Ministerial appointments: September 2021

16 Sep 2021 09:48 AM

Latest updates as Prime Minister Boris Johnson makes government appointments.

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

• Rt Hon Boris Johnson MP

HM Treasury

• Chancellor of the Exchequer – Rt Hon Rishi Sunak MP
• Chief Secretary to the Treasury – Simon Clarke MP

Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

• Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, and Minister for Women and Equalities – Rt Hon Elizabeth Truss MP
• Minister of State in the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office – Rt Hon Amanda Milling MP
• Minister of State at the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government, jointly with the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (Minister for Equalities) – Kemi Badenoch MP

Home Office

• Secretary of State for the Home Department – Rt Hon Priti Patel MP
• Minister of State – Kit Malthouse MP (jointly with the Ministry of Justice)

Cabinet Office

• Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office – Rt Hon Stephen Barclay MP
• Minister of State – The Rt Hon Lord Frost CMG
• COP26 President – Rt Hon Alok Sharma MP
• Minister without Portfolio – Rt Hon Oliver Dowden CBE MP
• Minister of State – Nigel Adams MP
• Paymaster General – Rt Hon Michael Ellis QC MP

Ministry of Justice

• Deputy Prime Minister, Lord Chancellor, and Secretary of State for Justice – Rt Hon Dominic Raab MP
• Minister of State – Kit Malthouse MP (jointly with the Home Office)

Ministry of Defence

• Secretary of State for Defence – Rt Hon Ben Wallace MP

Department for International Trade

• Secretary of State for International Trade, and President of the Board of Trade – Rt Hon Anne-Marie Trevelyan MP
• Minister of State – Rt Hon Penny Mordaunt MP

Department of Health and Social Care

• Secretary of State for Health and Social Care – The Rt Hon Sajid Javid

Department for Work and Pensions

• Secretary of State for Work and Pensions – Rt Hon Dr Thérèse Coffey MP

Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

• Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy – Rt Hon Kwasi Kwarteng MP
• Minister of State at the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy – Rt Hon Greg Hands MP

Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

• Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government – Rt Hon Michael Gove MP
• Minister of State at the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government, jointly with the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (Minister for Equalities) – Kemi Badenoch MP

Department for Education

• Secretary of State for Education – Nadhim Zahawi MP
• Minister of State – Michelle Donelan MP

Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

• Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport – Nadine Dorries MP
• Minister of State at the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport – Julia Lopez MP

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

• Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs – Rt Hon George Eustice MP
• Minister of State at the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs – Victoria Prentis MP

Department for Transport

• Secretary of State for Transport – Rt Hon Grant Shapps MP

Northern Ireland Office

• Secretary of State for Northern Ireland – Rt Hon Brandon Lewis CBE MP

Scotland Office

• Secretary of State for Scotland – Rt Hon Alister Jack MP

Wales Office

• Secretary of State for Wales – Rt Hon Simon Hart MP

Office of the Leader of the House of Lords

• Lord Privy Seal, and Leader of the House of Lords – Rt Hon Baroness Evans of Bowes Park

Office of the Leader of the House of Commons

• Lord President of the Council, and Leader of the House of Commons – Rt Hon Jacob Rees-Mogg MP

Whips – House of Commons

• Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasury (Chief Whip) – Rt Hon Mark Spencer MP

Law Officers

• Attorney General – Rt Hon Suella Braverman MP

The following have left the government:

• Rt Hon Gavin Williamson CBE MP – previously Secretary of State for Education
• Rt Hon Robert Jenrick MP – previously Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government
• Rt Hon Robert Buckland QC MP – previously Lord Chancellor, and Secretary of State for Justice