Financial Secretary to the Treasury
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Financial Secretary to the Treasury is a junior Ministerial post in the British
Treasury
. It is the 4th most significant Ministerial role within the Treasury after the Chancellor of the Exchequer
, the Chief Secretary to the Treasury
, and the Paymaster General. It is almost never a Cabinet
office.
The current office holder is Mark Hoban
, who took up office on 13 May 2010.
to the Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasury
who held the senior position. The first Junior Secretary to the Treasury is recorded as Thomas Harley
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 Cavendish
, Austen Chamberlain
, Stanley Baldwin
, Enoch Powell
, Nigel Lawson
, and Norman Lamont.
Sir William Joynson-Hicks
was the only Financial Secretary in the Cabinet, in 1923, as the Prime Minister, Stanley Baldwin
, was also Chancellor of the Exchequer
.
, and the Royal Mint
. The Financial Secretary to the Treasury had Departmental responsibility for HM Customs & Excise until the merger with the Inland Revenue
to form HM Revenue and Customs
.
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
Treasury
Treasury
A treasury is either*A government department related to finance and taxation.*A place where currency or precious items is/are kept....
. It is the 4th most significant Ministerial role within the Treasury after the Chancellor of the Exchequer
Chancellor of the Exchequer
The 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 Treasury
Chief Secretary to the Treasury
The Chief Secretary to the Treasury is the third most senior ministerial position in HM Treasury, after the Prime Minister and the Chancellor of the Exchequer . In recent years, the office holder has usually been given a junior position in the British Cabinet...
, and the Paymaster General. It is almost never a Cabinet
Cabinet (government)
A Cabinet is a body of high ranking government officials, typically representing the executive branch. It can also sometimes be referred to as the Council of Ministers, an Executive Council, or an Executive Committee.- Overview :...
office.
The current office holder is Mark Hoban
Mark Hoban
Mark Gerard Hoban MP is a British Conservative Party politician and the Member of Parliament for Fareham, and the Financial Secretary to the Treasury.-Early life:...
, who took up office on 13 May 2010.
History
The role of Financial Secretary to the Treasury was created in 1711 and was known as the Junior Secretary to the TreasurySecretary 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...
to the Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasury
Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasury
The Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasury is a junior ministerial position in the British Government. The holder is usually the Government Chief Whip in the House of Commons. However, the office is no longer attached to the Treasury...
who held the senior position. The first Junior Secretary to the Treasury is recorded as Thomas Harley
Thomas Harley (of Kinsham)
Thomas 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 Cavendish
Lord Frederick Cavendish
Lord Frederick Charles Cavendish was an English Liberal politician and protégé of the Prime Minister, William Ewart Gladstone...
, Austen Chamberlain
Austen Chamberlain
Sir Joseph Austen Chamberlain, KG was a British statesman, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize and half-brother of Neville Chamberlain.- Early life and career :...
, Stanley Baldwin
Stanley Baldwin
Stanley Baldwin, 1st Earl Baldwin of Bewdley, KG, PC was a British Conservative politician, who dominated the government in his country between the two world wars...
, Enoch Powell
Enoch Powell
John Enoch Powell, MBE was a British politician, classical scholar, poet, writer, and soldier. He served as a Conservative Party MP and Minister of Health . He attained most prominence in 1968, when he made the controversial Rivers of Blood speech in opposition to mass immigration from...
, Nigel Lawson
Nigel Lawson
Nigel Lawson, Baron Lawson of Blaby, PC , is a British Conservative politician and journalist. He was a Member of Parliament representing the constituency of Blaby from 1974–92, and served as the Chancellor of the Exchequer in the government of Margaret Thatcher from June 1983 to October 1989...
, and Norman Lamont.
Sir William Joynson-Hicks
William Joynson-Hicks, 1st Viscount Brentford
William 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 an English solicitor and Conservative Party politician, best known as a long-serving and controversial Home Secretary from 1924 to 1929, during which...
was the only Financial Secretary in the Cabinet, in 1923, as the Prime Minister, Stanley Baldwin
Stanley Baldwin
Stanley Baldwin, 1st Earl Baldwin of Bewdley, KG, PC was a British Conservative politician, who dominated the government in his country between the two world wars...
, was also Chancellor of the Exchequer
Chancellor of the Exchequer
The 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 StatisticsOffice for National Statistics
The 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 Mint
Royal Mint
The Royal Mint is the body permitted to manufacture, or mint, coins in the United Kingdom. The Mint originated over 1,100 years ago, but since 2009 it operates as Royal Mint Ltd, a company which has an exclusive contract with HM Treasury to supply all coinage for the UK...
. The Financial Secretary to the Treasury had Departmental responsibility for HM Customs & Excise until the merger with the Inland Revenue
Inland Revenue
The 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 Customs
Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs
Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs is a non-ministerial department of the UK Government 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 TreasurySecretary 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...
for earlier incumbents
19th century
- Edward Ellice 1830–1832
- Charles WoodCharles Wood, 1st Viscount HalifaxCharles Wood, 1st Viscount Halifax GCB PC , known as Sir Charles Wood, 3rd Bt between 1846 and 1866, was a British Whig politician and Member of Parliament. He served as Chancellor of the Exchequer from 1846 to 1852....
1832–1834 - Francis BaringFrancis Baring, 1st Baron NorthbrookFrancis Thornhill Baring, 1st Baron Northbrook PC , known as Sir Francis Baring, Bt, from 1848 to 1866, was a British Whig politician who served in the governments of Lord Melbourne and Lord John Russell....
1834 - Sir Thomas Fremantle, BtThomas Fremantle, 1st Baron CottesloeThomas Francis Fremantle, 1st Baron Cottesloe PC, PC , JP , known as Sir Thomas Fremantle, Bt, between 1821 and 1874, was a British Tory politician.-Early life:...
1834–1835 - Edward StanleyEdward Stanley, 2nd Baron Stanley of AlderleyEdward John Stanley, 2nd Baron Stanley of Alderley PC , known as The Lord Eddisbury between 1848 and 1850, was a British politician.-Background:...
1835–1839 - Robert Gordon 1839–1841
- Sir Denis Le Marchant 1841–1844
- John YoungJohn Young, 1st Baron LisgarJohn Young, 1st Baron Lisgar, Bt, GCB, GCMG, PC was the second Governor General of Canada, in office from 1869 to 1872.-Biography:...
1844–1845 - Edward CardwellEdward Cardwell, 1st Viscount CardwellEdward Cardwell, 1st Viscount Cardwell PC, PC , FRS was a prominent British politician in the Peelite and Liberal parties during the middle of the 19th century...
1845–1846 - John Parker 1846–1849
- William Goodenough Hayter 1849–1850
- George Cornewall LewisGeorge Cornewall LewisSir George Cornewall Lewis, 2nd Baronet PC was a British statesman and man of letters.-Family:He was born in London, the son of Thomas Frankland Lewis of Harpton Court, Radnorshire and his wife Harriet Cornewall...
1850–1852 - George Alexander HamiltonGeorge Alexander HamiltonGeorge Alexander Hamilton was a minor British Conservative Party politician and later a prominent civil servant.-Political career:...
1852 - James WilsonJames Wilson (UK politician)James Wilson was a Scottish businessman, economist and Liberal politician. He founded The Economist and the Standard Chartered Bank.-Early life:...
1853–1858 - George Alexander HamiltonGeorge Alexander HamiltonGeorge Alexander Hamilton was a minor British Conservative Party politician and later a prominent civil servant.-Political career:...
1858–1859 - Sir Stafford Northcote, BtStafford Northcote, 1st Earl of IddesleighStafford Henry Northcote, 1st Earl of Iddesleigh GCB, PC , known as Sir Stafford Northcote, Bt, from 1851 to 1885, was a British Conservative politician...
1859 - Samuel LaingSamuel Laing (science writer)Samuel Laing, , was a British railway administrator, politician, and influential writer on science and religion during the Victorian era.He was born at Edinburgh on the 12th of December 1810...
1859–1860 - Frederick PeelFrederick PeelSir Frederick Peel was a British Liberal Party politician.The second son of Prime Minister Sir Robert Peel, and was educated at Harrow and at Trinity College, Cambridge, becoming a barrister in 1849....
1860–1865 - Hugh ChildersHugh ChildersHugh Culling Eardley Childers was a British and Australian Liberal statesman of the nineteenth century. He is perhaps best known for his reform efforts at the Admiralty and the War Office...
1865–1866 - George Ward HuntGeorge Ward HuntGeorge Ward Hunt was a British Conservative Party politician and statesman, Chancellor of the Exchequer and First Lord of the Admiralty in 1st and 2nd ministries of Benjamin Disraeli.-Background:...
1866–1868 - George Sclater-BoothGeorge Sclater-Booth, 1st Baron BasingGeorge Limbrey Sclater-Booth, 1st Baron Basing PC, FRS, DL , known as George Sclater-Booth before 1887, was a British Conservative politician...
1868 - Acton Smee AyrtonActon Smee AyrtonActon Smee Ayrton was a British barrister and Liberal Party politician. Considered a radical and champion of the working classes, he served as First Commissioner of Works under William Ewart Gladstone between 1869 and 1873...
1868–1869 - James Stansfeld 1869–1871
- William Edward BaxterWilliam Edward BaxterWilliam Edward Baxter was a Scottish businessman, Liberal politician and travel writer.-Background and education:...
1871–1873 - John Dodson 1873–1874
- William Henry Smith 1874–1877
- Frederick StanleyFrederick Stanley, 16th Earl of DerbyFrederick Arthur Stanley, 16th Earl of Derby KG, GCB, GCVO, PC , known as Frederick Stanley until 1886 and as Lord Stanley of Preston between 1886 and 1893, was a Conservative Party politician in the United Kingdom who served as Colonial Secretary from 1885 to 1886 and the sixth Governor General...
1877–1878 - Sir Henry Selwin-Ibbetson, BtHenry Selwin-Ibbetson, 1st Baron RookwoodHenry John Selwin-Ibbetson, 1st Baron Rookwood , known as Sir Henry Selwin-Ibbetson, Bt, from 1869 to 1892, was a British Conservative politician...
1878–1880 - Lord Frederick CavendishLord Frederick CavendishLord Frederick Charles Cavendish was an English Liberal politician and protégé of the Prime Minister, William Ewart Gladstone...
1880–1882 - Leonard CourtneyLeonard Courtney, 1st Baron Courtney of PenwithLeonard Henry Courtney, 1st Baron Courtney of Penwith PC was a British politician, academic and man of letters...
1882–1885 - J. T. Hibbert 1885
- Sir Henry Holland, BtHenry Holland, 1st Viscount KnutsfordHenry Thurstan Holland, 1st Viscount Knutsford GCMG, PC , known as Sir Henry Holland, Bt, from 1873 to 1888 and as The Lord Knutsford from 1888 to 1895, was a British Conservative politician, best known for serving as Secretary of State for the Colonies from 1887 to 1892.-Background and...
1885 - Sir Matthew White Ridley, Bt 1885–1886
- William JacksonWilliam Jackson, 1st Baron AllertonWilliam Lawies Jackson, 1st Baron Allerton PC was a British businessman and Conservative politician.-Background and education:...
1886 - Henry FowlerHenry Fowler, 1st Viscount WolverhamptonHenry Hartley Fowler, 1st Viscount Wolverhampton PC , was a British solicitor and Liberal politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1880 until 1908 when he was raised to the peerage...
1886 - William JacksonWilliam Jackson, 1st Baron AllertonWilliam Lawies Jackson, 1st Baron Allerton PC was a British businessman and Conservative politician.-Background and education:...
1886–1891 - John Eldon GorstJohn Eldon GorstSir John Eldon Gorst PC, QC, FRS was a British lawyer and politician. He served as Solicitor General for England and Wales from 1885 to 1886 and as Vice-President of the Committee on Education between 1895 and 1902....
1891–1892 - J. T. Hibbert 1892–1895
- Robert William HanburyRobert William HanburyRobert William Hanbury PC was a British Conservative politician. He served as President of the Board of Agriculture from 1900 to 1903.-Background and education:...
1895–1900
20th century
- Austen ChamberlainAusten ChamberlainSir Joseph Austen Chamberlain, KG was a British statesman, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize and half-brother of Neville Chamberlain.- Early life and career :...
1900–1902 - William FisherWilliam Hayes Fisher, 1st Baron DownhamWilliam Hayes Fisher, 1st Baron Downham PC, KStJ , was a British Conservative Party politician. He held office as President of the Local Government Board and Minister of Information in David Lloyd George's First World War coalition government.-Background and education:Born at Downham, Norfolk,...
1902–1903 - Arthur ElliotArthur Elliot (politician)The Honourable Arthur Ralph Douglas Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound , known as Arthur Elliot, was a British journalist and Liberal Unionist politician.-Background and education:...
1903 - Victor CavendishVictor Cavendish, 9th Duke of DevonshireVictor Christian William Cavendish, 9th Duke of Devonshire , known as Victor Cavendish until 1908, was a British politician who served as Governor General of Canada, the 11th since Canadian Confederation....
1903–1905 - Reginald McKennaReginald McKennaReginald McKenna was a British banker and Liberal politician. He notably served as Home Secretary and Chancellor of the Exchequer during the premiership of H. H. Asquith.-Background and education:...
1905–1907 - Walter RuncimanWalter Runciman, 1st Viscount Runciman of DoxfordWalter Runciman, 1st Viscount Runciman of Doxford PC was a prominent Liberal, later National Liberal politician in the United Kingdom from the 1900s until the 1930s.-Background:...
1907–1908 - Sir Charles Hobhouse, Bt 1908–1911
- Thomas McKinnon WoodThomas McKinnon WoodThomas McKinnon Wood PC was a British Liberal politician. He was a member of H. H. Asquith's cabinet as Secretary for Scotland between 1912 and 1916 and as Financial Secretary to the Treasury and Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster between July and December 1916...
1911–1912 - Charles Masterman 1912–1914
- Edwin Samuel MontaguEdwin Samuel MontaguEdwin Samuel Montagu PC was a British Liberal politician. He notably served as Secretary of State for India between 1917 and 1922.-Background and education:...
1914–1915 - Sir Francis Dyke Acland, BtFrancis Dyke AclandSir Francis Dyke Acland, 14th Baronet PC, DL, JP was a British Liberal politician. He notably served as Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs under H. H. Asquith between 1911 and 1915.-Background and education:...
1915 - Edwin Samuel MontaguEdwin Samuel MontaguEdwin Samuel Montagu PC was a British Liberal politician. He notably served as Secretary of State for India between 1917 and 1922.-Background and education:...
1915–1916 - Thomas McKinnon WoodThomas McKinnon WoodThomas McKinnon Wood PC was a British Liberal politician. He was a member of H. H. Asquith's cabinet as Secretary for Scotland between 1912 and 1916 and as Financial Secretary to the Treasury and Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster between July and December 1916...
1916 - Sir Hardman Lever, BtHardman LeverSir Samuel Hardman Lever, 1st Baronet, KCB , generally known as Sir Hardman Lever, and as "Sammie" to his friends, was an English accountant and civil servant....
1916–1919 (coalition) - Stanley BaldwinStanley BaldwinStanley Baldwin, 1st Earl Baldwin of Bewdley, KG, PC was a British Conservative politician, who dominated the government in his country between the two world wars...
1917–1921 - Hilton Young 1921–1922
- John Waller HillsJohn Waller HillsJohn Waller Hills PC DCL was a British Conservative politician.The second son of Herbert Augustus and Anna Hills of High Head Castle, Cumberland, Hills was educated at Eton and Balliol College, Oxford....
1922–1923 - Archibald Boyd-Carpenter 1923
- Sir William Joynson-Hicks, BtWilliam Joynson-Hicks, 1st Viscount BrentfordWilliam 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 an English solicitor and Conservative Party politician, best known as a long-serving and controversial Home Secretary from 1924 to 1929, during which...
1923 - Walter GuinnessWalter Guinness, 1st Baron MoyneWalter Edward Guinness, 1st Baron Moyne DSO & Bar PC was a Anglo-Irish politician and businessman. He served as the British minister of state in the Middle East until November 1944, when he was assassinated by the militant Jewish Zionist group Lehi...
1923 - William Graham 1924
- Walter GuinnessWalter Guinness, 1st Baron MoyneWalter Edward Guinness, 1st Baron Moyne DSO & Bar PC was a Anglo-Irish politician and businessman. He served as the British minister of state in the Middle East until November 1944, when he was assassinated by the militant Jewish Zionist group Lehi...
1924-25 - Ronald McNeillRonald McNeill, 1st Baron CushendunRonald John McNeill, 1st Baron Cushendun PC was a British Conservative politician.-Background and education:...
1925-27 - Arthur SamuelArthur Samuel, 1st Baron MancroftArthur Michael Samuel, 1st Baron Mancroft , was a British Conservative politician.Lord Mancroft was the eldest son of Benjamin Samuel of Norwich and Rosetta Haldinstein , and grandson of Michael Samuel , all of them Ashkenazi...
1927-29 - Frederick Pethick-LawrenceFrederick Pethick-Lawrence, 1st Baron Pethick-LawrenceFrederick William Pethick-Lawrence, 1st Baron Pethick-Lawrence PC was a British Labour politician.-Background and education:...
1929-31 - Walter Elliot 1931-32
- Leslie Hore-BelishaLeslie Hore-Belisha, 1st Baron Hore-BelishaIsaac Leslie Hore-Belisha, 1st Baron Hore-Belisha PC was a British Liberal, then National Liberal Member of Parliament and Cabinet Minister. He later joined the Conservative Party...
1932-34 - Duff CooperDuff CooperAlfred Duff Cooper, 1st Viscount Norwich GCMG, DSO, PC , known as Duff Cooper, was a British Conservative Party politician, diplomat and author. He wrote six books, including an autobiography, Old Men Forget, and a biography of Talleyrand...
1934-35 - William MorrisonWilliam Morrison, 1st Viscount DunrossilWilliam Shepherd Morrison, 1st Viscount Dunrossil, GCMG, MC, KStJ, PC, QC , the 14th Governor-General of Australia, was born in Scotland and educated at George Watson's College and the University of Edinburgh. He joined the British Army in the First World War and served with an artillery regiment...
1935–1936 - John ColvilleJohn Colville, 1st Baron ClydesmuirDavid John Colville, 1st Baron Clydesmuir PC GCIE was a Scottish Unionist politician, and industrialist...
1936–1938 - Euan WallaceEuan WallaceCaptain David Euan Wallace, MC, MP, PC was a British Conservative politician who briefly served as Minister of Transport during World War II...
1938 - Harry CrookshankHarry Crookshank, 1st Viscount CrookshankHarry Frederick Comfort Crookshank, 1st Viscount Crookshank CH, PC , was a British Conservative politician. He was Minister of Health between 1951 and 1952 and Leader of the House of Commons between 1951 and 1952....
1939-1943 - Ralph AsshetonRalph Assheton, 1st Baron ClitheroeRalph Assheton, 1st Baron Clitheroe PC was a British Conservative Party politician.He was Member of Parliament for Rushcliffe from 1934 to 1945, for the City of London from 1945 to 1950, and for Blackburn West from 1950 to 1955.In the wartime government under Winston Churchill, he was Minister of...
1943-1944 - Osbert PeakeOsbert Peake, 1st Viscount InglebyOsbert Peake, 1st Viscount Ingleby PC was a British Conservative Party politician. He served as Minister of National Insurance and then as Minister of Pensions and National Insurance from 1951 to 1955....
1944 - William Glenvil Hall 1945–1950
- Douglas Jay 1950–1951
- John Boyd-CarpenterJohn Boyd-Carpenter, Baron Boyd-CarpenterJohn Archibald Boyd-Carpenter, Baron Boyd-Carpenter PC was a British Conservative politician.-Early life:...
1951–1954 - Henry BrookeHenry Brooke, Baron Brooke of CumnorHenry Brooke, Baron Brooke of Cumnor CH, PC was a British Conservative Party politician.-Political career:...
1954–1957 - Enoch PowellEnoch PowellJohn Enoch Powell, MBE was a British politician, classical scholar, poet, writer, and soldier. He served as a Conservative Party MP and Minister of Health . He attained most prominence in 1968, when he made the controversial Rivers of Blood speech in opposition to mass immigration from...
1957–1958 - Jocelyn Simon 1958–1959
- Sir Edward Boyle 1959–1962
- Anthony Barber 1962–1963
- Alan GreenAlan Green (UK politician)Alan Green was a British Conservative Party politician.Green was educated at Brighton College and the University of London. In 1935 he joined a Blackburn manufacturer as a manager, and became a company director and a member of a firm of textile engineers...
1963–1964 - Niall MacDermotNiall MacDermotNiall MacDermot was a British Labour Party politician.He was first elected to the House of Commons as Member of Parliament for Lewisham North, at a by-election in 1957 following the death of Conservative MP Sir Austin Hudson.MacDermot lost his seat two years later at the 1959 general election,...
1964–1967 - Harold LeverHarold Lever, Baron Lever of ManchesterHarold Lever, Baron Lever of Manchester, PC was a barrister and Labour Party politician in the United Kingdom....
1967–1969 - Dick TaverneDick Taverne, Baron TaverneDick Taverne, Baron Taverne, QC, is an English politician, who is one of the small number of members of the British House of Commons elected since the Second World War who was not the candidate of a major political party...
1969–1970 - Patrick JenkinPatrick Jenkin, Baron Jenkin of RodingCharles Patrick Fleeming Jenkin, Baron Jenkin of Roding, PC is a British Conservative politician and the great-grandson of the scientist Fleeming Jenkin....
1970–1972 - Terrence HigginsTerence Higgins, Baron HigginsTerence Langley Higgins, Baron Higgins KBE DL PC is a British Conservative politician.He was Member of Parliament for Worthing from 1964 to 1997, and Financial Secretary to the Treasury between 1972 and 1974....
1972–1974 - John GilbertJohn Gilbert, Baron GilbertJohn William Gilbert, Baron Gilbert PC is a British Labour politician.Gilbert was educated at Merchant Taylors' School, Northwood, St John's College, Oxford and New York University....
1974 - Robert SheldonRobert Sheldon, Baron SheldonRobert Edward Sheldon, Baron Sheldon, PC is a Labour politician.Sheldon was educated at Burnley Grammar School, technical colleges and the University of London...
1974–1979 - Nigel Lawson 1979–1981
- Nicholas RidleyNicholas Ridley, Baron Ridley of LiddesdaleNicholas Ridley, Baron Ridley of Liddesdale, PC was a British Conservative Party politician and government minister.-Personal life:...
1981–1983 - John MooreJohn Moore, Baron Moore of Lower MarshJohn Edward Michael Moore, Baron Moore of Lower Marsh PC is a British politician who was Member of Parliament for Croydon Central from February 1974 until 1992. During the Premiership of Margaret Thatcher he enjoyed a meteoric rise through the ranks of government which culminated in him serving as...
1983–1986 - Norman Lamont 1986–1989
- Peter LilleyPeter LilleyPeter Bruce Lilley MP is a British Conservative Party politician who has been a Member of Parliament MP since 1983. He currently represents the constituency of Hitchin and Harpenden and, prior to boundary changes, represented St Albans...
1989–1990 - Francis MaudeFrancis MaudeFrancis Anthony Aylmer Maude is a British politician. A member of the Conservative Party, he currently serves as the Minister for the Cabinet Office and Paymaster General, and as a Member of Parliament representing the constituency of Horsham...
1990–1992 - Stephen DorrellStephen DorrellStephen James Dorrell is a British politician. A member of the Conservative Party, he served in the Cabinet of Prime Minister John Major as Secretary of State for National Heritage and Secretary of State for Health...
1992–1994 - Sir George Young, BtSir George Young, 6th BaronetSir George Samuel Knatchbull Young, 6th Baronet is a British politician. He is currently the Leader of the House of Commons and Lord Privy Seal, and has served as a Conservative Party Member of Parliament since 1974, having represented North West Hampshire since 1997, and Ealing Acton before...
1994–1995 - Michael JackMichael JackJohn Michael Jack is the interim Chairman of the Office of Tax Simplification. Before he took upon this unpaid position that will be filled by a new appointment in 2011, he was a Conservative Party politician in the United Kingdom and was Member of Parliament for Fylde between 1987 and 2010, ...
1995–1997 - Dawn PrimaroloDawn PrimaroloDawn Primarolo is a British Labour Party politician who has been the Member of Parliament for Bristol South since 1987. She was Minister of State for Children, Young People and Families at the Department for Children, Schools and Families from June 2009 to May 2010 and is now a Deputy Speaker of...
1997–1999 - Barbara RocheBarbara RocheBarbara Maureen Roche is a British Labour Party politician, who was the Member of Parliament for Hornsey and Wood Green from 1992 until 2005, when she lost the seat, despite having previously enjoyed a majority of over 10,500.During her time in Government, she held several ministerial offices;...
1999 - Stephen TimmsStephen TimmsStephen Creswell Timms is a British Labour politician, who has been the Member of Parliament for East Ham since 1994. He is a former Cabinet Minister having served as Chief Secretary to the Treasury from 2006 to 2007...
1999–2001
21st century
- Paul BoatengPaul BoatengPaul Yaw Boateng, Baron Boateng is a British Labour Party politician, who was the Member of Parliament for Brent South from 1987 to 2005, becoming the UK's first black Cabinet Minister in May 2002, when he was appointed as Chief Secretary to the Treasury...
2001–2002 - Ruth KellyRuth KellyRuth Maria Kelly is a British Labour Party politician of Irish descent who was the Member of Parliament for Bolton West from 1997 until she stood down in 2010...
2002–2004 - Stephen TimmsStephen TimmsStephen Creswell Timms is a British Labour politician, who has been the Member of Parliament for East Ham since 1994. He is a former Cabinet Minister having served as Chief Secretary to the Treasury from 2006 to 2007...
2004–2005 - John HealeyJohn HealeyJohn Healey is a British Labour Party politician, who has been the Member of Parliament for Wentworth and Dearne since 1997, and former Minister of State for Housing and Planning. In 2010 he was elected to the shadow cabinet and appointed shadow health secretary...
2005–2007 - Jane KennedyJane Kennedy (politician)Jane Elizabeth Kennedy is a British Labour Party politician, who was the Member of Parliament for Liverpool Wavertree from 1992 until she stood down in 2010...
2007–2008 - Stephen TimmsStephen TimmsStephen Creswell Timms is a British Labour politician, who has been the Member of Parliament for East Ham since 1994. He is a former Cabinet Minister having served as Chief Secretary to the Treasury from 2006 to 2007...
2008–2010 - Mark HobanMark HobanMark Gerard Hoban MP is a British Conservative Party politician and the Member of Parliament for Fareham, and the Financial Secretary to the Treasury.-Early life:...
2010–