Government Actuary's Department

Government Actuary's Department
Welsh: *Adran Actiwari'r Llywodraeth*
Non-ministerial government department overview

Formed	1919 (1919)
Jurisdiction	United Kingdom
Headquarters	10 South Colonnade, Canary Wharf, London, E14 4PU
Employees	c. 220
Annual budget	£0 (2022-2023)
Non-ministerial government department executive	Fiona Dunshire, Government Actuary
Website	gov.uk/gad

The Government Actuary's Department (GAD) provides actuarial solutions including risk analysis, modelling and advice to support the UK public sector. It is a department of the Government of the United Kingdom.

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History

In 1912 the Government appointed a chief actuary to the National Health Insurance Joint Committee, following the Old Age Pensions Act 1908 and the National Insurance Act 1911. As the role of the Chief Actuary expanded, the post of Government Actuary was created in 1917. The Government Actuary's Department was formed 2 years later.

The role of GAD within government expanded significantly in the 1940s and 1950s, coinciding with an expansion of the state's role in pensions, social security and health care.

By the 1980s GAD had grown into a significant actuarial consultancy within government and in 1989 the financing of GAD through an annual Parliamentary vote of funds was replaced by a system of directly charging users of GAD's services. The calculation of GAD's fees is based solely on the recovery of its costs.

GAD has about 200 people across 2 offices (London and Edinburgh), of whom around 165 are actuaries and analysts.

List of government actuaries

The government actuary is the individual actuary that is responsible for the overall running and leadership of GAD.^[1] The holders of this role have been:^[2]

Alfred Watson, 14 May 1917 – 7 May 1936
George Epps, 19 May 1936 – 30 November 1944
Percy Harvey, 1 December 1944 – 30 August 1946
George Maddex, 31 August 1946 – 31 March 1958
Herbert Tetley, 1 April 1958 – 30 April 1973
Edward Johnston, 1 May 1973 – 14 April 1989
Christopher Daykin, 15 April 1989 – October 2007
Trevor Llanwarne, May 2008 – August 2014
Martin Clarke, August 2014 – 31 October 2023
Fiona Dunsire, 1 November 2023 – present

Timeline of government actuaries

References

^ Government Actuary Martin Clarke, Government Actuary's Department, retrieved 11 September 2017
^ "The role of the Government Actuary in social security in the UK" (PDF).

External links

Official site

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