Exchequer Secretary to the Treasury
{{Short description|Junior minister in the British Treasury}}
{{Infobox official post
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Exchequer Secretary to the Treasury
| insignia = Coat of arms of the United Kingdom (2022, lesser arms).svg
| insigniacaption = Royal Arms of His Majesty's Government
| department = His Majesty's Treasury
| image = Official portrait of James Murray MP.jpg
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| incumbent = James Murray
| incumbentsince = 9 July 2024
| style =
| nominator = Prime Minister
| appointer = The King
{{small|(on the advice of the Prime Minister)}}
| termlength = At His Majesty's pleasure
| inaugural = Phillip Oppenheim
| formation = 23 July 1996
| last =
| abolished =
| succession =
| website = {{URL|https://www.gov.uk/government/ministers/exchequer-secretary-to-the-treasury|Official website}}
| body =
| reports_to = First Lord of the Treasury
Chancellor of the Exchequer & Second Lord of the Treasury
}}
The Exchequer Secretary to the Treasury is a junior ministerial post in His Majesty's Treasury, ranked below the First Lord of the Treasury, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, the Chief Secretary to the Treasury, the Paymaster General and the Financial Secretary to the Treasury, and alongside the Economic Secretary to the Treasury. It ranks at Parliamentary Secretary level and the holder does not attend Cabinet.
The first Exchequer Secretary was Phillip Oppenheim,{{cite web|url=https://api.parliament.uk/historic-hansard/offices/exchequer-secretary-to-the-treasury|title=Exchequer Secretary to the Treasury (Hansard)|website=Hansard 1803–2005|access-date=14 February 2020}} who held the post from 23 July 1996 to 2 May 1997, when he lost his seat in the general election that brought Tony Blair to power.
After a period of abeyance, the office was reinstated upon Gordon Brown's accession as Prime Minister in June 2007, when Angela Eagle was appointed Exchequer Secretary. The office again fell out of use in July 2016 when Theresa May became Prime Minister, before she reinstated it following the 2017 general election.
The position was held by Helen Whately, having been held by Kemi Badenoch from 2020 to 2021.
The minister is shadowed by the Shadow Exchequer Secretary to the Treasury, who sits on the Official Opposition frontbench.
Responsibilities
[https://web.archive.org/web/20070807063230/http://www.number-10.gov.uk/output/Page1485.asp HM Treasury]
- Enterprise and productivity including small business taxation and support to the Chancellor of the Exchequer on economic reform
- Competition and better regulation
- Science, innovation and skills policy, including implementation of the 10-year science and innovation strategy and the R&D tax credit
- Regional economic policy
- Urban regeneration and social exclusion including housing, planning and planning gain supplement;
- Environmental issues including taxation of transport, international Climate Change issues including global carbon trading and EU ETS, and Energy Issues
- Taxation of oil
- Excise duties and gambling, including excise fraud and law enforcement
- Public-private partnerships including Private Finance Initiative, and Partnerships UK
- Ministerial responsibility for the Office for National Statistics, the Royal Mint and Departmental Minister for HM Treasury Group
- Support to the Chief Secretary to the Treasury on public spending issues including long-term challenges in the run up to the Comprehensive Spending Review and selected Cabinet Committees
- Assist where necessary on European issues
- Working with the Financial Secretary to the Treasury on the Finance Bill
Responsibility for procurement policy and the former Office of Government Commerce was transferred to the Cabinet Office in 2011.
List of exchequer secretaries
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! colspan=2 | Portrait ! Name ! colspan=2 | Term of office ! Party ! colspan=2 | Prime Minister ! Ref. |
| style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}"|
| 75px | Phillip Oppenheim | 23 July | 2 May | Conservative | style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}"| | Major | Clarke |
|---|
| colspan=3 {{N/a|Office not in use}}
| colspan=2 {{N/a|1997–2007}} | {{N/a|N/A}} | style="background-color: {{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}"| | Blair | Brown | |
| style="background-color: {{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}"|
| 75px | Angela Eagle | 29 June | 9 June | Labour | rowspan=3 style="background-color: {{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}"| | rowspan=3 | Brown | rowspan=3 | Darling |
| style="background-color: {{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}"|
| 75px | Kitty Ussher | 9 June | 17 June | Labour |
| style="background-color: {{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}"|
| 75px | Sarah McCarthy-Fry | 17 June | 11 May | Labour |
| style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}"|
| 75px | David Gauke | 13 May | Conservative | rowspan=2 style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}"| | rowspan=2 | Cameron | rowspan=3 | Osborne |
| style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}"|
| 75px | Priti Patel | 11 May | Conservative |
| style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}"|
| 75px | Damian Hinds | 12 May | 13 July | Conservative | style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}"| |
| colspan=3 {{N/a|Office not in use}}
| colspan=2 {{N/a|2016–2017}} | {{N/a|N/A}} | style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}"| | rowspan=3 | Hammond | |
| style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}"|
| 75px | Andrew Jones | 15 June | Conservative | style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}"| |
| style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}"|
| 75px | Robert Jenrick | 24 July | Conservative | style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}"| |
| style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}"|
| 75px | Simon Clarke | 27 July | Conservative | rowspan="4" style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}"| | rowspan="4" | Johnson | Javid |
| style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
| 75px | Kemi Badenoch | Conservative | rowspan="2" | Sunak |
| style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
|File:Official portrait of Helen Whately MP crop 2.jpg |Helen Whately |Conservative |
| style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
|File:Official portrait of Alan Mak crop 2.jpg |7 September |Conservative |
| rowspan=2 style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
|rowspan=2 |File:Official portrait of Felicity Buchan MP crop 2.jpg |rowspan=2 |Felicity Buchan |rowspan=2 |8 September |rowspan=2 |28 October |rowspan=2 |Conservative |rowspan=2 style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}"| |rowspan=2 | Truss |
| rowspan=3 |Hunt |
| style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
|File:Official portrait of James Cartlidge MP crop 2.jpg |James Cartlidge |28 October |21 April |Conservative | style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}"| | rowspan=2 |Sunak |
| style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
|File:Official portrait of Gareth Davies MP crop 2.jpg |Gareth Davies |21 April |4 July |Conservative | style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}"| |
| style="background-color: {{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |
|File:Official portrait of James Murray MP crop 2.jpg |James Murray |9 July |Incumbent |Labour | style="background-color: {{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}"| |
References
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See also
{{HM Treasury}}
{{Exchequer Secretaries to the Treasury}}
Category:Lists of government ministers of the United Kingdom