United Kingdom First Secretary of State of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | |
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Incumbent since 15 September 2021Vacant | |
Government of the United Kingdom | |
Style | The Right Honourable (formal) His/Her Excellency (diplomatic) |
Member of | |
Reports to | Prime Minister |
Residence | None, may use grace and favour residences |
Nominator | Prime Minister |
Appointer | The King (on the advice of the prime minister) |
Term length | At His Majesty's pleasure |
Inaugural holder | Rab Butler |
Formation | 13 July 1962 |
Salary | £153,022 per annum (including £81,932 MP salary)[1] (2019) |
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First Secretary of State is an office that is sometimes held by a minister of the Crown in the Government of the United Kingdom. The office indicates seniority,[2] including over all other secretaries of state.[3] The office is not always in use, so there have sometimes been extended gaps between successive holders.
The office is currently vacant; Dominic Raab was the last holder of the office from 2019 to 2021 (at which point he became Deputy Prime Minister).