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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

Name Portrait Term of office Party Prime Minister
Parliamentary Secretary for the Cabinet Office
Jim Murphy 5 May 2005 5 May 2006 Labour Blair III
Pat McFadden 5 May 2006 28 June 2007
Gillian Merron 28 June 2007 24 January 2008 Brown
Tom Watson 25 January 2008 5 June 2009
Dawn Butler 3 November 2009 11 May 2010
Role merged with Parliamentary Secretary for Political and Constitutional Reform[3]
Parliamentary Secretary for the Cabinet Office
Role formed out of Parliamentary Secretary for the Constitution[4]
The Lord Bridges of Headley 29 May 2015 12 July 2016 Conservatives Cameron (II)
Caroline Nokes 14 June 2017 8 January 2018 May (II)
Oliver Dowden 9 January 2018[5] 24 July 2019 Johnson (I)
Simon Hart 24 July 2019[6] 16 December 2019
Jeremy Quin 16 December 2019[7] 13 February 2020 Johnson (II)
Julia Lopez 13 February 2020[8] 15 September 2021
Heather Wheeler 8 February 2022 7 September 2022
Brendan Clarke-Smith 8 September 2022 27 October 2022 Truss
Alex Burghart 27 October 2022 5 July 2024 Sunak
Abena Oppong-Asare 9 July 2024[2] Present Labour Starmer
Georgia Gould 9 July 2024[2] Present

Responsibilities

The office holder has the following responsibilities:[9]

  • Supporting the Minister for the Cabinet Office on cross-government delivery and implementation
  • Controls (commercial, digital, property)
  • Commercial models
  • Cyber and resilience
  • Civil Service human resources and Shared Services
  • Fraud, Error, Debt and Grants
  • Geospatial Commission
  • Government Digital Service
  • Government Security Group
  • Infrastructure and Projects Authority
  • Government Property
  • Government Commercial Function
  • Public bodies and appointments policy

References

  1. ^ "Parliamentary Secretary (Minister for Implementation) - GOV.UK". www.gov.uk. Retrieved 24 January 2021.
  2. ^ a b c "Ministerial Appointments: July 2024". GOV.UK. Retrieved 10 July 2024.
  3. ^ Priddy, Sarah (15 October 2017). Ministers in the 2010 Coalition Government. House of Commons Library.
  4. ^ Ministers in 2015, 2017 and 2019 Conservative Governments. House of Commons Library. 10 February 2022.
  5. ^ "Oliver Dowden CBE MP". Cabinet Office. Archived from the original on 18 March 2018. Retrieved 21 June 2021.
  6. ^ "Simon Hart MP". Cabinet Office. Archived from the original on 27 July 2019. Retrieved 21 June 2021.
  7. ^ "Jeremy Quin MP". Cabinet Office. Archived from the original on 30 June 2020. Retrieved 21 June 2021.
  8. ^ "Julia Lopez MP". Cabinet Office. Archived from the original on 23 March 2020. Retrieved 21 June 2021.
  9. ^ "Parliamentary Secretary (Minister for Implementation) - GOV.UK". www.gov.uk. Retrieved 24 January 2021.


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