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HM Treasury News Release
129/99
2 August 1999
RESPONSIBILITIES OF TREASURY MINISTERS
The Chancellor of the Exchequer, Gordon Brown, has decided the following
allocation of Ministerial responsibilities :
CHIEF SECRETARY, ALAN MILBURN MP
- Public expenditure planning and control (including local authorities
and nationalised industries finance).
- Value for money in the public services, including Public Service
Agreements.
- Departmental Investment Strategies including Capital Modernisation
Fund and Invest to Save budget.
- Public/Private Partnerships including Private Finance Initiative.
- Procurement policy.
- Public sector pay, including parliamentary pay, allowances and
superannuation.
- Presentation of economic policy and economic briefing.
- Welfare reform.
- Devolution.
- Strategic oversight of banking, financial services and insurance.
- PSX (Public services and expenditure), QFL (Forward Legislation),
GL (local government), HS (home and social affairs), and EA (economic
affairs) committees.
- Resource Accounting and Budgeting.
PAYMASTER GENERAL, DAWN PRIMAROLO MP
- Minister responsible for Inland Revenue, Customs and Excise and
the Treasury and with overall responsibility for tax and the Finance
Bill.
- Personal taxation, NI contributions, tax credits.
- Business taxation, including corporation tax.
- Capital gains tax.
- Inheritance tax.
- VAT.
- European and International tax issues.
FINANCIAL SECRETARY, STEPHEN TIMMS MP
- Support to the Chief Secretary on Departmental PSAs.
- Growth, with responsibility for the growth unit and productivity
agenda.
- Small firms and venture capital.
- ESOPs.
- Science, Research and Development.
- Welfare to Work issues.
- Competition and deregulation policy.
- Export Credit.
- Customs and Excise taxes, except VAT.
- Environmental issues, including Climate Change levy and other
economic instruments.
- Taxation of company cars and road fuel; Vehicle Excise Duty.
- North Sea Taxation.
- Support to the Paymaster General on the Finance Bill.
- Parliamentary financial business, PAC, NAO.
- LEG Committee (Current Legislation).
- Support to the Chief Secretary on the Financial Services Bill.
ECONOMIC SECRETARY, MELANIE JOHNSON MP
- Banking, financial services and insurance and support to the Chief
Secretary on the Financial Services Bill.
- Foreign exchange reserves and debt management policy.
- Support to the Chancellor on EU and International issues.
- EMU business preparations.
- Economic reform in Europe.
- Responsibility for National Savings, the Debt Management Office,
National Investment and Loans Office, Office of National Statistics,
Royal Mint and the Government Actuary's Department.
- Financial services tax issues (eg ISAs, stamp duty, pensions).
- Support to the Paymaster General on the Finance Bill.
- Treasury interest in general accountancy issues. Support to the
Chief Secretary on Resource Accounting and Budgeting.
- Charities and charity taxation.
- Womens' issues.
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