| 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 | |
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| Style | The Right Honourable (formal) His/Her Excellency (diplomatic) |
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| 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).
- ^ "Salaries of Members of Her Majesty's Government from 1st April 2019" (PDF). 1 April 2019. Archived (PDF) from the original on 10 July 2021. Retrieved 10 July 2021.
- ^ "The Cabinet Manual" (PDF). gov.uk. 2010. 3.12. Retrieved 3 June 2021.
- ^ Watt, Nicholas (8 May 2015). "George Osborne made first secretary of state in cabinet reshuffle". The Guardian. Retrieved 8 May 2015.