Ministerial role

Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for Justice

Organisations: Ministry of Justice
Current role holder: The Rt Hon Shabana Mahmood MP

Responsibilities

  • Oversight of all portfolios, policy, and Ministry of Justice strategy
  • Oversight of cross-cutting emergency issues, responses supported by other ministers according to portfolio
  • Oversight of international business and future relations with the EU
  • MoJ support for the Union.
  • Resourcing of the department
  • Functions of the Lord Chancellor
  • Judicial policy including pay, pensions and diversity (these and other operational decisions affecting the judiciary are reserved to the Lord Chancellor)
  • Corporate services

Current role holder

The Rt Hon Shabana Mahmood MP

Shabana Mahmood was appointed Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for Justice on 5 July 2024. She was elected as the MP for Birmingham Ladywood in July 2024.

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Previous holders of this role

  1. The Rt Hon Alex Chalk KC

    2023 to 2024

  2. The Rt Hon Dominic Raab

    2022 to 2023

  3. The Rt Hon Brandon Lewis CBE

    2022 to 2022

  4. The Rt Hon Dominic Raab

    2021 to 2022

  5. The Rt Hon Robert Buckland KC

    2019 to 2021

  6. The Rt Hon David Gauke

    2018 to 2019

  7. The Rt Hon David Lidington CBE

    2017 to 2018

  8. The Rt Hon Elizabeth Truss

    2016 to 2017

  9. The Rt Hon Michael Gove

    2015 to 2016

  10. The Rt Hon Chris Grayling

    2012 to 2015

  11. The Rt Hon Kenneth Clarke KC

    2010 to 2012