Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasury
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| Type | Minister of the Crown |
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| Reports to | Prime Minister |
| Residence | 12 Downing Street (official) |
| Seat | Westminster |
| Appointer | The Monarch (on the advice of the Prime Minister) |
| Inaugural holder | Sir Philip Warwick |
| Formation | 1660 |
| Salary | £121,326 per annum (2022)[1] (including £86,584 MP salary)[2] |
| Website | HM Treasury |
The Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasury is the official title of the most senior whip of the governing party in the Parliament of the United Kingdom. Today, any official links between the Treasury and this office are nominal and the title of the office can be seen as a sinecure that allows the incumbent to draw a Government salary, attend Cabinet, and use a Downing Street residence, traditionally 12 Downing Street.
The position is currently held by Simon Hart since October 2022.[3]
History
The position of
chief whip, with no formal responsibilities to the Treasury. The junior secretary post remained a substantive position working in the Treasury. As such, the senior secretary became known as the parliamentary secretary to the Treasury while the junior secretary became known as Financial Secretary to the Treasury, and the 'automatic' promotion from Junior to Senior ceased. While the exact date on which this change occurred is disputed, it is agreed that the distinction was complete by 1830.[4] In the mid-nineteenth century, the parliamentary secretary to the Treasury was referred to as the patronage secretary to the Treasury.[5]
Parliamentary Secretaries to the Treasury, 1830–present
19th century
- Edward Ellice 1830–1832
- Charles Wood 1832–1834
- Sir George Clerk, Bt 1834–1835
- Hon. Edward Stanley 1835–1841
- Denis Le Marchant 1841
- Sir Thomas Fremantle, Baronet 1841–1844
- John Young 1844–1846
- Henry Tufnell 1846–1850
- William Goodenough Hayter 1850–1852
- William Forbes Mackenzie 1852
- William Goodenough Hayter 1853–1858
- Sir William Jolliffe, Baronet 1858–1859
- Henry Brand 1859–1866
- Thomas Edward Taylor 1866–1868
- Gerard Noel 1868
- George Glyn 1868–1873
- Arthur Wellesley Peel 1873–1874
- Sir William Hart Dyke, Bt1874–1880
- Lord Richard Grosvenor 1880–1885
- Aretas Akers-Douglas 1885–1886
- Arnold Morley 1886
- Aretas Akers-Douglas 1886–1892
- Edward Marjoribanks 1892–1894
- Thomas Edward Ellis1894–1895
- Sir William Walrond, Baronet1895–1902
20th century
- Sir Alexander Acland-Hood, Baronet 1902–1905
- George Whiteley 1905–1908
- Jack Pease 1908–1910
- Master of Elibank1910–1912
- Percy Holden Illingworth1912–1915
- John William Gulland1915
- Lord Edmund Talbot1915–1916 (Conservative, jointly)
- John William Gulland 1915–1916 (Liberal, jointly)
- Lord Edmund Talbot 1916–1921 (Conservative, jointly)
- Neil Primrose1916–1917 (Liberal, jointly)
- Frederick Guest1917–1921 (Liberal, jointly)
- Leslie Orme Wilson1921–1922 (Conservative, jointly)
- Charles McCurdy 1921–1922 (Liberal, jointly)
- Leslie Orme Wilson 1922–1923
- Bolton Eyres-Monsell 1923–1924
- Ben Spoor 1924
- Bolton Eyres-Monsell 1924–1929
- Tom Kennedy1929–1931
- David Margesson 1931–1940
- Sir Charles Edwards1940–1942 (Labour, jointly)
- James Gray Stuart 1941–1945 (Conservative, jointly)
- William Whiteley 1942–1951 (Labour, jointly until 1945)
- Patrick Buchan-Hepburn 1951–1955
- Edward Heath 1955–1959
- Martin Redmayne 1959–1964
- Ted Short 1964–1966
- John Silkin 1966–1969
- Bob Mellish1969–1970
- Francis Pym1970–1973
- Humphrey Atkins 1973–1974
- Bob Mellish 1974–1976
- Michael Cocks 1976–1979
- Michael Jopling1979–1983
- John Wakeham1983–1987
- David Waddington1987–1989
- Tim Renton1989–1990
- Richard Ryder 1990–1995
- Alastair Goodlad1995–1997
- Nick Brown 1997–1998
- Ann Taylor 1998–2001
21st century
- Hilary Armstrong 2001–2006
- Jacqui Smith 2006–2007
- Geoff Hoon 2007–2008
- Nick Brown 2008–2010
- Patrick McLoughlin 2010–2012
- Andrew Mitchell 2012
- Sir George Young, Bt. CH2012–2014
- Michael Gove 2014–2015
- Mark Harper 2015–2016
- Gavin Williamson 2016–2017
- Julian Smith 2017–2019
- Mark Spencer 2019–2022
- Chris Heaton-Harris 2022
- Wendy Morton 2022
- Simon Hart 2022–present
References
- ^ "Salaries of Members of His Majesty's Government – Financial Year 2022–23" (PDF). 15 December 2022.
- ^ "Pay and expenses for MPs". parliament.uk. Retrieved 15 December 2022.
- ^ "Truss loyalists quit ahead of Sunak's new cabinet - here's who is out". Sky News. Retrieved 2022-10-25.
- ^ "Secretaries 1660-1870". British History Online. Retrieved 9 October 2016.
- ISBN 0-19-827784-9.
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