Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasury

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United Kingdom
Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasury
Chief Whip of the House of Commons
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Alan Campbell Official Cabinet Portrait, July 2024 (cropped) 2.png
Incumbent
Alan Campbell
since 5 July 2024
HM Treasury
Style
Type Minister of the Crown
Member of
Reports to Prime Minister
Residence 12 Downing Street (official)
Seat Westminster
Appointer The Monarch
(on the advice of the Prime Minister)
Inaugural holderSir Philip Warwick
Formation1660
Salary£121,326 per annum (2022) [1]
(including £86,584 MP salary) [2]
Website HM Treasury

The Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasury is the official title of the most senior whip of the governing party in the Parliament of the United Kingdom. Today, any official links between the Treasury and this office are nominal and the title of the office can be seen as a sinecure that allows the incumbent to draw a Government salary, attend Cabinet, and use a Downing Street residence, traditionally 12 Downing Street.

Contents

The position is currently held by Alan Campbell since July 2024.

History

The position of Secretary to the Treasury was created in 1660. Until 1711, there was only one Secretary to the Treasury; however, in that year, a second position was created to help deal with the increasing workload. This new position was known as the junior secretary to the Treasury, and the existing post as the senior secretary to the Treasury. Initially, when the position of Senior Secretary to the Treasury became vacant (except as the result of an election causing a change of government), the junior secretary was usually automatically promoted to the senior role. Over time, however, the roles of the Senior and Junior Secretaries began to diverge, the Senior Secretary post being used as a sinecure post for the chief whip, with no formal responsibilities to the Treasury. The junior secretary post remained a substantive position working in the Treasury. As such, the senior secretary became known as the parliamentary secretary to the Treasury while the junior secretary became known as Financial Secretary to the Treasury, and the 'automatic' promotion from Junior to Senior ceased. While the exact date on which this change occurred is disputed, it is agreed that the distinction was complete by 1830. [3] In the mid-nineteenth century, the parliamentary secretary to the Treasury was referred to as the patronage secretary to the Treasury. [4]

Parliamentary Secretaries to the Treasury, 1830–present

19th century

Thomas Edward Taylor, Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasury from 1866 to 1868 Taylor dublin UniMag1875.JPG
Thomas Edward Taylor, Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasury from 1866 to 1868

20th century

21st century

Colour key (for political parties):

   Conservative
   Labour

SecretaryTerm of officePolitical party Prime Minister
Official portrait of Baroness Armstrong of Hill Top crop 2, 2019.jpg Hilary Armstrong 8 June 20015 May 2006 Labour Tony Blair
Jacqui Smith crop.jpg Jacqui Smith 5 May 200628 June 2007 Tony Blair
Geoffrey Hoon at the Pentagon.jpg Geoff Hoon 28 June 20073 October 2008 Gordon Brown
(Ministry)
Official portrait of Rt Hon Nicholas Brown MP crop 2.jpg Nick Brown 3 October 200811 May 2010 Gordon Brown
(Ministry)
Official portrait of Lord McLoughlin, 2022.jpg Patrick McLoughlin 12 May 20104 September 2012 Conservative David Cameron
Andrew Mitchell Official Cabinet Portrait, October 2022 (cropped).jpg Andrew Mitchell 4 September 201219 October 2012 David Cameron
Official portrait of Lord Young of Cookham, 2020.jpg Sir George Young, Bt. CH 19 October 201215 July 2014 David Cameron
Michael Gove Official Cabinet Portrait, October 2022 (cropped).jpg Michael Gove 15 July 20149 May 2015 David Cameron
Official portrait of Rt Hon Mark Harper MP crop 2.jpg Mark Harper 9 May 201514 July 2016 David Cameron
(Ministry)
Official portrait of Rt Hon Gavin Williamson MP crop 2.jpg Gavin Williamson 14 July 20162 November 2017 Theresa May
(I Ministry)
Official portrait of Julian Smith crop 2.jpg Julian Smith 2 November 201724 July 2019 Theresa May
(II Ministry)
Mark Spencer Official Cabinet Portrait, September 2021 (cropped).jpg Mark Spencer 24 July 20198 February 2022 Boris Johnson
(Ministry)
Chris Heaton-Harris Official Cabinet Portrait, February 2022 (cropped).jpg Chris Heaton-Harris 8 February 20226 September 2022
Official portrait of Wendy Morton MP crop 2.jpg Wendy Morton 6 September 202225 October 2022 Liz Truss
(Ministry)
Simon Hart Official Cabinet Portrait, October 2022 (cropped).jpg Simon Hart 25 October 20225 July 2024 Rishi Sunak
(Ministry)
Official portrait of Rt Hon Sir Alan Campbell MP crop 2.jpg Alan Campbell 5 July 2024Incumbent Labour Keir Starmer
(Ministry)

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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. "Secretaries 1660-1870". British History Online. Retrieved 9 October 2016.
  4. Colin, Thain; Wright, Maurice (1995). The Treasury and Whitehall: The Planning and Control of Public Expenditure, 1976–1993. Oxford: Clarendon Press. p. 87. ISBN   0-19-827784-9.