cite press release|url=https://www.gov.uk/government/news/new-permanent-secretary-at-the-ministry-of-housing-communities-and-local-government |title=New Permanent Secretary at the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government|work=GOV.UK|date=30 March 2020|access-date=5 February 2022}} When the Ministry for Housing, Communities and Local Government became the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities in 2021, Pocklington became Permanent Secretary to the new department.

In February 2023, he became Permanent Secretary of the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero.{{cite news |last1=Smith |first1=Beckie |title=Pocklington to lead new energy department in perm secs reshuffle |url=https://www.civilserviceworld.com/professions/article/jeremy-pocklington-new-energy-department-reshuffle-munby-healey-maxwell-davies |access-date=19 February 2023 |website=civilserviceworld.com |date=7 February 2023}}

Pocklington married Katy Jane Wigley in 2005. He lists his recreations as hillwalking.

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