Sir Denis Charles Barnes, KCB (15 December 1914 – 6 May 1992) was an English civil servant. Educated at

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, Manchester, and

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, he entered the civil service in 1937 as an official in the

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. Here he was private secretary to the minister from 1945 to 1947, deputy secretary from 1963 to 1966, and the

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from 1966; the Ministry became the Department of Employment and Productivity in 1968 and the

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in 1970; he remained head, retiring in 1973. He was much concerned with

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; he oversaw the creation of the

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, the

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, the Training Services Agency, and the Employment Services Agency, the latter of which were merged into the

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; he served as its chairman from 1974 to 1976."Sir Denis Barnes", ''

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'' (London), 11 May 1992, p. 15. .

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Barnes, Denis 1914 births 1992 deaths English civil servants People educated at Oldham Hulme Grammar School Alumni of Merton College, Oxford Knights Commander of the Order of the Bath