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Exchequer Secretary to the Treasury
Junior minister in the British Treasury
Junior minister in the British Treasury
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| post | United Kingdom |
| 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 | Dan Tomlinson portrait.jpg |
| incumbent | Dan Tomlinson |
| incumbentsince | 1 September 2025 |
| nominator | Prime Minister |
| appointer | The King |
| (on the advice of the prime minister) | |
| termlength | At His Majesty's pleasure |
| inaugural | Phillip Oppenheim |
| formation | 23 July 1996 |
| website | |
| reports_to | First Lord of the Treasury |
| Chancellor of the Exchequer & Second Lord of the Treasury |
Exchequer Secretary to the Treasury (on the advice of the prime minister) 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, 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.
Following 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
- 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
| Portrait | Name | Term of office | Party | Prime Minister | Chancellor | Ref. | Conservative Party (UK)}}" | Labour Party (UK)}}" | Labour Party (UK)}}" | Labour Party (UK)}}" | Conservative Party (UK)}}" | Conservative Party (UK)}}" | Conservative Party (UK)}}" | Conservative Party (UK)}}" | Conservative Party (UK)}}" | Conservative Party (UK)}}" | Conservative Party (UK)}}" | Conservative Party (UK)}}" | Conservative Party (UK)}}" | Conservative Party (UK)}}" | Conservative Party (UK)}}" | Conservative Party (UK)}}" | Labour Party (UK)}}" | Labour Party (UK)}}" | ||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| [[File:No image.svg | 75px]] | Phillip Oppenheim | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| MP for Amber Valley | 23 July | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1996 | 2 May | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1997 | Conservative | Conservative Party (UK)}}" | Major | Clarke | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Office not in use}} | 1997–2007}} | Labour Party (UK)}}" | Blair | Brown | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| [[File:Angela Eagle Ministerial portrait cropped.jpg | 116x116px]] | Angela Eagle | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| MP for Wallasey | 29 June | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2007 | 9 June | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2009 | Labour | Labour Party (UK)}}" | Brown | Darling | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| [[File:kitty ussher at election count in burnley 2009.JPG | 75px]] | Kitty Ussher | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| MP for Burnley | 9 June | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2009 | 17 June | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2009 | Labour | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| [[File:No image.svg | 75px]] | Sarah McCarthy-Fry | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| MP for Portsmouth North | 17 June | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2009 | 11 May | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2010 | Labour | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| [[File:David Gauke MP 2011 (6481320893) (cropped).jpg | 100x100px]] | David Gauke | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| MP for South West Hertfordshire | 13 May | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2010 | [15 July | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2014](2014-british-cabinet-reshuffle) | Conservative | Conservative Party (UK)}}" | Cameron | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| (Coalition) | Osborne | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| [[File:Priti Patel Minister.jpg | 81x81px]] | Priti Patel | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| MP for Witham | [15 July | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2014](2014-british-cabinet-reshuffle) | 11 May | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2015 | Conservative | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| [[File:Damian Hinds MP (cropped).png | 100x100px]] | Damian Hinds | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| MP for East Hampshire | 12 May | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2015 | 13 July | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2016 | Conservative | Conservative Party (UK)}}" | Cameron | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| (II) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Office not in use}} | 2016–2017}} | Conservative Party (UK)}}" | May (I) | Hammond | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| [[File:Official portrait of Andrew Jones crop 2.jpg | 100x100px]] | Andrew Jones | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| MP for Harrogate and Knaresborough | 15 June | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2017 | [8 January | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2018](2018-british-cabinet-reshuffle) | Conservative | Conservative Party (UK)}}" | May (II) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| [[File:Robert Jenrick Official Portrait 2018 (cropped).jpg | 100x100px]] | Robert Jenrick | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| MP for Newark | [9 January | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2018](2018-british-cabinet-reshuffle) | 24 July | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2019 | Conservative | Conservative Party (UK)}}" | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| [[File:Official portrait of Mr Simon Clarke MP crop 2.jpg | 75px]] | Simon Clarke | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| MP for Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland | 27 July | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2019 | [13 February | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2020](2020-british-cabinet-reshuffle) | Conservative | Conservative Party (UK)}}" | Johnson | Javid | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| [[File:Treasury Minister commends energy innovations towards Net Zero (cropped).png | 97x97px]] | Kemi Badenoch | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| MP for Saffron Walden | [13 February | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2020](2020-british-cabinet-reshuffle) | [16 September | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2021](2021-british-cabinet-reshuffle) | Conservative | Sunak | url=https://www.gov.uk/government/people/kemi-badenoch | title=Kemi Badenoch MP | website=Gov.UK | access-date=14 February 2020}} | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| [[File:Official portrait of Helen Whately MP crop 2.jpg | frameless | 102x102px]] | Helen Whately | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| MP for Faversham and Mid Kent | [16 September | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2021](2021-british-cabinet-reshuffle) | 8 July | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2022 | Conservative | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| [[File:Alan Mak PMQs.png | frameless | 101x101px]] | Alan Mak | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| MP for Havant | 8 July | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2022 | 7 September | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2022 | Conservative | Zahawi | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| [[File:Official portrait of Felicity Buchan MP crop 2.jpg | frameless | 102x102px]] | Felicity Buchan | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| MP for Kensington | 8 September | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2022 | 28 October | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2022 | Conservative | Conservative Party (UK)}}" | Truss | Kwarteng | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Hunt | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| [[File:Official portrait of James Cartlidge MP crop 2.jpg | frameless | 102x102px]] | James Cartlidge | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| MP for South Suffolk | 28 October | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2022 | 21 April | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2023 | Conservative | Conservative Party (UK)}}" | Sunak | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| [[File:Official portrait of Gareth Davies MP crop 2.jpg | frameless | 102x102px]] | Gareth Davies | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| MP for Grantham and Stamford | 21 April | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2023 | 4 July | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2024 | Conservative | Conservative Party (UK)}}" | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| [[File:James Murray Official Portrait 2024 (cropped).jpg | frameless | 101x101px]] | James Murray | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| MP for Ealing North | 9 July | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2024 | 1 September | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2025 | Labour | Labour Party (UK)}}" | Starmer | Reeves | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| [[File:Dan Tomlinson MP.jpg | frameless | 102x102px]] | Dan Tomlinson | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| MP for Chipping Barnet | 1 September | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2025 | Incumbent | Labour | Labour Party (UK)}}" |
References
References
- "Exchequer Secretary to the Treasury (Hansard)".
- "Hon Phillip Oppenheim".
- "Ms Angela Eagle MP".
- "Kitty Ussher".
- "Sarah McCarthy-Fry".
- "Rt Hon David Gauke MP".
- "Rt Hon Priti Patel MP".
- "Rt Hon Damian Hinds MP".
- "Andrew Jones MP".
- "Robert Jenrick MP".
- "Simon Clarke MP".
- "Kemi Badenoch MP".
- (2021-09-16). "Reshuffle: Boris Johnson hands out dozens of junior roles". BBC News.
- "Ministerial appointments: July 2022". Government of the United Kingdom.
- "Ministerial appointments: September 2022". Government of the United Kingdom.
- "James Cartlidge MP". Government of the United Kingdom.
- "Ministerial Appointments: April 2023".
- "Ministerial Appointments: July 2024".
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