Minister of State for Brexit Opportunities and Government Efficiency explained

Post:	United Kingdom Minister of State for Brexit Opportunities and Government Efficiency
Formation:	13 February 2020
Inaugural:	The Lord Agnew of Oulton
Reports To:	Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster
Seat:	Westminster, London
Termlength:	At His Majesty's pleasure
Appointer:	The British monarch on advice of the Prime Minister
Style:	Brexit Opportunities Minister (informal)
Insignia:	Royal Coat of Arms of the United Kingdom (HM Government) (2022).svg
Department:	Cabinet Office
Flagcaption:	Flag of the United Kingdom
Flagsize:	110px
Flag:	Flag of the United Kingdom.svg
Insigniacaption:	Royal Arms of His Majesty's Government
Insigniasize:	140px
Website:	gov.uk
Abolished:	6 September 2022
Last:	Jacob Rees-Mogg

The minister of state for Brexit opportunities and government efficiency was a ministerial office in the Cabinet Office in the Government of the United Kingdom.^[1] ^[2] This position was created (as "Minister for Efficiency and Transformation") by Prime Minister Boris Johnson in February 2020 as a renaming of Minister of State for the Treasury with new responsibilities. It was a joint office with HM Treasury and the Cabinet Office from 2020 to 2022. After Jacob Rees-Mogg was appointed in February 2022, the role was made a full member of the Cabinet; he was based solely at the Cabinet Office. Following Rees-Mogg's departure on 6 September 2022, to become Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy under Liz Truss, no replacement was appointed and office was abolished.^[3]

Responsibilities

Responsibilities of the post included:^[4]

Brexit Opportunities
Spend controls^[5] (including controls reform)
Public bodies
Government reform
Procurement Bill
Places for Growth (a team within the Cabinet Office which aims to relocate Civil Service roles away from London to the regions and nations of the UK)^[6]
Commercial and commercial models
Functions:- Commercial Tackling Fraud, Error and Debt; and Grants Government Property Agency Office of Government Property
Infrastructure and Projects Authority (jointly with HMT)

Name		Term of office		Political party
Minister of State for Efficiency and Transformation
	The Lord Agnew of Oulton^[7]	13 February 2020	24 January 2022^[8]	Conservative
Minister of State for Brexit Opportunities and Government Efficiency
	Jacob Rees-Mogg	8 February 2022	6 September 2022	Conservative

Web site: Minister of State (Minister for Brexit Opportunities and Government Efficiency). Cabinet Office, UK Government. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20221121130013/https://www.gov.uk/government/ministers/minister-of-state-minister-for-brexit-opportunities-and-government-efficiency. 21 November 2022. 30 December 2022.
Web site: Our ministers. deviated. https://web.archive.org/web/20210807200915/https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/hm-treasury. 7 August 2021. Treasury, UK Government. Lord Agnew, Minister of State (Minister for Efficiency and Transformation), Unpaid (accessed 7 August 2021).
News: 2022-09-08 . Brexit ‘opportunities’ role ditched with no replacement for Jacob Rees-Mogg . 2023-06-08 . The Independent.
Web site: Minister of State (Minister for Efficiency and Transformation) - GOV.UK. 2021-08-27. www.gov.uk. en. This article contains text from this source, which is available under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright.
Cabinet Office, Cabinet Office Controls, last updated 26 October 2021, accessed 15 August 2022
Web site: Tamsin. Morgan. The Places for Growth Programme: driving growth across the UK. Civil Service blog, UK Government. 30 August 2018 .
Web site: Parliamentary career for Lord Agnew of Oulton - MPs and Lords - UK Parliament. 2021-08-27. members.parliament.uk. en.
News: Conservative minister resigns in anger over Covid fraud. BBC News. 24 January 2022.