Ministerial role
  
  
  Minister of State for Security and Economic Crime
    Organisations:
    Home Office
  
  
Responsibilities
The minister is responsible for:
- implementing the strategic defence and security review
 - counter-terrorism (including CONTEST; counter-terrorism work in prisons; Protect and Prepare; terrorist financing; counter-terrorism policing; international police co-operation; terrorism prevention and investigation measures, and individual use of disruptive powers; proscription of terrorist groups)
 - investigatory powers (including Investigatory Powers Bill; Data Retention and Investigatory Powers Act 2014 and Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act legislation)
 - communications data legislation
 - communications capabilities development
 - aviation security
 - chemical biological radiological nuclear defence (CBRNE) and science and technology programme management
 - serious and organised crime strategy (including foreign national offenders engaged in serious organised crime)
 - criminal finance and asset recovery
 - cyber security
 - cyber crime (including fraud)
 - National Crime Agency oversight
 - UK anti-corruption policy
 - Economic crime
 
Previous holders of this role
- 
The Rt Hon Ben Wallace
2016 to 2019
 - 
The Rt Hon John Hayes CBE MP
2015 to 2016