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Rt Hon. Matthew Hancock, MP, Minister for the Cabinet Office and Paymaster General

Matthew Hancock was appointed Minister for the Cabinet Office and Paymaster General on 11 May 2015. He was elected Conservative MP for West Suffolk on 6 May 2010.

Matthew served as Minister for Skills in the Department for Business and Department for Education for a year from September 2012. In September 2013 he was promoted to become Minister of State for Skills and Enterprise, and served as Minister of State for Business, Enterprise and Energy from July 2014 to May 2015.

A digital Civil Service - a message from Matthew Hancock

We need to push the digital transformation of government to a new level - this was the message to civil servants from Minister for the Cabinet Office Matthew Hancock at Sprint 2016, the government’s annual digital conference.

Addressing inequalities in the public sector and beyond

Matthew Hancock, second left, flanked by a male student (left) and a female student (right), listening to a third student, extreme right

Responding to the Bridge report on socio-economic diversity in the Fast Stream, Minister for the Cabinet Office Matthew Hancock sets out his plan for equal access to and progression within the Civil Service.

Civil Service Awards - celebrating people who have made Britain a better place to live

Rt Hon Matt Hancock, Minister for the Cabinet Office, offers his congratulations to this year's nominees and explains why the awards are so important.