Parliamentary Secretary

Alex Burghart MP

Biography

Alex Burghart was appointed as Parliamentary Secretary for the Cabinet Office on 27 October 2022.

He was previously Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for the Department for Work and Pensions from 20 September 2022 to 27 October 2022, and Parliamentary Under Secretary of State at the Department for Education from 16 September 2021 to 6 July 2022.

Alex was elected as Conservative MP for Brentwood and Ongar on 8 June 2017.

Parliamentary Secretary

  • Public sector AI efficiency
  • Constitution
  • Legislation, including secondary legislation 
  • COVID-19 Inquiry and Grenfell Tower Inquiry - sponsorship function

Supporting the Deputy Prime Minister on:

  • Resilience, including AI

Supporting the Minister for the Cabinet Office on:

  • Day-to-day management of the cross-cutting functions
  • Government Communications Service

More about this role

Cabinet Office and Cabinet Office Board