{"id":56827,"date":"2015-05-12T15:54:00","date_gmt":"2015-05-12T15:54:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?guid=3812817390149c4f260b3dabf8adc995"},"modified":"2015-12-03T13:42:53","modified_gmt":"2015-12-03T13:42:53","slug":"press-release-her-majestys-government-12-may-2015-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?p=56827","title":{"rendered":"Press release: Her Majesty&#8217;s Government: December 2015"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Updated:<\/em> Updated to include Baroness Shields is now an unpaid Parliamentary under Secretary of State at the Home Office<\/p>\n<div class=\"govspeak\">\n<p>Following The Queen\u2019s approval of the ministerial appointments and resignations announced since the general election, the government is constituted as follows.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"prime-minister-first-lord-of-the-treasury-and-minister-for-the-civil-service\">Prime Minister, First Lord of the Treasury and Minister for the Civil Service<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Rt Hon David Cameron MP<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2 id=\"hm-treasury\">HM Treasury<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>First Secretary of State*, and Chancellor of the Exchequer \u2013 Rt Hon George Osborne MP<\/li>\n<li>Chief Secretary to the Treasury \u2013 Rt Hon Greg Hands MP**<\/li>\n<li>Financial Secretary \u2013 David Gauke MP<\/li>\n<li>Exchequer Secretary \u2013 Damian Hinds MP \u2020<\/li>\n<li>Economic Secretary \u2013 Harriett Baldwin MP\u2020<\/li>\n<li>Commercial Secretary  \u2013 Lord O\u2019Neill of Gatley*<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2 id=\"home-office\">Home Office<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Secretary of State for the Home Department \u2013 Rt Hon Theresa May MP<\/li>\n<li>Minister of State \u2013 Rt Hon Mike Penning MP (jointly with the Ministry of Justice)<\/li>\n<li>Minister of State \u2013 Rt Hon John Hayes MP<\/li>\n<li>Minister of State \u2013 James Brokenshire MP<\/li>\n<li>Minister of State \u2013 Rt Hon Lord Bates* <\/li>\n<li>Parliamentary Under Secretary of State \u2013 Karen Bradley MP<\/li>\n<li>Parliamentary Under Secretary of State \u2013 Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon (jointly with the Department for Transport)<\/li>\n<li>Parliamentary Under Secretary of State \u2013 Richard Harrington (jointly with Department for Communities and Local Government and Department for International Development)<\/li>\n<li>Parliamentary Under Secretary of State \u2013 Baroness Shields* (jointly with Department for Culture Media and Sport)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2 id=\"foreign-and-commonwealth-office\">Foreign and Commonwealth Office<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs \u2013 Rt Hon Philip Hammond MP<\/li>\n<li>Minister of State \u2013 Rt Hon David Lidington MP<\/li>\n<li>Minister of State \u2013 Rt Hon Hugo Swire MP<\/li>\n<li>Minister of State (Trade and Investment) \u2013 Rt Hon Francis Maude (jointly with the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills) <\/li>\n<li>Minister of State \u2013 Rt Hon Baroness Anelay of St Johns DBE**<\/li>\n<li>Parliamentary Under Secretary of State \u2013 James Duddridge MP <\/li>\n<li>Parliamentary Under Secretary of State \u2013 Tobias Ellwood MP<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2 id=\"ministry-of-justice\">Ministry of Justice<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Lord Chancellor, and Secretary of State for Justice* Rt Hon Michael Gove MP<\/li>\n<li>Minister of State \u2013 Rt Hon Mike Penning MP (jointly with the Home Office)<\/li>\n<li>Minister of State \u2013 Lord Faulks QC <\/li>\n<li>Parliamentary Under Secretary of State \u2013 Shailesh Vara MP (jointly with the Department for Work and Pensions)<\/li>\n<li>Parliamentary Under Secretary of State* \u2013  Andrew Selous MP (and an Assistant Whip (paid))<\/li>\n<li>Parliamentary Under Secretary of State \u2013 Dominic Raab MP<\/li>\n<li>Parliamentary Under Secretary of State \u2013 Caroline Dinenage MP (jointly with the Department for Education)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2 id=\"ministry-of-defence\">Ministry of Defence<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Secretary of State for Defence \u2013 Rt Hon Michael Fallon MP<\/li>\n<li>Minister of State \u2013 Penny Mordaunt MP<\/li>\n<li>Minister of State  \u2013 Philip Dunne MP<\/li>\n<li>Minister of  State \u2013 Rt Hon Earl Howe (and Deputy Leader of the House of Lords)*<\/li>\n<li>Parliamentary Under Secretary of State \u2013 Julian Brazier MP<\/li>\n<li>Parliamentary Under Secretary of State \u2013 Mark Lancaster TD MP<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2 id=\"department-for-work-and-pensions\">Department for Work and Pensions<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Secretary of State for Work and Pensions \u2013 Rt Hon Iain Duncan Smith MP<\/li>\n<li>Minister of State \u2013 Priti Patel MP**<\/li>\n<li>Minister of State \u2013 Lord Freud* <\/li>\n<li>Minister of State \u2013  Baroness Altmann CBE<\/li>\n<li>Parliamentary Under Secretary of State \u2013 Justin Tomlinson MP<\/li>\n<li>Parliamentary Under Secretary of State \u2013 Shailesh Vara MP (jointly with the Ministry of Justice)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2 id=\"department-of-health\">Department of Health<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Secretary of State for Health \u2013 Rt Hon Jeremy Hunt MP<\/li>\n<li>Minister of State \u2013  Rt Hon Alistair Burt MP<\/li>\n<li>Parliamentary Under Secretary of State \u2013 Jane Ellison MP<\/li>\n<li>Parliamentary Under Secretary of State \u2013 George Freeman MP (jointly with the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills)<\/li>\n<li>Parliamentary Under Secretary of State \u2013 Ben Gummer MP<\/li>\n<li>Parliamentary Under Secretary of State \u2013 Lord Prior of Brampton<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2 id=\"office-of-the-leader-of-the-house-of-commons\">Office of the Leader of the House of Commons<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Lord President of the Council, and Leader of the House of Commons \u2013 Rt Hon Chris Grayling MP<\/li>\n<li>Parliamentary Secretary (Deputy Leader of the House of Commons) &#8211; Th\u00e9r\u00e8se Coffey MP<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2 id=\"department-for-international-development\">Department for International Development<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Secretary of State for International Development \u2013 Rt Hon Justine Greening MP<\/li>\n<li>Minister of State \u2013 Rt Hon Desmond Swayne MP<\/li>\n<li>Parliamentary Under Secretary of State \u2013 Baroness Verma<\/li>\n<li>Parliamentary Under Secretary of State \u2013 Nick Hurd MP<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2 id=\"department-for-education\">Department for Education<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Secretary of State for Education, and Minister for Women and Equalities \u2013 Rt Hon Nicky Morgan MP<\/li>\n<li>Minister of State \u2013 Nick Boles MP (jointly with the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills)<\/li>\n<li>Minister of State \u2013 Nick Gibb MP<\/li>\n<li>Minister of State \u2013 Edward Timpson MP<\/li>\n<li>Parliamentary Under Secretary of State \u2013 Lord Nash*<\/li>\n<li>Parliamentary Under Secretary of State \u2013 Sam Gyimah MP <\/li>\n<li>Parliamentary Under Secretary of State \u2013 Caroline Dinenage MP (jointly with the Ministry of Justice)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2 id=\"office-of-the-leader-of-the-house-of-lords\">Office of the Leader of the House of Lords<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Lord Privy Seal,  and Leader of the House of Lords \u2013 Rt Hon Baroness Stowell of Beeston MBE<\/li>\n<li>Deputy Leader of the House of Lords \u2013 Rt Hon Earl Howe (and Minister of State at the Ministry of Defence)*<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2 id=\"department-for-transport\">Department for Transport<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Secretary of State for Transport \u2013 Rt Hon Patrick McLoughlin MP<\/li>\n<li>Parliamentary Under Secretary of State \u2013 Robert Goodwill MP<\/li>\n<li>Parliamentary Under Secretary of State \u2013 Claire Perry MP<\/li>\n<li>Parliamentary Under Secretary of State \u2013 Andrew Jones MP<\/li>\n<li>Parliamentary Under Secretary of State \u2013 Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon (jointly with the Home Office)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2 id=\"department-for-business-innovation-and-skills\">Department for Business, Innovation and Skills<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, and President of the Board of Trade \u2013 Rt Hon Sajid Javid MP<\/li>\n<li>Minister of State (Trade and Investment) \u2013 Rt Hon Francis Maude (jointly with the Foreign and Commonwealth Office)<\/li>\n<li>Minister of State \u2013 Rt Hon Anna Soubry MP**<\/li>\n<li>Minister of State \u2013 Nick Boles MP (jointly with the Department for Education)<\/li>\n<li>Minister of State \u2013 Ed Vaizey MP (jointly with the Department for Culture, Media and Sport)<\/li>\n<li>Minister of State \u2013 Jo Johnson MP<\/li>\n<li>Parliamentary Under Secretary of State \u2013 George Freeman MP (jointly with the Department of Health)<\/li>\n<li>Parliamentary Under Secretary of State \u2013 Baroness Neville-Rolfe DBE (jointly with the Department for Culture, Media and Sport)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2 id=\"northern-ireland-office\">Northern Ireland Office<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Secretary of State for Northern Ireland \u2013 Rt Hon Theresa Villiers MP<\/li>\n<li>Parliamentary Under Secretary of State \u2013 Ben Wallace MP<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2 id=\"department-for-environment-food-and-rural-affairs\">Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs \u2013 Rt Hon Elizabeth Truss MP<\/li>\n<li>Minister of State \u2013 George Eustice MP<\/li>\n<li>Parliamentary Under Secretary of State \u2013 Rory Stewart OBE MP<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2 id=\"department-for-communities-and-local-government\">Department for Communities and Local Government<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government  \u2013 Rt Hon Greg Clark MP<\/li>\n<li>Minister of State \u2013 Brandon Lewis MP<\/li>\n<li>Minister of State \u2013 Mark Francois MP <\/li>\n<li>Parliamentary Under Secretary of State \u2013 James Wharton MP <\/li>\n<li>Parliamentary Under Secretary of State \u2013 Marcus Jones MP <\/li>\n<li>Parliamentary Under Secretary of State \u2013 Baroness Williams of Trafford <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2 id=\"wales-office\">Wales Office<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Secretary of State for Wales \u2013  Rt Hon Stephen Crabb MP <\/li>\n<li>Parliamentary Under Secretary of State* \u2013 Alun Cairns MP (and Government Whip (paid))<\/li>\n<li>Parliamentary Under Secretary of State* \u2013 Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth (jointly with the Department for Energy and Climate Change) (and Lord in Waiting (paid))<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2 id=\"cabinet-office\">Cabinet Office<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, in overall charge of the Cabinet Office \u2013 Rt Hon Oliver Letwin MP<\/li>\n<li>Paymaster General, and Minister for the Cabinet Office  \u2013 Rt Hon Matt Hancock MP**<\/li>\n<li>Parliamentary Secretary \u2013 Rob Wilson MP<\/li>\n<li>Parliamentary Secretary* \u2013 John Penrose MP (and Government Whip (paid))<\/li>\n<li>Parliamentary Secretary \u2013 Lord Bridges of Headley<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2 id=\"department-for-culture-media-and-sport\">Department for Culture, Media and Sport<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport \u2013 Rt Hon John Whittingdale OBE MP<\/li>\n<li>Minister of State \u2013 Ed Vaizey MP (jointly with the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills)<\/li>\n<li>Parliamentary Under Secretary of State \u2013 Baroness Neville-Rolfe DBE CMG (jointly with the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills)<\/li>\n<li>Parliamentary Under Secretary of State \u2013 Tracey Crouch MP <\/li>\n<li>Parliamentary Under Secretary of State \u2013 Baroness Shields*  (jointly with the Home Office)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2 id=\"scotland-office\">Scotland Office<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Secretary of State for Scotland \u2013 Rt Hon David Mundell MP<\/li>\n<li>Parliamentary Under Secretary of State \u2013 Lord Dunlop <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2 id=\"department-of-energy-and-climate-change\">Department of Energy and Climate Change<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change \u2013 Rt Hon Amber Rudd MP<\/li>\n<li>Minister of State \u2013 Andrea Leadsom MP <\/li>\n<li>Parliamentary Under Secretary of State* \u2013 Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth (jointly with the Wales Office) (and Lord in Waiting (paid))<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2 id=\"minister-without-portfolio-minister-of-state\">Minister without Portfolio (Minister of State)<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Robert Halfon MP* and **<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2 id=\"law-officers\">Law Officers<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Attorney General \u2013  Jeremy Wright MP**<\/li>\n<li>Solicitor General \u2013 Robert Buckland MP <\/li>\n<li>Advocate General for Scotland \u2013 Richard Keen QC<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2 id=\"whips--house-of-commons\">Whips \u2013 House of Commons<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasury (Chief Whip) \u2013 Rt Hon Mark Harper MP** <\/li>\n<li>Treasurer of HM Household (Deputy Chief Whip) \u2013  Rt Hon Anne Milton MP<\/li>\n<li>Comptroller of HM Household (Government Whip) \u2013 Gavin Barwell MP<\/li>\n<li>Vice Chamberlain of HM Household (Government Whip) \u2013 Kris Hopkins MP<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2 id=\"junior-lords-of-the-treasury\">Junior Lords of the Treasury<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Government Whip (Lord Commissioner of HM Treasury) \u2013 Rt Hon David Evennett MP<\/li>\n<li>Government Whip (Lord Commissioner of HM Treasury) \u2013 John Penrose MP (and a Parliamentary Secretary at the Cabinet Office*)<\/li>\n<li>Government Whip (Lord Commissioner of HM Treasury) \u2013 Alun Cairns MP (and a Parliamentary Under Secretary of State at the Wales Office*)<\/li>\n<li>Government Whip (Lord Commissioner of HM Treasury) \u2013 Mel Stride MP<\/li>\n<li>Government Whip (Lord Commissioner of HM Treasury) \u2013 Charlie Elphicke MP  <\/li>\n<li>Government Whip (Lord Commissioner of HM Treasury) \u2013 George Hollingbery MP*  <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2 id=\"assistant-whips\">Assistant Whips<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Assistant Government Whip \u2013 Margot James MP*<\/li>\n<li>Assistant Government Whip \u2013 Julian Smith MP<\/li>\n<li>Assistant Government Whip \u2013 Guy Opperman MP 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