Ministerial role

Parliamentary Secretary (Minister for Constitutional Reform)

Organisations: Cabinet Office

Responsibilities

The Minister for the Constitution supports the Minister for Cabinet Office in delivering Cabinet Office policy.

Responsibilities include:

• elections and electoral registration
• Parliamentary constituency boundaries
• oversight of the devolution settlement
• constitutional policy, including Crown affairs
• political parties and referendums policy
• democratic engagement
• Public Appointments
• FOI
• Records and Archives
• support to Minister for Cabinet Office on the functional agenda

Previous holders of this role

1. John Penrose

   2015 to 2016

2. The Rt Hon Jo Johnson

   2013 to 2014

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  • 15 February 2017
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• Regius Professorships awarded to leading universities to mark Queen’s 90th birthday
  • 06 June 2016
  • Press release
• EU Referendum: Counting Officers' Regulations
  • 23 March 2016
  • Written statement
• Electoral law
  • 17 March 2016
  • Written statement
• EU Referendum Bill receives Royal Assent
  • 17 December 2015
  • News story
• The Queen to award prestigious Regius Professorships to 12 universities
  • 26 October 2015
  • Press release
• Vision for electoral registration: speech by John Penrose
  • 23 October 2015
  • Speech
• International Democracy Day sparks search for the UK’s most democratic schools
  • 15 September 2015
  • News story
• Sir Eric Pickles to examine electoral fraud
  • 13 August 2015
  • Press release
• Individual Electoral Registration hits major milestone
  • 12 August 2015
  • News story

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