Minister of State for Investment

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United Kingdom
Minister of State for Investment
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Poppy Gustafsson at the Council of Nations and Regions meeting 2024.jpg
since 10 October 2024
Department for Business and Trade
Style The Right Honourable
(within the UK and Commonwealth)
Type Minister of the Crown
Status Minister of State
Member of His Majesty's Government
Reports to Secretary of State for Business and Trade
Seat Westminster
NominatorPrime Minister
Appointer The Monarch
(on the advice of the Prime Minister)
Term length At His Majesty's pleasure
Salary£83,048 per annum (2022) [1]
(including £86,584 MP salary) [2]

The Minister of State for Investment is a role in the Department for Business and Trade of His Majesty's Government. The incumbent is Poppy Gustafsson. [3]

Contents

Responsibilities

Responsibilities include: [4]

Ministers of State for Investment

Minister of StateEntered officeLeft officePolitical partyMinistry
Lord Grimstone (cropped).jpg The Lord Grimstone of Boscobel 18 March 20207 July 2022 Conservative Johnson
(II)
Dominic R.A. Johnson.jpg The Lord Johnson of Lainston 2 October 202228 October 2022 Conservative Truss
24 November 20225 July 2024 Conservative Sunak
Poppy Gustafsson at the Council of Nations and Regions meeting 2024.jpg The Baroness Gustafsson 10 October 2024Incumbent Labour Starmer

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References

  1. "Salaries of Members of His Majesty's Government – Financial Year 2022–23" (PDF). 15 December 2022.
  2. "Pay and expenses for MPs". parliament.uk. Retrieved 15 December 2022.
  3. "New investment minister to spearhead bolstered Office for Investment". GOV.UK. Retrieved 2024-10-10.
  4. "Minister of State for Investment - GOV.UK". www.gov.uk. Retrieved 26 December 2023. UKOpenGovernmentLicence.svg Text was copied from this source, which is available under an Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright.