Parliamentary Secretary for the Cabinet Office explained

Post:
Parliamentary Secretary for the Cabinet Office
Insignia:Royal Coat of Arms of the United Kingdom (HM Government) (2022).svg
Insigniacaption:Royal Arms of His Majesty's Government
Department:Cabinet Office
Incumbent:Georgina Gould
Abena Oppong-Asare
Incumbentsince:9 July 2024
Style:Minister
Nominator:Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
Appointer:The Monarch
Appointer Qualified:on advice of the Prime Minister
Termlength:At His Majesty's pleasure
Salary:£102,061 as of 1st April 2022
Reports To:Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster
Secretary of State in the Cabinet Office

The Parliamentary Secretary for the Cabinet Office is a junior ministerial role at the Cabinet Office of the United Kingdom.[1] The post is currently held by Abena Oppong-Asare and Georgia Gould.[2]

History

NamePortraitTerm of officePartyPrime Minister
Parliamentary Secretary for the Cabinet Office
Jim Murphy5 May 20055 May 2006LabourBlair III
Pat McFadden5 May 200628 June 2007
Gillian Merron28 June 200724 January 2008Brown
Tom Watson25 January 20085 June 2009
Dawn Butler3 November 200911 May 2010
[3]
Parliamentary Secretary for the Cabinet Office
[4]
The Lord Bridges of Headley29 May 201512 July 2016ConservativesCameron (II)
Caroline Nokes14 June 20178 January 2018May (II)
Oliver Dowden9 January 2018[5] 24 July 2019Johnson (I)
Simon Hart24 July 2019[6] 16 December 2019
Jeremy Quin16 December 2019[7] 13 February 2020Johnson (II)
Julia Lopez13 February 2020[8] 15 September 2021
Heather Wheeler8 February 20227 September 2022
Brendan Clarke-Smith8 September 202227 October 2022Truss
Alex Burghart27 October 20225 July 2024Sunak
Abena Oppong-Asare9 July 2024PresentLabourStarmer
Georgia Gould9 July 2024Present

Responsibilities

The office holder has the following responsibilities:[9]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Parliamentary Secretary (Minister for Implementation) - GOV.UK. 2021-01-24. www.gov.uk. en.
  2. Web site: Ministerial Appointments: July 2024 . 2024-07-10 . GOV.UK . en.
  3. Book: Priddy, Sarah . Ministers in the 2010 Coalition Government . 15 October 2017 . House of Commons Library.
  4. Book: Ministers in 2015, 2017 and 2019 Conservative Governments . 10 February 2022 . House of Commons Library.
  5. Web site: Oliver Dowden CBE MP. Cabinet Office. 21 June 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20180318174750/https://www.gov.uk/government/people/dowden. 2018-03-18.
  6. Web site: Simon Hart MP . Cabinet Office. 21 June 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20190727215109/https://www.gov.uk/government/people/simon-hart. 2019-07-27.
  7. Web site: Jeremy Quin MP. Cabinet Office. 21 June 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20200630020556/https://www.gov.uk/government/people/jeremy-quin. 2020-06-30.
  8. Web site: Julia Lopez MP. Cabinet Office. 21 June 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20200323154132/https://www.gov.uk/government/people/julia-lopez. 2020-03-23.
  9. Web site: Parliamentary Secretary (Minister for Implementation) - GOV.UK. 2021-01-24. www.gov.uk. en.