Ministerial role

Secretary of State for the Home Department

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Responsibilities

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

• security and terrorism
• legislative programme
• expenditure issues

Current role holder: The Rt Hon Amber Rudd

Amber Rudd was appointed Home Secretary on 13 July 2016. She was elected Conservative MP for Hastings and Rye in 2010.

Political career

From 2010 to 2012 she was a member of the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Select Committee. She then served as Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Chancellor of the Exchequer from 2012 to 2013, and as Assistant Whip from October 2013.

Amber was the Parliamentary Under Secretary of State at the Department of Energy and Climate Change from July 2014 until May 2015. She was then Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change from May 2015 until July 2016.

Career outside politics

Graduating from the University of Edinburgh with a degree in history, Amber worked in investment banking in the City of London and New York, before moving into venture capital. She then set up a freelance recruitment business and wrote for financial publications, before being elected to Parliament in May 2010.

Personal life

She lives in Hastings and has 2 children.

More about this person

Previous holders of this role

1. The Rt Hon Theresa May

   • 2010 to 2016

Announcements

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1. Sovereign's Parade, April 2017: Prime Minister's speech

   • 13 April 2017
   • Speech

2. Home Secretary commits more support to victims of slavery

   • 12 April 2017
   • News story

3. Home Secretary visits Birmingham to see anti-radicalisation work

   • 6 April 2017
   • News story

4. 28 day pre-charge bail limit comes into force

   • 3 April 2017
   • Press release

5. Working together to end modern slavery

   • 15 March 2017
   • Speech

6. UK gives £6 million boost to global slavery battle

   • 15 March 2017
   • Press release

7. Home Secretary meets Syrian families given protection in the UK

   • 14 March 2017
   • News story

8. PM: Summit will set out future for a vibrant and diverse Commonwealth

   • 13 March 2017
   • Press release

9. New transparency measures for Taser use announced by Home Secretary

   • 2 March 2017
   • News story

10. Home Secretary speech to Community Security Trust annual dinner

    • 1 March 2017
    • Speech

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