Ministers

Read biographies and responsibilities of Cabinet ministers and all ministers by department, as well as the whips who help co-ordinate parliamentary business.

Cabinet ministers

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  The Rt Hon Boris Johnson MP

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

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  The Rt Hon Rishi Sunak MP

  Chancellor of the Exchequer

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  The Rt Hon Dominic Raab MP

  Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs; First Secretary of State

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  The Rt Hon Priti Patel MP

  Secretary of State for the Home Department

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  The Rt Hon Michael Gove MP

  Minister for the Cabinet Office, Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster

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  The Rt Hon Robert Buckland QC MP

  Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for Justice

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  The Rt Hon Ben Wallace MP

  Secretary of State for Defence

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  The Rt Hon Matt Hancock MP

  Secretary of State for Health and Social Care

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  The Rt Hon Alok Sharma MP

  COP26 President

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  The Rt Hon Kwasi Kwarteng MP

  Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

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  The Rt Hon Elizabeth Truss MP

  Secretary of State for International Trade and President of the Board of Trade, Minister for Women and Equalities

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  The Rt Hon Thérèse Coffey MP

  Secretary of State for Work and Pensions

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  The Rt Hon Gavin Williamson CBE MP

  Secretary of State for Education

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  The Rt Hon George Eustice MP

  Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

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  The Rt Hon Robert Jenrick MP

  Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government

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  The Rt Hon Grant Shapps MP

  Secretary of State for Transport

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  The Rt Hon Brandon Lewis MP

  Secretary of State for Northern Ireland

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  The Rt Hon Alister Jack MP

  Secretary of State for Scotland

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  The Rt Hon Simon Hart MP

  Secretary of State for Wales

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  The Rt Hon Baroness Evans of Bowes Park

  Leader of the House of Lords, Lord Privy Seal

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  The Rt Hon Oliver Dowden CBE MP

  Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

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  The Rt Hon Lord Frost CMG

  Minister of State

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  The Rt Hon Amanda Milling MP

  Minister without Portfolio Unpaid

Also attends Cabinet

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  The Rt Hon Steve Barclay MP

  Chief Secretary to the Treasury

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  The Rt Hon Jacob Rees-Mogg MP

  Lord President of the Council, Leader of the House of Commons

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  The Rt Hon Mark Spencer MP

  Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasury (Chief Whip)

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  The Rt Hon Michael Ellis QC MP

  Attorney General

Ministers by department

HM Treasury

• The Rt Hon Rishi Sunak MP

  Chancellor of the Exchequer

• The Rt Hon Steve Barclay MP

  Chief Secretary to the Treasury

• The Rt Hon Jesse Norman MP

  Financial Secretary to the Treasury

• Lord Agnew

  Minister of State (Minister for Efficiency and Transformation) Unpaid

• John Glen MP

  Economic Secretary to the Treasury Paid as a Parliamentary Secretary

• Kemi Badenoch MP

  Exchequer Secretary to the Treasury Paid as a Parliamentary Secretary

Foreign, Commonwealth
& Development Office

• The Rt Hon Dominic Raab MP

  Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs; First Secretary of State

• The Rt Hon James Cleverly MP

  Minister of State (Minister for Middle East and North Africa)

• The Rt Hon Lord Goldsmith

  Minister of State (Minister for Pacific and the Environment) Unpaid

• Nigel Adams MP

  Minister of State (Minister for Asia)

• Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon

  Minister of State (Minister for South Asia and the Commonwealth)

• James Duddridge MP

  Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Minister for Africa)

• Wendy Morton MP

  Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Minister for European Neighbourhood and the Americas)

Home Office

• The Rt Hon Priti Patel MP

  Secretary of State for the Home Department

• The Rt Hon James Brokenshire MP

  Minister of State (Minister for Security)

• Kit Malthouse MP

  Minister of State (Minister for Crime and Policing)

• Baroness Williams of Trafford

  Minister of State

• Lord Stephen Greenhalgh

  Minister of State (Minister for Building Safety and Communities) Unpaid

• Victoria Atkins MP

  Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Minister for Safeguarding)

• Kevin Foster MP

  Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Minister for Future Borders and Immigration)

• Chris Philp MP

  Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Minister for Immigration Compliance and Justice)

Cabinet Office

• The Rt Hon Boris Johnson MP

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

• The Rt Hon Michael Gove MP

  Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, Minister for the Cabinet Office

• The Rt Hon Lord Frost CMG

  Minister of State

• The Rt Hon Alok Sharma MP

  COP26 President

• The Rt Hon Jacob Rees-Mogg MP

  Leader of the House of Commons, Lord President of the Council

• The Rt Hon Baroness Evans of Bowes Park

  Leader of the House of Lords, Lord Privy Seal

• The Rt Hon Penny Mordaunt MP

  Paymaster General

• Chloe Smith MP

  Minister of State (Minister for the Constitution and Devolution)

• Lord Agnew

  Minister of State (Minister for Efficiency and Transformation) Unpaid

• Lord True CBE

  Minister of State

• The Rt Hon Amanda Milling MP

  Minister without Portfolio Unpaid

• Julia Lopez MP

  Parliamentary Secretary

• Leo Docherty MP

  Parliamentary Secretary (Minister for Defence People and Veterans)

Ministry
of Justice

• The Rt Hon Robert Buckland QC MP

  Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for Justice

• Kit Malthouse MP

  Minister of State (Minister for Crime and Policing)

• Alex Chalk MP

  Parliamentary Under Secretary of State Unpaid

• Chris Philp MP

  Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Minister for Immigration Compliance and Justice)

• Lord (David) Wolfson of Tredegar QC

  Parliamentary Under Secretary of State Unpaid

Ministry
of Defence

• The Rt Hon Ben Wallace MP

  Secretary of State for Defence

• Jeremy Quin MP

  Minister of State (Minister for Defence Procurement)

• Baroness Goldie DL

  Minister of State Unpaid

• James Heappey MP

  Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Minister for the Armed Forces)

• Leo Docherty MP

  Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Minister for Defence People and Veterans)

Department
of Health &
Social Care

• The Rt Hon Matt Hancock MP

  Secretary of State for Health and Social Care

• Edward Argar MP

  Minister of State (Minister for Health)

• Helen Whately MP

  Minister of State (Minister for Care)

• Nadine Dorries MP

  Minister of State (Minister for Patient Safety, Suicide Prevention and Mental Health)

• Jo Churchill MP

  Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Minister for Prevention, Public Health and Primary Care)

• Lord Bethell of Romford

  Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Minister for Innovation) Unpaid

• Nadhim Zahawi MP

  Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Minister for COVID Vaccine Deployment) Unpaid

Department for
Business, Energy
& Industrial Strategy

• The Rt Hon Kwasi Kwarteng MP

  Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

• The Rt Hon Anne-Marie Trevelyan MP

  Minister of State (Minister for Energy, Clean Growth and Climate Change)

• Nadhim Zahawi MP

  Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Minister for Business and Industry) Unpaid

• Amanda Solloway MP

  Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Minister for Science, Research and Innovation)

• Paul Scully MP

  Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Minister for Small Business, Consumers and Labour Markets)

• Lord Callanan

  Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Minister for Business, Energy and Corporate Responsibility)

• Lord Grimstone of Boscobel Kt

  Minister for Investment Unpaid

Department for
International Trade

• The Rt Hon Elizabeth Truss MP

  Secretary of State for International Trade and President of the Board of Trade, Minister for Women and Equalities

• The Rt Hon Greg Hands MP

  Minister of State (Minister for Trade Policy)

• Lord Grimstone of Boscobel Kt

  Minister for Investment Unpaid

• Graham Stuart MP

  Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Minister for Exports)

• Ranil Jayawardena MP

  Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Minister for International Trade)

• Kemi Badenoch MP

  Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Minister for Equalities)

• Baroness Berridge of The Vale of Catmose

  Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Minister for Women)

Department
for Work &
Pensions

• The Rt Hon Thérèse Coffey MP

  Secretary of State for Work and Pensions

• Justin Tomlinson MP

  Minister of State (Minister for Disabled People, Health and Work)

• Mims Davies MP

  Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Minister for Employment)

• Guy Opperman MP

  Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Minister for Pensions and Financial Inclusion)

• Will Quince MP

  Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Minister for Welfare Delivery)

• Baroness Deborah Stedman-Scott OBE DL

  Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Minister for Work and Pensions)

Department
for Education

• The Rt Hon Gavin Williamson CBE MP

  Secretary of State for Education

• Michelle Donelan MP

  Minister of State (Minister for Universities)

• The Rt Hon Nick Gibb MP

  Minister of State (Minister for School Standards)

• Vicky Ford MP

  Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Minister for Children and Families)

• Gillian Keegan MP

  Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Minister for Apprenticeships and Skills)

• Baroness Berridge of The Vale of Catmose

  Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Minister for the School System)

Department
for Environment
Food & Rural Affairs

• The Rt Hon George Eustice MP

  Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

• The Rt Hon Lord Benyon

  Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Minister for Rural Affairs and Biosecurity)

• The Rt Hon Lord Goldsmith

  Minister of State (Minister for Pacific and the Environment) Unpaid

• Rebecca Pow MP

  Parliamentary Under Secretary of State

• Victoria Prentis MP

  Parliamentary Under Secretary of State

Ministry of Housing,
Communities &
Local Government

• The Rt Hon Robert Jenrick MP

  Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government

• Luke Hall MP

  Minister of State (Minister for Regional Growth and Local Government)

• The Rt Hon Christopher Pincher MP

  Minister of State (Minister for Housing)

• Eddie Hughes MP

  Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Minister for Rough Sleeping & Housing)

• Lord Stephen Greenhalgh

  Minister of State (Minister for Building Safety and Communities) Unpaid

Department
for Transport

• The Rt Hon Grant Shapps MP

  Secretary of State for Transport

• Chris Heaton-Harris MP

  Minister of State

• Andrew Stephenson MP

  Minister of State

• Baroness Vere of Norbiton

  Parliamentary Under Secretary of State

• Rachel Maclean MP

  Parliamentary Under Secretary of State

• Robert Courts MP

  Parliamentary Under Secretary of State

Northern
Ireland
Office

• The Rt Hon Brandon Lewis MP

  Secretary of State for Northern Ireland

• Robin Walker MP

  Minister of State

Office of the Secretary of State for Scotland

• The Rt Hon Alister Jack MP

  Secretary of State for Scotland

• Iain Stewart MP

  Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Minister for Scotland)

• David Duguid MP

  Parliamentary Under Secretary of State Unpaid

Office of the Secretary of State for Wales

• The Rt Hon Simon Hart MP

  Secretary of State for Wales

• David TC Davies MP

  Parliamentary Under Secretary of State Unpaid

Office of the
Leader of the
House of Lords

• The Rt Hon Baroness Evans of Bowes Park

  Leader of the House of Lords, Lord Privy Seal

• The Rt Hon Earl Howe

  Deputy Leader of the House of Lords Unpaid

Department for
Digital, Culture,
Media & Sport

• The Rt Hon Oliver Dowden CBE MP

  Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

• Caroline Dinenage MP

  Minister of State (Minister for Digital and Culture)

• The Rt Hon John Whittingdale OBE MP

  Minister of State (Minister for Media and Data)

• Matt Warman MP

  Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Minister for Digital Infrastructure)

• Nigel Huddleston MP

  Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Minister for Sport and Tourism)

• Baroness Barran MBE

  Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Minister for Civil Society) Unpaid

Office of the
Leader of the
House of Commons

• The Rt Hon Jacob Rees-Mogg MP

  Leader of the House of Commons, Lord President of the Council

Attorney
General's
Office

• The Rt Hon Michael Ellis QC MP

  Attorney General

• The Rt Hon Lucy Frazer QC MP

  Solicitor General

• The Rt Hon Suella Braverman QC MP

  Minister on Leave (Attorney General)

Office of the
Advocate General
for Scotland

• Lord Stewart of Dirleton QC

  HM Advocate General for Scotland

UK Export
Finance

• The Rt Hon Elizabeth Truss MP

  Secretary of State for International Trade and President of the Board of Trade

• Graham Stuart MP

  Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Minister for Exports)

Whips

House of Commons

• The Rt Hon Mark Spencer MP

  Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasury (Chief Whip)

• Stuart Andrew MP

  Treasurer of HM Household (Deputy Chief Whip)

• Mike Freer MP

  Comptroller of HM Household (Government Whip)

• Marcus Jones MP

  Vice Chamberlain of HM Household (Government Whip)

Junior Lords of the Treasury

• James Morris MP

  Government Whip, Lord Commissioner of HM Treasury

• Rebecca Harris MP

  Government Whip, Lord Commissioner of HM Treasury

• David Rutley MP

  Government Whip, Lord Commissioner of HM Treasury

• Maggie Throup MP

  Government Whip, Lord Commissioner of HM Treasury Unpaid

• Michael Tomlinson MP

  Government Whip, Lord Commissioner of HM Treasury

• Alan Mak MP

  Government Whip, Lord Commissioner of HM Treasury Unpaid

Assistant Whips

• Scott Mann MP

  Assistant Government Whip

• David TC Davies MP

  Assistant Government Whip

• Alex Chalk MP

  Assistant Government Whip

• Tom Pursglove MP

  Assistant Government Whip

• Maria Caulfield MP

  Assistant Government Whip

• Nigel Huddleston MP

  Assistant Government Whip

• David Duguid MP

  Assistant Government Whip

House of Lords

• The Rt Hon Lord Ashton of Hyde

  Captain of the Honourable Corps of Gentlemen at Arms (Lords Chief Whip)

• Earl of Courtown

  Captain of the Queen's Bodyguard of the Yeomen of the Guard (Lords Deputy Chief Whip)

Baronesses and Lords in Waiting

• Baroness Penn

  Baroness in Waiting (Government Whip)

• Lord Parkinson of Whitley Bay

  Lord in Waiting

• Baroness Scott of Bybrook OBE

  Baroness in Waiting

• Baroness Bloomfield of Hinton Waldrist

  Baroness in Waiting (Government Whip)

• Viscount Younger of Leckie

  Lord in Waiting (Government Whip)