Ministerial role

Minister of State for Security and Economic Crime

Organisations: Home Office

Responsibilities

The minister is responsible for:

  • implementing the strategic defence and security review
  • counter-terrorism (including CONTEST; counter-terrorism work in prisons; Protect and Prepare; terrorist financing; counter-terrorism policing; international police co-operation; terrorism prevention and investigation measures, and individual use of disruptive powers; proscription of terrorist groups)
  • investigatory powers (including Investigatory Powers Bill; Data Retention and Investigatory Powers Act 2014 and Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act legislation)
  • communications data legislation
  • communications capabilities development
  • aviation security
  • chemical biological radiological nuclear defence (CBRNE) and science and technology programme management
  • serious and organised crime strategy (including foreign national offenders engaged in serious organised crime)
  • criminal finance and asset recovery
  • cyber security
  • cyber crime (including fraud)
  • National Crime Agency oversight
  • UK anti-corruption policy
  • Economic crime

Previous holders of this role

  1. The Rt Hon Ben Wallace

    2016 to 2019

  2. The Rt Hon John Hayes CBE MP

    2015 to 2016