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Philip Rutnam, Perm Secretary for the Department for Transport and Civil Service Disability Champion

Sir Philip Rutnam, Home Office Permanent Secretary, and Civil Service Disability Champion

Philip Rutnam joined the Home Office as Permanent Secretary in April 2017. Previously, he was Permanent Secretary at the Department for Transport for 5 years.

He was appointed Civil Service Disability Champion in 2015.

He was knighted in the 2018 New Year's Honours List.

Follow Philip on Twitter: @PhilipRutnam

Raising disability awareness and breaking down barriers

Poster for International Day of Persons with Disabilities 2015

Civil Service Disability Champion Philip Rutnam uses the occasion of International Day of Persons with Disabilities to look at initiatives supporting greater inclusion for civil servants declaring a disability.

How do we help colleagues with disabilities feel supported?

Philip Rutnam, Perm Secretary for the Department for Transport and Civil Service Disability Champion It’s been a whirlwind first six months as the new Civil Service Disability Champion. I’ve learnt...

Halving the disability employment gap

Disability Confident stats

...last year. As the campaign enters its third year, we would like all government departments to sign up to Disability Confident and help spread the message that making a small...

Disability is not ‘different’, it’s just normal

A photo of a disabled colleague at CS Learning's stand at Civil Service Live: Bristol 2014

Philip Rutnam, Permanent Secretary for the Department for Transport and Civil Service Disability Champion I am absolutely delighted to be taking on the role of Disability Champion across the Civil...