Minister of State for the Treasury

(Redirected from Minister of State, Treasury)

The Minister of State for the Treasury was a junior position in the HM Treasury, occasionally used in the British government. The title has not been used since May 2010, with some responsibilities passed to the Commercial Secretary to the Treasury and later the Minister of State for Efficiency and Transformation, a joint office with HM Treasury and the Cabinet Office.

Responsibilities

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Supporting the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and the Chief Secretary to the Treasury to deliver cross-government efficiency and public sector transformation improvements including:

List of ministers

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Name Portrait Entered office Left office Political party Notes
Dick Taverne   6 April 1968 13 October 1969 Labour Minister of State for the Treasury
Bill Rodgers   13 October 1969 19 June 1970 Labour
Terence Higgins   23 June 1970 7 April 1972 Conservative
John Nott   7 April 1972 4 March 1974 Conservative
Robert Sheldon 18 October 1974 17 June 1975 Labour
Denzil Davies 17 June 1975 4 May 1979 Labour
Peter Rees 6 May 1979 14 September 1981 Conservative
The Lord Cockfield 6 May 1979 6 April 1982 Conservative
Jock Bruce-Gardyne 15 September 1981 11 November 1981 Conservative
Barney Hayhoe 11 November 1981 2 September 1985 Conservative
John Wakeham   6 April 1982 9 June 1983 Conservative
Ian Gow 2 September 1985 19 November 1985 Conservative
Hon. Peter Brooke 19 November 1985 13 June 1987 Conservative
Office not in use 13 June 1987 28 November 1990
Gillian Shephard   28 November 1990 11 April 1992 Conservative Minister of State for the Treasury
John Cope   14 April 1992 20 July 1994 Conservative Minister of State for the Treasury
also Paymaster General
Anthony Nelson 20 July 1994 6 July 1995 Conservative Minister of State for the Treasury
David Heathcoat-Amory   20 July 1994 20 July 1996 Conservative Minister of State for the Treasury
also Paymaster General
Office not in use 20 July 1996 25 January 2008
Liam Byrne   25 January 2008 3 October 2008 Labour Minister of State for Revenue Protection at the Border
Phil Woolas   5 October 2008 6 May 2010 Labour Minister of State for the Treasury
Office not in use 6 May 2010 Present

References

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