Minister of State for Brexit Opportunities and Government Efficiency
| United Kingdom Minister of State for Brexit Opportunities and Government Efficiency | |
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| Cabinet Office | |
| Style | Brexit Opportunities Minister (informal) |
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| Reports to | Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster |
| Seat | Westminster, London |
| Appointer | The British Monarch on advice of the Prime Minister |
| Term length | At Her Majesty's pleasure |
| Inaugural holder | The Lord Agnew of Oulton |
| Formation | 13 February 2020 |
| Website | gov.uk |
The minister of state for Brexit opportunities and government efficiency is a ministerial office in the Cabinet Office in the Government of the United Kingdom.[1] 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 is based solely at the Cabinet Office.
Responsibilities
Current responsibilities include:[2]
- Brexit Opportunities
- Spend controls [3] (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) [4]
- 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)
Officeholders
| Minister of State for Efficiency and Transformation | |||||
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| Name | Term of office | Political party | |||
| The Lord Agnew of Oulton[5] | .jpg)
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13 February 2020 | 24 January 2022[6] | Conservative | |
| Minister of State for Brexit Opportunities and Government Efficiency | |||||
| Name | Term of office | Political party | |||
| Jacob Rees-Mogg | 
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8 February 2022 | Incumbent | Conservative | |
References
- ^ "HM Treasury". GOV.UK. Retrieved 2021-08-27.
- ^ "Minister of State (Minister for Efficiency and Transformation) - GOV.UK". www.gov.uk. Retrieved 2021-08-27.
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
- ^ Morgan, T., The Places for Growth Programme: driving growth across the UK, published 30 August 2018, accessed 15 August 2022
- ^ "Parliamentary career for Lord Agnew of Oulton - MPs and Lords - UK Parliament". members.parliament.uk. Retrieved 2021-08-27.
- ^ "Conservative minister resigns in anger over Covid fraud". BBC News. 24 January 2022.
