Matthew Hancock

Matthew Hancock
Matthew Hancock ; (politician);
Born	1978-10-02; Chester, England
Alma mater	Exeter College, Oxford, Christ's College (Cambridge)
Member of	UK Vaccine Task Force
Party	Conservative
	Paymaster General
In office
	11 May 2015 - Present
Preceded by	Francis Maude
	Minister for the Cabinet Office
In office
	11 May 2015 - Present
Preceded by	Francis Maude
	Minister of State for Business and Enterprise
In office
	15 July 2014 - 11 May 2015
Preceded by	Michael Fallon
	Minister of State for Energy
In office
	15 July 2014 - 11 May 2015
Preceded by	Michael Fallon
Succeeded by	Andrea Leadsom
	Minister of State for Portsmouth
In office
	15 July 2014 - 11 May 2015
Preceded by	Michael Fallon
	Minister of State for Skills and Enterprise
In office
	8 September 2013 - 15 July 2014
	Member of Parliament for West Suffolk
In office
	6 May 2010 - Present

Events Participated in

Event	Start	End	Location(s)	Description
UK/Parliament/Voted YES to vaccine passports in 2021			UK/House of Commons	These members of the UK Parliament voted YES to the introduction of a "vaccine" passport in 2021
WEF/Annual Meeting/2019	22 January 2019	25 January 2019	World Economic Forum Switzerland	"The reality is that we are in a Cold War [against China] that threatens to turn into a hot one."

Title	Type	Publication date	Author(s)	Description
Document:Why the NHS Covid-19 contact tracing app failed	Article	19 June 2020	Matt Burgess	On 18 June 2020, Matt Hancock announced that the planned centralised NHS Covid-19 contact tracing app, which has been trialled on the Isle of Wight and downloaded by tens of thousands of people, has been ditched in favour of a decentralised system developed by Google and Apple.

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