Minister for the Civil Service
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The role
In recognition of the primary authority of the prime minister over the Civil Service, it is a constitutional convention that the ministry would always be held by the prime minister.[3] The list of ministers for the civil service is therefore identical to the list of prime ministers of the United Kingdom from 1968 onwards.
By the terms of the Civil Service (Management Functions) Act 1992, the minister may delegate his or her power to ministers and others such as the Scottish Government.Script error: No such module "Footnotes".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Prime Minister Gordon Brown appointed Tom Watson to be responsible for digital engagement and Civil Service issues,[4] while the Prime Minister has given the chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and minister for the Cabinet Office (Pat McFadden and Nick Thomas-Symonds respectively) responsibility for the Civil Service.[5][6]
The Transfer of Functions (Treasury and Minister for the Civil Service) Order 1995, a statutory instrument which transferred functions to the minister responsible for the Civil Service, came into force on 1 April 1995.[7]
The Constitutional Reform and Governance Act 2010 codifies the power of the Minister for the Civil Service to manage the Civil Service, including the power to make appointments, the publication of the Civil Service code of conduct, and the right to be consulted before publication of recruitment principles by the Civil Service Commission.[8] The Act also requires the Minister for the Civil Service to publish a special adviser code of conduct, approve the terms and conditions of appointment of special advisers, and publish an annual report about special advisers serving the UK government.[9]
Civil Service Department
The ministership was created for Harold Wilson on 1 November 1968 when responsibilities for the pay and management of the Civil Service was transferred from HM Treasury to a new Civil Service Department.Script error: No such module "Footnotes".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
Margaret Thatcher announced the abolition of the Civil Service Department to the House of Commons on 12 November 1981.[10][11]
Junior ministers in the Civil Service Department
| Portrait | Name (birth–death) |
Term of office | Concurrent ministerial portfolios | Party | Ministry | ||
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| style="background-color: Template:Party color" | | File:No image.svg | The Right HonourableScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Edward Shackleton Baron Shackleton OBE PCScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". (1911–1994)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
1 DecemberScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 1968 |
19 JuneScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 1970 |
Lord Privy Seal | Template:Party shading/Labour | Labour | Template:Party shading/Labour | Wilson |
| style="background-color: Template:Party color" | | File:Official portrait of Lord Howell of Guildford crop 2.jpg | Parliamentary Secretary David Howell MP for GuildfordScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". (b. 1936)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
20 JuneScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 1970 |
26 MarchScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 1972 |
Lord Commissioner of the Treasury (until 5 January 1971)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Parliamentary Under-Secretary of the Department of Employment (from 5 January 1971)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
rowspan=3 Template:Party shading/Conservative (UK) | Conservative | rowspan=3 Template:Party shading/Conservative (UK) | Heath |
| style="background-color: Template:Party color" | | File:Official portrait of Lord Baker of Dorking crop 2.jpg | Parliamentary Secretary Kenneth Baker MP for St MaryleboneScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". (b. 1934)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
20 JuneScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 1972 |
4 MarchScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 1974 |
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| style="background-color: Template:Party color" | | File:No image.svg | Parliamentary Secretary Geoffrey Johnson-Smith MP for East GrinsteadScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". (1924–2010)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
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| style="background-color: Template:Party color" | | File:No image.svg | Minister of State Robert Sheldon MP for Ashton-under-LyneScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". (1923–2020)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
7 AprilScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 1974 |
18 OctoberScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 1974 |
rowspan=3 Template:Party shading/Labour | Labour | rowspan=2 Template:Party shading/Labour | Wilson | |
| style="background-color: Template:Party color" | | File:No image.svg | Parliamentary Secretary John Grant MP for Islington CentralScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". (1932–2000)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
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| style="background-color: Template:Party color" | | File:No image.svg | Minister of State Charles Morris MP for Manchester OpenshawScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". (1926–2012)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
18 OctoberScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 1974 |
4 MayScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 1979 |
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Template:Party shading/Labour | Wilson & Callaghan | |
References
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