Ministerial role
Minister of State for Security and Deputy for EU Exit and No Deal Preparation
Organisations:
Home Office
Responsibilities
The minister is responsible for:
- counter terrorism – Prevent, Pursue, Protect
- serious and organised crime
- joint responsibility for county lines with the Crime and Policing Minister
- cybercrime and fraud
- hostile state activity
- Russia
- extradition
- Royal and VIP protection
- online harms
- animals (illegal wildlife trade)
- Border Force
- border systems
- common travel area
- aviation and maritime security
- illegal migration strategy with the Immigration Minister
- Electronic Travel Authorisation
- EU (Withdrawal Agreement) Bill
- Immigration Bill
Previous holders of this role
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The Rt Hon Brandon Lewis CBE
2019 to 2020