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Ministerial role
Minister for Women
Responsibilities
The Minister for Women has overall responsibility for policy on gender equality.
Before June 2017, this role was covered by the Minister for Women and Equalities.
Current role holder: The Rt Hon Anne Milton MP
Anne Milton was appointed Minister of State at the Department for Education on 12 June 2017. She was elected as MP for Guildford (revised boundary) in 2010.
Education
Anne was educated at Haywards Heath Grammar School (which became Haywards Heath Sixth Form College in 1980, then Central Sussex College Sixth Form Campus in 2005) on Harlands Road in West Sussex.
Political career
Anne was appointed to the Health Select Committee, serving until December 2006, following her appointment as Shadow Minister for Tourism. In summer 2007 David Cameron appointed her Shadow Minister for Health. Between 2010 and 2012 she served as a Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Public Health), Department of Health and was appointed to the government as a whip with responsibility for HM Treasury and HM Household.
Career outside politics
Anne trained as a nurse at St Bartholomew’s Hospital in London and worked for the NHS for 25 years, as a district nurse and for people requiring palliative care.
Previous holders of this role
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The Rt Hon Nicky Morgan
- 2014 to 2014
Announcements
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Career break returner programmes launched to help people back to work
- News story
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Funding to prevent female genital mutilation and forced marriage
- Press release
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DCMS joins the 30% Club
- News story
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£30 million fund to secure supply of engineers and boost number of women in sector
- Press release
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Women’s Business Council publishes ‘One Year On’ report
- News story
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Over 2000 new jobs and apprenticeships from leading STEM organisations
- News story
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Ministerial appointments: April 2014
- Press release