Her Majesty's Government: December 2015

3 Dec 2015 02:09 PM

The government is constituted as at December 2015 as follows.

Following The Queen’s approval of the ministerial appointments and resignations announced since the general election, the government is constituted as follows.

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

  • Rt Hon David Cameron MP​

HM Treasury

  • First Secretary of State*, and Chancellor of the Exchequer – Rt Hon George Osborne MP
  • Chief Secretary to the Treasury – Rt Hon Greg Hands MP**
  • Financial Secretary – David Gauke MP
  • Exchequer Secretary – Damian Hinds MP †
  • Economic Secretary – Harriett Baldwin MP†
  • Commercial Secretary – Lord O’Neill of Gatley*​

Home Office

  • Secretary of State for the Home Department – Rt Hon Theresa May MP
  • Minister of State – Rt Hon Mike Penning MP (jointly with the Ministry of Justice)
  • Minister of State – Rt Hon John Hayes MP
  • Minister of State – James Brokenshire MP
  • Minister of State – Rt Hon Lord Bates*
  • Parliamentary Under Secretary of State – Karen Bradley MP
  • Parliamentary Under Secretary of State – Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon (jointly with the Department for Transport)
  • Parliamentary Under Secretary of State – Richard Harrington (jointly with Department for Communities and Local Government and Department for International Development)
  • Parliamentary Under Secretary of State – Baroness Shields* (jointly with Department for Culture Media and Sport)​

Foreign and Commonwealth Office

  • Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs – Rt Hon Philip Hammond MP
  • Minister of State – Rt Hon David Lidington MP
  • Minister of State – Rt Hon Hugo Swire MP
  • Minister of State (Trade and Investment) – Rt Hon Francis Maude (jointly with the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills)
  • Minister of State – Rt Hon Baroness Anelay of St Johns DBE**
  • Minister of State – Rt Hon Grant Shapps MP (jointly with the Department for International Development)
  • Parliamentary Under Secretary of State – James Duddridge MP
  • Parliamentary Under Secretary of State – Tobias Ellwood MP​

Ministry of Justice

  • Lord Chancellor, and Secretary of State for Justice* Rt Hon Michael Gove MP
  • Minister of State – Rt Hon Mike Penning MP (jointly with the Home Office)
  • Minister of State – Lord Faulks QC
  • Parliamentary Under Secretary of State – Shailesh Vara MP (jointly with the Department for Work and Pensions)
  • Parliamentary Under Secretary of State* – Andrew Selous MP (and an Assistant Whip (paid))
  • Parliamentary Under Secretary of State – Dominic Raab MP
  • Parliamentary Under Secretary of State – Caroline Dinenage MP (jointly with the Department for Education)​

Ministry of Defence

  • Secretary of State for Defence – Rt Hon Michael Fallon MP
  • Minister of State – Penny Mordaunt MP
  • Minister of State – Philip Dunne MP
  • Minister of State – Rt Hon Earl Howe (and Deputy Leader of the House of Lords)*
  • Parliamentary Under Secretary of State – Julian Brazier MP
  • Parliamentary Under Secretary of State – Mark Lancaster TD MP​

Department for Work and Pensions

  • Secretary of State for Work and Pensions – Rt Hon Iain Duncan Smith MP
  • Minister of State – Priti Patel MP**
  • Minister of State – Lord Freud*
  • Minister of State – Baroness Altmann CBE
  • Parliamentary Under Secretary of State – Justin Tomlinson MP
  • Parliamentary Under Secretary of State – Shailesh Vara MP (jointly with the Ministry of Justice)​

Department of Health

  • Secretary of State for Health – Rt Hon Jeremy Hunt MP
  • Minister of State – Rt Hon Alistair Burt MP
  • Parliamentary Under Secretary of State – Jane Ellison MP
  • Parliamentary Under Secretary of State – George Freeman MP (jointly with the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills)
  • Parliamentary Under Secretary of State – Ben Gummer MP
  • Parliamentary Under Secretary of State – Lord Prior of Brampton​

Office of the Leader of the House of Commons

  • Lord President of the Council, and Leader of the House of Commons – Rt Hon Chris Grayling MP
  • Parliamentary Secretary (Deputy Leader of the House of Commons) - Thérèse Coffey MP​

Department for International Development

  • Secretary of State for International Development – Rt Hon Justine Greening MP
  • Minister of State – Rt Hon Grant Shapps MP (jointly with the Foreign and Commonwealth Office)
  • Minister of State – Rt Hon Desmond Swayne MP
  • Parliamentary Under Secretary of State – Baroness Verma​

Department for Education

  • Secretary of State for Education, and Minister for Women and Equalities – Rt Hon Nicky Morgan MP
  • Minister of State – Nick Boles MP (jointly with the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills)
  • Minister of State – Nick Gibb MP
  • Minister of State – Edward Timpson MP
  • Parliamentary Under Secretary of State – Lord Nash*
  • Parliamentary Under Secretary of State – Sam Gyimah MP
  • Parliamentary Under Secretary of State – Caroline Dinenage MP (jointly with the Ministry of Justice)​

Office of the Leader of the House of Lords

  • Lord Privy Seal, and Leader of the House of Lords – Rt Hon Baroness Stowell of Beeston MBE
  • Deputy Leader of the House of Lords – Rt Hon Earl Howe (and Minister of State at the Ministry of Defence)*​

Department for Transport

  • Secretary of State for Transport – Rt Hon Patrick McLoughlin MP
  • Parliamentary Under Secretary of State – Robert Goodwill MP
  • Parliamentary Under Secretary of State – Claire Perry MP
  • Parliamentary Under Secretary of State – Andrew Jones MP
  • Parliamentary Under Secretary of State – Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon (jointly with the Home Office)​

Department for Business, Innovation and Skills

  • Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, and President of the Board of Trade – Rt Hon Sajid Javid MP
  • Minister of State (Trade and Investment) – Rt Hon Francis Maude (jointly with the Foreign and Commonwealth Office)
  • Minister of State – Rt Hon Anna Soubry MP**
  • Minister of State – Nick Boles MP (jointly with the Department for Education)
  • Minister of State – Ed Vaizey MP (jointly with the Department for Culture, Media and Sport)
  • Minister of State – Jo Johnson MP
  • Parliamentary Under Secretary of State – George Freeman MP (jointly with the Department of Health)
  • Parliamentary Under Secretary of State – Baroness Neville-Rolfe DBE (jointly with the Department for Culture, Media and Sport)​

Northern Ireland Office

  • Secretary of State for Northern Ireland – Rt Hon Theresa Villiers MP
  • Parliamentary Under Secretary of State – Ben Wallace MP​