Commercial Secretary to the Treasury

United Kingdom Commercial Secretary to the Treasury
Arms of Her Majesty's Government
Incumbent Office not in use since 23 September 2016
HM Treasury
Appointer	Elizabeth II
Inaugural holder	The Lord Sassoon
Formation	May 2010
Website	HM Treasury

The Commercial Secretary to the Treasury is a United Kingdom Government ministerial post in HM Treasury which ranks at Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State level.^[1] On the resignation of Lord O'Neill of Gatley in September 2016, the office ceased to be in use, but Lord Young of Cookham was named to serve as Treasury spokesman in the House of Lords.^[2]

List of office holders

Colour key (for political parties):
Conservative

Name		Term of office		Political party		Chancellor
	Lord Sassoon	May 2010	3 January 2013	Conservative	Cameron (Coalition)	Osborne
	Lord Deighton	3 January 2013	14 May 2015	Conservative	Cameron (Coalition)
	Lord O'Neill of Gatley	14 May 2015	23 September 2016	Conservative	Cameron (II)
	Lord O'Neill of Gatley	14 May 2015	23 September 2016	Conservative	May	Hammond
Office not in use		2016–present			May	Hammond

Her Majesty's Treasury

Headquarters: 1, Horse Guards Road

Ministers	First Lord of the Treasury Chancellor of the Exchequer and Second Lord of the Treasury Chief Secretary to the Treasury Financial Secretary to the Treasury Economic Secretary to the Treasury (City Minister) Exchequer Secretary to the Treasury Commercial Secretary to the Treasury

Executive agencies	Debt Management Office

Other	Crown Estate Infrastructure and Projects Authority National Infrastructure Commission Office for Budget Responsibility Office of Tax Simplification Royal Mint UK Financial Investments

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