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class="infobox-caption"><a href="/wiki/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="Flag of the United Kingdom">Flag of the United Kingdom</a></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data">Department of Economic Affairs</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Style_(form_of_address)" title="Style (form of address)">Style</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><i><a href="/wiki/The_Right_Honourable" title="The Right Honourable">The Right Honourable</a></i><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(Formal prefix)</span><br /><i>Economic Affairs Secretary</i></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Member of</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Cabinet_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="Cabinet of the United Kingdom">British Cabinet</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Privy_Council_of_the_United_Kingdom" class="mw-redirect" title="Privy Council of the United Kingdom">Privy Council</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Reports to</th><td class="infobox-data">The <a href="/wiki/Prime_Minister_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="Prime Minister of the United Kingdom">Prime Minister</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Seat_(legal_entity)" title="Seat (legal entity)">Seat</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Westminster" title="Westminster">Westminster</a>, London</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Appointer</th><td class="infobox-data">The <a href="/wiki/Monarchy_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="Monarchy of the United Kingdom">British Monarch</a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">on advice of the <a href="/wiki/Prime_Minister_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="Prime Minister of the United Kingdom">Prime Minister</a></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Term_of_office" title="Term of office">Term length</a></th><td class="infobox-data">No fixed term</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Inaugural holder</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/George_Brown,_Baron_George-Brown" title="George Brown, Baron George-Brown">George Brown</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Formation</th><td class="infobox-data">19 October 1964</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Abolished</th><td class="infobox-data">6 October 1969 <br /> Functions reincorporated into <a href="/wiki/HM_Treasury" title="HM Treasury">HM Treasury</a></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The <b>Secretary of State for Economic Affairs</b> was briefly an office of Her Majesty's government in the United Kingdom. It was established by <a href="/wiki/Harold_Wilson" title="Harold Wilson">Harold Wilson</a> in October 1964. Wilson had been impressed by the six-week experiment of a Minister for Economic Affairs in 1947, an office occupied by <a href="/wiki/Stafford_Cripps" title="Stafford Cripps">Stafford Cripps</a> before he was appointed <a href="/wiki/Chancellor_of_the_Exchequer" title="Chancellor of the Exchequer">Chancellor of the Exchequer</a>. The office was revived for eight months in 1950 and held by <a href="/wiki/Hugh_Gaitskell" title="Hugh Gaitskell">Hugh Gaitskell</a>. After a Conservative victory at the <a href="/wiki/1951_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1951 United Kingdom general election">1951 election</a>, <a href="/wiki/Winston_Churchill" title="Winston Churchill">Winston Churchill</a> also appointed a Minister of Economic Affairs, <a href="/wiki/Arthur_Salter,_1st_Baron_Salter" title="Arthur Salter, 1st Baron Salter">Arthur Salter</a>, in the period 1951–52. </p><p>Wilson's advisers <a href="/wiki/Patrick_Blackett" title="Patrick Blackett">Patrick Blackett</a> and <a href="/wiki/Thomas_Balogh" class="mw-redirect" title="Thomas Balogh">Thomas Balogh</a> advised him to create a new ministry, to be called the Department of Economic Affairs (DEA), in order to drive through his economic plan. Wilson wanted to divide the functions of the <a href="/wiki/HM_Treasury" title="HM Treasury">Treasury</a> in two, in part to reduce its power. The DEA was to undertake long-term planning of the economy and industry, while the Treasury would determine short-term revenue raising and financial management. The DEA was therefore tasked with the preparation of a National Plan for the economy, which was published in September 1965. </p><p>Critics of Wilson's approach, including <a href="/wiki/Douglas_Jay" title="Douglas Jay">Douglas Jay</a>, suspected the main reason for the Department was to appease <a href="/wiki/George_Brown,_Baron_George-Brown" title="George Brown, Baron George-Brown">George Brown</a>, Deputy Leader of the <a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour Party</a>. The (true) story told at the time, that Brown finally accepted the job while riding in a taxi with Wilson, tended to lend credence to this analysis. </p><p>Under Brown, the Department had a reasonable degree of influence. However, Brown was moved to the <a href="/wiki/Foreign_Office" class="mw-redirect" title="Foreign Office">Foreign Office</a> in August 1966, and the two succeeding secretaries of state were not of his rank. The Treasury was able to claw back its power, and the Department had become moribund long before it was wound up in 1969. </p><p>The DEA was the model for the fictional Department of Administrative Affairs in the television series <i><a href="/wiki/Yes_Minister" title="Yes Minister">Yes Minister</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Department_of_Economic_Affairs_(1947;_1950_and_1951–52)"><span id="Department_of_Economic_Affairs_.281947.3B_1950_and_1951.E2.80.9352.29"></span>Department of Economic Affairs (1947; 1950 and 1951–52)</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Secretary_of_State_for_Economic_Affairs&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Department of Economic Affairs (1947; 1950 and 1951–52)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Minister_for_Economic_Affairs">Minister for Economic Affairs</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Secretary_of_State_for_Economic_Affairs&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Minister for Economic Affairs"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><b>Colour key</b> (for political parties):<br /> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r981673959">.mw-parser-output .legend{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .legend-color{display:inline-block;min-width:1.25em;height:1.25em;line-height:1.25;margin:1px 0;text-align:center;border:1px solid black;background-color:transparent;color:black}.mw-parser-output .legend-text{}</style><span class="legend nowrap"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="border: 1px solid #AAAAAA;background-color:#E4003B; color:white;"> </span> <a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a></span><br /><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959" /><span class="legend nowrap"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="border: 1px solid #AAAAAA;background-color:#0087DC; color:black;"> </span> <a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a></span> </p> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="2">Name </th> <th colspan="2">Term of office </th> <th>Political party </th> <th colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Prime_Minister_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="Prime Minister of the United Kingdom">P.M.</a> </th> <th><a href="/wiki/Chancellor_of_the_Exchequer" title="Chancellor of the Exchequer">Chancellor</a> </th></tr> <tr> <th style="background-color: #E4003B"> </th> <td width="150"><a href="/wiki/Stafford_Cripps" title="Stafford Cripps">Sir Stafford Cripps</a> </td> <td width="130">29 September 1947 </td> <td width="130">13 November 1947 </td> <td width="100"><a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a> </td> <td rowspan="4" style="background-color: #E4003B"> </td> <td rowspan="4"><a href="/wiki/Clement_Attlee" title="Clement Attlee">Attlee</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Hugh_Dalton" title="Hugh Dalton">Dalton</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><i>Office not in use</i> </td> <td colspan="2" align="center">1947–1950 </td> <td> </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Stafford_Cripps" title="Stafford Cripps">Cripps</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th style="background-color: #E4003B"> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Hugh_Gaitskell" title="Hugh Gaitskell">Hugh Gaitskell</a> </td> <td>28 February 1950 </td> <td>19 October 1950 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><i>Office not in use</i> </td> <td colspan="2" align="center">1950–1951 </td> <td> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Hugh_Gaitskell" title="Hugh Gaitskell">Gaitskell</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th style="background-color: #0087DC"> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Arthur_Salter,_1st_Baron_Salter" title="Arthur Salter, 1st Baron Salter">Sir Arthur Salter</a> </td> <td>26 October 1951 </td> <td>November 1952 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a> </td> <td style="background-color: #0087DC"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Winston_Churchill" title="Winston Churchill">Churchill</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Rab_Butler" title="Rab Butler">Butler</a> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Department_of_Economic_Affairs_(1964–1969)"><span id="Department_of_Economic_Affairs_.281964.E2.80.931969.29"></span>Department of Economic Affairs (1964–1969)</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Secretary_of_State_for_Economic_Affairs&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Department of Economic Affairs (1964–1969)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Secretaries_of_State_for_Economic_Affairs">Secretaries of State for Economic Affairs</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Secretary_of_State_for_Economic_Affairs&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Secretaries of State for Economic Affairs"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><b>Colour key</b> (for political parties):<br /> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959" /><span class="legend nowrap"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="border: 1px solid #AAAAAA;background-color:#E4003B; color:white;"> </span> <a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a></span> </p> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="2">Name </th> <th colspan="2">Term of office </th> <th>Political party </th> <th colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Prime_Minister_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="Prime Minister of the United Kingdom">P.M.</a> </th> <th><a href="/wiki/Chancellor_of_the_Exchequer" title="Chancellor of the Exchequer">Chancellor</a> </th></tr> <tr> <th style="background-color: #E4003B"> </th> <td width="150"><a href="/wiki/George_Brown,_Baron_George-Brown" title="George Brown, Baron George-Brown">George Brown</a> </td> <td width="130">16 October 1964 </td> <td width="130">11 August 1966 </td> <td width="100"><a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a> </td> <td rowspan="3" style="background-color: #E4003B"> </td> <td rowspan="3"><a href="/wiki/Harold_Wilson" title="Harold Wilson">Wilson</a> </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/James_Callaghan" title="James Callaghan">Callaghan</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th style="background-color: #E4003B"> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Michael_Stewart,_Baron_Stewart_of_Fulham" title="Michael Stewart, Baron Stewart of Fulham">Michael Stewart</a> </td> <td>11 August 1966 </td> <td>29 August 1967 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th style="background-color: #E4003B"> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Peter_Shore" title="Peter Shore">Peter Shore</a> </td> <td>29 August 1967 </td> <td>6 October 1969 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Roy_Jenkins" title="Roy Jenkins">Jenkins</a> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Ministers_of_State_for_Economic_Affairs">Ministers of State for Economic Affairs</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Secretary_of_State_for_Economic_Affairs&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Ministers of State for Economic Affairs"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Anthony_Crosland" title="Anthony Crosland">Anthony Crosland</a> (20 October 1964 – 22 January 1965) – nominally <a href="/wiki/Economic_Secretary_to_the_Treasury" title="Economic Secretary to the Treasury">Economic Secretary to the Treasury</a> until 22 December 1964</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Austen_Albu" title="Austen Albu">Austen Albu</a> (27 January 1965 – 7 January 1967)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thomas_Urwin_(politician)" title="Thomas Urwin (politician)">Thomas Urwin</a> (6 April 1968 – 6 October 1969)</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Under-Secretaries_of_State_for_Economic_Affairs">Under-Secretaries of State for Economic Affairs</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Secretary_of_State_for_Economic_Affairs&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Under-Secretaries of State for Economic Affairs"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Maurice_Foley_(politician)" title="Maurice Foley (politician)">Maurice Foley</a> (21 October 1964 – 6 April 1966)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_Rodgers,_Baron_Rodgers_of_Quarry_Bank" class="mw-redirect" title="William Rodgers, Baron Rodgers of Quarry Bank">Bill Rodgers</a> (21 October 1964 – 7 January 1967)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harold_Lever,_Baron_Lever_of_Manchester" title="Harold Lever, Baron Lever of Manchester">Harold Lever</a> (7 January 1967 – 29 August 1967)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Peter_Shore" title="Peter Shore">Peter Shore</a> (7 January 1967 – 29 August 1967)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alan_Williams_(Swansea_West_MP)" title="Alan Williams (Swansea West MP)">Alan Williams</a> (29 August 1967 – 6 October 1969)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edmund_Dell" title="Edmund Dell">Edmund Dell</a> (29 August 1967 – 6 April 1968)</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 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