Minister of State for Security

Last updated
United Kingdom
Minister of State for Security
Coat of arms of the United Kingdom (2022, lesser arms).svg
Royal Arms of His Majesty's Government
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg
Flag of the United Kingdom
Official portrait of Dan Jarvis MP.jpg
Incumbent
Dan Jarvis
since 6 July 2024
Home Office
Style Security Minister
(informal)
The Right Honourable
(within the UK and Commonwealth)
Type Minister of the Crown
Status Minister of State
Member of
Reports to
Seat Westminster
NominatorPrime Minister
Appointer The Monarch
(on the advice of the Prime Minister)
Term length At His Majesty's pleasure
Formation
  • 29 May 2002
    as Minister of State for Citizenship, Immigration and Counter Terrorism
  • 7 July 2022
    as Minister of State for Security
First holder Beverley Hughes
as Minister of State for Citizenship, Immigration and Counter Terrorism
Salary£115,824 per annum (2022) [1]
(including £86,584 MP salary) [2]
Website gov.uk

The minister of state for security is a senior ministerial position in the government of the United Kingdom, falling under the Home Office. The post was created by then-Prime Minister Gordon Brown on 3 June 2009 by splitting the now-defunct post of the minister for security, counter-terrorism, crime and policing between this post (then called Minister for Security and Counter-Terrorism) and the new post of Minister for Crime and Policing.

Contents

The current incumbent is Dan Jarvis who was appointed by Keir Starmer in July 2024. Jarvis had previous shadowed the role before the 2024 General Election.

In a cabinet reshuffle on 15 September 2021, the ministerial title changed to Minister of State for Security and Borders. [3]

The post is generally seen as one of the most senior Minister of State positions, and as such its holder is often invited to attend cabinet meetings.

The office is shadowed by the Shadow Minister for Security who sits on the Official Opposition frontbench. [4]

Ministers

NamePortraitTerm of officePolitical party PM Home Sec.
Minister of State for Citizenship, Immigration and Counter Terrorism
Beverley Hughes [5] Beverley Hughes 3.jpg 29 May 20021 April 2004 Labour Blair Blunkett
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Policing, Security and Community Safety
Hazel Blears [6] Official photograph of Hazel Blears MP (cropped).jpg 13 June 20035 May 2006 Labour Blair
Minister of State for Security, Counter-Terrorism, Crime and Policing
Tony McNulty McNulty bus.jpg 5 May 20063 October 2008 Labour
Minister of State for Policing, Crime and Security
Vernon Coaker [7] Official portrait of Vernon Coaker crop 2.jpg 3 October 20083 June 2009 Labour Brown Smith
Minister of State for Security, Counter-Terrorism, Crime and Policing
David Hanson Official portrait of David Hanson crop 2.jpg 10 June 200911 May 2010 Labour Brown Johnson
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Security and Counter-Terrorism
Admiral The Lord West of Spithead Official portrait of Lord West of Spithead crop 2, 2020.jpg 28 June 200712 May 2010 Labour Brown
Minister of State for Security and Counter-Terrorism
The Baroness Neville-Jones [8] [9] Official portrait of Baroness Neville-Jones crop 2.jpg 12 May 20109 May 2011 Conservative Cameron May
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Crime and Security
James Brokenshire [10] Official portrait of Rt Hon James Brokenshire MP crop 2.jpg 9 May 20118 February 2014 Conservative Cameron May
Minister of State for Security and Immigration
James Brokenshire [11] Official portrait of Rt Hon James Brokenshire MP crop 2.jpg 8 February 201414 July 2016 Conservative Cameron May
Minister of State for Security
John Hayes Official portrait of Mr John Hayes crop 2.jpg 8 May 201515 July 2016 Conservative Cameron May
Minister of State for Security and Economic Crime
Ben Wallace Official portrait of Rt Hon Ben Wallace MP crop 2.jpg 17 July 201624 July 2019 Conservative May
Minister of State for Security and Deputy for Brexit
Brandon Lewis [a] Official portrait of Rt Hon Brandon Lewis MP crop 2.jpg 24 July 201913 February 2020 Conservative Johnson Patel
Minister of State for Security
James Brokenshire Official portrait of Rt Hon James Brokenshire MP crop 2.jpg 13 February 20207 July 2021 Conservative Johnson Patel
Minister of State for Security and Borders
Damian Hinds Official portrait of Damian Hinds MP crop 2.jpg 13 August 20217 July 2022 Conservative Johnson Patel
Minister of State for Security
Stephen McPartland Official portrait of Stephen McPartland crop 2.jpg 7 July 20226 September 2022 Conservative Johnson Patel
Tom Tugendhat [a] Tom Tugendhat Official Cabinet Portrait, September 2022 (cropped).jpg 6 September 20225 July 2024 Conservative
Dan Jarvis Official portrait of Dan Jarvis MP crop 2.jpg 6 July 2024Incumbent Labour Starmer Cooper

Notes

  1. 1 2 Also attending Cabinet.

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. ↑ "Ministerial appointments: September 2021". GOV.UK. 16 September 2021. Retrieved 17 September 2021.
  4. ↑ Belger, Tom (2023-09-05). "Labour reshuffle: Starmer unveils six new shadow ministers of state". LabourList . Retrieved 2023-09-06.
  5. ↑ "Baroness Hughes of Stretford - Parliamentary Career". Archived from the original on 2010-12-27.
  6. ↑ "Hazel Blears - Parliamentary Career". Archived from the original on 2011-12-21.
  7. ↑ "Vernon Coaker - Parliamentary Career". Archived from the original on 2011-10-11.
  8. ↑ "Home Office". 19 January 2024.
  9. ↑ Page 40 Archived 2012-04-02 at the Wayback Machine
  10. ↑ Johnson, Wesley (12 May 2011). "James Brokenshire takes on security role" . Independent. Archived from the original on 2022-05-15. Retrieved 12 May 2011.
  11. ↑ Home Office: Our Ministers
This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.