Secretary of State in the Cabinet Office

Secretary of State in the Cabinet Office
Cabinet Office
Style	Cabinet Secretary (informal) The Honourable (within the Empire)
Type	Minister of the Crown
Status	Secretary of State
Member of	Cabinet
Reports to	Prime Minister
Seat	Westminster
Nominator	Prime Minister
Appointer	The Sovereign (on the advice of the prime minister)
Term length	At His Majesty's pleasure
Formation	27 July 2023
First holder	Sirch Somerset
Salary	£10,000 per cycle (July 2024)
Website	gbi.freeforums.net/board/13/11-downing-street

The Secretary of State in the Cabinet Office (also referred to as the Secretary of State of the Cabinet Office), more commonly known as The Cabinet Secretary, is a Senior Minister of the Crown traditionally responsible for the Cabinet Office of the Empire of Great Britain. They are appointed by the Sovereign on the advice of the Prime Minister and sit ex-officio as a Member of the Cabinet. They can be a Member of Parliament but this is not always the case.

The role of the Cabinet Secretary is not a common or an especially traditional one, finding its roots in the Balloch Ministry where Sirch Somerset, The Marquess of Lorne served in the position to act as another key, high-level member of Cabinet alongside the Deputy Prime Minister and the First Secretary of State.

The latest Cabinet Secretary was Charles Wright, The Baron Huntingdon, during the Sidmouth Ministry.

Cabinet Secretaries

Portrait		Cabinet Secretary	Term of Office			Party	Government
			Start	End	Duration
		Sirch Somerset Earl of Beaufort	27 July 2023	21 September 2023	57 days	Independent	Balloch Premiership
		Thomas Carew Viscount Sidmouth MP for East Devon	1 July 2024	27 August 2024	58 days	Unionist	Wilton Premiership Warwick Premiership
		Charles Wright Baron Huntingdon MP for Orkney and Shetland	27 August 2024	8 October 2024	43 days	British Workers'	Sidmouth Premiership