Paymaster General and Minister for the Cabinet Office

The Rt Hon John Glen MP

Biography

John Glen MP was appointed Paymaster General and Minister for the Cabinet Office on 13 November 2023.

He was previously Chief Secretary to the Treasury between 25 October 2022 and 13 November 2023.

He was also Minister of State (Economic Secretary) to the Treasury between 17 September 2021 and 6 July 2022.

He was City Minister between 9 January 2018 and 6 July 2022.

He was Economic Secretary to the Treasury between 9 January 2018 and 16 September 2021.

He was Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for the Department for Culture, Media and Sport from 14 June 2017 to 8 January 2018.

He was Parliamentary Private Secretary to Philip Hammond from July 2016 until June 2017.

Political career

John Glen MP was first elected to Parliament as the Conservative MP for Salisbury in 2010.

He previously worked for the Eric Pickles and Sajid Javid as a Parliamentary Private Secretary.

Minister for the Cabinet Office

  • 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

More about this role

Cabinet Office and Cabinet Office Board