Minister of State for Brexit Opportunities and Government Efficiency

The minister of state for Brexit opportunities and government efficiency was a ministerial office from February 2020 to September 2022 in the Cabinet Office in the Government of the United Kingdom.

This position was created (as "Minister for Efficiency and Transformation") by Prime Minister Boris Johnson in February 2020 as a renaming of Minister of State for the Treasury with new responsibilities. It was a joint office with HM Treasury and the Cabinet Office from 2020 to 2022. After Jacob Rees-Mogg was appointed in February 2022, the role was made a full member of the Cabinet; he was based solely at the Cabinet Office. Following Rees-Mogg's departure on 6 September 2022, to become Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy under Liz Truss, no replacement was appointed and the office was abolished.

Responsibilities

Responsibilities of the post included:

• Brexit Opportunities
• Spend controls (including controls reform)
• Public bodies
• Government reform
• Procurement Bill
• Places for Growth (a team within the Cabinet Office which aims to relocate Civil Service roles away from London to the regions and nations of the UK)
• Commercial and commercial models
• Functions:- Commercial Tackling Fraud, Error and Debt; and Grants Government Property Agency Office of Government Property
• Infrastructure and Projects Authority (jointly with HMT)

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