List of government ministers of the United Kingdom

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The following is a list of ministerial offices in the Government of the United Kingdom. The highest ranking ministers are Cabinet ministers or also attend Cabinet.

Contents

Prime Minister's Office

Former positions

Deputy Prime Minister's Office

Cabinet Office

Government Equalities Office

Former positions

Cabinet Office

Government Equalities Office

Defence ministers

Ministry of Defence

Former positions

Ministry of Defence

National Government/War Cabinet Ministers

War Office

His Majesty's Treasury

Former positions

Department of Economic Affairs

Foreign Affairs ministers

Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Former positions

India Office and Burma Office

Department for Exiting the European Union

Department for International Development

Justice ministers

Ministry of Justice

Former positions

Ministry of Justice

Department for Constitutional Affairs

Lord Chancellor's Department

Home affairs ministers

Home Office

Former positions

Home Office

Health ministers

Department of Health and Social Care

Former positions

Department of Health

Business and trade ministers

Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Department for International Trade

Former positions

Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform

Department for Business, Innovation and Skills

Department of Trade and Industry

Ministry of Technology

Education ministers

Department for Education (2010–present)

Former positions

Department for Education (2010–present)

Department for Children, Schools and Families (2007–2010)

Department for Education and Skills (2001–2007)

Work and Pensions ministers

Department for Work and Pensions

Former positions

Department of Social Security

Department for Work and Pensions

Environment ministers

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Former positions

Transport ministers

Department for Transport

Former positions

Local and devolved government

Welsh Office

Scotland Office

Northern Ireland Office

Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Former positions

Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Culture and media ministers

Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Former positions

Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Post Office

Secretaries of State

Parliamentary leadership

House of Commons

House of Lords

Whips

House of Commons

House of Lords

Law officers

Former positions

Sinecures

Notes

  1. The Prime Minister has concurrently served as First Lord of the Treasury since 1902, Minister for the Civil Service since 1968 and Minister for the Union since 2019.
  2. 1 2 Secretary of State for Justice and Lord Chancellor have been held jointly since 2007.
  3. 1 2 Secretary of State for International Trade and President of the Board of Trade have been held jointly since 2016.
  4. The Attorney General for England and Wales has concurrently served as Advocate General for Northern Ireland since 2010.

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References

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