Minister of State for Brexit Opportunities and Government Efficiency

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Minister of State for Brexit Opportunities and Government Efficiency
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Incumbent
Vacant
since 6 September 2022
Cabinet Office
StyleBrexit Opportunities Minister
(informal)
Status
Reports toChancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster
SeatWestminster, London
AppointerThe British monarch
on advice of the Prime Minister
Term lengthAt His Majesty's pleasure
Inaugural holderThe Lord Agnew of Oulton
Formation13 February 2020
Websitegov.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 was 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
Name Term of office Political party
The Lord Agnew of Oulton[5] Lord agnew (cropped).jpg 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 Jacob Rees-Mogg MP.jpg 8 February 2022 6 September 2022 Conservative

References[]

  1. ^ "HM Treasury". GOV.UK. Retrieved 2021-08-27.
  2. ^ "Minister of State (Minister for Efficiency and Transformation) - GOV.UK". www.gov.uk. Retrieved 2021-08-27. UKOpenGovernmentLicence.svg This article contains text from this source, which is available under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright.
  3. ^ Cabinet Office, Cabinet Office Controls, last updated 26 October 2021, accessed 15 August 2022
  4. ^ Morgan, T., The Places for Growth Programme: driving growth across the UK, published 30 August 2018, accessed 15 August 2022
  5. ^ "Parliamentary career for Lord Agnew of Oulton - MPs and Lords - UK Parliament". members.parliament.uk. Retrieved 2021-08-27.
  6. ^ "Conservative minister resigns in anger over Covid fraud". BBC News. 24 January 2022.
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