Civil Service (United Kingdom) programme itself. The position of 'Minister for the Civil Service' is not part of the Civil Service as it is a political position which has always been held by the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. The highest ranking civil servant in the country is the Cabinet Secretary. A subsidiary title that was also held by the incumbent was "Head of the Home Civil Service" or more recently sometimes styled "Head of the Civil Service", who until recently was also the incumbent Cabinet Secretary and Permanent Secretary of the Cabinet Office. However, following the Coalition Government of David Cameron the
Council of Civil Service Unions v Minister for the Civil Service invariable practice of the executive as forming a basis for legitimate expectation. The case also shows that national security remains a political issue and not a legal one; it is not to be determined by a court. It summarises the scope of judicial review. In "R (Bancoult) v Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs (No 2)", heard at the House of Lords, one of the matters decided was whether or not the courts could subject Orders in Council to judicial review. The Lords unanimously agreed that although Orders in Council were defined as "primary legislation" in the Human