United Kingdom
Chief Secretary to the Treasury
Royal Arms of His Majesty's Government
Incumbent
Laura Trott
since 13 November 2023
His Majesty's Treasury
StyleThe Right Honourable
Reports toChancellor of the Exchequer
Prime Minister
NominatorPrime Minister
AppointerThe Monarch
(on the advice of the Prime Minister)
Term lengthAt His Majesty's pleasure
Formation8 October 1961
First holderHenry Brooke
Salary£121,326 per annum (2022)[1]
(including £86,584 MP salary)[2]
WebsiteOfficial Website

The chief secretary to the Treasury is a ministerial office in the government of the United Kingdom and is the second most senior ministerial office in HM Treasury, after the Chancellor of the Exchequer. The office was created in 1961 to share the burden of representing HM Treasury with the chancellor.

The minister is shadowed by the Shadow Chief Secretary to the Treasury who sits on the Official Opposition frontbench.

History and responsibilities

Between 1961 and 2015, the holder of the office of Chief Secretary to the Treasury was of full cabinet rank. This formally made HM Treasury the only department to have more than one ministerial position of cabinet rank.[3][4] Since 2015, however, the status of the office has been reduced to "also attending Cabinet".

The office holder is responsible for public expenditure, including spending reviews.[5]

List of chief secretaries to the Treasury

Chief Secretary to the Treasury
  Conservative       Labour       Liberal Democrat
Chief secretary Term of office Party Ministry Chancellor
Henry Brooke
MP for Hampstead[6]		 9 October
1961		 13 July
1962		 Conservative Macmillan
(I & II)		 Selwyn Lloyd
‍ John Boyd-Carpenter[7]
MP for Kingston-upon-Thames		 13 July
1962		 16 October
1964		 Conservative Reginald Maudling
Douglas-Home
Jack Diamond[8]
MP for Gloucester		 20 October
1964		 19 June
1970		 Labour Wilson
(I & II)		 James Callaghan
Roy Jenkins
Maurice Macmillan[9]
MP for Farnham		 23 June
1970		 7 April
1972		 Conservative Heath Iain Macleod
Anthony Barber
Patrick Jenkin[10]
MP for Wanstead and Woodford		 7 April
1972		 8 January
1974		 Conservative
Tom Boardman[11]
MP for Leicester South West		 8 January
1974		 4 March
1974		 Conservative
Joel Barnett[12]
MP for Heywood and Royton		 7 March
1974		 4 May
1979		 Labour Wilson
(III & IV)		 Denis Healey
Callaghan
John Biffen[13]
MP for Oswestry		 5 May
1979		 5 January
1981		 Conservative Thatcher I Geoffrey Howe
Leon Brittan[14]
MP for Cleveland and Whitby		 5 January
1981		 11 June
1983		 Conservative
Peter Rees[15]
MP for Dover		 11 June
1983		 2 September
1985		 Conservative Thatcher II Nigel Lawson
John MacGregor[16]
MP for South Norfolk		 2 September
1985		 13 June
1987		 Conservative
John Major[17]
MP for Huntingdon		 13 June
1987		 24 July
1989		 Conservative Thatcher III
Norman Lamont[18]
MP for Kingston-upon-Thames		 24 July
1989		 28 November
1990		 Conservative John Major
David Mellor[19]
MP for Putney		 28 November
1990		 10 April
1992		 Conservative Major I Norman Lamont
Michael Portillo[20]
MP for Enfield Southgate		 10 April
1992		 20 July
1994		 Conservative Major II
Kenneth Clarke
Jonathan Aitken[21]
MP for South Thanet		 20 July
1994		 5 July
1995		 Conservative
William Waldegrave[22]
MP for Bristol West		 5 July
1995		 2 May
1997		 Conservative
Alistair Darling[23]
MP for Edinburgh Central		 3 May
1997		 27 July
1998		 Labour Blair I Gordon Brown
Stephen Byers[24]
MP for North Tyneside		 27 July
1998		 23 December
1998		 Labour
Alan Milburn[25]
MP for Darlington		 23 December
1998		 11 October
1999		 Labour
Andrew Smith[26]
MP for Oxford East		 11 October
1999		 29 May
2002		 Labour
Blair II
Paul Boateng[27]
MP for Brent South		 29 May
2002		 6 May
2005		 Labour
Des Browne[28]
MP for Kilmarnock and Loudoun		 6 May
2005		 5 May
2006		 Labour Blair III
Stephen Timms[29]
MP for East Ham		 5 May
2006		 28 June
2007		 Labour
Andy Burnham[30]
MP for Leigh		 28 June
2007		 24 January
2008		 Labour Brown Alistair Darling
Yvette Cooper[31]
MP for Pontefract and Castleford		 24 January
2008		 5 June
2009		 Labour
Liam Byrne[32]
MP for Birmingham Hodge Hill		 5 June
2009		 11 May
2010		 Labour
David Laws[33]
MP for Yeovil		 12 May
2010		 29 May
2010		 Liberal Democrat Cameron–Clegg
(Con.–L.D.)		 George Osborne
Danny Alexander[34]
MP for Inverness, Nairn,
Badenoch and Strathspey		 29 May
2010		 8 May
2015		 Liberal Democrat
Greg Hands[35]
MP for Chelsea and Fulham		 11 May
2015		 14 July
2016		 Conservative Cameron II
David Gauke[36]
MP for South West Hertfordshire		 14 July
2016		 11 June
2017		 Conservative May I Philip Hammond
Liz Truss[37]
MP for South West Norfolk		 11 June
2017		 24 July
2019		 Conservative May II
Rishi Sunak[38]
MP for Richmond (Yorks)		 24 July
2019		 13 February
2020		 Conservative Johnson I Sajid Javid
​ Johnson II
Steve Barclay[39]
MP for North East Cambridgeshire		 13 February
2020		 15 September
2021		 Conservative Rishi Sunak
Simon Clarke[40]
MP for Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland		 15 September
2021		 6 September
2022		 Conservative
Nadhim Zahawi
Chris Philp[41]
MP for Croydon South		 6 September
2022		 14 October
2022		 Conservative Truss Kwasi Kwarteng
Edward Argar[42]
MP for Charnwood		 14 October
2022		 25 October
2022		 Conservative Jeremy Hunt
John Glen[43]
MP for Salisbury		 25 October
2022		 13 November
2023		 Conservative Sunak
Laura Trott
MP for Sevenoaks		 13 November
2023		 Incumbent Conservative

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Salaries of Members of His Majesty's Government – Financial Year 2022–23" (PDF). 15 December 2022.
  2. ↑ "Pay and expenses for MPs". parliament.uk. Retrieved 15 December 2022.
  3. ↑ F N Forman; N D J Baldwin (2007), Mastering British Politics (5th ed.), Palgrave Macmillan
  4. ↑ W H Greenleaf (1983), The British Political Tradition: Volume III, Part One, Much Governed Nation, Routledge
  5. ↑ "Chief Secretary to the Treasury - GOV.UK". www.gov.uk. Retrieved 2020-10-03.
  6. ↑ "Mr Henry Brooke". Parliamentary Debates (Hansard). Retrieved 6 October 2017.
  7. ↑ "Mr John Boyd-Carpenter". Parliamentary Debates (Hansard). Retrieved 6 October 2017.
  8. ↑ "Mr Jack Diamond". Parliamentary Debates (Hansard). Retrieved 6 October 2017.
  9. ↑ "Rt Hon Viscount Macmillan of Ovenden". UK Parliament. Retrieved 6 October 2017.
  10. ↑ "Lord Jenkin of Roding". UK Parliament. Retrieved 6 October 2017.
  11. ↑ "Mr Thomas Boardman". Parliamentary Debates (Hansard). Retrieved 6 October 2017.
  12. ↑ "Lord Barnett". UK Parliament. Retrieved 6 October 2017.
  13. ↑ "Rt Hon John Biffen". UK Parliament. Retrieved 6 October 2017.
  14. ↑ "Lord Brittan of Spennithorne". UK Parliament. Retrieved 6 October 2017.
  15. ↑ "Mr Peter Rees". Parliamentary Debates (Hansard). Retrieved 6 October 2017.
  16. ↑ "Lord MacGregor of Pulham Market". UK Parliament. Retrieved 5 October 2017.
  17. ↑ "Rt Hon John Major". UK Parliament. Retrieved 5 October 2017.
  18. ↑ "Lord Lamont of Lerwick". UK Parliament. Retrieved 5 October 2017.
  19. ↑ "Rt Hon David Mellor". UK Parliament. Retrieved 5 October 2017.
  20. ↑ "Rt Hon Michael Portillo". UK Parliament. Retrieved 5 October 2017.
  21. ↑ "Jonathan Aitken". UK Parliament. Retrieved 5 October 2017.
  22. ↑ "Lord Waldegrave of North Hill". UK Parliament. Retrieved 5 October 2017.
  23. ↑ "Lord Darling of Roulanish". UK Parliament. Retrieved 5 October 2017.
  24. ↑ "Mr Stephen Byers". UK Parliament. Retrieved 5 October 2017.
  25. ↑ "Mr Alan Milburn". UK Parliament. Retrieved 5 October 2017.
  26. ↑ "Rt Hon Andrew Smith". UK Parliament. Retrieved 5 October 2017.
  27. ↑ "Lord Boateng". UK Parliament. Retrieved 5 October 2017.
  28. ↑ "Lord Browne of Ladyton". UK Parliament. Retrieved 5 October 2017.
  29. ↑ "Rt Hon Stephen Timms MP". UK Parliament. Retrieved 5 October 2017.
  30. ↑ "Rt Hon Andy Burnham". UK Parliament. Retrieved 5 October 2017.
  31. ↑ "Rt Hon Yvette Cooper MP". UK Parliament. Retrieved 5 October 2017.
  32. ↑ "Rt Hon Liam Byrne MP". UK Parliament. Retrieved 5 October 2017.
  33. ↑ "Rt Hon David Laws". UK Parliament. Retrieved 5 October 2017.
  34. ↑ "Rt Hon Danny Alexander". UK Parliament. Retrieved 5 October 2017.
  35. ↑ "Rt Hon Greg Hands MP". UK Parliament. Retrieved 5 October 2017.
  36. ↑ "Rt Hon David Gauke MP". UK Parliament. Retrieved 5 October 2017.
  37. ↑ "Rt Hon Elizabeth Truss MP". UK Parliament. Retrieved 5 October 2017.
  38. ↑ "Rishi Sunak MP". UK Parliament. Retrieved 25 July 2019.
  39. ↑ "Rt Hon Steve Barclay MP". UK Parliament. Retrieved 13 February 2020.
  40. ↑ "The Rt Hon Simon Clarke MP". gov.uk. Retrieved 26 September 2022.
  41. ↑ "Chris Philp MP". gov.uk. Retrieved 26 September 2022.
  42. ↑ "UK treasury minister Philp to be replaced by Edward Argar". Reuters. 14 October 2022. Retrieved 14 October 2022.
  43. ↑ "John Glen appointed Chief Secretary to UK Treasury - statement". Reuters. 25 October 2022. Retrieved 25 October 2022.>
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