United Kingdom
Minister of State for Security
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Incumbent
Tom Tugendhat
since 6 September 2022 (2022-09-06)
Home Office
StyleSecurity Minister
(informal)
The Right Honourable
(within the UK and Commonwealth)
TypeMinister of the Crown
StatusMinister of State
Member of
Reports to
SeatWestminster
NominatorPrime Minister
AppointerThe Monarch
(on the advice of the Prime Minister)
Term lengthAt 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 holderBeverley Hughes
as Minister of State for Citizenship, Immigration and Counter Terrorism
Salary£115,824 per annum (2022)[1]
(including £86,584 MP salary)[2]
Websitegov.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.

The current incumbent is Tom Tugendhat, appointed by Liz Truss in 2022. He previously served as Chair of the Foreign Affairs Select Committee from 2017 to 2022. Tugendhat continued in his post under the Sunak ministry that succeeded the short-lived Truss ministry.

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

Name Portrait Term of office Political party PM Home Sec.
Minister of State for Citizenship, Immigration and Counter Terrorism
Beverley Hughes[5] 29 May 2002 1 April 2004 Labour Blair Blunkett
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Policing, Security and Community Safety
Hazel Blears[6] 13 June 2003 5 May 2006 Labour Blair
Minister of State for Security, Counter-Terrorism, Crime and Policing
Tony McNulty 5 May 2006 3 October 2008 Labour
Minister of State for Policing, Crime and Security
Vernon Coaker[7] 3 October 2008 3 June 2009 Labour Brown Smith
Minister of State for Security, Counter-Terrorism, Crime and Policing
David Hanson 10 June 2009 11 May 2010 Labour Brown Johnson
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Security and Counter-Terrorism
Admiral The Lord West of Spithead 28 June 2007 12 May 2010 Labour Brown
Minister of State for Security and Counter-Terrorism
The Baroness Neville-Jones[8][9] 12 May 2010 9 May 2011 Conservative Cameron May
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Crime and Security
James Brokenshire[10] 9 May 2011 8 February 2014 Conservative Cameron May
Minister of State for Security and Immigration
James Brokenshire[11] 8 February 2014 14 July 2016 Conservative Cameron May
Minister of State for Security
John Hayes 8 May 2015 15 July 2016 Conservative Cameron May
Minister of State for Security and Economic Crime
Ben Wallace 17 July 2016 24 July 2019 Conservative May
Minister of State for Security and Deputy for Brexit
Brandon Lewis[a] 24 July 2019 13 February 2020 Conservative Johnson Patel
Minister of State for Security
James Brokenshire 13 February 2020 7 July 2021 Conservative Johnson Patel
Minister of State for Security and Borders
Damian Hinds 13 August 2021 7 July 2022 Conservative Johnson Patel
Minister of State for Security
Stephen McPartland 7 July 2022 6 September 2022 Conservative Johnson Patel
Tom Tugendhat[a] 6 September 2022 Incumbent Conservative

Notes

  1. ^ a b 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
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