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Press release: Ministerial Appointments: September 2022

Prime Ministers Office 10 Downing Street

October 2
11:11 2022

The Queen has been pleased to approve the following appointments:

  • The Rt Hon Elizabeth Truss MP as Prime Minister, First Lord of the Treasury, Minister for the Civil Service, and Minister for the Union
  • The Rt Hon Dr Thrse Coffey MP as Secretary of State for Health and Social Care and Deputy Prime Minister
  • The Rt Hon Kwasi Kwarteng MP as Chancellor of the Exchequer
  • The Rt Hon James Cleverly MP as Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs
  • The Rt Hon Suella Braverman QC MP as Secretary of State for the Home Department
  • Wendy Morton MP as Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasury (Chief Whip). She will attend Cabinet
  • The Rt Hon Ben Wallace MP has been re-appointed as Secretary of State for Defence
  • The Rt Hon Brandon Lewis CBE MP as Lord Chancellor, and Secretary of State for Justice
  • The Rt Hon Nadhim Zahawi MP as Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, Minister for Intergovernmental Relations and Minister for Equalities
  • The Rt Hon Penny Mordaunt MP as Lord President of the Council, and Leader of the House of Commons
  • Lord TrueCBE as Lord Privy Seal, and Leader of the House of Lords
  • The Rt Hon Jake Berry MP as Minister without Portfolio
  • The Rt Hon Alok Sharma MP has been re-appointed as COP26 President
  • The Rt Hon Jacob Rees-Mogg MP as Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
  • The Rt Hon Simon Clarke MP as Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing andCommunities
  • Kemi Badenoch MP as Secretary of State for International Trade andPresident of the Board of Trade
  • Chloe Smith MP as Secretary of State for Work and Pensions
  • The Rt Hon Kit Malthouse MP as Secretary of State for Education
  • Ranil Jayawardena MP as Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
  • The Rt Hon Anne-Marie Trevelyan MP as Secretary of State for Transport
  • The Rt Hon Michelle Donelan MP as Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
  • The Rt Hon Chris Heaton-Harris MP as Secretary of State for Northern Ireland
  • The Rt Hon Alister Jack MP has been re-appointed as Secretary of State for Scotland
  • The Rt Hon Sir Robert Buckland KBE QC MP has been re-appointed as Secretary of State for Wales
  • Chris Philp MP as Chief Secretary to the Treasury. He will attend Cabinet
  • Rt Hon Michael Ellis QC MP as Attorney General. He will attend Cabinet
  • Edward Argar MP as Paymaster General and Minister for the Cabinet Office. He will attend Cabinet
  • Vicky Ford MP as a Minister of State (Minister for Development) in the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office. She will attend Cabinet
  • Tom Tugendhat MBE MP as a Minister of State (Minister for Security) in the Home Department. He will attend Cabinet
  • James Heappey MP has been re-appointed as a Minister of State in the Ministry of Defence. He will be Minister for the Armed Forces and Veterans and will attend Cabinet
  • Graham Stuart MP as a Minister of State (Minister for Climate) in the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy. He will attend Cabinet
  • The Rt Hon Robert Jenrick MP as a Minister of State in the Department of Health and Social Care
  • Rachel Maclean MP as a Minister of State in the Ministry of Justice
  • Victoria Prentis MP as a Minister of State in the Department for Work and Pensions
  • Julia Lopez MP as a Minister of State in the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
  • Michael Tomlinson MP as Solicitor General
  • Paul Scully MP has been re-appointed as a Minister of State (Minister for London) in the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
  • The Rt Hon Jesse Norman MP as a Minister of State in the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
  • Leo Docherty MP as a Minister of State in the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
  • Tom Pursglove MP as a Minister of State in the Home Office
  • Jeremy Quin MP as a Minister of State in the Home Office
  • Jackie Doyle-Price MP as a Minister of State in the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
  • The Rt Hon Conor Burns MP as a Minister of State in the Department for International Trade
  • The Rt Hon Mark Spencer MP as a Minister of State in the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
  • Will Quince MP as a Minister of State in the Department of Health and Social Care
  • Alec Shelbrooke MP as a Minister of State in the Ministry of Defence
  • James Duddridge MP as a Minister of State in the Department for International Trade
  • Kelly Tolhurst MP as a Minister of State in the Department for Education
  • Steve Baker MP as a Minister of State in the Northern Ireland Office
  • The Rt Hon Baroness Williams of Trafford as Captain of the Honourable Corps of Gentlemen-at-Arms (Lords Chief Whip)
  • Nusrat Ghani MP as a Minister of State in the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
  • Kevin Foster MP as a Minister of State in the Department for Transport

On Wednesday 7 September, The Queen approved the following appointments to take effect today (Thursday 8 September):

  • The Rt Hon Lucy Frazer QC MP as a Minister of State in the Department for Transport
  • Andrew Griffith MP as Financial Secretary to the Treasury
  • Neil OBrien MP as a Parliamentary Under Secretary of State in the Department of Health and Social Care
  • Dr Caroline Johnson MP as a Parliamentary Under Secretary of State in the Department of Health and Social Care
  • Gillian Keegan MP as a Parliamentary Under Secretary of State in the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
  • Brendan Clarke-Smith MP as a Parliamentary Secretary in the Cabinet Office
  • Dehenna Davison MP as a Parliamentary Under Secretary of State in the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
  • David TC Davies MP as a Parliamentary Under Secretary of State in the Wales Office
  • Jo Churchill MP as Vice-Chamberlain of Her Majestys Household (Government Whip)
  • Rt Hon Sir David Evennett MP as a Government Whip (Lord Commissioner of HM Treasury)
  • Felicity Buchan MP as Exchequer Secretary to the Treasury
  • Lee Rowley MP as a Parliamentary Under Secretary of State in the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
  • Jonathan Gullis MP as a Parliamentary Under Secretary of State in the Department for Education
  • Trudy Harrison MP as a Parliamentary Under Secretary of State in the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
  • Craig Whittaker MP as Treasurer of HM Household (Deputy Chief Whip)

The King has been pleased to approve the following appointments:

  • Baroness Neville-Rolfe DBE CMG as a Minister of State in the Cabinet Office
  • Lord Sharpe of Epsom OBE as a Parliamentary Under Secretary of State in the Home Office
  • Baroness Scott of Bybrook OBE as a Parliamentary Under Secretary of State in the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
  • Lord Kamall as a Parliamentary Under Secretary of State in the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
  • Mims Davies MP as a Parliamentary Under Secretary of State in the Home Office
  • Gareth Johnson MP as a Parliamentary Under Secretary of State in the Ministry of Justice
  • Rob Butler MP as a Parliamentary Under Secretary of State in the Ministry of Justice
  • Mike Freer MP as a Parliamentary Under Secretary of State in the Ministry of Justice
  • Sarah Atherton MP as a Parliamentary Under Secretary of State in the Ministry of Defence
  • Katherine Fletcher MP as a Parliamentary Under Secretary of State in the Department for Transport and a Parliamentary Secretary (Minister for Women) in the Cabinet Office
  • Dean Russell MP as a Parliamentary Under Secretary of State in the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
  • Rt Hon Andrew Stephenson MP as a Parliamentary Under Secretary of State in the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
  • Marcus Fysh MP as a Parliamentary Under Secretary of State in the Department for International Trade
  • Alex Burghart MP as a Parliamentary Under Secretary of State in the Department for Work and Pensions
  • Scott Mann MP as a Parliamentary Under Secretary of State in the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
  • Rt Hon Stuart Andrew MP as a Parliamentary Under Secretary of State in the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
  • David Duguid MP as a Parliamentary Under Secretary of State in the Scotland Office
  • Sarah Dines MP as a Government Whip (Lord Commissioner of HM Treasury)
  • Nigel Huddleston MP as a Government Whip (Lord Commissioner of HM Treasury)
  • Amanda Solloway MP as a Government Whip (Lord Commissioner of HM Treasury)
  • Adam Holloway MP as a Government Whip (Lord Commissioner of HM Treasury)
  • Lia Nici MP as an Assistant Government Whip
  • Darren Henry MP as an Assistant Government Whip
  • Damien Moore MP as an Assistant Government Whip
  • Jacob Young MP as an Assistant Government Whip
  • Mark Jenkinson MP as an

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