Ministerial role

Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster

Organisations: Cabinet Office and Cabinet Office Board
Current role holder: The Rt Hon Darren Jones MP

Responsibilities

The Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster administers the estates and rents of the Duchy of Lancaster, and is a member of the Cabinet. After the Prime Minister, they are the most senior minister in the Cabinet Office.

He is responsible for:

  • Missions - supporting delivery of Government’s priorities
  • Oversight of all Cabinet Office policy
  • National security, resilience, and civil contingencies, including:
    • COBR
    • Resilience policy
    • Cyber security
    • State threats
    • National Security and Investment Act
  • Propriety and ethics
  • Public appointments
  • Major events policy

Current role holder

The Rt Hon Darren Jones MP

The Rt Hon Darren Jones MP was appointed Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster on 5 September 2025, Minister for Intergovernmental Relations on 6 September 2025 and Chief Secretary to the Prime Minister at the Cabinet Office on 1 September 2025.

He was previously Chief Secretary to the Treasury.

He was elected as the MP for Bristol North West in June 2017.

More about this person

Previous holders of this role

  1. The Rt Hon Pat McFadden MP

    2024 to 2025

  2. The Rt Hon Oliver Dowden CBE MP

    2022 to 2024

  3. The Rt Hon Nadhim Zahawi

    2022 to 2022

  4. The Rt Hon Kit Malthouse MP

    2022 to 2022

  5. The Rt Hon Steve Barclay MP

    2021 to 2022

  6. The Rt Hon Michael Gove

    2019 to 2021

  7. The Rt Hon David Lidington CBE

    2018 to 2019

  8. The Rt Hon Sir Patrick McLoughlin

    2016 to 2018

  9. The Rt Hon Oliver Letwin

    2014 to 2016