British_Government_frontbench

British Government frontbench

List of British government ministers

The Government frontbench in the Parliament of the United Kingdom, also known as the Treasury Bench, consists of the Cabinet and all other ministers.^[1]

Parliamentary opposition to the Government frontbench is provided by the Official Opposition frontbench, the Liberal Democrat frontbench team (when not in government), and the Scottish National Party frontbench team.

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"Frontbench (frontbenchers)". Parliament.UK. Retrieved 28 May 2021. A frontbencher is either a Government minister or an Opposition shadow spokesperson.

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	Member of the House of Commons
	Member of the House of Lords
	Privy Council member
Cabinet full members in bold
Cabinet attendees in bold italics


Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster Secretary of State in the Cabinet Office Deputy Prime Minister of the United Kingdom		Oliver Dowden
Paymaster General Minister for the Cabinet Office		John Glen
Minister without Portfolio Party Chairman		Richard Holden (unpaid)
Minister without Portfolio		Esther McVey
Minister of State for Veterans' Affairs		Johnny Mercer
Minister of State for the Investment Security Unit	Nusrat Ghani (also with Business and Trade)
Minister of State	Baroness Neville-Rolfe
Parliamentary Secretary for the Cabinet Office	Alex Burghart
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State	Alan Mak (also with Business and Trade)


Minister for Women and Equalities Secretary of State for Business and Trade		Kemi Badenoch
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Minister for Women)	Maria Caulfield (also with Health and Social Care)
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Minister for Equalities)		Stuart Andrew (also with Culture and Business and Trade)
Government spokesperon	Baroness Barran (unpaid) {{also with Education)


Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs		Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton
Deputy Foreign Secretary Minister of State for Development and Africa		Andrew Mitchell
Minister of State for Indo-Pacific		Anne-Marie Trevelyan
Minister of State for the Middle East, North Africa, South Asia, Commonwealth and United Nations	Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon (unpaid)
Minister of State for Climate, Environment and Energy		Lord Benyon (unpaid) (also with DEFRA)
Minister of State for Europe	Nus Ghani
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Americas, Caribbean and Overseas Territories	David Rutley


Secretary of State for Defence		Grant Shapps
Minister of State for the Armed Forces		Leo Docherty
Minister of State for Defence Procurement	James Cartlidge
Minister of State for Defence	Earl of Minto (unpaid)
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Defence People, Veterans and Service Families		Andrew Murrison

British_Government_frontbench

British Government frontbench

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Leader of the Government and Cabinet Office

Foreign relations

Law and order

Economy

Social services

Environment

Culture

Transport

Local and devolved government

Parliament

See also

References

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Secretary of State for the Home Department		James Cleverly
Minister of State for Security		Tom Tugendhat
Minister of State for Illegal Migration	Michael Tomlinson KC
Minister of State for Crime, Policing and Fire		Chris Philp
Minister of State for Legal Migration and Delivery	Tom Pursglove
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Victims and Safeguarding	Laura Farris (joint with Justice)
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State	Lord Sharpe of Epsom


Secretary of State for Justice Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain		Alex Chalk KC
Minister of State for Prisons, Parole and Probation		Edward Argar
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Courts and Legal Services	Mike Freer
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Justice	Lord Bellamy (unpaid)
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Sentencing	Gareth Bacon
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Victims and Safeguarding	Laura Farris (joint with Home Office)


Attorney General Advocate General for Northern Ireland		Victoria Prentis KC
Solicitor General	Robert Courts
Advocate General for Scotland	Lord Stewart of Dirleton KC


Chancellor of the Exchequer Second Lord of the Treasury		Jeremy Hunt
Chief Secretary to the Treasury		Laura Trott
Financial Secretary to the Treasury	Nigel Huddleston
Exchequer Secretary to the Treasury	Gareth Davies
Economic Secretary to the Treasury	Bim Afolami
Parliamentary Secretary	Baroness Vere of Norbiton


Secretary of State for Business and Trade President of the Board of Trade Minister for Women and Equalities		Kemi Badenoch
Minister of State for Industry and Economic Security	Nusrat Ghani (joint with Cabinet Office)
Minister of State for Investment Minister of State for Regulatory Reform	Lord Johnson of Lainston (unpaid)
Minister of State for Trade Policy Minister for London		Greg Hands
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Exports	Lord Offord of Garvel (unpaid), also with Scotland Office
Minister of State for Enterprise, Markets and Small Business	Kevin Hollinrake
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Minister for Equalities)		Stuart Andrew (also with Culture)
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Minister for Women)	Maria Caulfield (also with Health and Social Care)
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State	Alan Mak (also with the Cabinet Office)


Secretary of State for Work and Pensions		Mel Stride
Minister of State for Disabled People, Health and Work	Vacant
Minister of State	Jo Churchill
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Social Mobility, Youth and Progression	Mims Davies
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State	Paul Maynard
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Work and Pensions	Viscount Younger of Leckie


Secretary of State for Education		Gillian Keegan
Minister of State for Skills, Apprenticeships and Higher Education	Luke Hall
Minister of State for Schools		Damian Hinds
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Children, Families and Wellbeing	David Johnston
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for the School System and Student Finance	Baroness Barran (unpaid) {{also with Equalities Office and spokesperso)


Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology		Michelle Donelan
Minister of State for Data and Digital Infrastructure	Julia Lopez (joint with Culture Media and Sport)
Minister of State for Science, Research and Innovation	Andrew Griffith (unpaid)
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Artificial Intelligence and Intellectual Property	Viscount Camrose (unpaid)
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Tech and the Digital Economy	Saqib Bhatti


Secretary of State for Health and Social Care		Victoria Atkins
Minister of State for Social Care	Helen Whately
Minister of State for Health and Secondary Care		Andrew Stephenson
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Mental Health and Women's Health Strategy	Maria Caulfield (also with Equalities) (joint with Business and Trade)
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State	Lord Markham (unpaid)
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Public Health, Start for Life and Primary Care		Andrea Leadsom


Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs		Steve Barclay
Minister of State for Food, Farming and Fisheries		Mark Spencer
Minister of State for Climate, Environment and Energy		Lord Benyon (unpaid) (also with FCDO)
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Nature	Rebecca Pow
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Water and Rural Growth	Robbie Moore
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Biosecurity, Animal Health and Welfare	Lord Douglas-Miller


Chief Whip of the House of Commons Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasury		Simon Hart
Deputy Chief Whip of the House of Commons Treasurer of the Household	Marcus Jones
Government Whip Comptroller of the Household	Rebecca Harris
Government Whip Vice-Chamberlain of the Household	Stuart Anderson
Government Whips Lords Commissioners of the Treasury		Amanda Milling
	Scott Mann
	Amanda Solloway (also with Energy Security and Net Zero) (unpaid)
	Joy Morrissey
	Mike Wood
Assistant Government Whips	Ruth Edwards
	Robert Largan
	Gagan Mohindra
	Mark Jenkinson
	Mark Fletcher
	Suzanne Webb
	Aaron Bell


Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero		Claire Coutinho
Minister of State for Energy Security and Net Zero		Graham Stuart
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Nuclear and Networks	Andrew Bowie
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Energy Consumers and Affordability	Amanda Solloway (also a Lord Commissioner of HM Treasury (unpaid)
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Energy Efficiency and Green Finance	Lord Callanan


Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport		Lucy Frazer KC
Minister of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport	Julia Lopez (joint with Science, Innovation and Technology)
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Sport, Gambling and Civil Society		Stuart Andrew (also with Equalities)
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Arts and Heritage	Lord Parkinson of Whitley Bay


Secretary of State for Transport		Mark Harper
Minister of State for Rail and HS2	Huw Merriman
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State	Anthony Browne
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State	Guy Opperman
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State	Lord Davies of Gower


Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities Minister for Intergovernmental Relations		Michael Gove
Minister of State for Housing, Planning and Building Safety	Lee Rowley
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Housing and Homelessness	Felicity Buchan
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Levelling Up	Jacob Young
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Social Housing and Faith	Baroness Scott of Bybrook
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State	Simon Hoare
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State	Baroness Penn


Secretary of State for Northern Ireland		Chris Heaton-Harris
Minister of State for Northern Ireland	Steve Baker
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Northern Ireland	Lord Caine (also a Lord in Waiting) (unpaid)


Secretary of State for Scotland		Alister Jack
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Scotland	John Lamont
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Scotland	Lord Offord of Garvel (unpaid), also with Department for Business and Trade

Wales
	Secretary of State for Wales		David TC Davies
	Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Wales	Fay Jones

House Leaders
	Leader of the House of Commons Lord President of the Council		Penny Mordaunt
	Leader of the House of Lords Lord Keeper of the Privy Seal		Lord True
	Deputy Leader of the House of Lords		Earl Howe (unpaid)


Chief Whip of the House of Lords Captain of the Honourable Corps of Gentlemen-at-Arms		Baroness Williams of Trafford
Deputy Chief Whip of the House of Lords Captain of the King's Bodyguard of the Yeomen of the Guard	Earl of Courtown
Lords- and Baroness-in-Waiting	Lord Harlech
	Lord Evans of Rainow
	Lord Caine (also with the Northern Ireland Office) (unpaid)
	Baroness Swinburne (unpaid)
	Lord Gascoigne
	Lord Roborough (unpaid)