| United Kingdom Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster | |
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| Style | The Right Honourable (within the UK and Commonwealth) |
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| Nominator | Prime Minister of the United Kingdom |
| Appointer | The Monarch (on the advice of the Prime Minister) |
| Term length | At His Majesty's pleasure |
| Inaugural holder | Sir Henry de Haydock |
| Formation | 1361 |
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| Salary | £159,038 per annum (2022)[1] (including £86,584 MP salary)[2] |
| Website | https://www.gov.uk/government/ministers/chancellor-of-the-duchy-of-lancaster |
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The Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster is a ministerial office[3] in the Government of the United Kingdom. Excluding the prime minister, the chancellor is the highest ranking minister in the Cabinet Office, immediately after the prime minister, and senior to the Minister for the Cabinet Office.[4] The role includes as part of its duties the administration of the estates and rents of the Duchy of Lancaster.[5]
Formally, the chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster is appointed by the Sovereign on the advice of the prime minister,[6][7] and is answerable to Parliament for the governance of the Duchy.[8] In modern times, however, the involvement of the chancellor in the running of the day-to-day affairs of the Duchy is slight, and the office is held by a senior politician whose main role is usually quite different. In practical terms, it is a sinecure, allowing the prime minister to appoint an additional minister without portfolio to the Cabinet of the United Kingdom. In September 2021, the role was endowed with responsibility for advising the prime minister on policy development and implementation, particularly around Brexit.[9] Those duties were later transferred to the role of Paymaster-General in the Starmer ministry.[citation needed]
The corresponding shadow minister is the shadow chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster.
- ^ "Salaries of Members of His Majesty's Government – Financial Year 2022–23" (PDF). 15 December 2022.
- ^ "Pay and expenses for MPs". parliament.uk. Retrieved 15 December 2022.
- ^ House of Commons Disqualification Act 1975 c. 24, Schedule 2
- ^ "Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster - GOV.UK".
- ^ Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster – Glossary page – UK Parliament Archived 6 November 2010 at the Wayback Machine. Parliament.uk (21 April 2010). Retrieved 30 September 2011.
- ^ FAQs, duchyoflancaster.co.uk. Archived 2009-09-01 on the Internet Archive.
- ^ The Government, Prime Minister and Cabinet: Directgov – Government, citizens and rights Archived 21 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine. Direct.gov.uk. Retrieved on 30 September 2011.
- ^ Vernon Bogdanor (9 November 1995). The Monarchy and the Constitution. Clarendon Press. p. 188. ISBN 9780198277699.. (Citing House of Commons Debates 17 November 1987 col 11, Standing Committee G.)
- ^ "Prime Minister Boris Johnson: Who's in his cabinet?". BBC News. British Broadcasting Corporation. 24 July 2019. Retrieved 24 July 2019.