Ministerial role

Secretary of State for Business and Trade

Organisations: Department for Business and Trade and UK Defence and Security Exports
Current role holder: The Rt Hon Jonathan Reynolds MP

Responsibilities

The Secretary of State has overall responsibility for the Department for Business and Trade. Responsibilities include:

  • overall responsibility for delivery and strategy
  • cross-government business engagement
  • public appointments
  • FTA negotiations, mandates, and decisions
  • WTO, G7, and G20 ministerial meetings
  • overseas network​

Current role holder

The Rt Hon Jonathan Reynolds MP

Jonathan Reynolds was appointed Secretary of State for Business and Trade and President of the Board of Trade on 5 July 2024. He was elected as the MP for Stalybridge and Hyde in May 2010.

More about this person

Previous holders of this role

  1. The Rt Hon Kemi Badenoch MP

    2023 to 2024