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Minister for the Cabinet Office| insignia = Royal Coat of Arms of the United Kingdom (HM Government) (2022).svgRoyal coat of arms of the United Kingdom>Royal Arms of His Majesty’s Government| flag = | flagsize = | flagcaption = | image = Official portrait of John Glen MP.jpgJohn Glen (politician)>John Glen| incumbentsince = 13 November 2023| department = Cabinet OfficeThe Right Honourable{{small>(within the UK and Commonwealth)}}| type = Minister of the CrownMinister of State (United Kingdom)>Minister of StateCabinet of the United Kingdom {{small>(attending)}}Privy Council of the United Kingdom>Privy Council}}Prime Minister of the United Kingdom|Chancellor of the Duchy of LancasterSecretary of State in the Cabinet Office}}| seat = Westminster| nominator = Prime MinisterMonarchy of the United Kingdom>The Monarch(on the advice of the Prime Minister)}}| termlength = At His Majesty’s pleasure(2022)}}SALARIES OF MEMBERS OF HIS MAJESTY’S GOVERNMENT – FINANCIAL YEAR 2022–23 >URL=HTTPS://ASSETS.PUBLISHING.SERVICE.GOV.UK/GOVERNMENT/UPLOADS/SYSTEM/UPLOADS/ATTACHMENT_DATA/FILE/1124173/2022-12-07-MINISTERIAL-SALARIES-22-23-TABLE.PDF Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)>MP salary)PAY AND EXPENSES FOR MPS >URL=HTTPS://WWW.PARLIAMENT.UK/ABOUT/MPS-AND-LORDS/MEMBERS/PAY-MPS/ WEBSITE=PARLIAMENT.UK, | website = }}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.WEB,www.gov.uk/government/ministers/chancellor-of-the-duchy-of-lancaster, Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster - GOV.UK, 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.WEB,www.gov.uk/government/ministers/minister-for-the-cabinet-office, Minister for the Cabinet Office - GOV.UK, The corresponding Shadow Minister is the Shadow Minister for the Cabinet Office.

Function and status

The Cabinet Office has a primary responsibility to support the work of the Prime Minister and ensure the effective running of government.WEB, What We Do,www.gov.uk/government/organisations/cabinet-office, Cabinet Office, Government of the United Kingdom, 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):WEB, Fourth Report: The Cabinet and the Centre of Government,publications.parliament.uk/pa/ld200910/ldselect/ldconst/30/3005.htm#a22, UK Parliament, Constitution Committee of the House of Lords, 9 January 2018,

• 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”.WEB, Minister for the Cabinet Office,www.gov.uk/government/ministers/minister-for-the-cabinet-office, Cabinet Office, Government of the United Kingdom, 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.WEB, Cheung, Aron, Cabinet committees show Damian Green is de facto Deputy PM,www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk/blog/cabinet-committees-show-damian-green-de-facto-deputy-pm, Institute for Government, 27 July 2017, 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

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

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.{| class=“wikitable” style="text-align:center;”! colspan=3 | Minister! colspan=2 | Term of office! Concurrent office! Party! colspan=2 | Prime Minister style="height:1em“! style="background-color:{{Party color|Labour Party (UK)}}” |60px)David Clark, Baron Clark of Windermere>David Clark| 2 May 1997| 27 July 1998 Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster Labour! rowspan=9 style="background-color:{{Party color|Labour Party (UK)}}” | Blair style="height:1em“! style="background-color:{{Party color|Labour Party (UK)}}” |60px)Jack Cunningham, Baron Cunningham of Felling>Jack Cunningham| 27 July 1998| 11 October 1999 style="height:1em“! style="background-color:{{Party color|Labour Party (UK)}}” |60px)| Mo Mowlam| 11 October 1999| 7 June 2001 style="height:1em“! style="background-color:{{Party color|Labour Party (UK)}}” |60px)Gus Macdonald>The Lord Macdonald of Tradeston| 11 June 2001| 13 June 2003 style="height:1em“! style="background-color:{{Party color|Labour Party (UK)}}” |60px)| Douglas Alexander| 13 June 2003| 8 September 2004 style="height:1em“! style="background-color:{{Party color|Labour Party (UK)}}” |60px)| Alan Milburn| 8 September 2004| 6 May 2005 style="height:1em“! style="background-color:{{Party color|Labour Party (UK)}}” |60px)John Hutton, Baron Hutton of Furness>John Hutton| 6 May 2005| 2 November 2005 style="height:1em“! style="background-color:{{Party color|Labour Party (UK)}}” |60px)| Jim Murphy (acting)| 5 November 20052006 British cabinet reshuffle>5 May 2006 style="height:1em“! style="background-color:{{Party color|Labour Party (UK)}}” |60px)| Hilary Armstrong2006 British cabinet reshuffle>5 May 2006| 28 June 2007 style="height:1em“! style="background-color:{{Party color|Labour Party (UK)}}” |60px)| Ed Miliband| 28 June 2007| 3 October 2008! rowspan=3 style="background-color:{{Party color|Labour Party (UK)}}” | Brown style="height:1em“! style="background-color:{{Party color|Labour Party (UK)}}” |60px)| Liam Byrne| 3 October 2008| 5 June 2009 style="height:1em“! style="background-color:{{Party color|Labour Party (UK)}}” |60px)| Tessa Jowell| 5 June 2009| 11 May 2010 Paymaster General style="height:1em“! style="background-color:{{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}” |60px)| Francis Maude| 12 May 2010| 11 May 2015 Conservative! style="background-color:#DDD” |David Cameron>Cameron{{SmallCameron–Clegg coalition>Coalition)}} style="height:1em“! style="background-color:{{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}” |60px)Matt Hancock>Matthew Hancock| 11 May 2015| 14 July 2016! style="background-color:{{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}” |David Cameron>Cameron{{SmallSecond Cameron ministry>II)}} style="height:1em“! style="background-color:{{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}” |60px)| Ben Gummer| 14 July 2016| 11 June 2017! rowspan=3 style="background-color:{{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}” | May style="height:1em“! style="background-color:{{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}” |60px)| Damian Green| 11 June 2017Second May ministry#Changes>20 December 2017| First Secretary of State style="height:1em“! style="background-color:{{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}” |60px)| David Lidington2018 British cabinet reshuffle>8 January 2018| 24 July 2019| Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster style="height:1em“! style="background-color:{{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}” |60px)| Oliver Dowden| 24 July 20192020 British cabinet reshuffle>13 February 2020| Paymaster General! rowspan=4 style="background-color:{{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}” | Johnson style="height:1em“! style="background-color:{{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}” |60px)| Michael Gove2020 British cabinet reshuffle>13 February 2020| 15 September 2021| Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster style="height:1em“! style="background-color:{{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}” |60px)Steve Barclay (politician)>Steve Barclay| 15 September 2021| 8 February 2022| Chancellor of the Duchy of LancasterDowning Street Chief of Staff style="height:1em“! style="background-color:{{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}” |center|60px)Michael Ellis (British politician)>Michael Ellis| 8 February 2022| 6 September 2022 Paymaster General style="height:1em“! style="background-color:{{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}” |center|60px)| Edward Argar| 6 September 2022| 14 October 2022! rowspan=2 style="background-color:{{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}” | Truss style="height:1em“! style="background-color:{{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}” |center|60px)| Chris Philp| 14 October 2022| 25 October 2022 style="height:1em“! style="background-color:{{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}” |center|60px)| Jeremy Quin| 25 October 2022| 13 November 2023! rowspan=2 style="background-color:{{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}” | Sunak style="height:1em“! style="background-color:{{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}” |center|60px)John Glen (politician)>John Glen| 13 November 2023|Incumbent

Ministers of State at the Cabinet Office

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

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References

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External links

• Cabinet Office

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