Minister of State for Policing, Fire and Crime Prevention

United Kingdom Minister of State for Policing and Crime Prevention
Royal Arms of His Majesty's Government
Incumbent Diana Johnson since 8 July 2024
Home Office
Appointer	The British Monarch on advice of the Prime Minister
Website	https://www.gov.uk/government/ministers/minister-of-state--181

The Minister of State for Policing and Crime Prevention ^[1] is a ministerial position held at the Home Office in the Government of the United Kingdom. ^{[2] [3] [4]} Holders of this office have previously held additional responsibilities such as for security, counter-terrorism and the fire service. The post had responsibility for the fire service from January 2016 to July 2019, from August 2019 to February 2020, and since September 2022.

This role was created by the splitting of the now-defunct office of the Minister for Security, Counter-Terrorism, Crime and Policing into two new ministerial posts: Security & Counter-Terrorism and Crime & Policing.

The previous minister was Chris Philp, who served from 26 October 2022 until 5 July 2024. The current holder, following the 2024 general election, is Dame Diana Johnson of the Labour Party.

Responsibilities

The Minister’s responsibilities are: ^[5]

• Policing standards and governance
• Neighbourhood policing
• Public order, major events, and civil contingencies
• Criminal justice system
• Young Futures
• Safer Streets

Ministers

Name		Portrait	Term of office		Political party	P.M.
Minister of State for Policing
	John Denham [6]		11 June 2001	13 June 2003	Labour	Tony Blair
Minister of State for Policing, Security and Community Safety
	Hazel Blears [7]		13 June 2003	5 May 2006	Labour	Tony Blair
Minister of State for Security, Counter-Terrorism, Crime and Policing
	Tony McNulty [8]		5 May 2006	3 October 2008	Labour	Tony Blair Gordon Brown
Minister of State for Policing, Crime and Security
	Vernon Coaker [9]		3 October 2008	3 June 2009	Labour	Gordon Brown
Minister of State for Security, Counter-Terrorism, Crime and Policing
	David Hanson [10]		10 June 2009	11 May 2010	Labour	Gordon Brown
Minister of State for Policing and Criminal Justice
	Nick Herbert		13 May 2010	4 September 2012	Conservative	David Cameron
	Damian Green		4 September 2012	15 July 2014	Conservative
Minister of State for Policing
	Mike Penning		15 July 2014	16 July 2016	Conservative	David Cameron
Minister of State for Policing and the Fire Service
	Brandon Lewis		16 July 2016	12 June 2017	Conservative	Theresa May
	Nick Hurd		12 June 2017	25 July 2019	Conservative
Minister of State for Crime, Policing and the Fire Service
	Kit Malthouse		25 July 2019	13 February 2020	Conservative	Boris Johnson
Minister of State for Crime and Policing
	Kit Malthouse		13 February 2020	7 July 2022	Conservative	Boris Johnson
	Tom Pursglove		7 July 2022	7 September 2022	Conservative
Minister of State for Crime, Policing and Fire
	Jeremy Quin		7 September 2022	25 October 2022	Conservative	Liz Truss
	Chris Philp		26 October 2022	5 July 2024	Conservative	Rishi Sunak
Minister of State for Policing, Fire and Crime Prevention (until April 2025) Minister of State for Policing and Crime Prevention (from April 2025)
	Diana Johnson		8 July 2024	Incumbent	Labour	Keir Starmer

References

1. "Minister of State (Minister for Policing, Fire and Crime Prevention) - GOV.UK". www.gov.uk. Retrieved 1 August 2024.
2. "The Rt Hon Nick Herbert - GOV.UK". Homeoffice.gov.uk. Retrieved 21 August 2016.
3. "Rt Hon Nick Herbert". Archived from the original on 25 January 2011. Retrieved 3 February 2011.
4. "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 April 2012. Retrieved 3 February 2011.
5. https://www.gov.uk/government/ministers/minister-of-state--181
6. "Minister resigns over Iraq crisis". BBC News Online . 18 March 2003.
7. "Hazel Blears - Parliamentary Career". Archived from the original on 21 December 2011.
8. "Reid swaps immigration ministers". BBC News. 22 May 2006. Retrieved 22 December 2018.
9. "Vernon Coaker". Archived from the original on 11 October 2011. Retrieved 16 September 2015.
10. "Baroness Hughes of Stretford - Parliamentary Career". Archived from the original on 27 December 2010.