Ministerial role

Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Organisations: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
Current role holder: Emma Reynolds MP

Responsibilities

The Secretary of State has overall responsibility for the Department for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs. She has specific responsibilities for:

  • budget, including Official Development Assistance (ODA)
  • international relations
  • senior appointments
  • economic growth

Current role holder

Emma Reynolds MP

Emma Reynolds MP was appointed Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs on 5 September 2025.

She was previously:

  • Economic Secretary to the Treasury from 14 January 2025 to 5 September 2025
  • Parliamentary Secretary at HM Treasury and the Department of Work and Pensions from 9 July 2024 to 14 January 2025

She was elected as the MP for Wycombe in July 2024.

More about this person

Previous holders of this role

  1. The Rt Hon Steve Reed OBE MP

    2024 to 2025

  2. The Rt Hon Steve Barclay MP

    2023 to 2024

  3. The Rt Hon Thérèse Coffey

    2022 to 2023

  4. The Rt Hon Ranil Jayawardena

    2022 to 2022

  5. The Rt Hon George Eustice

    2020 to 2022

  6. The Rt Hon Theresa Villiers

    2019 to 2020

  7. The Rt Hon Michael Gove

    2017 to 2019

  8. The Rt Hon Andrea Leadsom

    2016 to 2017

  9. The Rt Hon Elizabeth Truss

    2014 to 2016

  10. The Rt Hon Owen Paterson

    2012 to 2014

  11. Dame Caroline Spelman

    2010 to 2012