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Her Majesty’s Government – July 2016

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

  • Rt Hon Theresa May MP**

HM Treasury

  • Chancellor of the Exchequer – Rt Hon Philip Hammond MP**
  • Chief Secretary to the Treasury – Rt Hon David Gauke MP***
  • Financial Secretary – Jane Ellison MP
  • Economic Secretary – Simon Kirby MP†
  • Commercial Secretary – Lord O’Neill of Gatley*

Home Office

  • Secretary of State for the Home Department – Rt Hon Amber Rudd MP**
  • Minister of State – Brandon Lewis MP
  • Minister of State – Ben Wallace MP
  • Minister of State – Robert Goodwill MP
  • Minister of State – Baroness Williams of Trafford
  • Parliamentary Under Secretary of State – Sarah Newton MP
  • Parliamentary Under Secretary of State – Baroness Shields OBE (jointly with the Department for Culture, Media and Sport)*

Foreign and Commonwealth Office

  • Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs – Rt Hon Boris Johnson MP**
  • Minister of State – Rt Hon Sir Alan Duncan MP
  • Minister of State – Rt Hon Baroness Anelay of St Johns DBE (jointly with the Department for International Development)
  • Parliamentary Under Secretary of State – Tobias Ellwood MP
  • Parliamentary Under Secretary of State – Alok Sharma MP

Ministry of Defence

  • Secretary of State for Defence – Rt Hon Michael Fallon MP**
  • Minister of State – Mike Penning MP
  • Minister of State – Rt Hon Earl Howe (and Deputy Leader of the House of Lords)*
  • Parliamentary Under Secretary of State – Mark Lancaster TD MP
  • Parliamentary Under Secretary of State – Harriett Baldwin MP

Ministry of Justice

  • Lord Chancellor, and Secretary of State for Justice* – Rt Hon Elizabeth Truss MP**
  • Minister of State – Sir Oliver Heald QC MP
  • Parliamentary Under Secretary of State – Sam Gyimah MP
  • Parliamentary Under Secretary of State – Phillip Lee MP

Department for Education

  • Secretary of State for Education, and Minister for Women and Equalities – Rt Hon Justine Greening MP**
  • Minister of State – Jo Johnson MP (jointly with the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy)
  • Minister of State – Nick Gibb MP
  • Minister of State – Edward Timpson MP
  • Minister of State – Rt Hon Robert Halfon MP
  • Parliamentary Under Secretary of State – Lord Nash*
  • Parliamentary Under Secretary of State – Caroline Dinenage MP

Department for Exiting the European Union

  • Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union – Rt Hon David Davis MP**
  • Minister of State – Rt Hon David Jones MP
  • Parliamentary Under Secretary of State – Lord Bridges of Headley MBE
  • Parliamentary Under Secretary of State – Robin Walker MP

Department for International Trade

  • Secretary of State for International Trade, and President of the Board of Trade – Rt Hon Liam Fox MP**
  • Minister of State – Lord Price CVO
  • Minister of State – Rt Hon Greg Hands MP
  • Parliamentary Under Secretary of State – Mark Garnier MP

Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

  • Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy – Rt Hon Greg Clark MP**
  • Minister of State – Jo Johnson MP (jointly with the Department for Education)
  • Minister of State – Nick Hurd MP
  • Minister of State – Baroness Neville-Rolfe DBE CMG
  • Parliamentary Under Secretary of State – Margot James MP
  • Parliamentary Under Secretary of State – Jesse Norman MP

Department of Health

  • Secretary of State for Health – Rt Hon Jeremy Hunt MP**
  • Minister of State – Philip Dunne MP
  • Parliamentary Under Secretary of State – Nicola Blackwood MP
  • Parliamentary Under Secretary of State – David Mowat MP
  • Parliamentary Under Secretary of State – Lord Prior of Brampton

Department for Work and Pensions

  • Secretary of State for Work and Pensions – Rt Hon Damian Green MP**
  • Minister of State – Penny Mordaunt MP
  • Minister of State – Damian Hinds MP
  • Minister of State – Lord Freud*
  • Parliamentary Under Secretary of State – Caroline Nokes MP
  • Parliamentary Under Secretary of State – Richard Harrington MP

Department for Transport

  • Secretary of State for Transport – Rt Hon Chris Grayling MP**
  • Minister of State – Rt Hon John Hayes MP
  • Parliamentary Under Secretary of State – Paul Maynard MP
  • Parliamentary Under Secretary of State – Andrew Jones MP
  • Parliamentary Under Secretary of State – Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon

Department for Communities and Local Government

  • Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government – Rt Hon Sajid Javid MP**
  • Minister of State – Gavin Barwell MP
  • Parliamentary Under Secretary of State – Andrew Percy MP
  • Parliamentary Under Secretary of State – Marcus Jones MP
  • Parliamentary Under Secretary of State – Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth (jointly with the Wales Office)

Office of the Leader of the House of Commons

  • Lord President of the Council, and Leader of the House of Commons – Rt Hon David Lidington MP**
  • Parliamentary Secretary (Deputy Leader of the House of Commons) * – Michael Ellis MP (and Assistant Whip (paid))

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**
  • Deputy Leader of the House of Lords – Rt Hon Earl Howe (and Minister of State at the Ministry of Defence)*

Scotland Office

  • Secretary of State for Scotland – Rt Hon David Mundell MP**
  • Parliamentary Under Secretary of State – Lord Dunlop (jointly with the Northern Ireland Office)

Wales Office

  • Secretary of State for Wales – Rt Hon Alun Cairns MP**
  • Parliamentary Under Secretary of State* – Guto Bebb MP (and Government Whip (paid))
  • Parliamentary Under Secretary of State – Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth (jointly with the Department for Communities and Local Government)

Northern Ireland Office

  • Secretary of State for Northern Ireland – Rt Hon James Brokenshire MP**
  • Parliamentary Under Secretary of State – Kris Hopkins MP
  • Parliamentary Under Secretary of State – Lord Dunlop (jointly with the Scotland Office)

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

  • Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs – Rt Hon Andrea Leadsom MP**
  • Minister of State – George Eustice MP
  • Parliamentary Under Secretary of State – Thérèse Coffey MP
  • Parliamentary Under Secretary of State – Lord Gardiner of Kimble

Department for International Development

  • Secretary of State for International Development – Rt Hon Priti Patel MP**
  • Minister of State – Rory Stewart OBE MP
  • Minister of State – Rt Hon Baroness Anelay of St Johns DBE (jointly with the Foreign and Commonwealth Office)
  • Parliamentary Under Secretary of State – James Wharton MP

Department for Culture, Media and Sport

  • Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport – Rt Hon Karen Bradley MP**
  • Minister of State – Rt Hon Matt Hancock MP
  • Parliamentary Under Secretary of State – Tracey Crouch MP
  • Parliamentary Under Secretary of State – Rob Wilson MP
  • Parliamentary Under Secretary of State – Baroness Shields OBE (jointly with the Home Office)*
  • Parliamentary Under Secretary of State* – Lord Ashton of Hyde (and a Lord in Waiting (paid))

Cabinet Office

  • Paymaster General, and Minister for the Cabinet Office – Rt Hon Ben Gummer MP***
  • Parliamentary Secretary – Chris Skidmore MP

Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster* (and Conservative Party Chair) – Rt Hon Patrick McLoughlin MP***

Law Officers

  • Attorney General – Jeremy Wright MP***
  • Solicitor General – Robert Buckland MP
  • Advocate General for Scotland – Lord Keen of Elie QC

Whips – House of Commons

  • Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasury (Chief Whip) – Rt Hon Gavin Williamson MP***
  • Treasurer of HM Household (Deputy Chief Whip) – Rt Hon Anne Milton MP
  • Comptroller of HM Household (Government Whip) – Mel Stride MP
  • Vice Chamberlain of HM Household (Government Whip) – Julian Smith MP

Junior Lords of the Treasury

  • Government Whip (Lord Commissioner of HM Treasury) – David Evennett MP
  • Government Whip (Lord Commissioner of HM Treasury) – Guto Bebb MP (and a Parliamentary Under Secretary of State at the Wales Office*)
  • Government Whip (Lord Commissioner of HM Treasury) – Stephen Barclay MP
  • Government Whip (Lord Commissioner of HM Treasury) – Guy Opperman MP
  • Government Whip (Lord Commissioner of HM Treasury) – Robert Syms MP
  • Government Whip (Lord Commissioner of HM Treasury) – Andrew Griffiths MP*

Assistant Whips

  • Assistant Government Whip – Jackie Doyle-Price MP
  • Assistant Government Whip – Graham Stuart MP
  • Assistant Government Whip – Heather Wheeler MP
  • Assistant Government Whip – Chris Heaton-Harris MP
  • Assistant Government Whip – Mark Spencer MP
  • Assistant Government Whip – Christopher Pincher MP
  • Assistant Government Whip – Steve Brine MP*
  • Assistant Government Whip – Michael Ellis MP (and a Parliamentary Secretary in the Office of the Leader of the Commons*)

Whips – House of Lords

  • Captain of the Honourable Corps of Gentlemen at Arms (Lords Chief Whip) – Rt Hon Lord Taylor of Holbeach CBE
  • Captain of The Queen’s Bodyguard of the Yeomen of the Guard (Deputy Chief Whip) – Earl of Courtown

Baronesses and Lords in Waiting

  • Baroness in Waiting – Baroness Chisholm of Owlpen
  • Baroness in Waiting – Baroness Goldie DL
  • Baroness in Waiting – Baroness Mobarik CBE
  • Lord in Waiting – Lord Ashton of Hyde (and a Parliamentary Under Secretary of State at the Department for Culture, Media and Sport*)
  • Lord in Waiting – Viscount Younger of Leckie

Other appointments

  • Baroness Chisholm of Owlpen as spokesperson on Cabinet Office business in the House of Lords
  • Lord Keen of Elie QC as spokesperson on Ministry of Justice business in the House of Lords
  • Lord Younger of Leckie as spokesperson on Higher Education business in the House of Lords.
  • George Hollingbery MP as the Prime Minister’s Parliamentary Private Secretary