Ministerial role

Minister of State (Minister for Development)

Responsibilities

The minister’s responsibilities include:

  • education, gender and equality
  • development and open societies
  • humanitarian and migration
  • international finance
  • British Investment Partnerships
  • global health
  • conflict, stabilisation and mediation
  • energy, climate and the environment
  • research and evidence

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

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