The Minister of State for the Treasury was a junior position in the HM Treasury, occasionally used in the British government. The title has not been used since May 2010, with some responsibilities passed to the Commercial Secretary to the Treasury and later the Minister of State for Efficiency and Transformation, a joint office with HM Treasury and the Cabinet Office.
Responsibilities Supporting the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and the Chief Secretary to the Treasury to deliver cross-government efficiency and public sector transformation improvements including:
Public value and planning and performance Supporting the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster on cross-government functions and controls, including public bodies and Cabinet Office domestic
List of ministers Name Portrait Entered office Left office Political party Notes Dick Taverne 6 April 1968 13 October 1969 LabourMinister of State for the Treasury Bill Rodgers 13 October 1969 19 June 1970 Labour Terence Higgins 23 June 1970 7 April 1972 Conservative John Nott 7 April 1972 4 March 1974 Conservative Robert Sheldon 18 October 1974 17 June 1975 Labour Denzil Davies 17 June 1975 4 May 1979 Labour Peter Rees 6 May 1979 14 September 1981 Conservative Arthur Cockfield, Baron Cockfield 6 May 1979 6 April 1982 Conservative Jock Bruce-Gardyne 15 September 1981 11 November 1981 Conservative Barney Hayhoe 11 November 1981 2 September 1985 Conservative John Wakeham 6 April 1982 9 June 1983 Conservative Ian Gow 2 September 1985 19 November 1985 Conservative Peter Brooke 19 November 1985 13 June 1987 Conservative Office not in use 13 June 1987 28 November 1990 Gillian Shephard 28 November 1990 11 April 1992 ConservativeMinister of State for the Treasury John Cope 14 April 1992 20 July 1994 ConservativeMinister of State for the Treasuryalso Paymaster General Anthony Nelson 20 July 1994 6 July 1995 ConservativeMinister of State for the Treasury David Heathcoat-Amory 20 July 1994 20 July 1996 ConservativeMinister of State for the Treasuryalso Paymaster General Office not in use 20 July 1996 25 January 2008 Liam Byrne 25 January 2008 3 October 2008 LabourMinister of State for Revenue Protection at the Border Phil Woolas 5 October 2008 6 May 2010 LabourMinister of State for the Treasury Office not in use 6 May 2010 Present
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