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This category contains those who have held the position Secretary of State for the Home Department in the government of the United Kingdom. Subcategories This category has the following 4 subcategories, out of 4 total.
The office holder works alongside the other Home Office ministers and the permanent under-secretary of state of the Home Office. The corresponding shadow minister is the shadow home secretary, and the performance of the home secretary is also scrutinized by the Home Affairs Select Committee in the House of Commons [8] and the Justice and Home ...
This category contains holders of the UK governmental position from 1988–2018 which was informally known as the Health Secretary, and formally known as the Secretary of State for Health. Similar posts in other periods have been known as: 1854–1858 President of the Board of Health; 1919–1968: Minister of Health
According to a YouGov poll conducted in 2017, the British public view the three most senior Cabinet ministers as the Chancellor, the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, and the Secretary of State for Defence, with the office of Home Secretary coming in fourth place, and that of Foreign Secretary in just ninth place, preceded by the ...
The secretary of state for health and social care, also referred to as the health secretary, is a secretary of state in the Government of the United Kingdom, responsible for the work of the Department of Health and Social Care. [3] The incumbent is a member of the Cabinet of the United Kingdom.
The Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) is a ministerial department of the Government of the United Kingdom.It is responsible for government policy on health and adult social care matters in England, along with a few elements of the same matters which are not otherwise devolved to the Scottish Government, Welsh Government or Northern Ireland Executive.
The Cabinet minister responsible for the department is the home secretary, [3] a post considered one of the Great Offices of State; it has been held by Yvette Cooper since July 2024. The Home Office is managed from day to day by a civil servant, the permanent under-secretary of state of the Home Office.
Home Office: Type: Minister of the Crown: Status: Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State: Member of: His Majesty's Government: Reports to: Home Secretary: Seat: Westminster: Nominator: Prime Minister: Appointer: The Monarch (on the advice of the Prime Minister) Term length: At His Majesty's pleasure: Formation: 6 May 1979: First holder: Tim ...