Secretary of State for the Home Department
The Rt Hon Shabana Mahmood MP
Biography
Shabana Mahmood was appointed Secretary of State for the Home Department on 5 September 2025.
She was previously Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for Justice between 5 July 2024 and 5 September 2025.
She was elected as the MP for Birmingham Ladywood in July 2024.
Secretary of State for the Home Department
The Secretary of State has overall responsibility for all Home Office business, including:
- overarching responsibility for the departmental portfolio
- oversight of the ministerial team
- Home Office business in Cabinet
- membership of the National Security Council (NSC)
- responsibility for public appointments relating to the work of the department
- oversight of the Security Service