PRESS RELEASE : Ministerial appointments [November 2023]

November 24, 2023 admin 2023, Downing Street, Press Release

The press release issued by 10 Downing Street on 16 November 2023.

The King was pleased to approve government appointments.

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

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

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 True CBE
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*

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
Minister of State – Rt Hon Sir John Whittingdale OBE MP (jointly with the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology)*X
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State – Rt Hon Stuart Andrew MP (jointly with the Department for Business and Trade (Minister for Equalities))
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State – Lord Parkinson of Whitley Bay

Northern Ireland Office

Secretary of State for Northern Ireland – Rt Hon Chris Heaton-Harris MP
Minister of State – Steve Baker MP
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State* – Lord Caine (and a Lord in Waiting)

Scotland Office

Secretary of State for Scotland – Rt Hon Alister Jack MP
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State – John Lamont MP
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State – Lord Offord of Garvel* (jointly with the Department for Business and Trade)

Wales Office

Secretary of State for Wales – Rt Hon David T C Davies MP
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State – Fay Jones MP

Whips – House of Commons

Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasury (Chief Whip) – Rt Hon Simon Hart MP†
Treasurer of HM Household (Deputy Chief Whip) – Marcus Jones MP
Comptroller of HM Household (Government Whip) – Rebecca Harris MP
Vice Chamberlain of HM Household (Government Whip) – Stuart Anderson MP

Junior Lords of the Treasury

Government Whip (Lord Commissioner of HM Treasury) – Rt Hon Dame Amanda Milling MP
Government Whip (Lord Commissioner of HM Treasury) – Scott Mann MP
Government Whip (Lord Commissioner of HM Treasury) – Amanda Solloway MP (and a Parliamentary under Secretary of State in the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero*)
Government Whip (Lord Commissioner of HM Treasury) – Joy Morrissey MP
Government Whip (Lord Commissioner of HM Treasury) – Mike Wood MP

Assistant Whips (Commons)

Assistant Government Whip – Ruth Edwards MP
Assistant Government Whip – Robert Largan MP
Assistant Government Whip – Gagan Mohindra MP
Assistant Government Whip – Mark Jenkinson MP
Assistant Government Whip – Mark Fletcher MP
Assistant Government Whip – Suzanne Webb MP
Assistant Government Whip – Aaron Bell MP

Whips – House of Lords

Captain of the Honourable Corps of Gentlemen at Arms (Lords Chief Whip) – Rt Hon Baroness Williams of Trafford
Captain of The King’s Bodyguard of the Yeomen of the Guard (Deputy Chief Whip) – Earl of Courtown

Baronesses and Lords in Waiting

Lord in Waiting – Lord Harlech
Lord in Waiting – Lord Evans of Rainow
Lord in Waiting – Lord Caine (and a Parliamentary Under Secretary of State in the Northern Ireland Office*)
Baroness in Waiting – Baroness Swinburne*
Lord in Waiting – Lord Gascoigne

Law Officers

Attorney General – Rt Hon Victoria Prentis MP†
Solicitor General – Michael Tomlinson MP
HM Advocate General for Scotland – Lord Stewart of Dirleton KC

Key

*unpaid

† attends Cabinet

X Julia Lopez MP has been re-appointed as a Minister of State jointly in the Department for Culture, Media and Sport and the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology following her maternity leave.

The Rt Hon Sir John Whittingdale MP will continue to be a Minister of State (unpaid) jointly in the Department for Culture, Media and Sport and the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology for a short transitional period.