Appointment of Sir John Gieve as Deputy Governor of the Bank of England

03 August 2006

Request:

Records relating to the appointment of Sir John Gieve as Deputy Governor of the Bank of England, and records relating to the candidates considered for the post of Deputy Governor of the Bank of England at the time

Disclosure:

The Bank of England announced on 17 October 2005 that Sir Andrew Large, Deputy

Governor for Financial Stability, was to leave the Bank of England. On the same day, the Treasury announced that Her Majesty The Queen was pleased to appoint, under the Bank of England Act 1998, Sir John Gieve to succeed Sir Andrew as Deputy Governor for Financial Stability. Information disclosed displays the process undertaken to appoint a successor to Sir Andrew Large: this includes the advice submitted to the Chancellor, Prime Minister’s Office and to the Palace. It also displays the process undertaken to obtain a Royal Warrant appointing Sir John Gieve as the new Deputy Governor.

Certain information has not been disclosed because it is already publicly available from the Treasury and Bank of England websites. Information relating to the candidates that were considered for the position of Deputy Governor has not been disclosed using sections 40(2) and 29(1) of the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Some information has also been withheld from disclosure under section 36(2)(b) of the Act.

PDF file of E-mail from the Bank of England to the Treasury regarding the Royal Warrant appointing Sir John Gieve as Deputy Governor of the Bank of England - 17 January 2006
PDF file of letter from the Treasury to the Bank of England regarding the Royal Warrant appointing Sir John Gieve as Deputy Governor of the Bank of England - 13 January 2006
PDF file of letter from the Treasury to the Crown Office regarding the Royal Warrant appointing Sir John Gieve as Deputy Governor of the Bank of England - 13 January 2006
PDF file of letter from the Crown Office to the Treasury regarding the Royal Warrant appointing Sir John Gieve as Deputy Governor of the Bank of England - 11 January 2006
PDF file of defensive Lines for Treasury Officials appearance before the Treasury Committee - 15 November 2005
PDF file of E-mail from the Treasury to No 10 regarding the Royal Warrant appointing Sir John Gieve as Deputy Governor of the Bank of England - 11 November 2005
PDF file of E-mail from the Chancellor’s Office reporting that Sir John Gieve be proposed as Deputy Governor of the Bank of England - 12 October 2005
PDF file of letter from the Chancellor’s Principle Private Secretary (PPS) to the Prime Minister’s Principle Private Secretary (PPS) seeking Royal approval to appoint Sir John Gieve as Deputy Governor of the Bank of England - 11 October 2006
PDF file of advice to the Chancellor on appointing a successor to Sir Andrew Large as Deputy Governor of the Bank of England - 10 October 2005
Treasury press notice announcing the appointment of Sir John Gieve as Deputy Governor of the Bank of England - 17 October 2005
Royal Warrant appointing Sir John Gieve as Deputy Governor of the Bank of England (Bank of England website) 12 December 2005
Letter from the Governor of the Bank of England to the Chancellor of the Exchequer (Bank of England website) 4 October 2005
PDF file of resignation letter from Sir Andrew Large to the Chancellor (Bank of England website) 4 October 2005

Appointment of Sir John Gieve as Deputy Governor of the Bank of England

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