| United Kingdom Minister without Portfolio | |
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| Cabinet Office | |
| Style | The Right Honourable |
| Reports to | The Prime Minister |
| Nominator | The Prime Minister |
| Appointer | The British Monarch on the advice of the Prime Minister |
| Term length | No fixed term |
| Salary | £159,038 per annum (2022)[1] (including £86,584 MP salary)[2] |
| Website | GOV.UK |
In the United Kingdom, a minister without portfolio is often a cabinet position, or often attends cabinet. The role is sometimes used to enable the chairman of the governing party, contemporarily either the chairman of the Conservative Party or the chair of the Labour Party, to attend cabinet meetings. (If so, they hold the title of "Party chairman".) The sinecure positions of Lord Privy Seal, Paymaster General, and Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster which have few responsibilities and have a higher rank in the order of precedence than minister without portfolio can also be used to similar effect. There is currently one minister without portfolio, Ellie Reeves, who was appointed following the 2024 general election.
The corresponding shadow minister is the Shadow Minister without Portfolio.
- ^ "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.