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Ministerial appointments: January 2018

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January 9
19:19 2018

Prime Minister Theresa May said:

This government is about building a country fit for the future one that truly works for everyone with a stronger economy and a fairer society.

This reshuffle helps us do just that by bringing fresh talent into government, boosting delivery in key policy areas like housing, health and social care, and ensuring the government looks more like the country it serves.

It also allows a new generation of gifted ministers to step up and make life better for people across the whole UK.

The government is constituted as follows:

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

  • Rt Hon Theresa May MP

Cabinet Office

  • Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, and Minister for the Cabinet Office Rt Hon David Lidington CBE MP
  • Parliamentary Secretary Oliver Dowden CBE MP
  • Parliamentary Secretary Chloe Smith MP

HM Treasury

  • Chancellor of the Exchequer Rt Hon Philip Hammond MP
  • Chief Secretary to the Treasury Rt Hon Elizabeth Truss MP**
  • Paymaster General, and Financial Secretary to the Treasury Rt Hon Mel Stride MP
  • Economic Secretary to the Treasury John Glen MP
  • Exchequer Secretary to the Treasury Robert Jenrick MP

Home Office

  • Secretary of State for the Home Department, and Minister for Women and Equalities Rt Hon Amber Rudd MP
  • Minister of State Caroline Nokes MP**
  • Minister of State Rt Hon Ben Wallace MP
  • Minister of State Rt Hon Nick Hurd MP
  • Minister of State Baroness Williams of Trafford
  • Parliamentary Under Secretary of State Victoria Atkins MP

Foreign and Commonwealth Office

  • Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs Rt Hon Boris Johnson MP
  • Minister of State Rt Hon Sir Alan Duncan KCMG MP
  • Minister of State Rt Hon Alistair Burt MP (jointly with the Department for International Development)
  • Minister of State Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
  • Minister of State Rt Hon Mark Field MP*
  • Minister of State Harriett Baldwin MP (jointly with the Department for International Development)

Department for Exiting the European Union

  • Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union Rt Hon David Davis MP
  • Minister of State Lord Callanan
  • Parliamentary Under Secretary of State Robin Walker MP
  • Parliamentary Under Secretary of State Steve Baker MP
  • Parliamentary Under Secretary of State Suella Fernandes MP

Ministry of Defence

  • Secretary of State for Defence Rt Hon Gavin Williamson CBE MP
  • Minister of State Rt Hon Mark Lancaster TD MP
  • Minister of State Rt Hon Earl Howe (and Deputy Leader of the House of Lords)*
  • Parliamentary Under Secretary of State Rt Hon Tobias Ellwood MP
  • Parliamentary Under Secretary of State Guto Bebb MP

Ministry of Justice

  • Lord Chancellor (paid), and Secretary of State for Justice* Rt Hon David Gauke MP
  • Minister of State Rory Stewart OBE MP
  • Parliamentary Under Secretary of State Lucy Frazer QC MP
  • Parliamentary Under Secretary of State Phillip Lee MP

Department of Health and Social Care

  • Secretary of State for Health and Social Care Rt Hon Jeremy Hunt MP
  • Minister of State Stephen Barclay MP
  • Minister of State Caroline Dinenage MP
  • Parliamentary Under Secretary of State Jackie Doyle-Price MP
  • Parliamentary Under Secretary of State Steve Brine MP
  • Parliamentary Under Secretary of State Lord OShaughnessy

Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

  • Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy Rt Hon Greg Clark MP
  • Minister of State Claire Perry MP**
  • Minister of State Sam Gyimah MP (jointly with the Department for Education)
  • Parliamentary Under Secretary of State Andrew Griffiths MP
  • Parliamentary Under Secretary of State Richard Harrington MP
  • Parliamentary Under Secretary of State Rt Hon Lord Henley

Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

  • Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government Rt Hon Sajid Javid MP
  • Minister of State Dominic Raab MP
  • Parliamentary Under Secretary of State Jake Berry MP
  • Parliamentary Under Secretary of State Heather Wheeler MP
  • Parliamentary Under Secretary of State Rishi Sunak MP
  • Parliamentary Under Secretary of State Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth (jointly with the Wales Office)

Department for International Trade

  • Secretary of State for International Trade, and President of the Board of Trade Rt Hon Liam Fox MP
  • Minister of State Rt Hon Greg Hands MP
  • Minister of State Baroness Fairhead CBE*
  • Parliamentary Under Secretary of State Graham Stuart MP

Department for Education

  • Secretary of State for Education Damian Hinds MP
  • Minister of State Rt Hon Nick Gibb MP
  • Minister of State Rt Hon Anne Milton MP
  • Minister of State Sam Gyimah MP (jointly with the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy)
  • Parliamentary Under Secretary of State Lord Agnew*
  • Parliamentary Under Secretary of State Nadhim Zahawi MP*

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

  • Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Rt Hon Michael Gove MP
  • Minister of State George Eustice MP
  • Parliamentary Under Secretary of State Thrse Coffey MP
  • Parliamentary Under Secretary of State Lord Gardiner of Kimble

Department for Transport

  • Secretary of State for Transport Rt Hon Chris Grayling MP
  • Minister of State Jo Johnson MP
  • Parliamentary Under Secretary of State* Nusrat Ghani MP (and Assistant Government Whip (paid))
  • Parliamentary Under Secretary of State Jesse Norman MP
  • Parliamentary Under Secretary of State* Baroness Sugg CBE (and Baroness in Waiting (paid))

Department for Work and Pensions

  • Secretary of State for Work and Pensions Rt Hon Esther McVey MP
  • Minister of State Alok Sharma MP
  • Minister of State Sarah Newton MP
  • Parliamentary Under Secretary of State Guy Opperman MP
  • Parliamentary Under Secretary of State Kit Malthouse MP
  • Parliamentary Under Secretary of State Baroness Buscombe

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
  • Deputy Leader of the House of Lords Rt Hon Earl Howe (and Minister of State at the Ministry of Defence)*

Scotland Office

  • Secretary of State for Scotland Rt Hon David Mundell MP
  • Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (jointly with the Northern Ireland Office) - Lord Duncan of Springbank

Wales Office

  • Secretary of State for Wales Rt Hon Alun Cairns MP
  • Parliamentary Under Secretary of State* - Stuart Andrew MP (and Assistant Government Whip (paid))
  • Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (jointly with the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government) - Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth

Northern Ireland Office

  • Secretary of State for Northern Ireland Rt Hon Karen Bradley MP
  • Parliamentary Under Secretary of State Shailesh Vara MP
  • Parliamentary Under Secretary of State Lord Duncan of Springbank (jointly with the Scotland Office)

Department for International Development

  • Secretary of State for International Development Rt Hon Penny Mordaunt MP
  • Minister of State Rt Hon Alistair Burt MP (jointly with the Foreign and Commonwealth Office)
  • Minister of State Harriett Baldwin MP (jointly with the Foreign and Commonwealth Office)
  • Minister of State Rt Hon Lord Bates*

Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

  • Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Rt Hon Matt Hancock MP
  • Minister of State Margot James MP
  • Parliamentary Under Secretary of State Tracey Crouch MP
  • Parliamentary Under Secretary of State Michael Ellis MP
  • Parliamentary Under Secretary of St

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