The Minister of State for the Treasury was a junior position in the HM Treasury, occasionally used in the British government. The title has not been used since May 2010, with some responsibilities passed to the Commercial Secretary to the Treasury and later the Minister of State for Efficiency and Transformation, a joint office with HM Treasury and the Cabinet Office.
Supporting the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and the Chief Secretary to the Treasury to deliver cross-government efficiency and public sector transformation improvements including:
Name | Portrait | Entered office | Left office | Political party | Notes | |
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Dick Taverne | ![]() | 6 April 1968 | 13 October 1969 | Labour | Minister of State for the Treasury | |
Bill Rodgers | ![]() | 13 October 1969 | 19 June 1970 | Labour | ||
Terence Higgins | ![]() | 23 June 1970 | 7 April 1972 | Conservative | ||
John Nott | ![]() | 7 April 1972 | 4 March 1974 | Conservative | ||
Robert Sheldon | 18 October 1974 | 17 June 1975 | Labour | |||
Denzil Davies | 17 June 1975 | 4 May 1979 | Labour | |||
Peter Rees | 6 May 1979 | 14 September 1981 | Conservative | |||
The Lord Cockfield | 6 May 1979 | 6 April 1982 | Conservative | |||
Jock Bruce-Gardyne | 15 September 1981 | 11 November 1981 | Conservative | |||
Barney Hayhoe | 11 November 1981 | 2 September 1985 | Conservative | |||
John Wakeham | ![]() | 6 April 1982 | 9 June 1983 | Conservative | ||
Ian Gow | 2 September 1985 | 19 November 1985 | Conservative | |||
Hon. Peter Brooke | 19 November 1985 | 13 June 1987 | Conservative | |||
Office not in use | 13 June 1987 | 28 November 1990 | ||||
Gillian Shephard | ![]() | 28 November 1990 | 11 April 1992 | Conservative | Minister of State for the Treasury | |
John Cope | ![]() | 14 April 1992 | 20 July 1994 | Conservative | Minister of State for the Treasury also Paymaster General | |
Anthony Nelson | 20 July 1994 | 6 July 1995 | Conservative | Minister of State for the Treasury | ||
David Heathcoat-Amory | | 20 July 1994 | 20 July 1996 | Conservative | Minister of State for the Treasury also Paymaster General | |
Office not in use | 20 July 1996 | 25 January 2008 | ||||
Liam Byrne | ![]() | 25 January 2008 | 3 October 2008 | Labour | Minister of State for Revenue Protection at the Border | |
Phil Woolas | ![]() | 5 October 2008 | 6 May 2010 | Labour | Minister of State for the Treasury | |
Office not in use | 6 May 2010 | Present |
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