Press release

Appointments: 3 March 2026

The King has been pleased to approve the following appointments.

From:
Prime Minister's Office, 10 Downing Street
Published
3 March 2026

The King has been pleased to approve the following appointments:

  • Sharon Hodgson MP as Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State in the Department for Health and Social Care. 

  • James Frith MP as Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State in the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology and Parliamentary Secretary in the Cabinet Office. 

  • Baroness Anderson of Stoke-on-Trent as Parliamentary Secretary in the Cabinet Office. She will remain Baroness in Waiting (Government Whip). 

Background:

Josh Simons MP and Ashley Dalton MP have left Government.

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Published 3 March 2026