Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Migration and Citizenship

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Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Migration and Citizenship
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Incumbent
Mike Tapp
since 6 September 2025
Home Office
UK Visas and Immigration
Style Migration Minister
(informal)
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
Seat Westminster
NominatorPrime Minister
Appointer The Monarch
(on the advice of the Prime Minister)
Term length At His Majesty's pleasure
Formation6 May 1979
First holder Tim Raison
Salary£115,824 per annum (2022) [1]
(including £86,584 MP salary) [2]
Website Official website

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Migration and Citizenship [3] is a ministerial position in the Home Office of the Government of the United Kingdom.

Contents

From June 2017 to July 2019 and October 2022 to December 2023, the minister attended cabinet meetings as Minister of State for Immigration and was seen as one of the most senior Minister of State positions in the Government.

The role was known as Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Future Borders and Immigration from 2020 to 2021 and Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Safe and Legal Migration from 2021 to 2022.

Following the resignation of Robert Jenrick in December 2023, the position was split into two roles: the Minister of State for Countering Illegal Migration and the Minister of State for Legal Migration and the Border.

Responsibilities

As of 2022 the minister has responsibility for legal migration, illegal migration and asylum, [4] including:

List of ministers

NamePortraitTerm of officePolitical partyPrime MinisterNotes
Minister of State for the Home Office
Tim Raison 6 May 19796 January 1983 Conservative Margaret Thatcher Minister of State with responsibility for the Immigration and Nationality Department
David Waddington 6 January 198313 June 1987
Tim Renton 13 June 198725 July 1989
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for the Home Office
Peter Lloyd 25 July 198928 November 1990Conservative Margaret Thatcher Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State with responsibility for the Immigration and Nationality Department
28 November 199015 April 1992 John Major
Charles Wardle Charles Wardle, MP for Bexhill and Battle 1983-2001.jpg 15 April 199220 July 1994
Minister of State for the Home Office
The Baroness Blatch Emily Blatch, 2004.jpg 20 July 19942 May 1997Conservative John Major Minister of State with responsibility for the Immigration and Nationality Department
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Immigration
Michael O'Brien Mike O'Brien 2.jpg 5 May 19978 June 2001Labour Tony Blair
Minister of State for Asylum and Immigration
Barbara Roche 28 July 199911 June 2001Labour Tony Blair
The Lord Rooker Official portrait of Lord Rooker crop 2.jpg 11 June 200129 May 2002
Minister of State for Citizenship, Immigration and Community Cohesion
Beverley Hughes Beverley Hughes 3.jpg 29 May 200213 June 2003Labour Tony Blair
Minister of State for Citizenship, Immigration and Counter-Terrorism [5]
Beverley Hughes Beverley Hughes 3.jpg 13 June 20031 April 2004Labour Tony Blair Resigned over illegal immigration visa scandal [6]
Minister of State for Immigration, Citizenship and Nationality [7] [8]
Des Browne Official portrait of Lord Browne of Ladyton crop 2, 2019.jpg 1 April 20046 May 2005Labour Tony Blair
Tony McNulty McNulty bus.jpg 16 May 200523 May 2006
Minister of State for Citizenship, Immigration and Nationality
Liam Byrne Official portrait of Liam Byrne crop 2.jpg 23 May 200627 June

2007

Labour Tony Blair
Minister of State for Borders and Immigration [5] [9]
Liam Byrne Official portrait of Liam Byrne crop 2.jpg 27 June

2007

3 October 2008Labour Gordon Brown
Phil Woolas Phil Woolas MP.jpg 3 October 200811 May 2010
Minister of State for Immigration [10] [11]
Damian Green Official portrait of Rt Hon Damian Green MP crop 2.jpg 13 May 20104 September 2012Conservative David Cameron
Mark Harper Official portrait of Rt Hon Mark Harper MP crop 2.jpg 4 September 20128 February 2014
Minister of State for Security and Immigration
James Brokenshire Official portrait of Rt Hon James Brokenshire MP crop 2.jpg 8 February 201414 July 2016Conservative David Cameron
Minister of State for Immigration
Robert Goodwill Official portrait of Rt Hon Robert Goodwill MP crop 2.jpg 16 July 201611 June 2017Conservative Theresa May
Brandon Lewis Official portrait of Rt Hon Brandon Lewis MP crop 2.jpg 11 June 2017 8 January 2018 Attended meetings of the Cabinet [12]
Caroline Nokes Official portrait of Rt Hon Caroline Nokes MP crop 2.jpg 8 January 2018 24 July 2019Attended meetings of the Cabinet
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Immigration [13]
Seema Kennedy Seema Kennedy MP.jpg 26 July 201916 December 2019Conservative Boris Johnson
Kevin Foster Official portrait of Kevin Foster crop 2.jpg 16 December 201914 February 2020
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Future Borders and Immigration (Until December 2021) [14]
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Safe and Legal Migration (From December 2021) [15]
Kevin Foster Official portrait of Kevin Foster crop 2.jpg 14 February 20207 September 2022Conservative Boris Johnson
Minister of State for Immigration [4]
Tom Pursglove Official portrait of Tom Pursglove MP crop 2.jpg 7 September 202225 October 2022Conservative Liz Truss
Robert Jenrick Official portrait of Robert Jenrick crop 2.jpg 25 October 20226 December 2023Conservative Rishi Sunak Attended meetings of the Cabinet
Role split with new Minister of State for Countering Illegal Migration
Minister of State for Legal Migration and the Border
Tom Pursglove Official portrait of Tom Pursglove MP crop 2.jpg 7 December 20235 July 2024Conservative Rishi Sunak
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Migration and Citizenship
Seema Malhotra Seema Malhotra official portrait, 2024 (cropped).jpg 9 July 20246 September 2025Labour Keir Starmer
Mike Tapp Official portrait of Mike Tapp MP crop 2.jpg 6 September 2025Incumbent

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. ↑ "Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Minister for Migration and Citizenship) - GOV.UK". www.gov.uk. Retrieved 2024-08-01.
  4. 1 2 Home Office, Ministerial role: Minister of State (Minister for Immigration), accessed 25 October 2022
  5. 1 2 "Baroness Hughes of Stretford". Archived from the original on 2010-12-27. Retrieved 2011-02-03.
  6. ↑ "Hughes resigns over visa scam row". April 1, 2004 – via news.bbc.co.uk.
  7. ↑ "Lord Browne of Ladyton". Archived from the original on 2010-12-26. Retrieved 2011-02-03.
  8. ↑ "Tony McNulty, former MP, Harrow East". TheyWorkForYou.
  9. ↑ "Rt Hon Liam Byrne". Archived from the original on 2010-12-28. Retrieved 2011-02-03.
  10. ↑ Page 40 "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-04-02. Retrieved 2011-02-03.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  11. ↑ "Damian Green". Archived from the original on 2010-12-28. Retrieved 2011-02-03.
  12. ↑ "Government response to Catherine West's letter on international students". Catherine West MP. Retrieved 2017-12-24.
  13. ↑ "Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Minister for Immigration)". gov.uk. Retrieved 11 October 2022.
  14. ↑ "Home Office". gov.uk. Archived from the original on 2021-12-14. Retrieved 11 October 2022.
  15. ↑ "Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Minister for Safe and Legal Migration)". gov.uk. Retrieved 11 October 2022.
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