The Queen has been pleased to approve the following ministerial appointments:

• Brandon Lewis MP as Minister of State for Policing and the Fire Service at the Home Office
• Rt Hon Matt Hancock MP as Minister of State responsible for digital policy at the Department for Culture, Media and Sport
• Jane Ellison MP as Financial Secretary to the Treasury
• Jo Johnson MP as joint Minister of State at the Department for Education and the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, leading on universities and science
• Rt Hon John Hayes as Minister of State at the Department for Transport
• Damian Hinds MP as Minister of State for the Department of Work and Pensions
• Rt Hon Greg Hands MP as Minister of State in the Department for International Trade
• Robert Goodwill MP as Minister of State for immigration in the Home Office

The following ministers have left the government:

• Ed Vaizey MP

No further ministerial announcements will be made this evening.