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
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
Final holderJacob Rees-Mogg
Abolished6 September 2022
Websitegov.uk

The minister of state for Brexit opportunities and government efficiency was a ministerial office in the Cabinet Office in the Government of the United Kingdom.[1][2] 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. Following Rees-Mogg's departure on 6 September 2022, to become Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy under Liz Truss, no replacement was appointed and office was abolished.[3]

Responsibilities

Responsibilities of the post included:[4]

  • Brexit Opportunities
  • Spend controls[5] (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)[6]
  • 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

Name Term of office Political party
Minister of State for Efficiency and Transformation
The Lord Agnew of Oulton[7] 13 February 2020 24 January 2022[8] Conservative
Minister of State for Brexit Opportunities and Government Efficiency
Jacob Rees-Mogg 8 February 2022 6 September 2022 Conservative

References

  1. ^ "Minister of State (Minister for Brexit Opportunities and Government Efficiency)". Cabinet Office, UK Government. Archived from the original on 21 November 2022. Retrieved 30 December 2022.
  2. ^ "Our ministers". Treasury, UK Government. Archived from the original on 7 August 2021. Lord Agnew, Minister of State (Minister for Efficiency and Transformation), Unpaid (accessed 7 August 2021)
  3. ^ "Brexit 'opportunities' role ditched with no replacement for Jacob Rees-Mogg". The Independent. 2022-09-08. Retrieved 2023-06-08.
  4. ^ "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.
  5. ^ Cabinet Office, Cabinet Office Controls, last updated 26 October 2021, accessed 15 August 2022
  6. ^ Morgan, Tamsin (30 August 2018). "The Places for Growth Programme: driving growth across the UK". Civil Service blog, UK Government.
  7. ^ "Parliamentary career for Lord Agnew of Oulton - MPs and Lords - UK Parliament". members.parliament.uk. Retrieved 2021-08-27.
  8. ^ "Conservative minister resigns in anger over Covid fraud". BBC News. 24 January 2022.