List of government ministers of the United Kingdom
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The following is a list of ministerial offices in the Government of the United Kingdom. The highest ranking ministers are Cabinet ministers or also attend Cabinet.
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Prime Minister's Office
- Prime Minister[n 1][1]
- First Lord of the Treasury
- First Secretary of State
- Minister for the Civil Service
- Minister for the Union
- Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Prime Minister
- Deputy Prime Minister
Former positions
Deputy Prime Minister's Office
- Minister Assisting the Deputy Prime Minister (joint with Cabinet Office)
Cabinet Office
Cabinet Office
- Minister for the Cabinet Office
- Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster
- Minister without Portfolio
- Paymaster General (joint with HM Treasury)
- Minister of State at the Cabinet Office
- Minister of State for the Constitution and Devolution (Minister of State at the Cabinet Office)
- Minister of State for Efficiency and Transformation (Minister of State at the Cabinet Office) (joint with HM Treasury)
- Minister of State for EU Relations (Minister of State at the Cabinet Office)
- Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Defence People and Veterans (joint with Ministry of Defence)
Government Equalities Office
- Minister for Equalities
- Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Equalities
- Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Women
Former positions
Cabinet Office
- President of the COP26 Climate Change Conference
- Minister of State at the Office of Public Service
- Minister for the Northern Powerhouse and Local Growth
- Minister of State for Government Policy
- Minister of State for the Third Sector
- Minister for Digital Engagement and Civil Service Issues
- Minister Assisting the Deputy Prime Minister (joint with Deputy Prime Minister's Office)
- Parliamentary Secretary for Implementation
- Minister for Social Exclusion
Government Equalities Office
- Minister for Women and Equalities
- Deputy Minister for Women (Second Blair ministry)
Defence ministers
- Secretary of State for Defence
- Minister of State for Defence Procurement
- Minister of State for Defence
- Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Defence People and Veterans
- Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for the Armed Forces
Former positions
- Secretary of State for Air
- Secretary of State for War and the Colonies
- First Lord of the Admiralty
- Treasurer of the Navy
Ministry of Defence
- Minister of Defence for the Royal Navy
- Minister of State for Defence Equipment and Support
- Minister of Defence for Equipment
- Minister of State for Strategic Defence Acquisition Reform
- Minister of State for International Defence and Security
- Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for International Security Strategy
- Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Reserves
National Government/War Cabinet Ministers
- Minister of War Production
- Minister of Aircraft Production
- Minister of Supply
- Minister-Resident for the Middle East
- Minister of Reconstruction (also WW1)
- Minister of Munitions
- Minister of Defence
- Minister for Co-ordination of Defence
- Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Munitions
- Parliamentary and Financial Secretary to the Ministry of Munitions
War Office
- Secretary of State for War
- Secretary at War (occasionally Cabinet position)
- Under-Secretary of State for War
- Financial Secretary to the War Office
- Paymaster-General of the Forces
HM Treasury ministers
- Chancellor of the Exchequer
- Second Lord of the Treasury
- Chief Secretary to the Treasury
- Paymaster General (joint with the Cabinet Office)
- Financial Secretary to the Treasury
- Economic Secretary to the Treasury (City Minister)
- Exchequer Secretary to the Treasury
- Minister of State for Efficiency and Transformation (Minister of State for the Treasury) (joint with the Cabinet Office)
Former positions
- Commercial Secretary to the Treasury
- Financial Services Secretary to the Treasury (City Minister)
- Minister of State for Revenue Protection at the Border (Minister of State for the Treasury)
- Minister of State for Trade and Competitiveness in Europe (joint with Trade and Industry)
Department of Economic Affairs
- Secretary of State for Economic Affairs
- Minister of State for Economic Affairs
- Under-Secretary of State for Economic Affairs
Foreign Affairs ministers
- Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs[2]
- Minister of State for Middle East and North Africa
- Minister of State for Pacific and the Environment(joint with DEFRA)
- Minister of State for Asia
- Minister of State for South Asia and the Commonwealth
- Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Africa
- Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for European Neighbourhood and the Americas
- Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Overseas Territories and Sustainable Development
Former positions
- Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs
- Secretary of State for the Northern Department
- Secretary of State for the Colonies
- Secretary of State for Commonwealth Affairs
- Secretary of State for Commonwealth Relations
- Secretary of State for Dominion Affairs
- Deputy Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs (Heath)
- Minister of State for International Energy Strategy
- Minister of State for the Middle East
- Minister of State for Commonwealth Affairs
- Minister of State for Commonwealth Relations
- Minister of State for Foreign Affairs
- Minister of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs
- Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Asia and the Pacific
- Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies
- Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies
- Under-Secretary of State for the Northern Department
India Office and Burma Office
- Secretary of State for India
- President of the Board of Control
- Secretary of State for India and Burma
- Secretary of State for Burma
Department for Exiting the European Union
- Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union
- Minister of State for Exiting the European Union
- Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union
Department for International Development
- Secretary of State for International Development
- Minister of State for International Development
- Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Syrian Refugees (joint with Communities and Home Office)
Justice ministers
Ministry of Justice
- Secretary of State for Justice[n 2]
- Lord Chancellor[n 2]
- Minister of State for Crime, Policing and the Fire Service(joint with the Home Office)
- Minister of State for Prisons and Probations
- Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Justice
- Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Immigration Compliance and the Courts(joint with the Home Office)
Former positions
Ministry of Justice
- Minister of State for Prisons
- Minister of State for Civil Justice and Legal Policy
- Minister for Young Citizens and Youth Engagement (joint with Education)
- Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Prisons and Youth Justice
- Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Human Rights
Department for Constitutional Affairs
- Secretary of State for Constitutional Affairs
- Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Constitutional Affairs
Lord Chancellor's Department
- Minister of State for the Lord Chancellor's Department
- Parliamentary Under-Secretary for the Lord Chancellor's Department
Home affairs ministers
Home Office
- Secretary of State for the Home Department
- Deputy Home Secretary
- Minister of State for Security
- Minister of State for Crime, Policing and the Fire Service(joint with Justice)
- Minister of State for Countering Extremism (joint with GEO)
- Communities)
- Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Crime, Safeguarding and Vulnerability
- Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Immigration and Future Borders
- Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Immigration Compliance and Courts(joint with Justice)
Former positions
Home Office
- Minister of State for Asylum and Immigration
- Minister of State for Home Affairs
- Minister of State for Security and Economic Crime
- Minister of State for Modern Slavery and Organised Crime
- Minister of State for Security and Counter-Terrorism
- Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Syrian Refugees (joint with Communities and International Development)
Health ministers
Department of Health and Social Care
- Secretary of State for Health and Social Care[3]
- Minister of State for Health
- Minister of State for Care
- Minister of State for Mental Health, Suicide Prevention and Patient Safety
- Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Prevention, Public Health and Primary Care
- Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for COVID-19 Vaccine Deployment
- Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Innovation
Former positions
Department of Health
- Secretary of State for Health
- Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Quality
Business and trade ministers
Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
- Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy[4]
- Minister of State for Business, Energy and Clean Growth
- Minister of State for Universities, Science, Research and Innovation
- Minister of State for Investment (joint with DfIT)
- Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Small Business, Consumers and Labour Markets
- Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Business and Industry
- Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Science, Research and Innovation
- Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Climate Change and Corporate Responsibility
Department for International Trade
- Secretary of State for International Trade[n 3]
- President of the Board of Trade[n 3]
- Minister of State for Trade Policy
- Minister of State for Investment
- Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Exports
- Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for International Trade
Former positions
Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
- Minister of State for Decentralisation and Planning
- Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Small Business, Consumers and Corporate Responsibility
- Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Climate Change
Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform
Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
- Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills
Department of Trade and Industry
- Secretary of State for Trade and Industry
- Minister of State for Trade and Industry
Ministry of Technology
- Minister of Technology
- Minister of State for Technology
- Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Technology
Education ministers
Department for Education (2010-present)
- Secretary of State for Education
- Minister of State for School Standards
- Minister of State for Universities
- Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Children and Families
- Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Apprenticeships and Skills
- Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for the School System
Former positions
Department for Education (2010-present)
Department for Children, Schools and Families (2007-2010)
- Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families
- Minister for Young Citizens and Youth Engagement (joint with Justice)
Department for Education and Skills (2001-2007)
- Secretary of State for Education and Skills
Work and Pensions ministers
Department for Work and Pensions
- Secretary of State for Work and Pensions
- Minister of State for Disabled People, Health and Work
- Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Pensions and Financial Inclusion
- Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Welfare Delivery
- Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Employment
- Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Work and Pensions
Former positions
Department of Social Security
- Secretary of State for Social Security
- Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Social Security
Department for Work and Pensions
- Minister of State for Pensions and Child Maintenance
- Minister of State for Welfare Reform
Environment ministers
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
- Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
- Minister of State for Pacific and the Environment(joint with FCDO)
- Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food
- Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Environment and Rural Opportunities
- Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Rural Affairs and Biosecurity
Former positions
Transport ministers
Department for Transport
- Secretary of State for Transport
- Minister of State for Transport
- Minister of State for Railways
- Minister of State for High Speed 2
- Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Transport
- Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Roads and Light Rail
- Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Aviation and Maritime
- Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Future of Transport
Former positions
- Minister for Public Transport
- Minister for Railways and Roads
- Under-Secretary of State for Transport
Local and devolved government
Welsh Office
Scotland Office
Northern Ireland Office
- Secretary of State for Northern Ireland
- Minister of State for Northern Ireland
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
- Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government
- Minister of State for Housing
- Minister of State for Regional Growth and Local Government
- Minister of State for London
- Minister of State for Building Safety and Communities
- Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Rough Sleeping and Housing
Former positions
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
- Minister of State for the Northern Powerhouse and Local Growth(joint with Cabinet Office)
- Minister of State for Portsmouth
- Minister of State for Communities and Resilience
- Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Faith and Communities
- Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Syrian Refugees (joint with International Development and Home Office)
Culture and media ministers
Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
- Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
- Minister of State for Digital and Culture
- Minister of State for Media and Data
- Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Digital Infrastructure
- Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Minister for Sport, Tourism and Heritage
- Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Civil Society and Digital, Media Culture and Sport
Former positions
- Secretary of State for National Heritage
Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
- Minister of State for Sport, Media and Creative Industries
- Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Arts, Heritage and Tourism
- Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Digital and Broadband
- Minister of State for Communications (joint with Business)
- Minister of State for the Millennium
Post Office
Secretaries of State
Parliamentary leadership
House of Commons
- Leader of the House of Commons
- Deputy Leader of the House of Commons
House of Lords
- Leader of the House of Lords
- Deputy Leader of the House of Lords
Whips
House of Commons
- Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasury (Chief Whip)
- Treasurer of His Majesty’s Household (Deputy Chief Whip)
- Comptroller of His Majesty’s Household
- Vice-Chamberlain of His Majesty’s Household
- Junior Lord of the Treasury/Lords Commissioners of the Treasury
- Assistant Government Whip
House of Lords
- Captain of the Honourable Corps of Gentlemen at Arms (Chief Whip)
- Captain of the Queen's Bodyguard of the Yeoman of the Guard (Deputy Chief Whip)
- Baronesses and Lords in waiting (Lords Whips)
Law officers
- Attorney General for England and Wales[n 4]
- Advocate General for Scotland
- Advocate General for Northern Ireland
- Solicitor General for England and Wales
Former positions
Sinecures
Notes
- ^ The Prime Minister has concurrently served as First Lord of the Treasury since 1902, Minister for the Civil Service since 1968 and Minister for the Union since 2019.
- ^ a b Secretary of State for Justice and Lord Chancellor have been held jointly since 2007.
- ^ a b Secretary of State for International Trade and President of the Board of Trade have been held jointly since 2016.
- ^ The Attorney General for England and Wales has concurrently served as Advocate General for Northern Ireland since 2010.
References
- ^ "Prime Minister's Office, 10 Downing Street". GOV.UK. Retrieved 2020-10-23.
- ^ "Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs - GOV.UK". www.gov.uk. Retrieved 2020-10-31.
- ^ "Secretary of State for Health and Social Care - GOV.UK". www.gov.uk. Retrieved 2020-10-23.
- ^ "Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy - GOV.UK". www.gov.uk. Retrieved 2020-10-24.