Chief Secretary to the Treasury

Template:Short description Template:Infobox official post Template:PoliticsUK The chief secretary to the Treasury is a senior ministerial office in the government of the United Kingdom and is the second most senior ministerial office in HM Treasury, after the chancellor of the Exchequer. The office holder is always a full member or attendee of the Cabinet of the United Kingdom.

The office was created in 1961 to share the burden of representing HM Treasury with the chancellor.Template:Citation needed

The minister is shadowed by the shadow chief secretary to the Treasury who sits on the Official Opposition frontbench.

History and responsibilities

Between 1961 and 2015, the holder of the office of Chief Secretary to the Treasury was of full cabinet rank. This formally made HM Treasury the only department to have more than one ministerial position of cabinet rank.<ref>Template:Citation</ref><ref>Template:Citation</ref>

The office holder is responsible for public expenditure, including spending reviews and value for money.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

List of chief secretaries to the treasury

Chief Secretary to the Treasury

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Chief secretary			Term of office		Party	Ministry	Chancellor
style="background-color:Template:Party color" |		Henry Brooke Template:Small<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>	9 October 1961	13 July 1962	Conservative	rowspan=2 Template:Party shading/Conservative (UK) | [[Conservative government, 1957–1964|Macmillan Template:Small]]	style="background-color:Template:Party color" |	Selwyn Lloyd
style="background-color:Template:Party color; border:none" |Template:Zwj		John Boyd-Carpenter<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Template:Small	13 July 1962	16 October 1964	Conservative	rowspan=2 style="background-color:Template:Party color" |	Reginald Maudling
style="background-color:Template:Party color; border:none" |						Template:Party shading/Conservative (UK) | Douglas-Home
rowspan=2 style="background-color:Template:Party color" |	File:No image.svg	Jack Diamond<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Template:Small	20 October 1964	19 June 1970	Labour	rowspan=2 Template:Party shading/Labour | [[Labour government, 1964–1970|Wilson Template:Small]]	style="background-color:Template:Party color" |	James Callaghan
style="background-color:Template:Party color" |						Roy Jenkins
rowspan=2 style="background-color:Template:Party color" |		Maurice Macmillan<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Template:Small	23 June 1970	7 April 1972	Conservative	rowspan=4 Template:Party shading/Conservative (UK) | Heath	style="background-color:Template:Party color" |	Iain Macleod
rowspan=3 style="background-color:Template:Party color" |						Anthony Barber
style="background-color:Template:Party color" |		Patrick Jenkin<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Template:Small	7 April 1972	8 January 1974	Conservative
style="background-color:Template:Party color" |		Tom Boardman<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Template:Small	8 January 1974	4 March 1974	Conservative
rowspan=2 style="background-color:Template:Party color" |		Joel Barnett<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Template:Small	7 March 1974	4 May 1979	Labour	Template:Party shading/Labour | [[Labour government, 1974–1979|Wilson Template:Small]]	rowspan=2 style="background-color:Template:Party color" |	Denis Healey
Template:Party shading/Labour | Callaghan
style="background-color:Template:Party color" |		John Biffen<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Template:Small	5 May 1979	5 January 1981	Conservative	rowspan=2 Template:Party shading/Conservative (UK) | Thatcher I	rowspan=2 style="background-color:Template:Party color" |	Geoffrey Howe
style="background-color:Template:Party color" |	File:Leon Brittan (1996) 02.jpg	Leon Brittan<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Template:Small	5 January 1981	11 June 1983	Conservative
style="background-color:Template:Party color" |		Peter Rees<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Template:Small	11 June 1983	2 September 1985	Conservative	rowspan=2 Template:Party shading/Conservative (UK) | Thatcher II	rowspan=3 style="background-color:Template:Party color" |	Nigel Lawson
style="background-color:Template:Party color" |	File:Official portrait of Lord MacGregor of Pulham Market crop 2.jpg	John MacGregor<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Template:Small	2 September 1985	13 June 1987	Conservative
style="background-color:Template:Party color" |	File:John Major Feb. 1993.jpg	John Major<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Template:Small	13 June 1987	24 July 1989	Conservative	rowspan=2 Template:Party shading/Conservative (UK) | Thatcher III
style="background-color:Template:Party color" |	File:Official portrait of Lord Lamont of Lerwick 2020 crop 2.jpg	Norman Lamont<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Template:Small	24 July 1989	28 November 1990	Conservative	style="background-color:Template:Party color" |	John Major
style="background-color:Template:Party color" |	File:No image.svg	David Mellor<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Template:Small	28 November 1990	10 April 1992	Conservative	Template:Party shading/Conservative (UK) | Major I	rowspan=2 style="background-color:Template:Party color" |	Norman Lamont
rowspan=2 style="background-color:Template:Party color" |	File:Michael Portillo.jpg	Michael Portillo<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Template:Small	10 April 1992	20 July 1994	Conservative	rowspan=4 Template:Party shading/Conservative (UK) | Major II
rowspan=3 style="background-color:Template:Party color" |						Kenneth Clarke
style="background-color:Template:Party color" |	File:No image.svg	Jonathan Aitken<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Template:Small	20 July 1994	5 July 1995	Conservative
style="background-color:Template:Party color" |	File:Official portrait of Lord Waldegrave of North Hill 2020 crop 2.jpg	William Waldegrave<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Template:Small	5 July 1995	2 May 1997	Conservative
style="background-color:Template:Party color" |	File:AlistairDarlingABr cropped.jpg	Alistair Darling<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Template:Small	3 May 1997	27 July 1998	Labour	rowspan=4 Template:Party shading/Labour | Blair I	rowspan=8 style="background-color:Template:Party color" |	Gordon Brown
style="background-color:Template:Party color" |	Stephen Byers official portrait	Stephen Byers<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Template:Small	27 July 1998	23 December 1998	Labour
style="background-color:Template:Party color" |	File:Alan Milburn.JPG	Alan Milburn<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Template:Small	23 December 1998	11 October 1999	Labour
rowspan=2 style="background-color:Template:Party color" |	File:Andrew Smith MP 20050127 (cropped).jpg	Andrew Smith<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Template:Small	11 October 1999	29 May 2002	Labour
rowspan=2 Template:Party shading/Labour | Blair II
style="background-color:Template:Party color" |	File:Official portrait of Lord Boateng, 2020.jpg	Paul Boateng<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Template:Small	29 May 2002	6 May 2005	Labour
style="background-color:Template:Party color" |	File:Browne and gates (cropped).jpg	Des Browne<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Template:Small	6 May 2005	5 May 2006	Labour	rowspan=2 Template:Party shading/Labour | Blair III
style="background-color:Template:Party color" |	File:Stephen Timms portrait (3x4 crop).jpg	Stephen Timms<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Template:Small	5 May 2006	28 June 2007	Labour
style="background-color:Template:Party color" |	File:Andy Burnham2.jpg	Andy Burnham<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Template:Small	28 June 2007	24 January 2008	Labour	rowspan=3 Template:Party shading/Labour | Brown	rowspan=3 style="background-color:Template:Party color" |	Alistair Darling
style="background-color:Template:Party color" |	File:Yvette Cooper Ministerial portrait.jpg	Yvette Cooper<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Template:Small	24 January 2008	5 June 2009	Labour
style="background-color:Template:Party color" |	File:Liam Byrne (cropped).JPG	Liam Byrne<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Template:Small	5 June 2009	11 May 2010	Labour
style="background-color:Template:Party color" |	File:David Laws MP at Bournemouth (cropped).jpg	David Laws<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Template:Small	12 May 2010	29 May 2010	Liberal Democrat	rowspan=2 Template:Party shading/Coalition (UK) | Cameron–Clegg Template:Small	rowspan=3 style="background-color:Template:Party color" |	George Osborne
style="background-color:Template:Party color" |	File:Danny alexander hi.jpg	Danny Alexander<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Template:Small	29 May 2010	8 May 2015	Liberal Democrat
style="background-color:Template:Party color" |	File:Official portrait of Greg Hands crop 2.jpg	Greg Hands<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Template:Small	11 May 2015	14 July 2016	Conservative	Template:Party shading/Conservative (UK) | Cameron II
style="background-color:Template:Party color" |	File:Official portrait of Mr David Gauke crop 2.jpg	David Gauke<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Template:Small	14 July 2016	11 June 2017	Conservative	Template:Party shading/Conservative (UK) | May I	rowspan=2 style="background-color:Template:Party color" |	Philip Hammond
style="background-color:Template:Party color" |	File:Official portrait of Elizabeth Truss crop 2.jpg	Liz Truss<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Template:Small	11 June 2017	24 July 2019	Conservative	Template:Party shading/Conservative (UK) | May II
style="background-color:Template:Party color; border:none" |	File:Official portrait of Rishi Sunak crop 2.jpg	Rishi Sunak<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Template:Small	24 July 2019	13 February 2020	Conservative	Template:Party shading/Conservative (UK) | Johnson I	rowspan=2 style="background-color:Template:Party color" |	Sajid Javid
style="background-color:Template:Party color; border:none" |Template:Zwsp						rowspan=4 Template:Party shading/Conservative (UK) | Johnson II
style="background-color:Template:Party color" |	File:Official portrait of Rt Hon Steve Barclay MP crop 2.jpg	Steve Barclay<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Template:Small	13 February 2020	15 September 2021	Conservative	rowspan=2 style="background-color:Template:Party color" |	Rishi Sunak
rowspan=2 style="background-color:Template:Party color" |	File:Simon Clarke Official Cabinet Portrait, September 2021 (cropped).jpg	Simon Clarke<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Template:Small	15 September 2021	6 September 2022	Conservative
style="background-color:Template:Party color" |						Nadhim Zahawi
style="background-color:Template:Party color" |	File:Official portrait of Chris Philp MP crop 2.jpg	Chris Philp<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Template:Small	6 September 2022	14 October 2022	Conservative	rowspan=2 Template:Party shading/Conservative (UK) | Truss	style="background-color:Template:Party color" |	Kwasi Kwarteng
style="background-color:Template:Party color" |	File:Edward Argar Official Cabinet Portrait, September 2022 (cropped).jpg	Edward Argar<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Template:Small	14 October 2022	25 October 2022	Conservative	style="background-color:Template:Party color" |	Jeremy Hunt
style="background-color:Template:Party color" |	File:John Glen Official Cabinet Portrait, October 2022 (cropped).jpg	John Glen<ref>Template:Cite web></ref> Template:Small	25 October 2022	13 November 2023	Conservative	rowspan=2 Template:Party shading/Conservative (UK) | Sunak		style="background-color:Template:Party color" |
style="background-color:Template:Party color" |	File:Laura Trott Official Cabinet Portrait, November 2023 (cropped).jpg	Laura Trott Template:Small	13 November 2023	5 July 2024	Conservative	style="background-color:Template:Party color" |
style="background-color:Template:Party color" |	File:Darren Jones Official Cabinet Portrait, July 2024 (cropped) 2.jpg	Darren Jones Template:Small	5 July 2024	1 September 2025	Labour	rowspan=2 Template:Party shading/Labour Party (UK) | Starmer	style="background-color:Template:Party color" |	Rachel Reeves
style="background-color:Template:Party color" |	File:Official portrait of James Murray MP crop 2.jpg	James Murray Template:Small	1 September 2025	Incumbent	Labour	style="background-color:Template:Party color" |

See also

• Secretary to the Treasury
• Financial Secretary to the Treasury
• Economic Secretary to the Treasury
• Exchequer Secretary to the Treasury
• Paymaster General