Chancellor of the Exchequer of its interest rates. The chancellor also has oversight of public spending across Government departments. The holder of the office of Chancellor of the Exchequer is "ex officio" Second Lord of the Treasury as a member of the commission exercising the ancient office of Lord High Treasurer. As the Second Lord, his official residence is 11 Downing Street in London, next door to the residence of the First Lord of the Treasury (a title that has for many years been held by the prime minister), who resides in 10 Downing Street. While in the past both houses were private residences,
Ministry of the Treasury (Spain) modern Treasury. It was also at this time that the Ministry adquired the current name. Between 1873 and 1878 the General Comptroller of the State Administration (the internal supervisory agency of the state public sector) was institutionalized and in 1881 it was created the General Inspection of the Treasury. The Civil War provokes the creation on each side of the conflicts its own treasury agencies: in the republican side, the Ministry of the Treasury and Economy and in the rebellious side the Treasury Commission, later transformed in 1938 in the Ministry of the Treasury. After the war, the francoist regime