Minister of State for Security
(Redirected from Minister for Security)
| United Kingdom Minister of State for Security | |
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since 6 July 2024 | |
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| Style | Security Minister (informal) The Right Honourable (within the UK and Commonwealth) |
| Type | Minister of the Crown |
| Status | Minister of State |
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| Reports to | |
| Seat | Westminster |
| Nominator | Prime Minister |
| Appointer | The Monarch (on the advice of the Prime Minister) |
| Term length | At His Majesty's pleasure |
| Formation |
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| First holder | Beverley Hughes as Minister of State for Citizenship, Immigration and Counter Terrorism |
| Salary | £115,824 per annum (2022)[1] (including £86,584 MP salary)[2] |
| Website | gov.uk |
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The minister of state for security is a senior 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 Dan Jarvis who was appointed by Keir Starmer in July 2024. Jarvis had previous shadowed the role before the 2024 General Election.
In a cabinet reshuffle on 15 September 2021, the ministerial title changed to Minister of State for Security and Borders.[3]
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.
The office is shadowed by the Shadow Minister for Security who sits on the Official Opposition frontbench.[4]
Ministers
[edit | edit source]| Name | Portrait | Term of office | Political party | PM | Home Sec. | |||
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| Minister of State for Citizenship, Immigration and Counter Terrorism | ||||||||
| Beverley Hughes[5] | File:Beverley Hughes 3.jpg | 29 May 2002 | 1 April 2004 | Labour | Blair | Blunkett | ||
| Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Policing, Security and Community Safety | ||||||||
| Hazel Blears[6] | File:Official photograph of Hazel Blears MP (cropped).jpg | 13 June 2003 | 5 May 2006 | Labour | Blair | |||
| Minister of State for Security, Counter-Terrorism, Crime and Policing | ||||||||
| Tony McNulty | File:McNulty bus.jpg | 5 May 2006 | 3 October 2008 | Labour | ||||
| Minister of State for Policing, Crime and Security | ||||||||
| Vernon Coaker[7] | File:Official portrait of Vernon Coaker crop 2.jpg | 3 October 2008 | 3 June 2009 | Labour | Brown | Smith | ||
| Minister of State for Security, Counter-Terrorism, Crime and Policing | ||||||||
| David Hanson | File:David Hanson 2.jpg | 10 June 2009 | 11 May 2010 | Labour | Brown | Johnson | ||
| Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Security and Counter-Terrorism | ||||||||
| Admiral The Lord West of Spithead | File:Admiral Sir Alan West (cropped).jpg | 28 June 2007 | 12 May 2010 | Labour | Brown | |||
| Minister of State for Security and Counter-Terrorism | ||||||||
| The Baroness Neville-Jones[8][9] | File:Official portrait of Baroness Neville-Jones crop 2.jpg | 12 May 2010 | 9 May 2011 | Conservative | Cameron | May | ||
| Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Crime and Security | ||||||||
| James Brokenshire[10] | File:JamesBrokenshireHomeOffice.jpg | 9 May 2011 | 8 February 2014 | Conservative | Cameron | May | ||
| Minister of State for Security and Immigration | ||||||||
| James Brokenshire[11] | File:James Brokenshire 2015.jpg | 8 February 2014 | 14 July 2016 | Conservative | Cameron | May | ||
| Minister of State for Security | ||||||||
| John Hayes | File:John Hayes MP 2015.jpg | 8 May 2015 | 15 July 2016 | Conservative | Cameron | May | ||
| Minister of State for Security and Economic Crime | ||||||||
| Ben Wallace | File:Official portrait of Mr Ben Wallace crop 2.jpg | 17 July 2016 | 24 July 2019 | Conservative | May | |||
| Minister of State for Security and Deputy for Brexit | ||||||||
| Brandon Lewis[a] | File:Official portrait of Rt Hon Brandon Lewis MP crop 2.jpg | 24 July 2019 | 13 February 2020 | Conservative | Johnson | Patel | ||
| Minister of State for Security | ||||||||
| James Brokenshire | File:Official portrait of Rt Hon James Brokenshire MP crop 2.jpg | 13 February 2020 | 7 July 2021 | Conservative | Johnson | Patel | ||
| Minister of State for Security and Borders | ||||||||
| Damian Hinds | File:Official portrait of Damian Hinds MP crop 2.jpg | 13 August 2021 | 7 July 2022 | Conservative | Johnson | Patel | ||
| Minister of State for Security | ||||||||
| Stephen McPartland | File:Official portrait of Stephen McPartland crop 2.jpg | 7 July 2022 | 6 September 2022 | Conservative | Johnson | Patel | ||
| Tom Tugendhat[a] | File:Tom Tugendhat Official Cabinet Portrait, September 2022 (cropped).jpg | 6 September 2022 | 5 July 2024 | Conservative | ||||
| Dan Jarvis | File:Dan Jarvis official portrait 2024.jpg | 6 July 2024 | Incumbent | Labour | Starmer | Cooper | ||
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