Paymaster General of the United Kingdom

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government position ministerial office

The Paymaster General of the United Kingdom is a senior government ministerial post traditionally responsible for overseeing government payments and often combined with other Cabinet or Treasury responsibilities.

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Paymaster General 12

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Predicate Object
instanceOf government position ⓘ
ministerial office ⓘ
appointedBy British monarch ⓘ
surface form: Monarch of the United Kingdom
appointedOnAdviceOf Prime Minister of the United Kingdom NERFINISHED ⓘ
belongsTo British Civil Service system of ministerial offices ⓘ
canBeCombinedWith Cabinet Office minister NERFINISHED ⓘ
Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster NERFINISHED ⓘ
Minister for the Cabinet Office NERFINISHED ⓘ
Treasury minister ⓘ
country United Kingdom ⓘ
hasHistoricalFunction custody and disbursement of public money ⓘ
management of civil service pay ⓘ
management of the pay of the armed forces ⓘ
hasJurisdiction United Kingdom central government NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasLanguage English ⓘ
hasModernFunction cross-government coordination roles ⓘ
support for Cabinet Office priorities ⓘ
hasStyle The Right Honourable ⓘ
hasTermLength at His Majesty's pleasure ⓘ
isAccountableTo Parliament of the United Kingdom NERFINISHED ⓘ
isPartOfCategory Cabinet positions in the United Kingdom ⓘ
Positions within HM Treasury ⓘ
United Kingdom ministerial offices ⓘ
isRankedAs senior ministerial post ⓘ
isSubsetOf ministerial offices of the United Kingdom ⓘ
isTraditionally non-departmental minister ⓘ
isUsually member of the House of Commons of the United Kingdom ⓘ
mayBe member of the House of Lords of the United Kingdom ⓘ
officeHeldBy government minister ⓘ
officeType political office ⓘ
partOf Cabinet of the United Kingdom NERFINISHED ⓘ
UK government ⓘ
surface form: Government of the United Kingdom

HM Treasury NERFINISHED ⓘ
responsibleFor government payments ⓘ
oversight of public expenditure payments ⓘ
seat London NERFINISHED ⓘ
usedIn Westminster system NERFINISHED ⓘ

Referenced by (13)

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the Cabinet → hasPart → Paymaster General of the United Kingdom ⓘ
subject surface form: Cabinet of the United Kingdom
this entity surface form: Paymaster General
British Civil Service ministerial hierarchy → includesOffice → Paymaster General of the United Kingdom ⓘ
this entity surface form: Paymaster General
UK government minister → mayHoldRank → Paymaster General of the United Kingdom ⓘ
this entity surface form: Paymaster General
Algernon Percy, 6th Duke of Northumberland → positionHeld → Paymaster General of the United Kingdom ⓘ
this entity surface form: Paymaster General
Edward Stanley, 2nd Baron Stanley of Alderley → positionHeld → Paymaster General of the United Kingdom ⓘ
this entity surface form: Paymaster General
Francis Maude → positionHeld → Paymaster General of the United Kingdom ⓘ
this entity surface form: Paymaster General
Frank Pakenham, 7th Earl of Longford → positionHeld → Paymaster General of the United Kingdom ⓘ
this entity surface form: Paymaster General
George Spencer-Churchill, 6th Duke of Marlborough → positionHeld → Paymaster General of the United Kingdom ⓘ
this entity surface form: Paymaster General
Jeremy Quin → positionHeld → Paymaster General of the United Kingdom ⓘ
this entity surface form: Paymaster General
John Boyd-Carpenter → positionHeld → Paymaster General of the United Kingdom ⓘ
Oliver Dowden → positionHeld → Paymaster General of the United Kingdom ⓘ
this entity surface form: Paymaster General
Tessa Jowell → positionHeld → Paymaster General of the United Kingdom ⓘ
this entity surface form: Paymaster General
Thomas Babington Macaulay → positionHeld → Paymaster General of the United Kingdom ⓘ
this entity surface form: Paymaster General