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Ministerial appointments: November-December 2023

Prime Ministers Office 10 Downing Street

December 1
19:04 2023

The King was pleased to approve government appointments. A Ministerial List can be found below:

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

  • Rt Hon Rishi Sunak MP

Cabinet Office

  • Deputy Prime Minister, Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, and Secretary of State in the Cabinet Office Rt Hon Oliver Dowden CBE MP
  • Minister of State (Minister without Portfolio) Richard Holden MP*
  • Paymaster General, and Minister for the Cabinet Office Rt Hon John Glen MP*
  • Minister of State (Minister without Portfolio) Rt Hon Esther McVey MP

  • Minister of State (Minister for Veterans Affairs) Rt Hon Johnny Mercer MP
  • Minister of State Nusrat Ghani MP (jointly with the Department for Business and Trade)
  • Minister of State Baroness Neville-Rolfe DBE CMG*
  • Parliamentary Secretary Alex Burghart MP

HM Treasury

  • Chancellor of the Exchequer Rt Hon Jeremy Hunt MP

  • Chief Secretary to the Treasury Laura Trott MBE MP
  • Minister of State (Financial Secretary to the Treasury) Nigel Huddleston MP
  • Parliamentary Secretary (Exchequer Secretary to the Treasury) Gareth Davies MP
  • Parliamentary Secretary (Economic Secretary to the Treasury) Bim Afolami MP
  • Parliamentary Secretary Baroness Vere of Norbiton

Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

  • Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs Rt Hon David Cameron
  • Minister of State (Minister for Development) Rt Hon Andrew Mitchell MP
  • Minister of State Rt Hon Anne-Marie Trevelyan MP
  • Minister of State Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon*
  • Minister of State Rt Hon Lord Benyon* (jointly with the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs)

  • Parliamentary Under Secretary of State Leo Docherty MP
  • Parliamentary Under Secretary of State David Rutley MP

Home Office

  • Secretary of State for the Home Department Rt Hon James Cleverly MP
  • Minister of State (Minister for Security) Rt Hon Tom Tugendhat MBE MP
  • Minister of State (Minister for Immigration) Rt Hon Robert Jenrick MP
  • Minister of State (Minister for Crime, Policing and Fire) Rt Hon Chris Philp MP
  • Parliamentary Under Secretary of State Laura Farris MP (jointly with the Ministry of Justice)
  • Parliamentary Under Secretary of State Lord Sharpe of Epsom OBE

Ministry of Defence

  • Secretary of State for Defence Rt Hon Grant Shapps MP
  • Minister of State Rt Hon James Heappey MP
  • Minister of State James Cartlidge MP
  • Minister of State Earl of Minto*
  • Parliamentary Under Secretary of State Dr Andrew Murrison MP

Ministry of Justice

  • Lord Chancellor, and Secretary of State for Justice Rt Hon Alex Chalk KC MP
  • Minister of State Rt Hon Edward Argar MP
  • Parliamentary Under Secretary of State Mike Freer MP
  • Parliamentary Under Secretary of State Gareth Bacon MP
  • Parliamentary Under Secretary of State Laura Farris MP (jointly with the Home Office)
  • Parliamentary Under Secretary of State Lord Bellamy KC*

Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

  • Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology Rt Hon Michelle Donelan MP
  • Minister of State Julia Lopez MP (jointly with the Department for Culture, Media and Sport)X
  • Minister of State Rt Hon Sir John Whittingdale OBE MP (jointly with the Department for Culture, Media and Sport)*X
  • Minister of State Andrew Griffith MP*
  • Parliamentary Under Secretary of State Saqib Bhatti MP
  • Parliamentary Under Secretary of State Viscount Camrose*

Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

  • Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, and Minister for Intergovernmental Relations Rt Hon Michael Gove MP
  • Minister of State Lee Rowley MP
  • Parliamentary Under Secretary of State Felicity Buchan MP
  • Parliamentary Under Secretary of State Jacob Young MP
  • Parliamentary Under Secretary of State Simon Hoare MP
  • Parliamentary Under Secretary of State Baroness Scott of Bybrook OBE
  • Parliamentary Under Secretary of State Baroness Penn

Department of Health and Social Care

  • Secretary of State for Health and Social Care Rt Hon Victoria Atkins MP
  • Minister of State Rt Hon Andrew Stephenson MP
  • Minister of State Helen Whately MP

  • Parliamentary Under Secretary of State Maria Caulfield (jointly with the Department for Business and Trade (Minister for Women))
  • Parliamentary Under Secretary of State Rt Hon Andrea Leadsom MP
  • Parliamentary Under Secretary of State Lord Markham CBE*

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

  • Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Rt Hon Steve Barclay MP
  • Minister of State - Rt Hon Mark Spencer MP
  • Minister of State Rt Hon Lord Benyon* (jointly with the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office)
  • Parliamentary Under Secretary of State Rebecca Pow MP
  • Parliamentary Under Secretary of State Robbie Moore MP
  • Parliamentary Under Secretary of State Robbie Douglas-Miller OBE**

Office of the Leader of the House of Commons

  • Lord President of the Council, and Leader of the House of Commons Rt Hon Penny Mordaunt MP

Office of the Leader of the House of Lords

  • Lord Privy Seal, and Leader of the House of Lords Rt Hon Lord TrueCBE
  • Minister of State (Deputy Leader of the House of Lords) Rt Hon Earl Howe GBE*

Department for Business and Trade

  • Secretary of State for Business and Trade and President of the Board of Trade, and Minister for Women and Equalities Rt Hon Kemi Badenoch MP
  • Minister of State, and Minister for London Rt Hon Greg Hands MP
  • Minister of State Nusrat Ghani MP (jointly with the Cabinet Office)
  • Minister of State Lord Johnson of Lainston CBE*
  • Parliamentary Under Secretary of State Kevin Hollinrake MP
  • Parliamentary Under Secretary of State - Lord Offord of Garvel* (jointly with the Scotland Office)
  • Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Minister for Equalities) Rt Hon Stuart Andrew MP (jointly with the Department for Culture, Media and Sport)
  • Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Minister for Women) Maria Caulfield (jointly with the Department of Health and Social Care)

Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

  • Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero Rt Hon Claire Coutinho MP
  • Minister of State Rt Hon Graham Stuart MP
  • Parliamentary Under Secretary of State Andrew Bowie MP
  • Parliamentary Under Secretary of State Lord Callanan
  • Parliamentary Under Secretary of State* Amanda Solloway MP (and a Government Whip (Lord Commissioner of HM Treasury))

Department for Work and Pensions

  • Secretary of State for Work and Pensions Rt Hon Mel Stride MP
  • Minister of State Tom Pursglove MP
  • Minister of State Jo Churchill MP
  • Parliamentary Under Secretary of State Mims Davies MP
  • Parliamentary Under Secretary of State Paul Maynard MP
  • Parliamentary Under Secretary of State Viscount Younger of Leckie

Department for Education

  • Secretary of State for Education Rt Hon Gillian Keegan MP
  • Minister of State Rt Hon Damian Hinds MP
  • Minister of State Rt Hon Robert Halfon MP

  • Parliamentary Under Secretary of State David Johnston OBE MP
  • Parliamentary Under Secretary of State Baroness Barran MBE*X

Department for Transport

  • Secretary of State for Transport Rt Hon Mark Harper MP
  • Minister of State Huw Merriman MP
  • Parliamentary Under Secretary of State Anthony Browne MP
  • Parliamentary Under Secretary of State Guy Opperman MP
  • Parliamentary Under Secretary of State Lord Davies of Gower

Department for Culture, Media and Sport

  • Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport Rt Hon Lucy Frazer KC MP
  • Minister of State Julia Lopez MP (jointly with the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology)X

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