Minister of State for Brexit Opportunities and Government Efficiency

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Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy under Liz Truss, no replacement was appointed and office was abolished.[3]

Responsibilities

Responsibilities of the post included:[4]

  • Brexit Opportunities
  • Spend controls[5] (including controls reform)
  • Public bodies
  • Government reform
  • Procurement Bill
  • Places for Growth (a team within the Cabinet Office which aims to relocate Civil Service roles away from London to the regions and nations of the UK)[6]
  • Commercial and commercial models
  • Functions:- Commercial Tackling Fraud, Error and Debt; and Grants Government Property Agency Office of Government Property
  • Infrastructure and Projects Authority (jointly with HMT)

Officeholders

Name Term of office Political party
Minister of State for Efficiency and Transformation
The Lord Agnew of Oulton[7] 13 February 2020 24 January 2022[8] Conservative
Minister of State for Brexit Opportunities and Government Efficiency
Jacob Rees-Mogg 8 February 2022 6 September 2022 Conservative

References

  1. ^ "Minister of State (Minister for Brexit Opportunities and Government Efficiency)". Cabinet Office, UK Government. Archived from the original on 21 November 2022. Retrieved 30 December 2022.
  2. ^ "Our ministers". Treasury, UK Government. Archived from the original on 7 August 2021. Lord Agnew, Minister of State (Minister for Efficiency and Transformation), Unpaid (accessed 7 August 2021)
  3. ^ "Brexit 'opportunities' role ditched with no replacement for Jacob Rees-Mogg". The Independent. 2022-09-08. Retrieved 2023-06-08.
  4. ^ "Minister of State (Minister for Efficiency and Transformation) - GOV.UK". www.gov.uk. Retrieved 2021-08-27. This article contains text from this source, which is available under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright.
  5. ^ Cabinet Office, Cabinet Office Controls, last updated 26 October 2021, accessed 15 August 2022
  6. ^ Morgan, Tamsin (30 August 2018). "The Places for Growth Programme: driving growth across the UK". Civil Service blog, UK Government.
  7. ^ "Parliamentary career for Lord Agnew of Oulton - MPs and Lords - UK Parliament". members.parliament.uk. Retrieved 2021-08-27.
  8. ^ "Conservative minister resigns in anger over Covid fraud". BBC News. 24 January 2022.