Mr Case, 44, had been due to give evidence to the Covid Inquiry in early November but his appearance is now expected to be postponed
Simon Case was appointed Cabinet Secretary and head of the Civil Service in September 2020 by then PM Boris Johnson , the country’s most senior civil servant, is to take a medical leave of absence for a few weeks, the Government has confirmed.
A Cabinet Office spokesperson said: “The Cabinet Secretary is taking a short period of leave because of a private medical matter and is due to return to work in a few weeks.”administration at the time as a “terrible, tragic joke”, due to the then-prime minister’s handling of the virus outbreak. Mr Case’s leave of absence, for an undisclosed medical reason, comes as the Prime Minister faces a turbulent period for his Government in the wake of last week’s, and questions over his domestic policy agenda in the run-up to the King’s Speech and Autumn Statement next month.
Mr Case was a senior civil servant seconded to Downing Street from the Royal Household, where he was Prince William’s private secretary, in spring 2020.