Director General of the National Crime Agency explained

Post:Director General
Body:the National Crime Agency
Insigniasize:170px
Incumbent:Graeme Biggar
Incumbentsince:5 October 2021
Appointer:Home Secretary
Termlength:5 years, terms renewable or extendable for less than 5 years
Inaugural:Keith Bristow
Formation:7 October 2013
Deputy:Steve Rodhouse (Operations)
Claire Smith (Capabilities)
Rob Jones (National Economic Crime Centre)
Salary:£214,722[1]
Website:NCA.gov.uk
Reports To:Home Secretary

The Director General of the National Crime Agency is the head of the National Crime Agency in the United Kingdom, and as such is responsible for the overall management of the NCA. The Director General is appointed by, and reports to, the Home Secretary,[2] but is not directly part of the Home Office.[3] The Director General is appointed on a five-year term basis, though this can be renewed (for another five-year term) or extended (for any period less than five years) at the Home Secretary's discretion.[4] The Home Secretary's power to select and appoint the Director General, and determine the terms and conditions of their appointment, is provided by the Crime and Courts Act 2013.[5]

As the Director General is in charge of a national agency with jurisdiction and investigative powers across the entire country, this post is considered to be the most senior police role in the United Kingdom, outranking the Metropolitan Police Commissioner, as the Director General has the power to direct any chief constables and commissioners.[6] The Director General is supported by three Deputy Directors General, in charge of Operations, Capabilities, and Economic Crime.[7]

The current Director General is Graeme Biggar,[8] who was appointed following the medical retirement of Lynne Owens.[9]

NCA Directors General

NameTerm BeganTerm EndedLengthPrior PostHome SecretaryRef
1 Keith Bristow7 October 20133 January 2016Chief Constable of Warwickshire PoliceTheresa May[10]
2 Dame Lynne Owens4 January 20164 October 2021Chief Constable of Surrey Police[11]
Amber Rudd
Sajid Javid
Priti Patel[12]
–Graeme Biggar (interim)5 October 202111 August 2022Director General of the National Economic Crime Centre
3Graeme Biggar12 August 2022IncumbentInterim Director General of the National Crime Agency
(Concurrent Director General of the National Economic Crime Centre)		[13]
Suella Braverman
Grant Shapps
Suella Braverman
James Cleverly
Yvette Cooper

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: House of Commons - Home affairs: Letter from Keith Bristow, Director General, National Crime Agency, to the Chair of the Committee, 18 September 2013. The Committee Office, House of. Commons. 5 January 2017.
  2. Web site: Graeme Biggar appointed NCA Director General . 12 August 2022 . gov.uk . 30 May 2023 . Home Secretary Priti Patel has appointed Graeme Biggar CBE as Director General of the National Crime Agency.
  3. https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/98446/fs-nca-goverenance.pdf
  4. Web site: Dodd. Vikram. 20 October 2015. Senior MI5 chief in running to lead National Crime Agency. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20151021133215/http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2015/oct/20/senior-mi5-chief-in-running-to-lead-national-agency . 2015-10-21 . The Guardian.
  5. Web site: Crime and Courts Act 2013, Schedule 1, paragraph 7 . legislation.gov.uk . 30 May 2023 . The Secretary of State is to select and appoint the Director General... The terms and conditions of an appointment as Director General are to be determined by the Secretary of State.
  6. Web site: Dodd. Vikram. 26 November 2015. National Crime Agency appoints Lynne Owens as director general. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20151126145926/http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2015/nov/26/national-crime-agency-lynne-owens-metropolitan-police . 2015-11-26 . 11 September 2020. The Guardian.
  7. Web site: National Crime Agency - Our leadership. 20 October 2022.
  8. Web site: 12 August 2022. Graeme Biggar appointed NCA Director General. www.gov.uk.
  9. Web site: 1 October 2021. Graeme Biggar appointed Director General of the National Crime Agency. live. NCA. https://web.archive.org/web/20211001135013/https://nationalcrimeagency.gov.uk/news/director-general-of-the-national-crime-agency-appointed . 2021-10-01 .
  10. Web site: 10 October 2011. UK National Crime Agency head to be Keith Bristow. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20140605001111/http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-15241052 . 2014-06-05 . BBC.
  11. Web site: 26 November 2015. Lynne Owens announced as new head of National Crime Agency. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20151127034445/https://www.gov.uk/government/news/lynne-owens-announced-as-new-head-of-national-crime-agency . 2015-11-27 . Gov.uk.
  12. Web site: 14 July 2020. Lynne Owens reappointed as NCA Director General. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20200714114630/https://www.gov.uk/government/news/lynne-owens-reappointed-as-nca-director-general . 2020-07-14 . Gov.uk.
  13. Web site: 12 August 2022 . Graeme Biggar CBE appointed Director General of the National Crime Agency .

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