Ministerial role

Secretary of State for the Home Department

Organisations: Home Office
Current role holder: The Rt Hon Shabana Mahmood MP

Responsibilities

The Secretary of State has overall responsibility for all Home Office business, including:

  • overarching responsibility for the departmental portfolio
  • oversight of the ministerial team
  • Home Office business in Cabinet
  • membership of the National Security Council (NSC)
  • responsibility for public appointments relating to the work of the department
  • oversight of the Security Service

Current role holder

The Rt Hon Shabana Mahmood MP

Shabana Mahmood was appointed Secretary of State for the Home Department on 5 September 2025.

She was previously Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for Justice between 5 July 2024 and 5 September 2025.

She was elected as the MP for Birmingham Ladywood in July 2024.

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Previous holders of this role

  1. The Rt Hon Yvette Cooper MP

    2024 to 2025

  2. The Rt Hon James Cleverly MP

    2023 to 2024

  3. The Rt Hon Suella Braverman KC MP

    2022 to 2023

  4. The Rt Hon Grant Shapps

    2022 to 2022

  5. The Rt Hon Suella Braverman KC MP

    2022 to 2022

  6. The Rt Hon Priti Patel MP

    2019 to 2022

  7. The Rt Hon Sajid Javid

    2018 to 2019

  8. The Rt Hon Amber Rudd

    2016 to 2018

  9. The Rt Hon Theresa May

    2010 to 2016