Financial Secretary to the Treasury is a junior Ministerial post in the
UK TreasuryHM Treasury, in full Her Majesty's Treasury, informally The Treasury, is the United Kingdom government department responsible for developing and executing the British government's public finance policy and economic policy.- History :...
. It is the 4th most significant Ministerial role within the Treasury after the
Chancellor of the ExchequerThe Chancellor of the Exchequer is the title held by the British Cabinet minister who is responsible for all economic and financial matters. Often simply called The Chancellor, the office-holder controls HM Treasury and plays a role akin to the posts of Minister of Finance or Secretary of the...
, the
Chief Secretary to the TreasuryThe Chief Secretary to the Treasury is the second most senior ministerial position in HM Treasury, after the Chancellor of the Exchequer. The office holder is usually given a junior position in the British Cabinet...
, and the Paymaster General. It is almost never a
CabinetA Cabinet is a body of high-ranking members of government, typically representing the executive branch. It can also sometimes be referred to as the Council of Ministers, an Executive Council, or Executive Committee.- Overview :...
office.
The current incumbent is
Stephen TimmsStephen Creswell Timms is a politician in the United Kingdom. He is Labour Party member of Parliament for East Ham, and was first elected in a by-election in 1994. He is also Vice Chair of the Labour Party with responsibility for Faith Groups...
, who took up office on 5 October 2008.
The role of Financial Secretary to the Treasury was created in 1711 and was known as the Junior
Secretary to the TreasuryIn the United Kingdom, there are several Secretaries to the Treasury, who are junior Treasury Ministers nominally acting as secretaries to HM Treasury. The origins of the office are unclear, although it probably originated during Lord Burghley's tenure as Lord Treasurer in the 16th century. The...
to the Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasury who held the senior position.
Financial Secretary to the Treasury is a junior Ministerial post in the
UK TreasuryHM Treasury, in full Her Majesty's Treasury, informally The Treasury, is the United Kingdom government department responsible for developing and executing the British government's public finance policy and economic policy.- History :...
. It is the 4th most significant Ministerial role within the Treasury after the
Chancellor of the ExchequerThe Chancellor of the Exchequer is the title held by the British Cabinet minister who is responsible for all economic and financial matters. Often simply called The Chancellor, the office-holder controls HM Treasury and plays a role akin to the posts of Minister of Finance or Secretary of the...
, the
Chief Secretary to the TreasuryThe Chief Secretary to the Treasury is the second most senior ministerial position in HM Treasury, after the Chancellor of the Exchequer. The office holder is usually given a junior position in the British Cabinet...
, and the Paymaster General. It is almost never a
CabinetA Cabinet is a body of high-ranking members of government, typically representing the executive branch. It can also sometimes be referred to as the Council of Ministers, an Executive Council, or Executive Committee.- Overview :...
office.
The current incumbent is
Stephen TimmsStephen Creswell Timms is a politician in the United Kingdom. He is Labour Party member of Parliament for East Ham, and was first elected in a by-election in 1994. He is also Vice Chair of the Labour Party with responsibility for Faith Groups...
, who took up office on 5 October 2008.
History
The role of Financial Secretary to the Treasury was created in 1711 and was known as the Junior
Secretary to the TreasuryIn the United Kingdom, there are several Secretaries to the Treasury, who are junior Treasury Ministers nominally acting as secretaries to HM Treasury. The origins of the office are unclear, although it probably originated during Lord Burghley's tenure as Lord Treasurer in the 16th century. The...
to the Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasury who held the senior position. The first Junior Secretary to the Treasury is recorded as
Thomas HarleyThomas Harley was a British politician, an ally of his cousin Robert Harley.He was the eldest surviving son of Thomas Harley, of Kinsham Court, and his wife Abigail Saltonstall Thomas Harley (c.1667 – 1738) was a British politician, an ally of his cousin Robert Harley.He was the eldest surviving...
who was appointed on 11 June 1711. The position has continued uninterrupted to the present day.
Notable former Financial Secretaries to the Treasury include
Lord Frederick CavendishLord Frederick Charles Cavendish was an English Liberal politician and protégé of the Prime Minister, William Gladstone, who was appointed to the post of Chief Secretary for Ireland in May 1882.-Background and education:...
,
Austen ChamberlainSir Joseph Austen Chamberlain, KG was a British statesman and recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize.- Early life and career :...
,
Stanley BaldwinStanley Baldwin, 1st Earl Baldwin of Bewdley, KG, PC was a British Conservative politician, statesman, and major figure on the political scene in the interwar years...
,
Enoch PowellJohn Enoch Powell, MBE was a British politician, linguist, writer, academic, soldier and poet.He was a Conservative Party Member of Parliament between 1950 and February 1974, and an Ulster Unionist MP between October 1974 and 1987. He was controversial through most of his career, and his tenure...
,
Nigel LawsonNigel Lawson, Baron Lawson of Blaby, PC , is a British Conservative politician and journalist who was Chancellor of the Exchequer between June 1983 and October 1989...
, and Norman Lamont.
Sir William Joynson-HicksWilliam Joynson-Hicks, 1st Viscount Brentford PC, PC , DL , known as Sir William Joynson-Hicks, Bt, from 1919 to 1929 and popularly known as Jix, was a British solicitor and Conservative Party politician, most known for his tenure as Home Secretary from 1924 to 1929, during which he gained a...
was the only Financial Secretary in the Cabinet, in 1923, as the Prime Minister,
Stanley BaldwinStanley Baldwin, 1st Earl Baldwin of Bewdley, KG, PC was a British Conservative politician, statesman, and major figure on the political scene in the interwar years...
, was also
Chancellor of the ExchequerThe Chancellor of the Exchequer is the title held by the British Cabinet minister who is responsible for all economic and financial matters. Often simply called The Chancellor, the office-holder controls HM Treasury and plays a role akin to the posts of Minister of Finance or Secretary of the...
.
Current role
The current responsibilities of the Financial Secretary to the Treasury include Departmental responsibility for the
Office for National StatisticsThe Office for National Statistics is the executive office of the UK Statistics Authority, a non-ministerial department which reports directly to the Parliament of the United Kingdom.-Overview:...
, and the
Royal MintThe Royal Mint of the United Kingdom is the body permitted to manufacture, or mint, coins in the United Kingdom. The Mint originated over 1,100 years ago, but has functioned since 1975 as a Trading Fund, operating in much the same way as a government-owned company...
. The Financial Secretary to the Treasury had Departmental responsibility for HM Customs & Excise until the merger with the
Inland RevenueThe Inland Revenue was, until April 2005, a department of the British Government responsible for the collection of direct taxation, including income tax, national insurance contributions, capital gains tax, inheritance tax, corporation tax, petroleum revenue tax and stamp duty...
to form
HM Revenue and CustomsHer Majesty's Revenue and Customs is a non-ministerial department of the British Government primarily responsible for the collection of taxes and the payment of some forms of state support....
.
Financial Secretaries to the Treasury since 1830
- see Secretary to the Treasury
In the United Kingdom, there are several Secretaries to the Treasury, who are junior Treasury Ministers nominally acting as secretaries to HM Treasury. The origins of the office are unclear, although it probably originated during Lord Burghley's tenure as Lord Treasurer in the 16th century. The...
for earlier incumbents
- Edward Ellice 1830–1832
- Charles Wood
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1832–1834
- Francis Thornhill Baring 1834
- Sir Thomas Francis Fremantle, Bt
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1834–1835
- Edward J. Stanley 1835–1839
- Robert Gordon 1839–1841
- Sir Denis Le Marchant 1841–1844
- John Young
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1844–1845
- Edward Cardwell 1845–1846
- John Parker
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1846–1849
- William Goodenough Hayter 1849–1850
- George Cornewall Lewis
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1850–1852
- George Alexander Hamilton
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1852
- James Wilson
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1853–1858
- George Alexander Hamilton
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1858–1859
- Sir Stafford Northcote
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1859
- Samuel Laing
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1859–1860
- Frederick Peel
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1860–1865
- Hugh Childers
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1865–1866
- George Ward Hunt
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1866–1868
- George Sclater-Booth
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1868
- Acton Smee Ayrton
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1868–1869
- James Stansfeld 1869–1871
- William Edward Baxter
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1871–1873
- John Dodson 1873–1874
- William Henry Smith
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1874–1877
- Frederick Stanley
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1877–1878
- Sir Henry Selwin-Ibbetson
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1878–1880
- Lord Frederick Cavendish
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1880–1882
- Leonard Courtney
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1882–1885
- John Tomlinson Hibbert
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1885
- Sir Henry Thurstan Holland
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1885
- Sir Matthew White Ridley 1885–1886
- William Jackson
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1886
- Henry Hartley Fowler 1886
- William Jackson 1886–1891
- John Eldon Gorst
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1891–1892
- Sir John Tomlinson Hibbert
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1892–1895
- Robert William Hanbury
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1895–1900
- Austen Chamberlain
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1900–1902
- William Fisher
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1902–1903
- Arthur Elliot
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1903
- Victor Cavendish
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1903–1905
- Reginald McKenna
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1905–1907
- Walter Runciman
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1907–1908
- Sir Charles Hobhouse 1908–1911
- Thomas McKinnon Wood
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1911–1912
- Charles Frederick Gurney Masterman
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1912–1914
- Edwin Samuel Montagu
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1914–1915
- Sir Francis Dyke Acland
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1915
- Edwin Samuel Montagu
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1915–1916
- Thomas McKinnon Wood
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1916
- Sir Hardman Lever
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1916–1919 (coalition)
- Stanley Baldwin
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1917–1921
- Edward Hilton Young
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1921–1922
- John Waller Hills
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1922–1923
- Archibald Boyd-Carpenter
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1923
- Sir William Joynson-Hicks
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1923
- Walter Guinness 1923
- William Graham 1924
- Walter Guinness 1924-25
- Ronald McNeill
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1925-27
- Arthur Samuel 1927-29
- Frederick Pethick-Lawrence
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1929-31
- Walter Elliot 1931-32
- Leslie Hore-Belisha
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1932-34
- Alfred Duff Cooper
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1934-35
- William Morrison
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1935–1936
- John Colville
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1936–1938
- Euan Wallace
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1938
- Harry Crookshank
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1939-1943
- Ralph Assheton
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1943-1944
- Osbert Peake 1944
- William Glenvil Hall 1945–1950
- Douglas Jay 1950–1951
- John Boyd-Carpenter
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1951–1954
- Henry Brooke
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1954–1957
- Enoch Powell
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1957–1958
- Jocelyn Simon 1958–1959
- Sir Edward Boyle 1959–1962
- Anthony Barber 1962–1963
- Alan Green
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1963–1964
- Niall MacDermot
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1964–1967
- Harold Lever
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1967–1969
- Dick Taverne
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1969–1970
- Patrick Jenkin
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1970–1972
- Terrence Higgins
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1972–1974
- John Gilbert
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1974
- Robert Sheldon
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1974–1979
- Nigel Lawson 1979–1981
- Nicholas Ridley
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1981–1983
- John Moore
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1983–1986
- Norman Lamont 1986–1989
- Peter Lilley
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1989–1990
- Francis Maude
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1990–1992
- Stephen Dorrell
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1992–1994
- Sir George Young
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1994–1995
- Michael Jack
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1995–1997
- Dawn Primarolo
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1997–1999
- Barbara Roche
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1999
- Stephen Timms
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1999–2001
- Paul Boateng
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2001–2002
- Ruth Kelly
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2002–2004
- Stephen Timms
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2004–2005
- John Healey
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2005–2007
- Jane Kennedy
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2007–2008
- Stephen Timms
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2008–present
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