Parliamentary Secretary for the Cabinet Office

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Parliamentary Secretary for the Cabinet Office
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Incumbent
Alex Burghart
since 27 October 2022
Cabinet Office
Style Minister
Reports to Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster
Secretary of State in the Cabinet Office
Nominator Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
AppointerThe Monarch
on advice of the Prime Minister
Term length At His Majesty's pleasure
Salary£102,061 as of 1st April 2022

The Parliamentary Secretary for the Cabinet Office is a junior ministerial role at the Cabinet Office of the United Kingdom. [1]

Contents

History

NamePortraitTerm of officePartyPrime Minister
Parliamentary Secretary for the Cabinet Office
Jim Murphy Jim Murphy.jpg 5 May 20055 May 2006 Labour Blair III
Pat McFadden Official portrait of Rt Hon Pat McFadden MP crop 2.jpg 5 May 200628 June 2007
Gillian Merron Official portrait of Baroness Merron crop 2, 2021.jpg 28 June 200724 January 2008 Brown
Tom Watson Lord Tom Watson of Wyre Forest, 2023.jpg 25 January 20085 June 2009
Dawn Butler Official portrait of Dawn Butler MP crop 2.jpg 3 November 200911 May 2010
Role merged with Parliamentary Secretary for Political and Constitutional Reform [2]
Parliamentary Secretary for the Cabinet Office
Role formed out of Parliamentary Secretary for the Constitution [3]
The Lord Bridges of Headley Official portrait of Lord Bridges of Headley crop 2.jpg 29 May 201512 July 2016 Conservatives Cameron (II)
Caroline Nokes Official portrait of Rt Hon Caroline Nokes MP crop 2.jpg 14 June 20178 January 2018 May (II)
Oliver Dowden Official portrait of Rt Hon Oliver Dowden MP crop 2.jpg 9 January 2018 [4] 24 July 2019 Johnson (I)
Simon Hart Official portrait of Simon Hart crop 2.jpg 24 July 2019 [5] 16 December 2019
Jeremy Quin Official portrait of Jeremy Quin MP crop 2.jpg 16 December 2019 [6] 13 February 2020 Johnson (II)
Julia Lopez Official portrait of Julia Lopez MP crop 2.jpg 13 February 2020 [7] 15 September 2021
Heather Wheeler Official portrait of Mrs Heather Wheeler MP crop 2.jpg 8 February 20227 September 2022
Brendan Clarke-Smith Official portrait of Brendan Clarke-Smith MP crop 2.jpg 8 September 202227 October 2022 Truss
Alex Burghart Alex Burghart MP Westminster.jpg 27 October 2022Incumbent Sunak

Responsibilities

The office holder has the following responsibilities: [8]

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