The Queen has been pleased to approve the following Ministerial appointments:
Cabinet
Prime Minister, First Lord of the Treasury and Minister for the Civil Service
•The Rt Hon David Cameron MP
Deputy Prime Minister, Lord President of the Council (with special responsibility for political and constitutional reform)
•The Rt Hon Nick Clegg MP
Foreign and Commonwealth Office
•First Secretary of State, Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs – The Rt Hon William Hague MP
•Minister of State – Jeremy Browne MP
•Minister of State – David Lidington MP
•Minister of State – The Rt Hon Lord Howell of Guildford*
•Parliamentary Under Secretary of State – Henry Bellingham MP
•Parliamentary Under Secretary of State – Alistair Burt MP
HM Treasury
•Chancellor of the Exchequer – The Rt Hon George Osborne MP
•Chief Secretary to the Treasury – The Rt Hon Danny Alexander MP
•Financial Secretary – Mark Hoban MP
•Exchequer Secretary – David Gauke MP†
•Economic Secretary – Justine Greening MP†
•Commercial Secretary – Sir James Sassoon‡
Ministry of Justice
•Lord Chancellor, Secretary of State for Justice - The Rt Hon Kenneth Clarke QC MP
•Minister of State – The Rt Hon Lord McNally (and Deputy Leader of the House of Lords)
•Minister of State – Nick Herbert MP (jointly with the Home Office)
•Parliamentary Under Secretary of State – Crispin Blunt MP
•Parliamentary Under Secretary of State – Jonathan Djanogly MP
Home Office
•Secretary of State for the Home Department; and Minister for Women and Equalities – The Rt Hon Theresa May MP
•Minister of State (Minister for Immigration) – Damian Green MP
•Minister of State (Minister for Police) – Nick Herbert MP (jointly with the Ministry of Justice)
•Minister of State (Minister for Security) – Baroness Neville-Jones
•Parliamentary Under Secretary of State – James Brokenshire MP
•Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Minister for Equalities) – Lynne Featherstone MP
Ministry of Defence
•Secretary of State for Defence – The Rt Hon Dr Liam Fox MP
•Minister of State (Minister for the Armed Forces) – Nick Harvey MP
•Parliamentary Under Secretary of State – Gerald Howarth MP
•Parliamentary Under Secretary of State – Andrew Robathan MP
•Peter Luff MP – Parliamentary under Secretary of State
•Lord Astor of Hever DL – Parliamentary under Secretary of State ‡
Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
•Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, and President of the Board of Trade – The Rt Hon Dr Vincent Cable MP
•Minister of State (Minister for Universities and Science) – David Willetts MP**
•Minister of State – John Hayes MP
•Minister of State – Mark Prisk MP
•Parliamentary Under Secretary of State – Edward Davey MP
•Parliamentary Under Secretary of State – The Hon Ed Vaizey MP (jointly with the Department for Culture, Media and Sport)
•Parliamentary Under Secretary of State – Baroness Wilcox
Department for Work and Pensions
•Secretary of State for Work and Pensions – The Rt Hon Iain Duncan Smith MP
•Minister of State – Chris Grayling MP
•Minister of State – Steve Webb MP
•Parliamentary Under Secretary of State – Maria Miller MP
•Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Minister for Welfare Reform) – Lord Freud*
Department of Energy and Climate Change
•Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change – The Rt Hon Chris Huhne MP
•Minister of State – Gregory Barker MP
•Minister of State – Charles Hendry MP
•Parliamentary Under Secretary of State – Lord Marland*
Department of Health
•Secretary of State for Health – The Rt Hon Andrew Lansley CBE MP
•Minister of State – Paul Burstow MP
•Minister of State – Simon Burns MP
•Parliamentary Under Secretary of State – Anne Milton MP
•Parliamentary Under Secretary of State – Earl Howe
Department for Education
•Secretary of State for Education – The Rt Hon Michael Gove MP
•Minister of State – Sarah Teather MP
•Minister of State – Nick Gibb MP
•Parliamentary Under Secretary of State – Tim Loughton MP
•Parliamentary Under Secretary of State – Jonathan Hill
Department for Communities and Local Government
•Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government – The Rt Hon Eric Pickles MP
•Minister of State – Greg Clark MP
•Minister of State – Grant Shapps MP
•Parliamentary Under Secretary of State – Andrew Stunell OBE MP
•Parliamentary Under Secretary of State – Bob Neill MP
•Parliamentary Under Secretary of State – Baroness Hanham CBE
Department for Transport
•Secretary of State for Transport – The Rt Hon Philip Hammond MP
•Minister of State – Theresa Villiers MP
•Parliamentary Under Secretary of State – Norman Baker MP
•Parliamentary Under Secretary of State – Mike Penning MP
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
•Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs – The Rt Hon Caroline Spelman MP
•Minister of State – James Paice MP
•Parliamentary Under Secretary of State – Richard Benyon MP
•Parliamentary Under Secretary of State – Lord Henley
Department for International Development
•Secretary of State for International Development – The Rt Hon Andrew Mitchell MP
•Minister of State – Alan Duncan MP
•Parliamentary Under Secretary of State – Stephen O’Brien MP
Department for Culture, Media and Sport
•Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport – The Rt Hon Jeremy Hunt MP
•Parliamentary Under Secretary of State – John Penrose MP
•Parliamentary Under Secretary of State – Hugh Robertson MP
•Parliamentary Under Secretary of State – The Hon Ed Vaizey MP (jointly with the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills)
Northern Ireland Office
•Secretary of State for Northern Ireland – The Rt Hon Owen Paterson MP
•Minister of State – Hugo Swire MP
Scotland Office
•Secretary of State for Scotland – Michael Moore MP
•Parliamentary Under Secretary of State – David Mundell MP
Wales Office
•Secretary of State for Wales – The Rt Hon Cheryl Gillan MP
•Parliamentary Under Secretary of State – David Jones MP
Minister without Portfolio (Minister of State)
•The Rt Hon Baroness Warsi*
Office of the Leader of the House of Lords
•Leader of the House of Lords, Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster – The Rt Hon Lord Strathclyde
Office of the Leader of the Commons
•Leader of the House of Commons, Lord Privy Seal – The Rt Hon Sir George Young Bt MP**
•Parliamentary Secretary (Deputy Leader) – David Heath CBE MP*
Cabinet Office
•Minister for the Cabinet Office, Paymaster General – The Rt Hon Francis Maude MP**
•Minister of State (providing policy advice to the Prime Minister in the Cabinet Office) – The Rt Hon Oliver Letwin MP**
•Parliamentary Secretary – Mark Harper MP
•Parliamentary Secretary – Nick Hurd MP
Law Officers
•Attorney General – Dominic Grieve QC MP***
•Solicitor General – Edward Garnier QC MP
•Advocate General for Scotland – The Rt Hon Lord Wallace of Tankerness QC
Whips – House of Commons
•Chief Whip (Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasury) – The Rt Hon Patrick McLoughlin MP**
•Deputy Chief Whip (Treasurer of HM Household) – John Randall MP
•Deputy Chief Whip (Comptroller of HM Household) – Alistair Carmichael MP
•Government Whip (Vice Chamberlain of HM Household) – Mark Francois MP
Junior Lords of the Treasury
•Government Whip (Lord Commissioner of HM Treasury) – Michael Fabricant MP
•Government Whip (Lord Commissioner of HM Treasury) – Angela Watkinson MP
•Government Whip (Lord Commissioner of HM Treasury) – Jeremy Wright MP
•Government Whip (Lord Commissioner of HM Treasury) – Brooks Newmark MP*
•Government Whip (Lord Commissioner of HM Treasury) – James Duddridge MP
Assistant Whips
•Assistant Government Whip – Philip Dunne MP*
•Assistant Government Whip – Stephen Crabb MP
•Assistant Government Whip – Robert Goodwill MP
•Assistant Government Whip – Shailesh Vara MP
•Assistant Government Whip – Bill Wiggin MP
•Assistant Government Whip – Chloe Smith MP
•Assistant Government Whip – Norman Lamb MP (and Chief Parliamentary and Political Adviser to the Deputy Prime Minister)
•Assistant Government Whip – Mark Hunter MP
Whips – House of Lords
•Lords Chief Whip (Captain of the Honourable Corps of Gentlemen at Arms) – The Rt Hon Baroness Anelay of St Johns DBE
•Deputy Chief Whip (Captain of The Queen’s Bodyguard of the Yeomen of the Guard) – The Rt Hon Lord Shutt of Greetland OBE
Baronesses and Lords in Waiting
•Baroness in Waiting – Baroness Northover*
•Baroness in Waiting – Baroness Rawlings
•Baroness in Waiting – Baroness Verma
•Lord in Waiting – Earl Attlee
•Lord in Waiting – Lord Astor of Hever DL
•Lord in Waiting – Lord De Mauley TD
•Lord In Waiting – Lord Taylor of Holbeach CBE*
•Lord in Waiting – Lord Wallace of Saltaire*
* unpaid
** attends Cabinet
*** attends Cabinet when Ministerial responsibilities are on the agenda
† paid as a Parliamentary Secretary
‡ unpaid Parliamentary Secretary
The Queen has been pleased to signify Her intention of conferring a peerage of the United Kingdom for Life on:
•Jonathan Hill
•Sir James Sassoon
