Ministerial appointments: September 2021

Published By GOV.UK [English], Wed, Sep 15, 2021 6:37 AM


This news story will be updated as details are announced.

Prime Minister, First Lord of the Treasury, Minister for the Civil Service, and Minister for the Union

Rt Hon Boris Johnson MP

HM Treasury

Chancellor of the Exchequer – Rt Hon Rishi Sunak MP

Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, and Minister for Women and Equalities – Rt Hon Elizabeth Truss MP

Home Office

Secretary of State for the Home Department – Rt Hon Priti Patel MP

Cabinet Office

Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office – Rt Hon Stephen Barclay MP

Minister of State – The Rt Hon Lord Frost CMG

COP26 President – Rt Hon Alok Sharma MP

Minister without Portfolio – Rt Hon Oliver Dowden CBE MP

Ministry of Justice

Deputy Prime Minister, Lord Chancellor, and Secretary of State for Justice – Rt Hon Dominic Raab MP

Ministry of Defence

Secretary of State for Defence – Rt Hon Ben Wallace MP

Department for International Trade

Secretary of State for International Trade, and President of the Board of Trade – Rt Hon Anne-Marie Trevelyan MP

Department of Health and Social Care

Secretary of State for Health and Social Care – The Rt Hon Sajid Javid

Department for Work and Pensions

Secretary of State for Work and Pensions – Rt Hon Dr Thérèse Coffey MP

Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy – Rt Hon Kwasi Kwarteng MP

Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government – Rt Hon Michael Gove MP

Department for Education

Secretary of State for Education – Nadhim Zahawi MP

Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport – Nadine Dorries MP

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs – Rt Hon George Eustice MP

Department for Transport

Secretary of State for Transport – Rt Hon Grant Shapps MP

Northern Ireland Office

Secretary of State for Northern Ireland – Rt Hon Brandon Lewis CBE MP

Scotland Office

Secretary of State for Scotland – Rt Hon Alister Jack MP

Wales Office

Secretary of State for Wales – Rt Hon Simon Hart MP

Office of the Leader of the House of Lords

Lord Privy Seal, and Leader of the House of Lords – Rt Hon Baroness Evans of Bowes Park

Whips – House of Commons

Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasury (Chief Whip) – Rt Hon Mark Spencer MP

The following have left the government:

Rt Hon Gavin Williamson CBE MP – previously Secretary of State for Education

Rt Hon Robert Jenrick MP – previously Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government

Rt Hon Robert Buckland QC MP – previously Lord Chancellor, and Secretary of State for Justice

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