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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

The Rt Hon Boris Johnson MP

Prime Minister, First Lord of the Treasury, Minister for the Civil Service
The Rt Hon Sajid Javid MP

Chancellor of the Exchequer
The Rt Hon Dominic Raab MP

Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, First Secretary of State
The Rt Hon Priti Patel MP

Secretary of State for the Home Department
The Rt Hon Michael Gove MP

Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster
The Rt Hon Robert Buckland QC MP

Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for Justice
The Rt Hon Steve Barclay MP

Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union
The Rt Hon Ben Wallace MP

Secretary of State for Defence
The Rt Hon Matt Hancock MP

Secretary of State for Health and Social Care
The Rt Hon Andrea Leadsom MP

Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
The Rt Hon Elizabeth Truss MP

Secretary of State for International Trade and President of the Board of Trade
The Rt Hon Amber Rudd MP

Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, Minister for Women and Equalities
The Rt Hon Gavin Williamson CBE MP

Secretary of State for Education
The Rt Hon Theresa Villiers

Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
The Rt Hon Robert Jenrick MP

Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government
The Rt Hon Grant Shapps MP

Secretary of State for Transport
The Rt Hon Julian Smith MP

Secretary of State for Northern Ireland
The Rt Hon Alister Jack MP

Secretary of State for Scotland
The Rt Hon Alun Cairns MP

Secretary of State for Wales
The Rt Hon Baroness Evans of Bowes Park

Leader of the House of Lords, Lord Privy Seal
The Rt Hon Nicky Morgan

Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
The Rt Hon Alok Sharma MP

Secretary of State for International Development
The Rt Hon James Cleverly MP

Minister without Portfolio Unpaid

Also attends Cabinet

Ministers by department

Cabinet Office

HM Treasury

Home Office

Foreign &
Commonwealth
Office

Department
for Exiting the
European Union

Ministry
of Defence

Ministry
of Justice

Department
of Health &
Social Care

Department for
Business, Energy
& Industrial Strategy

Ministry of Housing,
Communities &
Local Government

Department for
International Trade

Department
for Education

Department
for Environment
Food & Rural Affairs

Department
for Transport

Department
for Work &
Pensions

Office of the Secretary of State for Scotland

Office of the Secretary of State for Wales
Swyddfa Ysgrifennydd Gwladol Cymru

Northern
Ireland
Office

Department
for International
Development

Department for
Digital, Culture,
Media & Sport

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

Office of the
Leader of the
House of Lords

Attorney
General's
Office

Office of the
Advocate General
for Scotland

The Rt Hon Lord Keen of Elie QC

HM Advocate General for Scotland and MoJ spokesperson for the Lords

UK Export
Finance

The Rt Hon Elizabeth Truss MP

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

Whips

House of Commons

Junior Lords of the Treasury

Assistant Whips

House of Lords

Baronesses and Lords in Waiting

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