Sir Peter Schofield KCB

Biography

Peter Schofield was Permanent Secretary at the Department for Work and Pensions from January 2018 to July 2026. He left government in July 2026.

Previously he has worked:

as Director General for Finance at DWP from July 2016
as Director General for Housing and Planning at the Department for Communities and Local Government
as Director of the Enterprise and Growth Unit at HM Treasury
as a director in the Shareholder Executive
on secondment to 3i PLC
in a number of roles, including Private Secretary to the Chief Secretary, at HM Treasury