Chairman | Term of office | Election | Ministerial offices | Leader | Ref |
| | Arthur Steel-Maitland MP for Birmingham East | 1911 | 1916 | — | | Bonar Law | |
| | Sir George Younger, Bt. MP for Ayr Burghs | 1916 | 1923 | 1918 1922 1923 | | |
Stanley Baldwin | |
| | Stanley Jackson MP for Howdenshire | 1923 | 1926 | 1924 | | |
| | John Davidson MP for Hemel Hempstead | 1926 | 1930 | 1929 | | |
| | Neville Chamberlain MP for Birmingham Edgbaston | 23 June 1930 | 15 April 1931 | — | | |
| | John Baird Viscount Stonehaven | 1931 | 1936 | 1931 1935 | | |
| | Sir Douglas Hacking MP for Chorley | 1936 | 1942 | — | | |
Neville Chamberlain | |
Winston Churchill | |
| | Thomas Dugdale MP for Richmond | 1942 | 29 October 1944 | — | | |
| | Ralph Assheton MP for City of London | 29 October 1944 | 1 July 1946 | 1945 | | |
| | Frederick Marquis Earl of Woolton | 1 July 1946 | 1 November 1955 | 1950 1951 1955 | Lord President of the Council (1951–1952) Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster (1952–1955) Minister of Materials (1952–1954) | |
Anthony Eden | |
| | Oliver Poole | 1 November 1955 | 18 September 1957 | — | | |
Harold Macmillan | |
| | Quintin Hogg Viscount Hailsham | 18 September 1957 | 14 October 1959 | 1959 | Lord President of the Council (1957–1959) | |
| | Rab Butler MP for Saffron Walden | 14 October 1959 | 10 October 1961 | — | Home Secretary (1957–1962) Leader of the House of Commons (1955–1961) | |
| | Iain Macleod MP for Saffron Walden | 10 October 1961 | 21 October 1963 | — | Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster (1961–1963) Leader of the House of Commons (1961–1963) | |
| | Oliver Poole Baron Poole | 17 April 1963 (Jointly) | — | | |
| | John Hare Viscount Blakenham | 21 October 1963 | 21 January 1965 | 1964 | Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster (1963–1964) | |
Alec Douglas-Home | |
| | Edward du Cann MP for Taunton | 21 January 1965 | 11 September 1967 | 1966 | | |
Edward Heath | |
| | Anthony Barber MP for Altrincham and Sale | 11 September 1967 | 31 July 1970 | 1970 | | |
| | Peter Thomas MP for Hendon South | 31 July 1970 | 7 April 1972 | — | Secretary of State for Wales (1970–1974) | |
| | Peter Carington Baron Carrington | 7 April 1972 | 11 June 1974 | Feb 1974 | Secretary of State for Defence (1970–1974) Secretary of State for Energy (1974) | |
| | William Whitelaw MP for Penrith and The Border | 11 June 1974 | 27 February 1975 | Oct 1974 | | |
| | Peter Thorneycroft Baron Thorneycroft | 27 February 1975 | 14 September 1981 | 1979 | | Margaret Thatcher | |
| | Cecil Parkinson MP for South Hertfordshire | 14 September 1981 | 14 September 1983 | 1983 | Paymaster General (1981–1983) Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster (1982–1983) Secretary of State for Trade and Industry (1983) | |
| | John Gummer MP for Suffolk Coastal | 14 September 1983 | 2 September 1985 | — | Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State of Employment (1983) Minister of State for Employment (1983–1985) Paymaster General (1984–1985) | |
| | Norman Tebbit MP for Chingford | 2 September 1985 | 2 November 1987 | 1987 | Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster (1985–1987) | |
| | Peter Brooke MP for City of London and Westminster South | 2 November 1987 | 24 July 1989 | — | Paymaster General (1987–1989) | |
| | Kenneth Baker MP for Mole Valley | 24 July 1989 | 28 November 1990 | — | Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster | |
| | Chris Patten MP for Bath | 28 November 1990 | 10 May 1992 | 1992 | Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster | John Major | |
| | Sir Norman Fowler MP for Sutton Coldfield | 10 May 1992 | 20 July 1994 | — | Attended Cabinet | |
| | Jeremy Hanley MP for Richmond and Barnes | 20 July 1994 | 5 July 1995 | — | Minister without portfolio | |
| | Brian Mawhinney MP for Peterborough → North West Cambridgeshire | 5 July 1995 | 20 June 1997 | 1997 | Minister without portfolio | |
| | Cecil Parkinson Baron Parkinson | 20 June 1997 | 2 December 1998 | — | | William Hague | |
| | Michael Ancram Earl of Ancram MP for Devizes | 2 December 1998 | 18 September 2001 | 2001 | | |
| | David Davis MP for Haltemprice and Howden | 18 September 2001 | 23 July 2002 | — | | Iain Duncan Smith | |
| | Theresa May MP for Maidenhead | 23 July 2002 | 6 November 2003 | — | | |
| | Liam Fox MP for Woodspring | 6 November 2003 | 6 May 2005 | 2005 | | Michael Howard | |
| | Maurice Saatchi Baron Saatchi | 10 November 2003 (Jointly) | | |
| | Francis Maude MP for Horsham | 6 May 2005 | 2 July 2007 | — | | |
David Cameron | |
| | Caroline Spelman MP for Meriden | 2 July 2007 | 19 January 2009 | — | | |
| | Eric Pickles MP for Brentwood and Ongar | 19 January 2009 | 12 May 2010 | 2010 | | |
| | Andrew Feldman Baron Feldman of Elstree | 12 May 2010 (Jointly 2010–15) | 14 July 2016 | 2015 | | |
| | Sayeeda Warsi Baroness Warsi | 12 May 2010 (Jointly) | 4 September 2012 | — | Minister without portfolio | |
| | Grant Shapps MP for Welwyn Hatfield | 4 September 2012 (Jointly) | 11 May 2015 | 2015 | Minister without portfolio | |
| | Sir Patrick McLoughlin MP for Derbyshire Dales | 14 July 2016 | 8 January 2018 | 2017 | Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster | Theresa May | |
| | Brandon Lewis MP for Great Yarmouth | 8 January 2018 | 24 July 2019 | — | Minister without portfolio | |
| | Ben Elliot | 24 July 2019 (Jointly) | 5 September 2022 | 2019 | | Boris Johnson | |
| | James Cleverly MP for Braintree | 13 February 2020 | Minister without portfolio | |
| | Amanda Milling MP for Cannock Chase | 13 February 2020 (Jointly) | 15 September 2021 | — | Minister without portfolio | |
| | Oliver Dowden MP for Hertsmere | 15 September 2021 (Jointly) | 24 June 2022 | — | Minister without portfolio | |
| | Andrew Stephenson MP for Pendle | 7 July 2022 (Jointly) | 6 September 2022 | — | Minister without portfolio | |
| | Sir Jake Berry MP for Rossendale and Darwen | 6 September 2022 | 25 October 2022 | — | Minister without portfolio | Liz Truss | |
| | Nadhim Zahawi MP for Stratford-on-Avon | 25 October 2022 | 29 January 2023 | — | Minister without portfolio | Rishi Sunak | |
| | Greg Hands MP for Chelsea and Fulham | 7 February 2023 | 13 November 2023 | — | Minister without portfolio | |
| | Richard Holden MP for North West Durham | 13 November 2023 | Incumbent | — | Minister without portfolio | |