Stephen Rimmer has been appointed as the new Director General for Crime Reduction and Community Safety Group within the Home Office, announced by Permanent Secretary, Sir David Normington, today.
Stephen, who currently works in the Office for Security and Counter Terrorism within the Home Office, was appointed following a Whitehall-wide competition. He succeeds Moira Wallace, who left the Home Office in October to become the Permanent Secretary at the new Department for Energy and Climate Change.
Stephen’s task will be to support the Home Secretary and other Ministers in the Home Office in reducing crime, tackling drugs and alcohol abuse and building public confidence in the police service.
Statement from the Permanent Secretary
Sir David Normington said, 'I am delighted that Stephen will be joining the Home Office top team. This is an extremely important job and Stephen will bring to it a wealth of experience both in policy development and operational delivery from within the Home Office and from working with the police and the wider criminal justice system.'
Statement from new director-general
Stephen Rimmer said, 'I am very honoured to be taking up this post. I look forward to working with colleagues within the Home Office and with external partners to deliver responsive policing that has the confidence of the public and meets the pressures of a tough economic climate. This post is core to the Home Office mission and brings with it both great responsibility and a fantastic sense of purpose.'
Notes to Editors
Stephen Rimmer has worked in a variety of posts in the Home Office and wider criminal justice system, including spells as the governor of both Gartree and Wandsworth Prisons. He became Director of Policing Policy in the Home Office in 2002 and joined the Metropolitan Police Service on secondment in 2005 as a member of the management board. He returned to the Home Office in November 2007 as the Director of the ‘Prevent’ strategy in the Office of Security and Counter Terrorism.
The appointment was made following a Whitehall-wide competition, overseen by the Civil Service Commissioner and with the approval of the Home Secretary and the Prime Minister.
