Ministerial role

Economic Secretary to the Treasury

Organisations: HM Treasury

Responsibilities

  • banking and financial services reform and regulation
    • financial stability, including relationship with the PRA
    • financial conduct, including relationship with the FCA
  • EU exit financial services
  • City competitiveness, including Financial Services Trade and Investment Board
  • retail financial services, including banking competition, consumer finance, financial advice and capability
  • bank lending and access to finance
  • personal savings tax and pensions tax policy
  • insurance
  • asset management
  • Women in Finance Charter
  • UKFI and state owned financial assets – RBS, UKAR
  • sponsorship of UKGI and sale of government non-financial assets
  • asset freezing and financial crime
  • financial inclusion (lead on the government’s financial inclusion agenda)
  • Equitable Life
  • foreign exchange reserves and debt management policy, National Savings and Investments and the Debt Management Office
  • parliamentary deputy on economy issues

Previous holders of this role

  1. The Rt Hon Steve Barclay MP

    2017 to 2018