United Kingdom Minister of State for Science, Research and Innovation | |
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Department for Science, Innovation and Technology | |
Appointer | The Monarch on advice of the Prime Minister |
Formation | 1998 |
First holder | David Sainsbury, Baron Sainsbury of Turville |
Website | www |
The minister of state for science, research and innovation [1] (also known as the science minister) is a mid-level position in the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology in the British government. It was re-created by the Second Johnson ministry out of the minister of state for universities.
From 2016 to 2023, the minister was based at the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy.
The minister has responsibility of the following policy areas:
Name | Portrait | Took office | Left office | Political party | Prime Minister | ||
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Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Science and Innovation Role formed out of Minister of State for Science, Energy and Industry | |||||||
David Sainsbury, Baron Sainsbury of Turville | ![]() | 27 July 1998 | 10 November 2006 | Labour | Tony Blair | ||
Minister of State for Science and Innovation | |||||||
Malcolm Wicks MP for Croydon North | ![]() | 10 November 2006 | 28 June 2007 | Labour | Tony Blair | ||
Ian Pearson MP for Dudley South | ![]() | 28 June 2007 | 5 October 2008 | Labour | Gordon Brown | ||
Paul Drayson, Baron Drayson | ![]() | 3 October 2008 | 11 May 2010 | Labour | |||
Minister of State for Universities, Science and Cities | |||||||
David Willetts MP for Havant | ![]() | 11 May 2010 | 14 July 2014 | Conservative | David Cameron | ||
Greg Clark MP for Royal Tunbridge Wells | ![]() | 15 July 2014 | 11 May 2015 | Conservative | |||
Minister of State for Universities, Science, Research and Innovation | |||||||
Jo Johnson MP for Orpington | ![]() | 11 May 2015 | 9 January 2018 | Conservative | David Cameron | ||
Theresa May | |||||||
Sam Gyimah MP for East Surrey | ![]() | 9 January 2018 | 30 November 2018 | Conservative | |||
Chris Skidmore [2] MP for Kingswood | ![]() | 5 December 2018 | 24 July 2019 | Conservative | |||
Jo Johnson MP for Orpington | ![]() | 24 July 2019 | 5 September 2019 | Conservative | Boris Johnson | ||
Chris Skidmore MP for Kingswood | ![]() | 10 September 2019 | 13 February 2020 | Conservative | |||
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Science, Research and Innovation | |||||||
Amanda Solloway MP for Derby North | ![]() | 14 February 2020 | 17 September 2021 | Conservative | Boris Johnson | ||
George Freeman MP for Mid Norfolk | ![]() | 17 September 2021 [3] | 7 July 2022 | Conservative | |||
Minister of State for Science and Investment Security | |||||||
Nus Ghani MP for Wealden | ![]() | 7 September 2022 | 26 October 2022 | Conservative | Liz Truss | ||
Minister of State for Science, Research and Innovation (since 7 February 2023 in the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology) | |||||||
George Freeman MP for Mid Norfolk | ![]() | 26 October 2022 | 13 November 2023 | Conservative | Rishi Sunak | ||
Andrew Griffith MP for Arundel and South Downs | ![]() | 13 November 2023 | 5 July 2024 | Conservative | |||
Patrick Vallance, Baron Vallance of Balham | ![]() | 5 July 2024 | Incumbent | Labour | Keir Starmer |