Secretary of State for the Home Department

The Rt Hon Sajid Javid MP

The Rt Hon Sajid Javid MP

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Biography

Sajid Javid MP was appointed Home Secretary on 30 April 2018.

He was Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government from 8 January 2018 to 29 April 2018, and Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government from July 2016 to January 2018.

Political career

Sajid served as Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills from May 2015 until July 2016. He was Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport from April 2014 to May 2015 and previously he was both the Economic and Financial Secretary to the Treasury. He was a member of the Work and Pensions Select Committee from June to November 2010. He was elected Conservative MP for Bromsgrove in 2010.

Career outside politics

Before being elected MP, he worked in business and finance. Aged 25, he became a Vice President at Chase Manhattan Bank. He later moved to Deutsche Bank in London to help build its business in emerging market countries. Sajid left Deutsche Bank as a senior Managing Director in the summer of 2009 to give something back through politics.

Secretary of State for the Home Department

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

  • security and terrorism
  • legislative programme
  • expenditure issues
More about this role

Home Office

Previous roles in government

  1. Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government

    • 2018 to 2018

  2. Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government (Ministerial Champion for the Midlands Engine)

    • 2016 to 2018

  3. Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills and President of the Board of Trade

    • 2015 to 2016

  4. Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport

    • 2014 to 2015

  5. Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Minister for Equalities)

    • 2014 to 2014

  6. Financial Secretary to the Treasury

    • 2013 to 2014

  7. Economic Secretary to the Treasury

    • 2012 to 2013

Announcements

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  1. Home Secretary to take action against violent content online
    • News story
  2. Places of worship scheme open for expressions of interest ahead of religious holidays
    • News story
  3. Home Secretary speech on protecting young people's futures
    • Speech
  4. Stricter laws to tackle terrorism come into force
    • Press release
  5. Home Secretary launches Online Harms White Paper
    • Speech
  6. UK to introduce world first online safety laws
    • Press release
  7. Online Harms White Paper
    • Open consultation
  8. Home Secretary attends G7 and calls for coordination and unity to tackle security threats
    • News story
  9. Windrush Compensation Scheme
    • Oral statement
  10. Home Secretary launches Windrush Compensation Scheme
    • News story
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