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Ministerial appointments: September 2021
Latest updates as Prime Minister Boris Johnson makes government appointments.
This news story will be updated as details are announced.
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
- Financial Secretary to the Treasury – Rt Hon Lucy Frazer QC MP
- Exchequer Secretary to the Treasury – Helen Whately MP
- Minister of State (Economic Secretary) – John Glen 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
- Parliamentary Under Secretary of State – Vicky Ford MP
- Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Minister for Women) – Baroness Stedman-Scott OBE DL (She remains a Parliamentary Under Secretary of State at the Department for Work and Pensions)
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)
- Minister of State, and Minister for Security and Borders – Rt Hon Damian Hinds MP
- Parliamentary Under Secretary of State – Rachel Maclean MP
- Parliamentary Under Secretary of State – Tom Pursglove 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)
- Minister of State, and Minister for the Afghan resettlement scheme and Operation Warm Welcome – Victoria Atkins MP
- Parliamentary Under Secretary of State and Assistant Government Whip – James Cartlidge MP
- Parliamentary Under Secretary of State – Tom Pursglove 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
- Parliamentary Under Secretary of State – Mike Freer MP
Department of Health and Social Care
- Secretary of State for Health and Social Care – The Rt Hon Sajid Javid
- Minister of State – Gillian Keegan MP
- Parliamentary Under Secretary of State – Maggie Throup MP
- Parliamentary Under Secretary of State – Maria Caulfield MP
- Parliamentary Under Secretary of State – Lord Kamall
Department for Work and Pensions
- Secretary of State for Work and Pensions – Rt Hon Dr Thérèse Coffey MP
- Minister of State – Chloe Smith MP
- Parliamentary Under Secretary of State – David Rutley 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
- Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, and Government Whip (Lord Commissioner of HM Treasury) – Lee Rowley MP
- Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, and Minister for Science, Research and Innovation – George Freeman 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
- Parliamentary Under Secretary of State – Neil O’Brien MP
Department for Education
- Secretary of State for Education – Nadhim Zahawi MP
- Minister of State – Michelle Donelan MP
- Minister of State – Robin Walker MP
- Parliamentary Under Secretary of State – Alex Burghart MP
- Parliamentary Under Secretary of State – Will Quince MP
- Parliamentary Under Secretary of State – Baroness Barran MBE
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
- Parliamentary Under Secretary of State – Chris Philp 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
- Parliamentary Under Secretary of State – Jo Churchill MP
Department for Transport
- Secretary of State for Transport – Rt Hon Grant Shapps MP
- Parliamentary Under Secretary of State – Trudy Harrison MP
Northern Ireland Office
- Secretary of State for Northern Ireland – Rt Hon Brandon Lewis CBE MP
- Minister of State – Rt Hon Conor Burns 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
- Comptroller of HM Household (Government Whip) – Marcus Jones MP
- Vice Chamberlain of HM Household (Government Whip) – James Morris MP
Junior Lords of the Treasury
- Government Whip (Lord Commissioner of HM Treasury) – Lee Rowley MP
- Government Whip (Lord Commissioner of HM Treasury) – Amanda Solloway MP
Law Officers
- Attorney General – Rt Hon Suella Braverman MP
- Solicitor General – Alex Chalk 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
- Rt Hon Nick Gibb MP – previously Minister of State at the Department for Education
- Rt Hon John Whittingdale OBE MP – previously Minister of State at the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
- Rt Hon Jesse Norman MP – previously Financial Secretary to the Treasury
- Caroline Dinenage MP – previously Minister of State at the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
- Luke Hall MP – previously Minister of State at the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
- Justin Tomlinson MP – previously Minister of State at the Department for Work and Pensions
- Graham Stuart MP – previously a Parliamentary Under Secretary of State at the Department for International Trade
- James Duddridge MP – previously a Parliamentary Under Secretary of State at the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
- Matt Warman MP – previously a Parliamentary Under Secretary of State at the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
- David Duguid MP – previously Parliamentary Under Secretary of State at the Scotland Office, and Assistant Government Whip
- Baroness Berridge – previously a Parliamentary Under Secretary of State at the Department of Education and a Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Minister for Women) at the Department for International Trade
- Lord Bethell of Romford – previously a Parliamentary Under Secretary of State at the Department of Health and Social Care
Published 15 September 2021