United Kingdom
Commercial Secretary to the Treasury
Royal Arms as used by Her Majesty's Government
Incumbent
vacant
since June 2017
HM Treasury
AppointerThe King
Inaugural holderThe Lord Sassoon
FormationMay 2010
WebsiteHM Treasury

The Commercial Secretary to the Treasury is a United Kingdom Government ministerial post in HM Treasury which usually ranks at Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State level - though during Baroness Neville-Rolfe’s tenure, it was of Minister of State level.[1] On the resignation of Lord O'Neill of Gatley in September 2016, the office ceased to be in use for three months, but Lord Young of Cookham was named to serve as Treasury spokesman in the House of Lords.[2] The Baroness Neville-Rolfe was appointed as Commercial Secretary on 21 December 2016;[3] her appointment ended in June 2017.[4]

List of office holders

Colour key (for political parties):
  Conservative

Portrait Name Term of office Political party Prime Minister Chancellor
James Sassoon
The Lord Sassoon		 May
2010		 3 January
2013		 Conservative Cameron
(Coalition)		 Osborne
Paul Deighton
The Lord Deighton		 3 January
2013		 14 May
2015		 Conservative
Jim O'Neill
The Lord O'Neill of Gatley		 14 May
2015		 23 September
2016		 Conservative Cameron
(II)
May (I) Hammond
Office not in use 23 September 2016 – 21 December 2016 N/A
Lucy Neville-Rolfe
The Baroness Neville-Rolfe		 21 December
2016		 13 June
2017[4]		 Conservative
Office not in use 13 June 2017 – current N/A May (II)

References

  1. ↑ "Her Majesty's Government". number10.co.uk. 19 May 2010. Archived from the original on 17 May 2010.
  2. ↑ "Resignation of Lord O'Neill and PM response". 10 Downing Street. 23 September 2016.
  3. ↑ "Ministerial appointments: 21 December 2016". 10 Downing Street. 21 December 2016. Retrieved 27 December 2016.
  4. 1 2 Parliament — Baroness Neville-Rolfe (Accessed 21 June 2017)


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