Minister of State for Security
| United Kingdom Minister of State for Security | |
|---|---|
_(St_Edwards_Crown).svg) | |
.svg) | |
| Home Office | |
| Style | The Right Honourable (Formal prefix) Security Minister (Informal) |
| Reports to | The Home Secretary |
| Seat | Westminster, London |
| Appointer | The British Monarch on advice of the Prime Minister |
| Term length | At His Majesty's pleasure |
| Inaugural holder | Beverley Hughes |
| Formation | 29 May 2002 |
| Website | gov.uk |
The minister of state for security is a ministerial position in the government of the United Kingdom, falling under the Home Office. The post was created by then-Prime Minister Gordon Brown on 3 June 2009 by splitting the now-defunct post of the minister for security, counter-terrorism, crime and policing between this post (then called Minister for Security and Counter-Terrorism) and the new post of Minister for Crime and Policing.
The current incumbent is Tom Tugendhat, appointed by Liz Truss in 2022. He previously served as Chair of the Foreign Affairs Select Committee from 2017 to 2022. Tugendhat continued in his post under the Sunak ministry that succeeded the short-lived Truss ministry.
In a cabinet reshuffle on 15 September 2021, the ministerial title changed to Minister of State for Security and Borders.[1]
The post is generally seen as one of the most senior Minister of State positions, and as such its holder is often invited to attend cabinet meetings.
Ministers
| Name (portfolio) |
Portrait | Term of office | Political party | PM | Home Sec. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beverley Hughes (Citizenship, Immigration and Counter Terrorism)[2] |
|
29 May 2002 | 1 April 2004 | Labour | Blair | Blunkett | ||
| Hazel Blears (Crime Reduction, Policing, Community Safety and Counter-Terrorism)[3] |
|
13 June 2003 | 6 May 2005 | Labour | ||||
| Hazel Blears (Policing, Security and Community Safety)[3] |
6 May 2005 | 5 May 2006 | Clarke | |||||
| Tony McNulty (Security, Counter-Terrorism, Crime and Policing) |
|
5 May 2006 | 3 October 2008 | Labour | Reid | |||
| Brown | Smith | |||||||
| Vernon Coaker (Policing, Crime and Security)[4] |
|
3 October 2008 | 3 June 2009 | Labour | ||||
| David Hanson (Security, Counter-Terrorism, Crime and Policing) |
|
10 June 2009 | 11 May 2010 | Labour | Johnson | |||
| Admiral The Lord West of Spithead (Security and Counter-Terrorism) |
.jpg)
|
28 June 2007 | 12 May 2010 | Labour | ||||
| The Baroness Neville-Jones (Security and Counter-Terrorism)[5][6] |
|
12 May 2010 | 9 May 2011 | Conservative | Cameron | May | ||
| James Brokenshire[7] (Crime and Security, Security and Immigration)[8] |
|
9 May 2011 | 8 May 2015 | Conservative | ||||
| John Hayes (Security) |
|
8 May 2015 | 15 July 2016 | Conservative | ||||
| Ben Wallace (Security and Economic Crime) |
|
17 July 2016 | 24 July 2019 | Conservative | May | Rudd | ||
| Javid | ||||||||
| Brandon Lewis (Security and Deputy for Brexit) Also attends Cabinet |
|
24 July 2019 | 13 February 2020 | Conservative | Johnson | Patel | ||
| James Brokenshire (Security) |
|
13 February 2020 | 7 July 2021 | Conservative | ||||
| Damian Hinds (Security and Borders) |
|
13 August 2021 | 7 July 2022 | Conservative | ||||
| Stephen McPartland (Security) |
|
7 July 2022 | 6 September 2022 | Conservative | ||||
| Tom Tugendhat (Security) Also attends Cabinet |
|
6 September 2022 | Incumbent | Conservative | Truss | Braverman | ||
| Shapps | ||||||||
| Sunak | Braverman | |||||||
References
- ^ "Ministerial appointments: September 2021". GOV.UK. 16 September 2021. Retrieved 17 September 2021.
- ^ "Baroness Hughes of Stretford - Parliamentary Career". Archived from the original on 2010-12-27.
- ^ a b "Hazel Blears - Parliamentary Career". Archived from the original on 2011-12-21.
- ^ "Vernon Coaker - Parliamentary Career". Archived from the original on 2011-10-11.
- ^ "Home Office".
- ^ Page 40 Archived 2012-04-02 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Johnson, Wesley (12 May 2011). "James Brokenshire takes on security role". Independent. Archived from the original on 2022-05-15. Retrieved 12 May 2011.
- ^ Home Office: Our Ministers
.svg)