Press release

Ministerial appointments: 19 March 2016

The Queen has approved new ministerial appointments at the Department for Work and Pensions and the Wales Office.

From:
Prime Minister's Office, 10 Downing Street, Department for Work and Pensions, Office of the Secretary of State for Wales, The Rt Hon Alun Cairns MP, The Rt Hon Stephen Crabb MP, and Guto Bebb
Published
19 March 2016

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

  • Rt Hon Stephen Crabb MP to become Secretary of State for Work and Pensions
  • Alun Cairns MP to become Secretary of State for Wales
  • Guto Bebb MP to become a Parliamentary Under Secretary of State* at the Wales Office and a Government Whip (Junior Lord of the Treasury)

This follows the resignation from Government of the Rt Hon Iain Duncan Smith MP.

Further information

  • Rt Hon Stephen Crabb MP was previously Secretary of State for Wales
  • Alun Cairns MP was previously a Parliamentary Under Secretary of State* at the Wales Office and a Government Whip (Junior Lord of the Treasury)

*unpaid

Published 19 March 2016

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