HM Treasury

Her Majesty's Treasury (commonly known as HM Treasury) is the United Kingdom's economics and finance ministry.

Background

According to the HM Treasury website the Treasury "is the government’s economic and finance ministry, maintaining control over public spending, setting the direction of the UK’s economic policy and working to achieve strong and sustainable economic growth." It is a ministerial department, supported by 7 agencies and public bodies.

People

Ministers

• George Osborne - Chancellor - overall responsibility for the work of the Treasury.
• Danny Alexander MP - Chief Secretary to the Treasury
• David Gauke - Financial Secretary
• Priti Patel - Exchequer Secretary
• Andrea Leadsom - Economic Secretary
• Paul Deighton - Commercial Secretary to the Treasury, replaced Lord Sassoon with effect from January 2013

Previous Ministers

• Mark Hoban MP Financial Secretary to the Treasury
• David Gauke MP - Exchequer Secretary to the Treasury
• Chloe Smith MP - Economic Secretary to the Treasury

Civil servants

• Sir Nicholas Macpherson - Permanent Secretary HM Treasury (Earns £175,000 - £179,999 pa)
• R Shostak Head of Prime Minister's Delivery Unit and DG Performance Management (Earns £165,000 - £169,999)
• JMG Taylor - Financial Services and Stability Director (Earns £160,000 - £164,999 pa)
• Tom Scholar - 2nd Permanent Secretary (Earns £150,000 - £154,999 pa)

Special Advisers

• Rupert Harrison
• Jennifer Donnellan
• Ramesh Chhabra
• Neil O'Brien - Neil led Policy Exchange for five years, "cementing the think tank's position as the leading policy organisation in the UK." Prior to joining Policy Exchange, Neil was director of Open Europe, a cross-party think tank working for free market reform in Europe. before becoming special adviser to George Osborne in November 2012.

• Thea Rogers
• Lady Eleanor Watson
• Will De Peyer
• John Foster
• Peter Carroll

Contact

Website: http://www.hm-treasury.gov.uk/about_index.htm