Chief Secretary to the Treasury

United Kingdom
Chief Secretary to the Treasury
United Kingdom; Chief Secretary to the Treasury
	Royal Arms of His Majesty's Government
	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
Formation	8 October 1961
First holder	Henry Brooke
Salary	£121,326 per annum (2022); (including £86,584 MP salary)
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]}

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 secretary		Term of office		Party	Ministry	Chancellor
	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	Macmillan (I & II)		Reginald Maudling
	John Boyd-Carpenter^[7] MP for Kingston-upon-Thames	13 July 1962	16 October 1964	Conservative	Douglas-Home		Reginald Maudling
	Jack Diamond^[8] MP for Gloucester	20 October 1964	19 June 1970	Labour	Wilson (I & II)		James Callaghan
	Jack Diamond^[8] MP for Gloucester	20 October 1964	19 June 1970	Labour	Wilson (I & II)		Roy Jenkins
	Maurice Macmillan^[9] MP for Farnham	23 June 1970	7 April 1972	Conservative	Heath		Iain Macleod
	Maurice Macmillan^[9] MP for Farnham	23 June 1970	7 April 1972	Conservative			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
	Joel Barnett^[12] MP for Heywood and Royton	7 March 1974	4 May 1979	Labour	Callaghan		Denis Healey
	John Biffen^[13] MP for Oswestry	5 May 1979	5 January 1981	Conservative	Thatcher I		Geoffrey Howe
	Leon Brittan^[14] MP for Cleveland and Whitby	5 January 1981	11 June 1983	Conservative	Thatcher I		Geoffrey Howe
	Peter Rees^[15] MP for Dover	11 June 1983	2 September 1985	Conservative	Thatcher II		Nigel Lawson
	John MacGregor^[16] MP for South Norfolk	2 September 1985	13 June 1987	Conservative	Thatcher II
	John Major^[17] MP for Huntingdon	13 June 1987	24 July 1989	Conservative	Thatcher III
	Norman Lamont^[18] MP for Kingston-upon-Thames	24 July 1989	28 November 1990	Conservative	Thatcher III		John Major
	David Mellor^[19] MP for Putney	28 November 1990	10 April 1992	Conservative	Major I		Norman Lamont
	Michael Portillo^[20] MP for Enfield Southgate	10 April 1992	20 July 1994	Conservative	Major II		Norman Lamont
	Michael Portillo^[20] MP for Enfield Southgate	10 April 1992	20 July 1994	Conservative			Kenneth Clarke
	Jonathan Aitken^[21] MP for South Thanet	20 July 1994	5 July 1995	Conservative
	William Waldegrave^[22] MP for Bristol West	5 July 1995	2 May 1997	Conservative
	Alistair Darling^[23] MP for Edinburgh Central	3 May 1997	27 July 1998	Labour	Blair I		Gordon Brown
	Stephen Byers^[24] MP for North Tyneside	27 July 1998	23 December 1998	Labour
	Alan Milburn^[25] MP for Darlington	23 December 1998	11 October 1999	Labour
	Andrew Smith^[26] MP for Oxford East	11 October 1999	29 May 2002	Labour
	Andrew Smith^[26] MP for Oxford East	11 October 1999	29 May 2002	Labour	Blair II
	Paul Boateng^[27] MP for Brent South	29 May 2002	6 May 2005	Labour	Blair II
	Des Browne^[28] MP for Kilmarnock and Loudoun	6 May 2005	5 May 2006	Labour	Blair III
	Stephen Timms^[29] MP for East Ham	5 May 2006	28 June 2007	Labour	Blair III
	Andy Burnham^[30] MP for Leigh	28 June 2007	24 January 2008	Labour	Brown		Alistair Darling
	Yvette Cooper^[31] MP for Pontefract and Castleford	24 January 2008	5 June 2009	Labour
	Liam Byrne^[32] MP for Birmingham Hodge Hill	5 June 2009	11 May 2010	Labour
	David Laws^[33] MP for Yeovil	12 May 2010	29 May 2010	Liberal Democrat	Cameron–Clegg (Con.–L.D.)		George Osborne
	Danny Alexander^[34] MP for Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey	29 May 2010	8 May 2015	Liberal Democrat	Cameron–Clegg (Con.–L.D.)
	Greg Hands^[35] MP for Chelsea and Fulham	11 May 2015	14 July 2016	Conservative	Cameron II
	David Gauke^[36] MP for South West Hertfordshire	14 July 2016	11 June 2017	Conservative	May I		Philip Hammond
	Liz Truss^[37] MP for South West Norfolk	11 June 2017	24 July 2019	Conservative	May II		Philip Hammond
	Rishi Sunak^[38] MP for Richmond (Yorks)	24 July 2019	13 February 2020	Conservative	Johnson I		Sajid Javid
	Rishi Sunak^[38] MP for Richmond (Yorks)	24 July 2019	13 February 2020	Conservative	Johnson II		Sajid Javid
	Steve Barclay^[39] MP for North East Cambridgeshire	13 February 2020	15 September 2021	Conservative			Rishi Sunak
	Simon Clarke^[40] MP for Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland	15 September 2021	6 September 2022	Conservative
		15 September 2021	6 September 2022	Conservative			Nadhim Zahawi
	Chris Philp^[41] MP for Croydon South	6 September 2022	14 October 2022	Conservative	Truss		Kwasi Kwarteng
	Edward Argar^[42] MP for Charnwood	14 October 2022	25 October 2022	Conservative	Truss		Jeremy Hunt
	John Glen^[43] MP for Salisbury	25 October 2022	13 November 2023	Conservative	Sunak
	Laura Trott MP for Sevenoaks	13 November 2023	5 July 2024	Conservative	Sunak
	Darren Jones MP for Bristol North West	5 July 2024	Incumbent	Labour	Starmer		Rachel Reeves

References

^ "Salaries of Members of His Majesty's Government – Financial Year 2022–23" (PDF). 15 December 2022.
^ "Pay and expenses for MPs". parliament.uk. Retrieved 15 December 2022.
^ F N Forman; N D J Baldwin (2007), Mastering British Politics (5th ed.), Palgrave Macmillan
^ W H Greenleaf (1983), The British Political Tradition: Volume III, Part One, Much Governed Nation, Routledge
^ "Chief Secretary to the Treasury – GOV.UK". www.gov.uk. Retrieved 2024-05-07.
^ "Mr Henry Brooke". Parliamentary Debates (Hansard). Retrieved 6 October 2017.
^ "Mr John Boyd-Carpenter". Parliamentary Debates (Hansard). Retrieved 6 October 2017.
^ "Mr Jack Diamond". Parliamentary Debates (Hansard). Retrieved 6 October 2017.
^ "Rt Hon Viscount Macmillan of Ovenden". UK Parliament. Retrieved 6 October 2017.
^ "Lord Jenkin of Roding". UK Parliament. Retrieved 6 October 2017.
^ "Mr Thomas Boardman". Parliamentary Debates (Hansard). Retrieved 6 October 2017.
^ "Lord Barnett". UK Parliament. Retrieved 6 October 2017.
^ "Rt Hon John Biffen". UK Parliament. Retrieved 6 October 2017.
^ "Lord Brittan of Spennithorne". UK Parliament. Retrieved 6 October 2017.
^ "Mr Peter Rees". Parliamentary Debates (Hansard). Retrieved 6 October 2017.
^ "Lord MacGregor of Pulham Market". UK Parliament. Retrieved 5 October 2017.
^ "Rt Hon John Major". UK Parliament. Retrieved 5 October 2017.
^ "Lord Lamont of Lerwick". UK Parliament. Retrieved 5 October 2017.
^ "Rt Hon David Mellor". UK Parliament. Retrieved 5 October 2017.
^ "Rt Hon Michael Portillo". UK Parliament. Retrieved 5 October 2017.
^ "Jonathan Aitken". UK Parliament. Retrieved 5 October 2017.
^ "Lord Waldegrave of North Hill". UK Parliament. Retrieved 5 October 2017.
^ "Lord Darling of Roulanish". UK Parliament. Retrieved 5 October 2017.
^ "Mr Stephen Byers". UK Parliament. Retrieved 5 October 2017.
^ "Mr Alan Milburn". UK Parliament. Retrieved 5 October 2017.
^ "Rt Hon Andrew Smith". UK Parliament. Retrieved 5 October 2017.
^ "Lord Boateng". UK Parliament. Retrieved 5 October 2017.
^ "Lord Browne of Ladyton". UK Parliament. Retrieved 5 October 2017.
^ "Rt Hon Stephen Timms MP". UK Parliament. Retrieved 5 October 2017.
^ "Rt Hon Andy Burnham". UK Parliament. Retrieved 5 October 2017.
^ "Rt Hon Yvette Cooper MP". UK Parliament. Retrieved 5 October 2017.
^ "Rt Hon Liam Byrne MP". UK Parliament. Retrieved 5 October 2017.
^ "Rt Hon David Laws". UK Parliament. Retrieved 5 October 2017.
^ "Rt Hon Danny Alexander". UK Parliament. Retrieved 5 October 2017.
^ "Rt Hon Greg Hands MP". UK Parliament. Retrieved 5 October 2017.
^ "Rt Hon David Gauke MP". UK Parliament. Retrieved 5 October 2017.
^ "Rt Hon Elizabeth Truss MP". UK Parliament. Retrieved 5 October 2017.
^ "Rishi Sunak MP". UK Parliament. Retrieved 25 July 2019.
^ "Rt Hon Steve Barclay MP". UK Parliament. Retrieved 13 February 2020.
^ "The Rt Hon Simon Clarke MP". gov.uk. Retrieved 26 September 2022.
^ "Chris Philp MP". gov.uk. Retrieved 26 September 2022.
^ "UK treasury minister Philp to be replaced by Edward Argar". Reuters. 14 October 2022. Retrieved 14 October 2022.
^ "John Glen appointed Chief Secretary to UK Treasury – statement". Reuters. 25 October 2022. Retrieved 25 October 2022.>

[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] F N Forman; N D J Baldwin (2007), Mastering British Politics (5th ed.), Palgrave Macmillan

[4] W H Greenleaf (1983), The British Political Tradition: Volume III, Part One, Much Governed Nation, Routledge

[5] "Chief Secretary to the Treasury – GOV.UK". www.gov.uk. Retrieved 2024-05-07.

[6] "Mr Henry Brooke". Parliamentary Debates (Hansard). Retrieved 6 October 2017.

[7] "Mr John Boyd-Carpenter". Parliamentary Debates (Hansard). Retrieved 6 October 2017.

[8] "Mr Jack Diamond". Parliamentary Debates (Hansard). Retrieved 6 October 2017.

[9] "Rt Hon Viscount Macmillan of Ovenden". UK Parliament. Retrieved 6 October 2017.

[10] "Lord Jenkin of Roding". UK Parliament. Retrieved 6 October 2017.

[11] "Mr Thomas Boardman". Parliamentary Debates (Hansard). Retrieved 6 October 2017.

[12] "Lord Barnett". UK Parliament. Retrieved 6 October 2017.

[13] "Rt Hon John Biffen". UK Parliament. Retrieved 6 October 2017.

[14] "Lord Brittan of Spennithorne". UK Parliament. Retrieved 6 October 2017.

[15] "Mr Peter Rees". Parliamentary Debates (Hansard). Retrieved 6 October 2017.

[16] "Lord MacGregor of Pulham Market". UK Parliament. Retrieved 5 October 2017.

[17] "Rt Hon John Major". UK Parliament. Retrieved 5 October 2017.

[18] "Lord Lamont of Lerwick". UK Parliament. Retrieved 5 October 2017.

[19] "Rt Hon David Mellor". UK Parliament. Retrieved 5 October 2017.

[20] "Rt Hon Michael Portillo". UK Parliament. Retrieved 5 October 2017.

[21] "Jonathan Aitken". UK Parliament. Retrieved 5 October 2017.

[22] "Lord Waldegrave of North Hill". UK Parliament. Retrieved 5 October 2017.

[23] "Lord Darling of Roulanish". UK Parliament. Retrieved 5 October 2017.

[24] "Mr Stephen Byers". UK Parliament. Retrieved 5 October 2017.

[25] "Mr Alan Milburn". UK Parliament. Retrieved 5 October 2017.

[26] "Rt Hon Andrew Smith". UK Parliament. Retrieved 5 October 2017.

[27] "Lord Boateng". UK Parliament. Retrieved 5 October 2017.

[28] "Lord Browne of Ladyton". UK Parliament. Retrieved 5 October 2017.

[29] "Rt Hon Stephen Timms MP". UK Parliament. Retrieved 5 October 2017.

[30] "Rt Hon Andy Burnham". UK Parliament. Retrieved 5 October 2017.

[31] "Rt Hon Yvette Cooper MP". UK Parliament. Retrieved 5 October 2017.

[32] "Rt Hon Liam Byrne MP". UK Parliament. Retrieved 5 October 2017.

[33] "Rt Hon David Laws". UK Parliament. Retrieved 5 October 2017.

[34] "Rt Hon Danny Alexander". UK Parliament. Retrieved 5 October 2017.

[35] "Rt Hon Greg Hands MP". UK Parliament. Retrieved 5 October 2017.

[36] "Rt Hon David Gauke MP". UK Parliament. Retrieved 5 October 2017.

[37] "Rt Hon Elizabeth Truss MP". UK Parliament. Retrieved 5 October 2017.

[38] "Rishi Sunak MP". UK Parliament. Retrieved 25 July 2019.

[39] "Rt Hon Steve Barclay MP". UK Parliament. Retrieved 13 February 2020.

[40] "The Rt Hon Simon Clarke MP". gov.uk. Retrieved 26 September 2022.

[41] "Chris Philp MP". gov.uk. Retrieved 26 September 2022.

[42] "UK treasury minister Philp to be replaced by Edward Argar". Reuters. 14 October 2022. Retrieved 14 October 2022.

[43] "John Glen appointed Chief Secretary to UK Treasury – statement". Reuters. 25 October 2022. Retrieved 25 October 2022.>

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Ministers	First Lord of the Treasury Chancellor of the Exchequer / Second Lord of the Treasury Chief Secretary to the Treasury Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasury* Paymaster General Financial Secretary to the Treasury Economic Secretary to the Treasury & City Minister Exchequer Secretary to the Treasury Commercial Secretary to the Treasury Lords Commissioners of the Treasury*
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Offices in italics are not currently in use * Sinecure offices nominally associated with the Treasury de facto held by Government Whips

v t e Ministers of HM Treasury
Cabinet ministers	Keir Starmer (First Lord of the Treasury and Prime Minister) Rachel Reeves (Second Lord of the Treasury and Chancellor of the Exchequer)
* also attending Cabinet

History and responsibilities

List of chief secretaries to the Treasury

See also

References