Ministerial role

Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Minister for the Lords)

Organisations: Department of Health and Social Care

Responsibilities

The Minister for the Lords is responsible for:

  • NHS capital, land and estates:
    • New Hospital Programme and hospital upgrades
    • reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete (RAAC)
    • energy resilience and Net Zero Strategy
    • car parking
  • innovation
  • data and technology:
    • NHS IT and data to support innovation
    • security management and cyber security
    • Federated Data Platform
  • NHS finance:
    • procurement
    • cost recovery and immigration health surcharge
    • counter fraud
  • Lords’ business
  • sponsorship of:
    • NHS Counter Fraud Authority
    • NHS Property Services
    • NHS Business Services Authority

Previous holders of this role

  1. Lord Markham CBE

    2022 to 2024