Minister of State (UK)
A Minister of State is a mid-tier Minister of the Crown in the UK government. Ministers of State are junior to the Prime Minister and Secretaries of State, but senior to a Parliamentary Under Secretary of State and Parliamentary Private Secretary.
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The Ministerial and other Salaries Act 1975 puts a limit of 50 on the number of salaried Ministers of State.[1]
No Ministers of State currently are members of or attend the Cabinet, but they have done as recently as in February 2020.[2]
Ministers of State, like other Ministers of the Crown, are bound by the Ministerial Code.
Current Ministers of State
The current Ministers of State are:[3]
- HM Treasury
- Minister of State for Efficiency and Transformation (joint with Cabinet Office)
- Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
- Minister of State for Middle East and North Africa
- Minister of State for Pacific and the Environment (joint with Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs)
- Minister of State for Asia
- Minister of State for South Asia and the Commonwealth
- Home Office
- Minister of State for Security
- Minister of State for Crime and Policing (joint with Ministry of Justice)
- Minister of State for Building Safety and Communities
- Cabinet Office
- Minister of State for the Constitution and Devolution
- Minister of State for Efficiency and Transformation (joint with HM Treasury)
- Minister of State
- Ministry of Justice
- Minister of State for Prisons
- Minister of State for Crime and Policing (joint with Home Office)
- Ministry of Defence
- Minister of State for Defence Procurement
- Minister of State
- Department of Health and Social Care
- Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
- Department for International Trade
- Minister of State for Trade Policy
- Department for Work and Pensions
- Department for Education
- Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
- Minister of State for Pacific and the Environment (joint with Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office)
- Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
- Minister of State for Regional Growth and Local Government
- Minister of State for Housing
- Minister of State for Building Safety and Communities
- Department for Transport
- Minister of State
- Minister of State
- Northern Ireland Office
- Minister of State
- Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
Former
- Minister of State for Education and Science
References
- Ministerial and Other Salaries Act 1975 Schedule 1 Section 2(b).
- "Her Majesty's Government: The Cabinet - MPs and Lords - UK Parliament". members.parliament.uk. Retrieved 2020-10-25.
- "Ministers - GOV.UK". www.gov.uk. Retrieved 2020-10-25.
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