Minister for the Cabinet Office

Senior ministerial position in the Government of the United Kingdom

United Kingdom
Minister for the Cabinet Office

Royal Arms of His Majesty's Government

Incumbent
John Glen
since 13 November 2023

Cabinet Office
Style| The Right Honourable
(within the UK and Commonwealth)
Type| Minister of the Crown
Status| Minister of State
Member of|

* Cabinet (attending)
* Privy Council

Reports to|

* Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
* Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster
Secretary of State in the Cabinet Office

Seat| Westminster
Nominator| Prime Minister
Appointer| The Monarch
(on the advice of the Prime Minister)
Term length| At His Majesty's pleasure
Salary| £121,326 per annum (2022)[1]
(including £86,584 MP salary)[2]

The Minister for the Cabinet Office is a position in the Cabinet Office of the United Kingdom. The minister is responsible for the work and policies of the Cabinet Office, and since February 2022, reports to the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster. The position is currently the third highest ranking minister in the Cabinet Office, after the Prime Minister and the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster.[3]

From the second May ministry until mid-2019 when the first Johnson ministry came to power, it functioned as an alternative title to Deputy Prime Minister or First Secretary of State. This practice ended when Dominic Raab was appointed as First Secretary of State on 24 July 2019, by Boris Johnson. Since a reshuffle in February 2022, the role attends Cabinet but not as a full member.[4]

The corresponding Shadow Minister is the Shadow Minister for the Cabinet Office.

## Function and status[edit]

The Cabinet Office has a primary responsibility to support the work of the Prime Minister and ensure the effective running of government.[5] Within this set-up, the Minister for the Cabinet Office has been seen to have varying responsibilities and stature in the government. The role is a flexible one and has variously been described as one or several of the following under different office-holders (and sometimes conflicting accounts of the status of the same office holder):[6]

* Monitoring the co-ordination of the work of government departments
* Chairing or sitting on several Cabinet Committees
* An additional title to indicate special responsibility
* An additional title to indicate seniority

The government describes the minister for the Cabinet Office as being "in overall charge of and responsible for the policy and work of the department, and attends Cabinet".[7]

Damian Green held the office in 2017, simultaneously with the office of First Secretary of State. Green chaired numerous Cabinet Committees and filled in for the Prime Minister at Prime Minister's Questions. By virtue of his responsibilities and as First Secretary of State, he was considered the de facto Deputy Prime Minister.[8] Upon the appointment of David Lidington in 2018, Lidington retained the responsibilities Green had held, but the title of First Secretary of State remained vacant (as did the office of Deputy Prime Minister, vacant since 2015).

As a result, the office in its 2017–2019 absorbed the responsibilities of a de facto Deputy Prime Minister, without either of the associated titles usually granted to individuals in the British Government (First Secretary of State or Deputy Prime Minister). In 2019, new Prime Minister Boris Johnson ended this arrangement with the appointment of a new First Secretary of State, Dominic Raab, before upgrading his title again to Deputy Prime Minister in 2021.

## Current minister and responsibilities[edit]

John Glen has served as the Minister for the Cabinet Office since 13 November 2023. He also serves as Paymaster General alongside his position.

The most recent responsibilities are:

* Oversight of all Cabinet Office policy and appointments
* Oversight of transition period activity and the United Kingdom's future relations with the EU

* Devolution issues and Strengthening the Union
* Leading cross-government and public sector transformation and efficiency
* Oversight of cross-government work on veterans’ issues
* Oversight of Cabinet Office responsibilities on National Security and resilience, and the Civil Contingencies Secretariat, including COVID-19
* Supporting the coordination of the cross-government and the devolution aspects of the response to COVID-19

## Ministers for the Cabinet Office[edit]

Every occupant of the position has simultaneously held a sinecure office, this being Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster from Clark to Byrne, Paymaster General from Jowell to Gummer, and First Secretary of State with Green. Oliver Dowden, and all holders since Michael Ellis, including the incumbent John Glen, have held the office of Paymaster General, while David Lidington, Michael Gove and Steve Barclay held the role of Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster.

Minister  | Term of office  | Concurrent office  | Party  | Prime Minister

|
|
|
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|  | David Clark | 2 May 1997  | 27 July 1998  | Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster | Labour |  | Blair
|  | Jack Cunningham | 27 July 1998  | 11 October 1999
|  | Mo Mowlam | 11 October 1999  | 7 June 2001
|  | The Lord Macdonald of Tradeston | 11 June 2001  | 13 June 2003
|  | Douglas Alexander | 13 June 2003  | 8 September 2004
|  | Alan Milburn | 8 September 2004  | 6 May 2005
|  | John Hutton | 6 May 2005  | 2 November 2005
|  | Jim Murphy (acting)  | 5 November 2005  | 5 May 2006
|  | Hilary Armstrong | 5 May 2006 | 28 June 2007
|  | Ed Miliband | 28 June 2007  | 3 October 2008  |  | Brown
|  | Liam Byrne | 3 October 2008  | 5 June 2009
|  | Tessa Jowell | 5 June 2009  | 11 May 2010  | Paymaster General
|  | Francis Maude | 12 May 2010  | 11 May 2015  | Conservative |  | Cameron
(Coalition)
|  | Matthew Hancock | 11 May 2015  | 14 July 2016  |  | Cameron
(II)
|  | Ben Gummer | 14 July 2016  | 11 June 2017  |  | May
|  | Damian Green | 11 June 2017  | 20 December 2017 | First Secretary of State
|  | David Lidington | 8 January 2018 | 24 July 2019  | Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster
|  | Oliver Dowden | 24 July 2019  | 13 February 2020 | Paymaster General |  | Johnson
|  | Michael Gove | 13 February 2020 | 15 September 2021  | Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster
|  | Steve Barclay | 15 September 2021  | 8 February 2022  | Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster
Downing Street Chief of Staff
|  | Michael Ellis | 8 February 2022  | 6 September 2022  | Paymaster General
|  | Edward Argar | 6 September 2022  | 14 October 2022  |  | Truss
|  | Chris Philp | 14 October 2022  | 25 October 2022
|  | Jeremy Quin | 25 October 2022  | 13 November 2023  |  | Sunak
|  | John Glen | 13 November 2023  | Incumbent

## Ministers of State at the Cabinet Office[edit]

Minister of State for the Cabinet Office

* 1997: Derek Foster
* 1997-1999: Peter Kilfoyle
* 1998-2001: The Lord Falconer of Thoroton
* 1999-2001: Ian McCartney
* 2001: The Baroness Morgan of Huyton
* 2001-2002: Barbara Roche
* 2002-2003: Douglas Alexander
* 2004-2005: David Miliband

Minister Assisting the Deputy Prime Minister

* 2012-2015: David Laws

Minister of State at the Cabinet Office

* 2020-2022: The Lord True
* 2021-2022: Alok Sharma (President for COP26)
* 2021: The Lord Frost (Minister of State for EU Relations)
* 2022-present: The Baroness Neville-Rolfe
* 2024-present: Steve Baker (with responsibility for Windsor Framework implementation)

## Notes[edit]

## References[edit]

1. ^ "Salaries of Members of His Majesty's Government – Financial Year 2022–23" (PDF). 15 December 2022.
2. ^ "Pay and expenses for MPs". parliament.uk. Retrieved 15 December 2022.
3. ^ "Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster - GOV.UK".
4. ^ "Minister for the Cabinet Office - GOV.UK".
5. ^ "What We Do". Cabinet Office. Government of the United Kingdom.
6. ^ "Fourth Report: The Cabinet and the Centre of Government". Constitution Committee of the House of Lords. UK Parliament. Retrieved 9 January 2018.
7. ^ "Minister for the Cabinet Office". Cabinet Office. Government of the United Kingdom.
8. ^ Cheung, Aron (27 July 2017). "Cabinet committees show Damian Green is de facto Deputy PM". Institute for Government.

## External links[edit]

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Ministers for the Cabinet Office

* David Clark*
* Jack Cunningham*
* Mo Mowlam*
* Gus Macdonald*
* Douglas Alexander*
* Alan Milburn*
* John Hutton*
* Jim Murphy (acting)
* Hilary Armstrong*
* Ed Miliband*
* Liam Byrne*
* Tessa Jowell†
* Francis Maude†
* Matt Hancock†
* Ben Gummer†
* Damian Green‡
* David Lidington*
* Oliver Dowden†
* Michael Gove*
* Steve Barclay*
* Michael Ellis†
* Edward Argar†
* Chris Philp†
* Jeremy Quin†
* John Glen†

* * Concurrently Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster
* † Concurrently Paymaster General
* ‡ Concurrently First Secretary of State

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