The Rt Hon Kelly Tolhurst

Biography

Kelly Tolhurst was Minister of State (Minister for Schools and Childhood) at the Department for Education from 7 September 2022 to 27 October 2022.

She was previously appointed Treasurer of HM Household (Deputy Chief Whip) from 1 July 2022 to 7 September 2022.

Prior to this Kelly served as:

• Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Minister for Rough Sleeping & Housing) at the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government - September 2020 to January 2021
• Parliamentary Under Secretary of State at the Department for Transport - February to September 2020
• Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Minister for Small Business, Consumers and Corporate Responsibility) at the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy - July 2018 to February 2020

Kelly was elected as Conservative MP for Rochester and Strood on 7 May 2015.

Announcements

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• £180 million to improve children’s development in the early years
  • 19 October 2022
  • Press release
• Government pledges further £310 million to tackle homelessness
  • 21 December 2020
  • Press release
• Coronavirus (COVID-19): Letters from Kelly Tolhurst to caravan and park home owners
  • 16 December 2020
  • Correspondence
• Extra help for rough sleepers with drug and alcohol dependency
  • 14 December 2020
  • Press release
• Launch of £46 million 'Changing Futures' scheme to support vulnerable people
  • 10 December 2020
  • Press release
• More funding to support people with disabilities live independently
  • 03 December 2020
  • Press release
• Funding boost for rape and domestic abuse support
  • 18 November 2020
  • Press release
• Businesses in England to receive £2.2 billion to see them through national restrictions
  • 13 November 2020
  • News story
• Funding allocated for 3,300 new homes for rough sleepers
  • 29 October 2020
  • Press release
• Action to help prevent vulnerable young people from becoming homeless
  • 26 October 2020
  • Press release

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