British Secretaries of State

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government office ministerial position

British Secretaries of State are senior UK government ministers who head major departments and are responsible for developing and implementing national policy in their respective areas.

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All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
British Secretaries of State canonical 2
Secretaries of State of the Kingdom of Great Britain 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf government office ⓘ
ministerial position ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction United Kingdom ⓘ
appointedBy British monarch ⓘ
surface form: Monarch of the United Kingdom
associatedWith ministerial code ⓘ
canBe Member of Parliament ⓘ
life peer ⓘ
canDelegateTo junior ministers ⓘ
country United Kingdom ⓘ
eligibleIn British Parliament ⓘ
surface form: Parliament of the United Kingdom
hasAuthorityOver civil service departments ⓘ
hasPower issuing statutory guidance ⓘ
making secondary legislation ⓘ
hasSeatIn House of Commons of the United Kingdom ⓘ
House of Lords ⓘ
inception 17th century ⓘ
legalBasis Acts of Parliament ⓘ
Royal prerogative ⓘ
memberOf British Cabinet ⓘ
surface form: Cabinet of the United Kingdom
nominatedBy Prime Minister ⓘ
surface form: Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
officeHolderOf Secretary of State for Business and Trade ⓘ
Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport ⓘ
Secretary of State for Defence ⓘ
Secretary of State for Education ⓘ
Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero ⓘ
Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs ⓘ
Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs ⓘ
Secretary of State for Health and Social Care ⓘ
Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities ⓘ
Secretary of State for Northern Ireland ⓘ
Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology ⓘ
Secretary of State for Scotland ⓘ
Secretary of State for Transport ⓘ
Secretary of State for Wales ⓘ
Secretary of State for Work and Pensions ⓘ
Home Secretary ⓘ
surface form: Secretary of State for the Home Department
officeType senior ministerial office ⓘ
partOf British Cabinet ⓘ
surface form: Cabinet of the United Kingdom

UK government ⓘ
surface form: Government of the United Kingdom
positionHeldIn Westminster system ⓘ
precededBy Secretary of State (England) ⓘ
surface form: Secretaries of State of the Kingdom of England

British Secretaries of State self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Secretaries of State of the Kingdom of Great Britain
reportsTo Prime Minister ⓘ
surface form: Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
responsibleFor developing national policy ⓘ
implementing national policy ⓘ
style The Right Honourable ⓘ
subordinateTo collective responsibility of the Cabinet ⓘ
termLength at His Majesty's pleasure ⓘ
usedIn United Kingdom law ⓘ
surface form: United Kingdom constitutional law

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport → category → British Secretaries of State ⓘ
Secretary of State (England) → followedBy → British Secretaries of State ⓘ
British Secretaries of State → precededBy → British Secretaries of State self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Secretaries of State of the Kingdom of Great Britain