Ministerial role

Minister for the Cabinet Office

Organisations: Cabinet Office and Cabinet Office Board

Responsibilities

  • Delivery of the government’s efficiency programme
  • Civil Service Modernisation and Reform
  • Places for growth programme
  • Cabinet Office business planning and performance
  • Infected Blood Inquiry 
  • Public bodies reform programme
  • Spend controls reform
  • Oversight of the cross-cutting functions and government functional strategy

Supporting the Deputy Prime Minister on:

  • Driving delivery of the government’s priorities 
  • Civil contingencies and resilience

Previous holders of this role

  1. The Rt Hon John Glen MP

    2023 to 2024

  2. The Rt Hon Jeremy Quin

    2022 to 2023

  3. The Rt Hon Chris Philp MP

    2022 to 2022

  4. The Rt Hon Edward Argar MP

    2022 to 2022

  5. The Rt Hon Michael Ellis KC

    2022 to 2022

  6. The Rt Hon Steve Barclay MP

    2021 to 2022

  7. The Rt Hon Michael Gove

    2020 to 2021

  8. The Rt Hon Oliver Dowden CBE MP

    2019 to 2020

  9. The Rt Hon David Lidington CBE

    2018 to 2019

  10. The Rt Hon Damian Green

    2017 to 2017

  11. The Rt Hon Ben Gummer

    2016 to 2017

  12. The Rt Hon Matt Hancock

    2015 to 2016

  13. The Rt Hon Lord Maude of Horsham

    2010 to 2015