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Ministers of State are junior to the Prime Minister and Secretaries of State, but senior to a Parliamentary Under Secretary of State and Parliamentary Private Secretary.The office is defined in the House of Commons Disqualification Act 1975 as "...a member of Her Majesty’s Government in the United Kingdom who neither has charge of any public department nor holds any other of the offices ...
Minister of State for Crime, Policing and the Fire Service (joint with Justice) Minister of State for Countering Extremism (joint with GEO) Minister of State for Building Safety and Communities (joint with Communities) Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Crime, Safeguarding and Vulnerability
Cabinet of the United Kingdom; Chancellor of the Exchequer (1559–present); Secretary of State for Northern Ireland (1972–present); Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs (1968–present)
The Cabinet of the United Kingdom is the senior decision-making body of the Government of the United Kingdom. [2] A committee of the Privy Council, it is chaired by the Prime Minister and its members include Secretaries of State and senior Ministers of State.
In December 2021, upon the resignation of Lord Frost, ministerial responsibility returned to the Foreign Secretary Liz Truss and Chris Heaton-Harris became Minister of State for Europe as responsibility for the United Kingdom's relations with the European Union was moved from the Cabinet Office back to the Foreign Office.
In the United Kingdom, various titles are used for the head of government of each of the countries of the United Kingdom, Crown Dependencies, and Overseas Territories. Following elections to the assembly or parliament, the party (or coalition) with a majority of seats is invited to form a government.
The Minister of State for the Home Office, previously the Minister of State for Home Affairs. is a mid-level position in the Home Office in the British government. The office has been held by David Hanson, Baron Hanson of Flint since the 9th July 2024.
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 ...