Ministerial role

Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Youth Justice, Victims, Female Offenders and Offender Health

Organisations: Ministry of Justice

Responsibilities

The Parliamentary Under Secretary of State is responsible for:

  • victims (including domestic abuse)
  • female offenders
  • youth justice
  • offender health
  • coroners, burials, inquests and inquiries
  • Lammy Review
  • Race Disparity Audit
  • Devolved Administrations
  • devolution (PCCs)
  • human rights
  • Lawfare
  • mental capacity and Office of the Public Guardian
  • transgender offenders
  • veterans

Previous holders of this role

  1. Dr Phillip Lee

    2016 to 2018