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Ministerial appointments: September 2021

The Queen has been pleased to approve the following government appointments.

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Prime Minister's Office, 10 Downing Street and The Rt Hon Boris Johnson
Published
15 September 2021
This was published under the 2019 to 2022 Johnson Conservative government

Prime Minister, First Lord of the Treasury, Minister for the Civil Service, and Minister for the Union

  • Rt Hon Boris Johnson MP

Ministry of Justice

  • Deputy Prime Minister, Lord Chancellor (paid), and Secretary of State for Justice* – Rt Hon Dominic Raab MP
  • Minister of State – Kit Malthouse MP (jointly with the Home Office)**
  • Minister of State, and Minister for Afghan resettlement (jointly with the Home Office and the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities) – Victoria Atkins MP
  • Parliamentary Under Secretary of State – Tom Pursglove MP (jointly with the Home Office)
  • Parliamentary Under Secretary of State* – James Cartlidge MP (and Assistant Government Whip (paid))
  • Parliamentary Under Secretary of State – Lord Wolfson of Tredegar QC*

HM Treasury

  • Chancellor of the Exchequer – Rt Hon Rishi Sunak MP
  • Chief Secretary to the Treasury – Simon Clarke MP**
  • Financial Secretary to the Treasury – Rt Hon Lucy Frazer QC MP
  • Minister of State – Lord Agnew of Oulton DL (jointly with the Cabinet Office)*
  • Minister of State (Economic Secretary to the Treasury) – John Glen MP*
  • Exchequer Secretary to the Treasury – Helen Whately MP†

Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

  • Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth and Development Affairs, and Minister for Women and Equalities – Rt Hon Elizabeth Truss MP
  • Minister of State – Rt Hon Amanda Milling MP
  • Minister of State – Rt Hon James Cleverly MP
  • Minister of State – Rt Hon Lord Goldsmith of Richmond Park (and the Department of Environment, Food and Rural Affairs)*
  • Minister of State – Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
  • Parliamentary Under Secretary of State – Vicky Ford MP
  • Parliamentary Under Secretary of State – Wendy Morton MP
  • Minister of State (Minister for Equalities) – Kemi Badenoch MP (jointly with the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities)
  • Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Minister for Women) – Baroness Stedman–Scott OBE DL (jointly with the Department for Work and Pensions)
  • Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Minister for Equalities) – Mike Freer MP (jointly with the Department for International Trade)

Home Office

  • Secretary of State for the Home Department – Rt Hon Priti Patel MP
  • Minister of State – Kit Malthouse MP (jointly with the Ministry of Justice)**
  • Minister of State, Minister for Security and Borders – Rt Hon Damian Hinds MP
  • Minister of State – Baroness Williams of Trafford
  • Minister of State – Lord Greenhalgh (jointly with the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities)* *. Minister of State – Victoria Atkins MP (jointly with the Ministry of Justice and the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities)
  • Parliamentary Under Secretary of State – Rachel Maclean MP
  • Parliamentary Under Secretary of State – Kevin Foster MP
  • Parliamentary Under Secretary of State – Tom Pursglove MP (jointly with the Ministry of Justice)

Ministry of Defence

  • Secretary of State for Defence – Rt Hon Ben Wallace MP
  • Minister of State – Jeremy Quin MP
  • Minister of State – Baroness Goldie DL*
  • Parliamentary Under Secretary of State – James Heappey MP
  • Parliamentary Under Secretary of State – Leo Docherty MP (jointly with the Cabinet Office)

Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

  • Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, Minister for Intergovernmental Relations – Rt Hon Michael Gove MP
  • Minister of State – Kemi Badenoch MP (jointly with the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (Minister for Equalities))
  • Minister of State – Rt Hon Christopher Pincher MP
  • Minister of State – Victoria Atkins MP (jointly with the Ministry of Justice and the Home Office)
  • Minister of State – Lord Greenhalgh (jointly with the Home Office)*
  • Parliamentary Under Secretary of State – Eddie Hughes MP
  • Parliamentary Under Secretary of State – Neil O’Brien MP

Department of Health and Social Care

  • Secretary of State for Health and Social Care – Rt Hon Sajid Javid MP
  • Minister of State – Edward Argar MP
  • Minister of State – Gillian Keegan MP
  • Parliamentary Under Secretary of State – Maggie Throup MP
  • Parliamentary Under Secretary of State – Maria Caulfield MP
  • Parliamentary Under Secretary of State – Lord Kamall

Cabinet Office

  • Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, Minister for the Cabinet Office – Rt Hon Stephen Barclay MP
  • COP 26 President – Rt Hon Alok Sharma MP
  • Minister of State – Rt Hon Lord Frost CMG
  • Minister of State, Minister without Portfolio – Nigel Adams MP**
  • Paymaster General – Rt Hon Michael Ellis QC MP
  • Minister of State – Lord Agnew of Oulton (jointly with HM Treasury)*
  • Minister of State – Lord True CBE
  • Parliamentary Secretary – Leo Docherty MP (jointly with the Ministry of Defence)

Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

  • Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy – Rt Hon Kwasi Kwarteng MP
  • Minister of State – Rt Hon Greg Hands MP
  • Minister of State – Lord Grimstone of Boscobel Kt (jointly with the Department for International Trade)*
  • Parliamentary Under Secretary of State* – Lee Rowley (and Junior Lord of the Treasury (Government Whip) (paid))
  • Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, and Minister for London – Paul Scully MP
  • Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Minister for Science, Research and Innovation – George Freeman MP
  • Parliamentary Under Secretary of State – Lord Callanan

Department for International Trade

  • Secretary of State for International Trade and President of the Board of Trade – Rt Hon Anne–Marie Trevelyan MP
  • Minister of State – Rt Hon Penny Mordaunt MP
  • Minister of State – Lord Grimstone of Boscobel Kt (jointly with the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy)*
  • Parliamentary Under Secretary of State – Mike Freer MP (jointly with the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (Minister for Equalities))
  • Parliamentary Under Secretary of State – Ranil Jayawardena MP

Department for Work and Pensions

  • Secretary of State for Work and Pensions – Rt Hon Dr Thérèse Coffey MP
  • Minister of State – Chloe Smith MP
  • Parliamentary Under Secretary of State – Mims Davies MP
  • Parliamentary Under Secretary of State – Guy Opperman MP
  • Parliamentary Under Secretary of State – David Rutley MP
  • Parliamentary Under Secretary of State – Baroness Stedman–Scott OBE DL (jointly with the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office)

Department for Education

  • Secretary of State for Education – Nadhim Zahawi MP
  • Minister of State – Michelle Donelan MP**
  • Minister of State – Robin Walker MP
  • Parliamentary Under Secretary of State – Alex Burghart MP
  • Parliamentary Under Secretary of State – Will Quince MP
  • Parliamentary Under Secretary of State – Baroness Barran MBE*

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

  • Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs – Rt Hon George Eustice MP
  • Minister of State – Victoria Prentis MP
  • Minister of State – Rt Hon Lord Goldsmith of Richmond Park (jointly with the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office)*
  • Parliamentary Under Secretary of State – Rebecca Pow MP
  • Parliamentary Under Secretary of State – Jo Churchill MP
  • Parliamentary Under Secretary of State – Rt Hon Lord Benyon

Department for Transport

  • Secretary of State for Transport – Rt Hon Grant Shapps MP
  • Minister of State – Andrew Stephenson MP
  • Minister of State – Chris Heaton–Harris MP
  • Parliamentary Under Secretary of State – Robert Courts MP
  • Parliamentary Under Secretary of State – Trudy Harrison MP
  • Parliamentary Under Secretary of State – Baroness Vere of Norbiton

Northern Ireland Office

  • Secretary of State for Northern Ireland – Rt Hon Brandon Lewis CBE MP
  • Minister of State – Rt Hon Conor Burns MP

Scotland Office

  • Secretary of State for Scotland – Rt Hon Alister Jack MP
  • Parliamentary Under Secretary of State – Iain Stewart MP
  • Parliamentary Under Secretary of State – Malcolm Offord

Wales Office

  • Secretary of State for Wales – Rt Hon Simon Hart MP
  • Parliamentary Under Secretary of State* – David TC Davies MP (and an Assistant Government Whip (paid))

Office of the Leader of the House of Lords

  • Lord Privy Seal, and Leader of the House of Lords – Rt Hon Baroness Evans of Bowes Park
  • Minister of State (Deputy Leader of the House of Lords) – Rt Hon Earl Howe GBE*

Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

  • Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport – Nadine Dorries MP
  • Minister of State – Julia Lopez MP
  • Parliamentary Under Secretary of State – Chris Philp MP
  • Parliamentary Under Secretary of State – Nigel Huddleston MP *. Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (and Lord in Waiting (Government Whip)) – Lord Parkinson of Whitley Bay

Minister without Portfolio

  • Minister without Portfolio – Rt Hon Oliver Dowden CBE MP*

Office of the Leader of the House of Commons

  • Lord President of the Council, and Leader of the House of Commons – Rt Hon Jacob Rees–Mogg MP**

Whips – House of Commons

  • Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasury (Chief Whip) – Rt Hon Mark Spencer MP**
  • Treasurer of HM Household (Deputy Chief Whip) – Stuart Andrew MP
  • Comptroller of HM Household (Government Whip) – Marcus Jones MP
  • Vice Chamberlain of HM Household (Government Whip) – James Morris MP

Junior Lords of the Treasury

  • Government Whip (Lord Commissioner of HM Treasury) – Amanda Solloway MP
  • Government Whip (Lord Commissioner of HM Treasury) – Lee Rowley MP (and Parliamentary Under Secretary of State at the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy*)
  • Government Whip (Lord Commissioner of HM Treasury) – Michael Tomlinson MP
  • Government Whip (Lord Commissioner of HM Treasury) – Alan Mak MP*
  • Government Whip (Lord Commissioner of HM Treasury) – Craig Whittaker MP
  • Government Whip (Lord Commissioner of HM Treasury) – Rebecca Harris MP

Assistant Whips (Commons)

  • Assistant Government Whip – Scott Mann MP
  • Assistant Government Whip – David TC Davies MP (and Parliamentary Under Secretary of State at the Wales Office*)
  • Assistant Government Whip – James Cartlidge (and Parliamentary Under Secretary of State at the Ministry of Justice*)
  • Assistant Government Whip – Gareth Johnson MP
  • Assistant Government Whip – Heather Wheeler MP
  • Assistant Government Whip – Andrea Jenkyns MP
  • Assistant Government Whip – Steve Double MP

Whips – House of Lords

  • Captain of the Honourable Corps of Gentlemen at Arms (Lords Chief Whip) – Rt Hon Lord Ashton of Hyde
  • Captain of The Queen’s Bodyguard of the Yeomen of the Guard (Deputy Chief Whip) – Earl of Courtown

Baronesses and Lords in Waiting

  • Baroness in Waiting – Baroness Scott of Bybrook OBE
  • Baroness in Waiting – Baroness Bloomfield of Hinton Waldrist
  • Baroness in Waiting – Baroness Chisholm of Owlpen
  • Lord in Waiting (also Parliamentary Under Secretary of State at Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport) – Lord Parkinson of Whitley Bay
  • Lord in Waiting – Viscount Younger of Leckie

Law Officers

  • Attorney General – Rt Hon Suella Braverman QC MP**
  • Solicitor General – Alex Chalk MP
  • HM Advocate General for Scotland – Lord Stewart of Dirleton QC

Ministers on Leave

  • Baroness Penn

Privy Council

The Queen has been pleased to approve that the following be sworn of Her Majesty’s most honourable Privy Council:

  • Secretary of State for Education – Nadhim Zahawi MP;
  • Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport – Nadine Dorries MP;
  • Chief Secretary to the Treasury – Simon Clarke MP;
  • Minister of State, Department for Education – Michelle Donelan MP;
  • Minister of State, jointly at the Home Office and Ministry of Justice – Kit Malthouse MP;
  • Minister of State in the Cabinet Office – Nigel Adams MP.

The following have left the government:

  • Rt Hon Gavin Williamson CBE MP – previously Secretary of State for Education
  • Rt Hon Robert Jenrick MP – previously Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government
  • Rt Hon Robert Buckland QC MP – previously Lord Chancellor, and Secretary of State for Justice
  • Rt Hon Nick Gibb MP – previously Minister of State at the Department for Education
  • Rt Hon John Whittingdale OBE MP – previously Minister of State at the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
  • Rt Hon Jesse Norman MP – previously Financial Secretary to the Treasury
  • Caroline Dinenage MP – previously Minister of State at the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
  • Luke Hall MP – previously Minister of State at the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
  • Justin Tomlinson MP – previously Minister of State at the Department for Work and Pensions
  • Graham Stuart MP – previously a Parliamentary Under Secretary of State at the Department for International Trade
  • James Duddridge MP – previously a Parliamentary Under Secretary of State at the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
  • Matt Warman MP – previously a Parliamentary Under Secretary of State at the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
  • David Duguid MP – previously Parliamentary Under Secretary of State at the Scotland Office, and Assistant Government Whip
  • Baroness Berridge – previously a Parliamentary Under Secretary of State at the Department of Education and a Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Minister for Women) at the Department for International Trade
  • Lord Bethell – previously a Parliamentary Under Secretary of State at the Department of Health and Social Care

Key

*unpaid

**attends Cabinet

† paid as a Parliamentary Secretary

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Published 15 September 2021