Sir Richard Heaton has been Permanent Secretary for MOJ since August 2015. Before that he was Permanent Secretary for the Cabinet Office (from August 2012).
In April 2014, Richard became the Civil Service Race Champion. And in May 2016 he took over the role of champion of the Civil Service Awards.
In the first post in his Race Champion Blog, Richard Heaton introduces Sam Balch, who writes about breaking down barriers to conversations about race between people from different backgrounds.
In Black History Month, Civil Service Race Champion Richard Heaton has three requests for civil servants to promote race equality.
Civil Service Awards Champion Richard Heaton gives his three main reasons for loving the awards and explains why we should all think about nominating someone this year.
Today we published the shortlists for all 16 categories in the 11th Civil Service Awards. So it’s a great pleasure, as Civil Service Awards Champion, to be able to congratulate all of those who have been shortlisted, including the winners …
What does being a 'data-driven' department mean for the Ministry of Justice? Permanent Secretary Richard Heaton explains.
Richard Heaton, the new Civil Service Awards Champion, announces the opening of nominations for the 2016 awards - and sets us all a target.
One year after his appointment as Civil Service Race Champion, Richard Heaton believes that to make progress on race equality, we need - among other things - to talk about it more.
The Government’s proposals for ‘English Votes for English Laws’ will be debated in the Commons before the summer recess later this month. Cabinet Office Permanent Secretary and First Parliamentary Counsel Richard Heaton explains what the proposed changes mean for the Civil Service.
Cabinet Office Permanent Secretary Richard Heaton talks about his role as Civil Service Race Champion and the importance of racial equality.
