Press release

New ministerial and government appointments announced on July 17 2016

More ministerial and government appointments including Parliamentary Under Secretaries of State and Whips have been announced.

From:
Prime Minister's Office, 10 Downing Street
Published
17 July 2016

The Queen has been pleased to approve the following ministerial appointments:

  • Ben Wallace MP as Minister of State for Security at the Home Office
  • Baroness Williams of Trafford as Minister of State at the Home Office
  • Rt Hon Sir Alan Duncan MP as Minister of State at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office
  • Rt Hon Baroness Anelay of St Johns DBE as Minister of State at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office and the Department for International Development
  • Rt Hon Earl Howe as Minister of State at the Ministry of Defence and Deputy Leader of the House of Lords
  • Nick Gibb MP as Minister of State at the Department for Education
  • Edward Timpson MP as Minister of State at the Department for Education
  • Rt Hon Robert Halfon MP as Minister of State at the Department for Education
  • Rt Hon David Jones MP as Minister of State at the Department for Exiting the European Union
  • Baroness Neville-Rolfe DBE CMG as Minister of State at the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
  • Lord Freud as Minister of State for Welfare Reform at the Department for Work and Pensions
  • Gavin Barwell MP as Minister of State for Housing, Planning and Minister for London at the Department for Communities and Local Government
  • George Eustice MP as Minister of State at the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

  • Rory Stewart OBE MP as Minister of State at the Department for International Development

  • Simon Kirby MP as Economic Secretary at HM Treasury
  • Lord O’Neill of Gatley as Commercial Secretary at HM Treasury
  • Sarah Newton MP as Parliamentary Under Secretary of State at the Home Office
  • Baroness Shields OBE as Parliamentary Under Secretary of State at the Home Office and the Department for Culture, Media and Sport
  • Tobias Ellwood MP as Parliamentary Under Secretary of State at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office
  • Alok Sharma MP as Parliamentary Under Secretary of State at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office
  • Mark Lancaster TD MP as Parliamentary Under Secretary of State at the Ministry of Defence
  • Harriett Baldwin MP as Parliamentary Under Secretary of State at the Ministry of Defence
  • Sam Gyimah MP as Parliamentary Under Secretary of State at the Ministry of Justice
  • Phillip Lee MP as Parliamentary Under Secretary of State at the Ministry of Justice
  • Lord Nash as Parliamentary Under Secretary of State at the Department for Education
  • Caroline Dinenage MP as Parliamentary Under Secretary of State at the Department for Education
  • Lord Bridges of Headley MBE as Parliamentary Under Secretary of State at the Department for Exiting the European Union
  • Robin Walker MP as Parliamentary Under Secretary of State at the Department for Exiting the European Union
  • Mark Garnier MP as Parliamentary Under Secretary of State at the Department for International Trade
  • Margot James MP as Parliamentary Under Secretary of State at the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
  • Nicola Blackwood MP as Parliamentary Under Secretary of State at the Department of Health
  • David Mowat MP as Parliamentary Under Secretary of State at the Department of Health
  • Lord Prior of Brampton as Parliamentary Under Secretary of State at the Department of Health
  • Caroline Nokes MP as Parliamentary Under Secretary of State at the Department for Work and Pensions
  • Richard Harrington MP as Parliamentary Under Secretary of State at the Department for Work and Pensions
  • Paul Maynard MP as Parliamentary Under Secretary of State at the Department for Transport
  • Andrew Jones MP as Parliamentary Under Secretary of State at the Department for Transport
  • Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon as Parliamentary Under Secretary of State at the Department for Transport
  • Andrew Percy MP as Parliamentary Under Secretary of State at the Department for Communities and Local Government
  • Marcus Jones MP as Parliamentary Under Secretary of State at the Department for Communities and Local Government
  • Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth as Parliamentary Under Secretary of State at the Department for Communities and Local Government and the Wales Office
  • Michael Ellis MP as Deputy Leader of the House of Commons (and Assistant Whip)
  • Lord Dunlop as Parliamentary Under Secretary of State at the Scotland Office and the Northern Ireland Office
  • Guto Bebb MP as Parliamentary Under Secretary of State at the Wales Office (and Government Whip (Lord Commissioner of HM Treasury))
  • Kris Hopkins MP as Parliamentary Under Secretary of State at the Northern Ireland Office
  • Thérèse Coffey MP as Parliamentary Under Secretary of State at the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
  • Lord Gardiner of Kimble as Parliamentary Under Secretary of State at the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
  • James Wharton MP as Parliamentary Under Secretary of State at the Department for International Development
  • Chris Skidmore MP as Parliamentary Under Secretary of State at the Cabinet Office
  • Tracey Crouch MP as Parliamentary Under Secretary of State at the Department for Culture, Media and Sport
  • Rob Wilson MP as Parliamentary Under Secretary of State at the Department for Culture, Media and Sport

  • Lord Ashton of Hyde as Parliamentary Under Secretary of State at the Department for Culture, Media and Sport (and a Lord in Waiting)

  • Robert Buckland QC MP – Solicitor General

  • Lord Keen of Elie QC – Advocate General for Scotland

  • Rt Hon Anne Milton MP – Deputy Chief Whip (Treasurer of HM Household (Deputy Chief Whip)
  • Mel Stride MP – Government Whip (Comptroller of HM Household)
  • Julian Smith MP – Government Whip (Vice Chamberlain of HM Household)
  • Rt Hon David Evennett MP – Government Whip (Lord Commissioner of HM Treasury)
  • Stephen Barclay MP – Government Whip (Lord Commissioner of HM Treasury)
  • Guy Opperman MP – Government Whip (Lord Commissioner of HM Treasury)
  • Robert Syms MP – Government Whip (Lord Commissioner of HM Treasury)
  • Andrew Griffiths MP – Government Whip (Lord Commissioner of HM Treasury)
  • Jackie Doyle-Price MP – Assistant Government Whip
  • Graham Stuart MP – Assistant Government Whip
  • Heather Wheeler MP – Assistant Government Whip
  • Chris Heaton-Harris MP – Assistant Government Whip
  • Mark Spencer MP – Assistant Government Whip
  • Christopher Pincher MP – Assistant Government Whip

  • Steve Brine MP – Assistant Government Whip

  • Rt Hon Lord Taylor of Holbeach CBE – Lords Chief Whip (Captain of the Honourable Corps of Gentlemen at Arms)
  • Earl of Courtown – Deputy Chief Whip (Captain of The Queen’s Bodyguard of the Yeomen of the Guard )
  • Baroness Chisholm of Owlpen – Baroness in Waiting
  • Baroness Goldie – Baroness in Waiting
  • Baroness Mobarik CBE – Baroness in Waiting

The following ministers have left the government:

  • Rt Hon Mark Francois MP – appointed by the Prime Minister to conduct a review into the use of reserves in the Army.
  • George Freeman MP – appointed as Chair of the Prime Minister’s Policy Board
  • Rt Hon Sir Desmond Swayne TD MP
  • Rt Hon Hugo Swire MP
  • Julian Brazier MP
  • James Duddridge MP
  • Charlie Elphicke MP
  • John Penrose MP
  • Andrew Selous MP
  • Justin Tomlinson MP
  • Baroness Verma

Other appointments:

  • Baroness Chisholm of Owlpen as spokesperson on Cabinet Office business in the House of Lords
  • George Hollingbery MP as the Prime Minister’s Parliamentary Private Secretary
Published 17 July 2016

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