Chief Secretary to the Treasury

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Chief Secretary to the Treasury
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Royal Arms of HM Government
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Incumbent
Simon Clarke
since 15 September 2021
Her Majesty's Treasury
Style The Right Honourable
Reports to Chancellor of the Exchequer and Prime Minister
AppointerThe Monarch
on advice of the Prime Minister
Term length At Her Majesty’s Pleasure
Formation8 October 1961
First holder Henry Brooke
Website www.hm-treasury.gov.uk

The chief secretary to the Treasury (CST) is the third most senior ministerial office in HM Treasury, after the first lord of the Treasury and the chancellor of the exchequer/second lord of the Treasury.

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The office was created in 1961, to share the burden of representing the Treasury with the chancellor of the Exchequer.[ citation needed ]

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 cabinet rank. This formally made the HM Treasury the only department to have more than one ministerial position of cabinet rank. [1] [2] Since 2015, however, the status of the office has been reduced to "also attending Cabinet".[ citation needed ]

The office holder is responsible for public expenditure, including spending reviews. [3]

List of chief secretaries to the Treasury

Chief Secretary to the Treasury
   Conservative         Labour         Liberal Democrat
PortraitNameTerm of officePartyMinistryChancellorRef.
Henry Brooke
MP for Hampstead 		9 October
1961		13 July
1962		 Conservative Macmillan
(I & II) 		Selwyn Lloyd [4]
‍ John Boyd-Carpenter
MP for Kingston-upon-Thames 		13 July
1962		16 October
1964		 Conservative Reginald Maudling [5]
Douglas-Home
No image.svg Jack Diamond
MP for Gloucester 		20 October
1964		19 June
1970		 Labour Wilson
(I & II) 		James Callaghan [6]
Roy Jenkins
Maurice Macmillan
MP for Farnham 		23 June
1970		7 April
1972		 Conservative Heath Iain Macleod [7]
Anthony Barber
Patrick Jenkin
MP for Wanstead and Woodford 		7 April
1972		8 January
1974		 Conservative [8]
The Lord Boardman.jpg Tom Boardman
MP for Leicester South West 		8 January
1974		4 March
1974		 Conservative [9]
Joel Barnett
MP for Heywood and Royton 		7 March
1974		4 May
1979		 Labour Wilson
(III & IV) 		Denis Healey [10]
Callaghan
John Biffen
MP for Oswestry 		5 May
1979		5 January
1981		 Conservative Thatcher I Geoffrey Howe [11]
Leon Brittan (1996) 02.jpg Leon Brittan
MP for Cleveland and Whitby 		5 January
1981		11 June
1983		 Conservative [12]
Peter Rees
MP for Dover 		11 June
1983		2 September
1985		 Conservative Thatcher II Nigel Lawson [13]
Official portrait of Lord MacGregor of Pulham Market crop 2.jpg John MacGregor
MP for South Norfolk 		2 September
1985		13 June
1987		 Conservative [14]
Prime Minister John Major (cropped).jpg John Major
MP for Huntingdon 		13 June
1987		24 July
1989		 Conservative Thatcher III [15]
Official portrait of Lord Lamont of Lerwick 2020 crop 2.jpg Norman Lamont
MP for Kingston-upon-Thames 		24 July
1989		28 November
1990		 Conservative John Major [16]
No image.svg David Mellor
MP for Putney 		28 November
1990		10 April
1992		 Conservative Major I Norman Lamont [17]
Michael Portillo by Regents College cropped.jpg Michael Portillo
MP for Enfield Southgate 		10 April
1992		20 July
1994		 Conservative Major II [18]
Kenneth Clarke
No image.svg Jonathan Aitken
MP for South Thanet 		20 July
1994		5 July
1995		 Conservative [19]
Official portrait of Lord Waldegrave of North Hill 2020 crop 2.jpg William Waldegrave
MP for Bristol West 		5 July
1995		2 May
1997		 Conservative [20]
AlistairDarlingABr cropped.jpg Alistair Darling
MP for Edinburgh Central 		3 May
1997		27 July
1998		 Labour Blair I Gordon Brown [21]
No image.svg Stephen Byers
MP for North Tyneside 		27 July
1998		23 December
1998		 Labour [22]
Alan Milburn.JPG Alan Milburn
MP for Darlington 		23 December
1998		11 October
1999		 Labour [23]
Andrew Smith MP 20050127.jpg Andrew Smith
MP for Oxford East 		11 October
1999		29 May
2002		 Labour [24]
Blair II
Official portrait of Lord Boateng, 2020.jpg Paul Boateng
MP for Brent South 		29 May
2002		6 May
2005		 Labour [25]
Official portrait of Lord Browne of Ladyton crop 2, 2019.jpg Des Browne
MP for Kilmarnock and Loudoun 		6 May
2005		5 May
2006		 Labour Blair III [26]
Official portrait of Rt Hon Stephen Timms MP crop 2.jpg Stephen Timms
MP for East Ham 		5 May
2006		28 June
2007		 Labour [27]
Andy Burnham2.jpg Andy Burnham
MP for Leigh 		28 June
2007		24 January
2008		 Labour Brown Alistair Darling [28]
Official portrait of Rt Hon Yvette Cooper MP crop 2.jpg Yvette Cooper
MP for Pontefract and Castleford 		24 January
2008		5 June
2009		 Labour [29]
Official portrait of Liam Byrne crop 2.jpg Liam Byrne
MP for Birmingham Hodge Hill 		5 June
2009		11 May
2010		 Labour [30]
David Laws Minister.jpg David Laws
MP for Yeovil 		12 May
2010		29 May
2010		 Liberal Democrat Cameron–Clegg
( Con.–L.D. )		 George Osborne [31]
Danny alexander hi.jpg Danny Alexander
MP for Inverness, Nairn,
Badenoch and Strathspey 		29 May
2010		8 May
2015		 Liberal Democrat [32]
Official portrait of Greg Hands crop 2.jpg Greg Hands
MP for Chelsea and Fulham 		11 May
2015		14 July
2016		 Conservative Cameron II [33]
Official portrait of Mr David Gauke crop 2.jpg David Gauke
MP for South West Hertfordshire 		14 July
2016		11 June
2017		 Conservative May I Philip Hammond [34]
Official portrait of Elizabeth Truss crop 2.jpg Elizabeth Truss
MP for South West Norfolk 		11 June
2017		24 July
2019		 Conservative May II [35]
Official portrait of Rishi Sunak crop 2.jpg Rishi Sunak
MP for Richmond (Yorks) 		24 July
2019		 13 February
2020 		Conservative Johnson I Sajid Javid [36]
​ Johnson II
Official portrait of Rt Hon Steve Barclay MP crop 2.jpg Stephen Barclay
MP for North East Cambridgeshire 		13 February
2020 		15 September
2021 		Conservative Rishi Sunak [37]
Official portrait of Mr Simon Clarke MP crop 2.jpg Simon Clarke
MP for Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland 		15 September
2021 		Incumbent Conservative

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