Chief Secretary to the Treasury

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Chief Secretary to the Treasury
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Royal Arms of His Majesty's Government
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Incumbent
Darren Jones
since 5 July 2024
His Majesty's Treasury
Style The Right Honourable
Reports to Chancellor of the Exchequer
Prime Minister
Nominator Prime Minister
Appointer The Monarch
(on the advice of the Prime Minister)
Term length At His Majesty's pleasure
Formation8 October 1961
First holder Henry Brooke
Salary£121,326 per annum (2022) [1]
(including £86,584 MP salary) [2]
Website Official 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.[ citation needed ]

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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]

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 secretaryTerm of officePartyMinistryChancellor
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
No image.svg 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 (1996) 02.jpg 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
Official portrait of Lord MacGregor of Pulham Market crop 2.jpg John MacGregor [16]
MP for South Norfolk 		2 September
1985		13 June
1987		 Conservative
Prime Minister John Major (cropped).jpg John Major [17]
MP for Huntingdon 		13 June
1987		24 July
1989		 Conservative Thatcher III
Official portrait of Lord Lamont of Lerwick 2020 crop 2.jpg Norman Lamont [18]
MP for Kingston-upon-Thames 		24 July
1989		28 November
1990		 Conservative John Major
No image.svg David Mellor [19]
MP for Putney 		28 November
1990		10 April
1992		 Conservative Major I Norman Lamont
Michael Portillo by Regents College cropped.jpg Michael Portillo [20]
MP for Enfield Southgate 		10 April
1992		20 July
1994		 Conservative Major II
Kenneth Clarke
No image.svg Jonathan Aitken [21]
MP for South Thanet 		20 July
1994		5 July
1995		 Conservative
Official portrait of Lord Waldegrave of North Hill 2020 crop 2.jpg William Waldegrave [22]
MP for Bristol West 		5 July
1995		2 May
1997		 Conservative
AlistairDarlingABr cropped.jpg Alistair Darling [23]
MP for Edinburgh Central 		3 May
1997		27 July
1998		 Labour Blair I Gordon Brown
No image.svg Stephen Byers [24]
MP for North Tyneside 		27 July
1998		23 December
1998		 Labour
Alan Milburn.JPG Alan Milburn [25]
MP for Darlington 		23 December
1998		11 October
1999		 Labour
Andrew Smith MP 20050127.jpg Andrew Smith [26]
MP for Oxford East 		11 October
1999		29 May
2002		 Labour
Blair II
Official portrait of Lord Boateng, 2020.jpg Paul Boateng [27]
MP for Brent South 		29 May
2002		6 May
2005		 Labour
Official portrait of Lord Browne of Ladyton crop 2, 2019.jpg Des Browne [28]
MP for Kilmarnock and Loudoun 		6 May
2005		 5 May
2006 		Labour Blair III
Official portrait of Rt Hon Stephen Timms MP crop 2.jpg Stephen Timms [29]
MP for East Ham 		5 May
2006 		28 June
2007		 Labour
Andy Burnham2.jpg Andy Burnham [30]
MP for Leigh 		28 June
2007		24 January
2008		 Labour Brown Alistair Darling
Official portrait of Rt Hon Yvette Cooper MP crop 2.jpg Yvette Cooper [31]
MP for Pontefract and Castleford 		24 January
2008		5 June
2009		 Labour
Official portrait of Liam Byrne crop 2.jpg Liam Byrne [32]
MP for Birmingham Hodge Hill 		5 June
2009		11 May
2010		 Labour
David Laws Minister.jpg David Laws [33]
MP for Yeovil 		12 May
2010		29 May
2010		 Liberal Democrat Cameron–Clegg
( Con.–L.D. )		 George Osborne
Danny alexander hi.jpg Danny Alexander [34]
MP for Inverness, Nairn,
Badenoch and Strathspey 		29 May
2010		8 May
2015		 Liberal Democrat
Official portrait of Greg Hands crop 2.jpg Greg Hands [35]
MP for Chelsea and Fulham 		11 May
2015		14 July
2016		 Conservative Cameron II
Official portrait of Mr David Gauke crop 2.jpg David Gauke [36]
MP for South West Hertfordshire 		14 July
2016		11 June
2017		 Conservative May I Philip Hammond
Official portrait of Elizabeth Truss crop 2.jpg Liz Truss [37]
MP for South West Norfolk 		11 June
2017		24 July
2019		 Conservative May II
Official portrait of Rishi Sunak crop 2.jpg Rishi Sunak [38]
MP for Richmond (Yorks) 		24 July
2019		 13 February
2020 		Conservative Johnson I Sajid Javid
​ Johnson II
Official portrait of Rt Hon Steve Barclay MP crop 2.jpg Steve Barclay [39]
MP for North East Cambridgeshire 		13 February
2020 		15 September
2021 		Conservative Rishi Sunak
Official portrait of Mr Simon Clarke MP crop 2.jpg Simon Clarke [40]
MP for Middlesbrough South
and East Cleveland 		15 September
2021 		6 September
2022		 Conservative
Nadhim Zahawi
Official portrait of Chris Philp MP crop 2.jpg Chris Philp [41]
MP for Croydon South 		6 September
2022		 14 October
2022 		Conservative Truss Kwasi Kwarteng
Official portrait of Edward Argar MP crop 2.jpg Edward Argar [42]
MP for Charnwood 		14 October
2022 		25 October
2022		 Conservative Jeremy Hunt
Official portrait of John Glen MP crop 2.jpg John Glen [43]
MP for Salisbury 		25 October
2022		 13 November
2023 		Conservative Sunak
Official portrait of Laura Trott MP crop 2.jpg Laura Trott
MP for Sevenoaks 		13 November
2023 		5 July
2024		 Conservative
Official portrait of Darren Jones crop 2.jpg Darren Jones
MP for Bristol North West 		5 July
2024		Incumbent Labour Starmer Rachel Reeves

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