Ministerial role

Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Minister for Services, Small Business and Exports

Organisations: UK Export Finance and Department for Business and Trade
Current role holder: Gareth Thomas MP

Responsibilities

Responsibilities include:

  • local growth
  • small businesses
  • Post Office
  • scale-ups
  • retail and hospitality
  • Professional and Business Services
  • access to finance 
  • Ukraine reconstruction
  • export strategy
  • export support service
  • outward direct investment 
  • trade missions, shows and campaigns
  • Osaka Expo
  • UK Export Finance (UKEF)
  • trade envoys

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State is responsible for the following public bodies:

  • Post Office
  • British Business Bank
  • Small Business Commissioner

Current role holder

Gareth Thomas MP

Gareth Thomas was appointed Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Minister for Services, Small Businesses and Exports) at the Department for Business and Trade on 9 July 2024. He was elected as the MP for Harrow West in July 2024.

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Previous holders of this role

  1. Lord Offord of Garvel CVO

    2023 to 2024

  2. Andrew Bowie MP

    2022 to 2023

  3. Marcus Fysh

    2022 to 2022

  4. Andrew Griffith MP

    2022 to 2022

  5. Mike Freer

    2021 to 2022

  6. The Rt Hon Graham Stuart MP

    2020 to 2021