Ministerial role
Minister of State (Minister for Women and Equalities)
Organisations:
Department for Education, Office for Equality and Opportunity, Race Equality Unit, and Women and Equalities Unit
Current role holder:
The Rt Hon Anneliese Dodds MP
Responsibilities
The minister’s responsibilities include:
- the overall framework
- legislation including on women, disability, LGBT+ and race
- policy on women, LGBT+ and race
- sponsorship of the Equality and Human Rights Commission
- equality data and analysis
- international work on women, LGBT+ and race
The minister also attends cabinet.
Current role holder
The Rt Hon Anneliese Dodds MP
Anneliese Dodds was appointed Minister for Development at the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office and Minister for Women and Equalities at the Department for Education on 8 July 2024. She was elected as the MP for Oxford East in June 2017.
Follow Anneliese on X/Twitter: @AnnelieseDodds