Minister for Children (United Kingdom)

The Minister for Children, Young People and Families is a Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State in the Department for Education, previously the Department for Children, Schools and Families and Department for Education and Skills, in the Government of the United Kingdom.[1]

History

Margaret Hodge was the first person to hold the position after it was announced in 2003. Maria Eagle was the Minister from 2005 to 2006 taking Hodge's place, and Beverley Hughes held the position from 2006 until June 2009,[2] when Dawn Primarolo took over until Labour lost office in May 2010.

List of Ministers

Colour key (for political parties):
  Labour   Liberal Democrats   Conservative

Name		Portrait	Term of office		Political party	P.M.		Ed.Sec.
	Margaret Hodge		13 June 2003	9 May 2005	Labour		Blair	Clarke
								Kelly
	Maria Eagle		9 May 2005	5 May 2006	Labour
	Beverley Hughes		5 May 2006	5 June 2009	Labour			Johnson
							Brown	Balls (CSF Sec.)
	Dawn Primarolo		5 June 2009	11 May 2010	Labour
	Tim Loughton		13 May 2010	4 September 2012	Conservative		Cameron	Gove
	Edward Timpson[3]		4 September 2012	8 June 2017	Conservative
								Morgan
							May	Greening
	Robert Goodwill		12 June 2017	9 January 2018	Conservative
	Nadhim Zahawi		9 January 2018	25 July 2019	Conservative	Hinds
	Kemi Badenoch		27 July 2019	14 February 2020	Conservative		Johnson	Williamson
	Vicky Ford		14 February 2020	Incumbent	Conservative

References

1. About Us: Who's Who
2. Lewin, Tamar. The Need to Invest in Young Children . New York Times. Accessed 30 December 2008.
3. Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Until 12 May 2015)