Parliamentary Secretary for the Cabinet Office
{{Short description|Junior role in the British government}}
{{For|the unpaid aide role|Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Cabinet Office}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}
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Parliamentary Secretary for the Cabinet Office
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| insignia = Coat of arms of the United Kingdom (2022, lesser arms).svg
| insigniacaption = Royal Arms of His Majesty's Government
| department = Cabinet Office
| image = File:Official portrait of Georgia Gould MP crop 2.jpgFile:Official portrait of Abena Oppong-Asare MP crop 2, 2024.jpg
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| incumbent = Georgina Gould
Abena Oppong-Asare
| incumbentsince = 9 July 2024
| style = Minister
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| nominator = Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
| appointer = The Monarch
| appointer_qualified = on advice of the Prime Minister
| termlength = At His Majesty's pleasure
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| salary = £102,061 as of 1st April 2022
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| reports_to = Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster
Secretary of State in the Cabinet Office
}}The Parliamentary Secretary for the Cabinet Office is a junior ministerial role at the Cabinet Office of the United Kingdom.{{Cite web|title=Parliamentary Secretary (Minister for Implementation) - GOV.UK|url=https://www.gov.uk/government/ministers/parliamentary-under-secretary-of-state--86|access-date=2021-01-24|website=www.gov.uk|language=en}} The post is currently held by Abena Oppong-Asare and Georgia Gould.{{Cite web |title=Ministerial Appointments: July 2024 |url=https://www.gov.uk/government/news/ministerial-appointments-july-2024 |access-date=2024-07-10 |website=GOV.UK |language=en}}
History
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| colspan=2|Name
!Portrait !colspan=2 |Term of office !Party !colspan=2|Prime Minister |
|---|
| colspan="8" |Parliamentary Secretary for the Cabinet Office |
| rowspan="5" ! style="background-color: {{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |
|5 May 2005 |5 May 2006 | rowspan="5" |Labour | rowspan="5" ! style="background-color: {{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" | | rowspan="2" |Blair III |
| Pat McFadden
|File:Official portrait of Rt Hon Pat McFadden MP crop 2.jpg |5 May 2006 |28 June 2007 |
| Gillian Merron
|File:Official portrait of Baroness Merron crop 2, 2021.jpg |28 June 2007 |24 January 2008 | rowspan="3" |Brown |
| Tom Watson
|File:Lord Tom Watson of Wyre Forest, 2023.jpg |25 January 2008 |5 June 2009 |
| Dawn Butler
|File:Official portrait of Dawn Butler MP crop 2.jpg |3 November 2009 |11 May 2010 |
| colspan="9" |{{nobold|Role merged with Parliamentary Secretary for Political and Constitutional Reform}}{{Cite book |last=Priddy |first=Sarah |title=Ministers in the 2010 Coalition Government |date=15 October 2017 |publisher=House of Commons Library}} |
| colspan="9" |Parliamentary Secretary for the Cabinet Office {{nobold|Role formed out of Parliamentary Secretary for the Constitution}}{{Cite book |title=Ministers in 2015, 2017 and 2019 Conservative Governments |date=10 February 2022 |publisher=House of Commons Library}} |
| rowspan="9" style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
|60px |29 May 2015 |12 July 2016 | rowspan="9" |Conservatives | style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" | |
| Caroline Nokes
|60px |14 June 2017 |8 January 2018 | style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" | |
| Oliver Dowden
|60px | 24 July 2019 | rowspan="2" style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" | | rowspan="2" | Johnson (I) |
| Simon Hart
|60px | 16 December 2019 |
| Jeremy Quin
|60px | 13 February 2020 | rowspan="3" style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" | | rowspan="3" | Johnson (II) |
| Julia Lopez
|60px | 15 September 2021 |
| Heather Wheeler
|60px | 8 February 2022 | 7 September 2022 |
| Brendan Clarke-Smith
|File:Official portrait of Brendan Clarke-Smith MP crop 2.jpg |8 September 2022 |27 October 2022 | style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" | |
| Alex Burghart
| File:Official portrait of Alex Burghart crop 2.jpg |27 October 2022 |5 July 2024 | style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" | |
| rowspan="2" ! style="background-color: {{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |
|File:Official portrait of Abena Oppong-Asare MP crop 2, 2024.jpg |Present | rowspan="2" |Labour | rowspan="2" style="background-color: {{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" ! | | rowspan="2" |Starmer |
| Georgia Gould
|File:Official portrait of Georgia Gould MP crop 2.jpg |Present |
Responsibilities
The office holder has the following responsibilities:{{Cite web|title=Parliamentary Secretary (Minister for Implementation) - GOV.UK|url=https://www.gov.uk/government/ministers/parliamentary-under-secretary-of-state--86#responsibilities|access-date=2021-01-24|website=www.gov.uk|language=en}}
- Supporting the Minister for the Cabinet Office on cross-government delivery and implementation
- Controls (commercial, digital, property)
- Commercial models
- Cyber and resilience
- Civil Service human resources and Shared Services
- Fraud, Error, Debt and Grants
- Geospatial Commission
- Government Digital Service
- Government Security Group
- Infrastructure and Projects Authority
- Government Property
- Government Commercial Function
- Public bodies and appointments policy
References
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Category:Ministerial offices in the United Kingdom
Category:Cabinet Office (United Kingdom)
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