Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Prisons and Probation

Sam Gyimah MP

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Biography

Sam Gyimah was appointed as Parliamentary Under Secretary of State at the Ministry of Justice on 17 July 2016. He was elected the Conservative MP for East Surrey in 2010.

Education

He studied philosophy, politics and economics at Somerville College, Oxford.

Political career

Sam was:

• Parliamentary Under Secretary of State at the Department for Education from May 2015 until July 2016
• Parliamentary Secretary at the Cabinet Office from July 2014 until March 2015
• a Government Whip from October 2013 to July 2014
• Parliamentary Private Secretary to Prime Minister David Cameron from 2012 to 2013
• a member of the International Development Select Committee from 2011 to 2012
• a member of the Speaker’s Committee on the Electoral Commission 2010 to 2012

Career outside politics

Sam spent 5 years working for Goldman Sachs and then went on to help build and develop a number of small businesses in the training, recruitment and internet sectors.

Personal life

Sam is married and has 2 children.

Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Prisons and Probation

The Parliamentary Under Secretary of State’s responsibilities include:

• prison operations
• prison reform
• probation services
• probation reform
• prison and probation industrial relations
• foreign national offenders
• extremism
• electronic monitoring
• public protections, including the Parole Board, imprisonment for public protection sentences and serious further offences
• Civil Liability Bill

More about this role

Ministry of Justice

Previous roles in government

1. Parliamentary Secretary (Minister for the Constitution)

   • 2014 to 2015

2. Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Childcare and Education

   • 2014 to 2016

3. Government Whip, Lord Commissioner of HM Treasury

   • 2013 to 2014

Announcements

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1. Prisons Minister visits new graduate recruits as prison officer recruitment reaches record high

   • 22 August 2017
   • News story

2. Crackdown on drugs, drones and mobile phones in prisons

   • 9 July 2017
   • Press release

3. Probation Champion and Prison Officer of the Year 2017 Awards

   • 23 June 2017
   • Press release

4. New squad formed to tackle drone threat to prisons

   • 17 April 2017
   • Press release

5. Justice update

   • 28 March 2017
   • Statement to Parliament

6. Prison Minister Sam Gyimah’s speech at the IMB National Conference

   • 14 March 2017
   • Speech

7. Prisons minister visits staff at HMP YOI Winchester to hear concerns from the frontline

   • 3 February 2017
   • Press release

8. Huge response to dangerous driving proposals

   • 2 February 2017
   • Press release

9. Thousands officially pardoned under 'Turing's Law'

   • 31 January 2017
   • Press release

10. Justice minister opens Timpson’s training academy for female prisoners

    • 12 January 2017
    • Press release

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