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Ministerial Appointments: February - March 2023

His Majesty The King has been pleased to approve the following appointments.

• From: Prime Minister's Office, 10 Downing Street
• Published: 7 February 2023
• Last updated: 7 March 2023 — See all updates

This was published under the 2022 to 2024 Sunak Conservative government

His Majesty The King has been pleased to approve the following appointments:

• Rt Hon Grant Shapps MP as Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero
• Rt Hon Michelle Donelan MP as Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology
• Rt Hon Kemi Badenoch MP as Secretary of State for Business and Trade. She remains as President of the Board of Trade, and Minister for Women and Equalities
• Rt Hon Lucy Frazer KC MP as Secretary of State for Culture, Media, and Sport
• Rt Hon Greg Hands MP as Minister without Portfolio in the Cabinet Office
• Rt Hon Graham Stuart MP as a Minister of State in the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
• George Freeman MP as a Minister of State in the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
• Nigel Huddleston MP as a Minister of State in the Department for Business and Trade
• Nusrat Ghani MP as a Minister of State jointly in the Department for Business and Trade and the Cabinet Office
• Andrew Bowie MP as a Parliamentary Under Secretary of State in the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
• Paul Scully MP as a Parliamentary Under Secretary of State in the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
• Kevin Hollinrake MP as a Parliamentary Under Secretary of State in the Department for Business and Trade
• Rt Hon Stuart Andrew MP as a Parliamentary Under Secretary of State in the Department for Culture, Media and Sport, and as a Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Minister for Equalities) in the Department for Business and Trade
• Maria Caulfield MP as a Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Minister for Women) in the Department for Business and Trade, in addition to her current role as a Parliamentary Under Secretary of State in the Department of Health and Social Care
• Lord Johnson of Lainston CBE as a Minister of State in the Department for Business and Trade
• Rachel Maclean MP as a Minister of State in the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
• Julia Lopez MP as a Minister of State in the Department for Culture, Media and Sport
• Lord Callanan as a Parliamentary Under Secretary of State in the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
• Amanda Solloway MP as a Parliamentary Under Secretary of State in the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero, in addition to her current role as a Government Whip (Lord Commissioner of HM Treasury)
• Lord Parkinson of Whitley Bay as a Parliamentary Under Secretary of State in the Department for Culture, Media and Sport
• Stuart Anderson MP as a Government Whip (Lord Commissioner of HM Treasury)
• Ruth Edwards MP as Assistant Government Whip
• Rt Hon Oliver Dowden CBE MP as Secretary of State in the Cabinet Office. He remains as Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster.
• Julia Lopez MP as a Minister of State in the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology, in addition to her role as a Minister of State in the Department for Culture, Media and Sport
• Viscount Camrose as a Parliamentary Under Secretary of State in the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Published 7 February 2023
Last updated 7 March 2023 + show all updates

1. 7 March 2023

   Updated following two ministerial appointments

2. 16 February 2023

   This page has been updated to outline the latest structure to the whip's office.

3. 16 February 2023

   This page has been updated to outline the latest structure to the whip's office.

4. 7 February 2023

   Updated

5. 7 February 2023

   updates

6. 7 February 2023

   First published.