
The Queen has been pleased to approve the following Ministerial appointments:
Cabinet
Prime Minister, First Lord of the Treasury and Minister for the Civil Service
* The Rt Hon David Cameron MP
Deputy Prime Minister, Lord President of the Council (with special responsibility for political and constitutional reform)
* The Rt Hon Nick Clegg MP
Foreign and Commonwealth Office
* First Secretary of State, Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs – The Rt Hon William Hague MP
* Minister of State – Jeremy Browne MP
* Minister of State – David Lidington MP
* Minister of State – The Rt Hon Lord Howell of Guildford*
* Parliamentary Under Secretary of State – Henry Bellingham MP
* Parliamentary Under Secretary of State – Alistair Burt MP
HM Treasury
* Chancellor of the Exchequer – The Rt Hon George Osborne MP
* Chief Secretary to the Treasury – The Rt Hon David Laws MP
* Financial Secretary – Mark Hoban MP
* Exchequer Secretary – David Gauke MP†
* Economic Secretary – Justine Greening MP†
* Commercial Secretary – Sir James Sassoon‡
Ministry of Justice
* Lord Chancellor, Secretary of State for Justice - The Rt Hon Kenneth Clarke QC MP
* Minister of State – The Rt Hon Lord McNally (and Deputy Leader of the House of Lords)
* Minister of State – Nick Herbert MP (jointly with the Home Office)
* Parliamentary Under Secretary of State – Crispin Blunt MP
* Parliamentary Under Secretary of State – Jonathan Djanogly MP
Home Office
* Secretary of State for the Home Department; and Minister for Women and Equalities – The Rt Hon Theresa May MP
* Minister of State (Minister for Immigration) – Damian Green MP
* Minister of State (Minister for Police) – Nick Herbert MP (jointly with the Ministry of Justice)
* Minister of State (Minister for Security) – Baroness Neville-Jones
* Parliamentary Under Secretary of State – James Brokenshire MP
* Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Minister for Equalities) – Lynne Featherstone MP
Ministry of Defence
* Secretary of State for Defence – The Rt Hon Dr Liam Fox MP
* Minister of State (Minister for the Armed Forces) – Nick Harvey MP
* Parliamentary Under Secretary of State – Gerald Howarth MP
* Parliamentary Under Secretary of State – Andrew Robathan MP
* Peter Luff MP – Parliamentary under Secretary of State
* Lord Astor of Hever DL – Parliamentary under Secretary of State ‡
Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
* Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, and President of the Board of Trade – The Rt Hon Dr Vincent Cable MP
* Minister of State (Minister for Universities and Science) – David Willetts MP**
* Minister of State – John Hayes MP
* Minister of State – Mark Prisk MP
* Parliamentary Under Secretary of State – Edward Davey MP
* Parliamentary Under Secretary of State – The Hon Ed Vaizey MP (jointly with the Department for Culture, Media and Sport)
* Parliamentary Under Secretary of State – Baroness Wilcox
Department for Work and Pensions
* Secretary of State for Work and Pensions – The Rt Hon Iain Duncan Smith MP
* Minister of State – Chris Grayling MP
* Minister of State – Steve Webb MP
* Parliamentary Under Secretary of State – Maria Miller MP
* Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Minister for Welfare Reform) – Lord Freud*
Department of Energy and Climate Change
* Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change – The Rt Hon Chris Huhne MP
* Minister of State – Gregory Barker MP
* Minister of State – Charles Hendry MP
* Parliamentary Under Secretary of State – Lord Marland*
Department of Health
* Secretary of State for Health – The Rt Hon Andrew Lansley CBE MP
* Minister of State – Paul Burstow MP
* Minister of State – Simon Burns MP
* Parliamentary Under Secretary of State – Anne Milton MP
* Parliamentary Under Secretary of State – Earl Howe
Department for Education
* Secretary of State for Education – The Rt Hon Michael Gove MP
* Minister of State – Sarah Teather MP
* Minister of State – Nick Gibb MP
* Parliamentary Under Secretary of State – Tim Loughton MP
* Parliamentary Under Secretary of State – Jonathan Hill
Department for Communities and Local Government
* Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government – The Rt Hon Eric Pickles MP
* Minister of State – Greg Clark MP
* Minister of State – Grant Shapps MP
* Parliamentary Under Secretary of State – Andrew Stunell OBE MP
* Parliamentary Under Secretary of State – Bob Neill MP
* Parliamentary Under Secretary of State – Baroness Hanham CBE
Department for Transport
* Secretary of State for Transport – The Rt Hon Philip Hammond MP
* Minister of State – Theresa Villiers MP
* Parliamentary Under Secretary of State – Norman Baker MP
* Parliamentary Under Secretary of State – Mike Penning MP
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
* Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs – The Rt Hon Caroline Spelman MP
* Minister of State – James Paice MP
* Parliamentary Under Secretary of State – Richard Benyon MP
* Parliamentary Under Secretary of State – Lord Henley
Department for International Development
* Secretary of State for International Development – The Rt Hon Andrew Mitchell MP
* Minister of State – Alan Duncan MP
* Parliamentary Under Secretary of State – Stephen O’Brien MP
Department for Culture, Media and Sport
* Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport – The Rt Hon Jeremy Hunt MP
* Parliamentary Under Secretary of State – John Penrose MP
* Parliamentary Under Secretary of State – Hugh Robertson MP
* Parliamentary Under Secretary of State – The Hon Ed Vaizey MP (jointly with the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills)
Northern Ireland Office
* Secretary of State for Northern Ireland – The Rt Hon Owen Paterson MP
* Minister of State – Hugo Swire MP
Scotland Office
* Secretary of State for Scotland (and providing ministerial support to the Deputy Prime Minister in the Cabinet Office) – The Rt Hon Danny Alexander MP
* Parliamentary Under Secretary of State – David Mundell MP
Wales Office
* Secretary of State for Wales – The Rt Hon Cheryl Gillan MP
* Parliamentary Under Secretary of State – David Jones MP
Minister without Portfolio (Minister of State)
* The Rt Hon Baroness Warsi*
Office of the Leader of the House of Lords
* Leader of the House of Lords, Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster – The Rt Hon Lord Strathclyde
Office of the Leader of the Commons
* Leader of the House of Commons, Lord Privy Seal – The Rt Hon Sir George Young Bt MP**
* Parliamentary Secretary (Deputy Leader) – David Heath CBE MP*
Cabinet Office
* Minister for the Cabinet Office, Paymaster General – The Rt Hon Francis Maude MP**
* Minister of State (providing policy advice to the Prime Minister in the Cabinet Office) – The Rt Hon Oliver Letwin MP**
* Parliamentary Secretary – Mark Harper MP
* Parliamentary Secretary – Nick Hurd MP
Law Officers
* Attorney General – Dominic Grieve QC MP***
* Solicitor General – Edward Garnier QC MP
* Advocate General for Scotland – The Rt Hon Lord Wallace of Tankerness QC
Whips – House of Commons
* Chief Whip (Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasury) – The Rt Hon Patrick McLoughlin MP**
* Deputy Chief Whip (Treasurer of HM Household) – John Randall MP
* Deputy Chief Whip (Comptroller of HM Household) – Alistair Carmichael MP
* Government Whip (Vice Chamberlain of HM Household) – Mark Francois MP
Junior Lords of the Treasury
* Government Whip (Lord Commissioner of HM Treasury) – Michael Fabricant MP
* Government Whip (Lord Commissioner of HM Treasury) – Angela Watkinson MP
* Government Whip (Lord Commissioner of HM Treasury) – Jeremy Wright MP
* Government Whip (Lord Commissioner of HM Treasury) – Brooks Newmark MP*
* Government Whip (Lord Commissioner of HM Treasury) – James Duddridge MP
Assistant Whips
* Assistant Government Whip – Philip Dunne MP*
* Assistant Government Whip – Stephen Crabb MP
* Assistant Government Whip – Robert Goodwill MP
* Assistant Government Whip – Shailesh Vara MP
* Assistant Government Whip – Bill Wiggin MP
* Assistant Government Whip – Chloe Smith MP
* Assistant Government Whip – Norman Lamb MP (and Chief Parliamentary and Political Adviser to the Deputy Prime Minister)
* Assistant Government Whip – Mark Hunter MP
Whips – House of Lords
* Lords Chief Whip (Captain of the Honourable Corps of Gentlemen at Arms) – The Rt Hon Baroness Anelay of St Johns DBE
* Deputy Chief Whip (Captain of The Queen’s Bodyguard of the Yeomen of the Guard) – The Rt Hon Lord Shutt of Greetland OBE
Baronesses and Lords in Waiting
* Baroness in Waiting – Baroness Northover*
* Baroness in Waiting – Baroness Rawlings
* Baroness in Waiting – Baroness Verma
* Lord in Waiting – Earl Attlee
* Lord in Waiting – Lord Astor of Hever DL
* Lord in Waiting – Lord De Mauley TD
* Lord In Waiting – Lord Taylor of Holbeach CBE*
* Lord in Waiting – Lord Wallace of Saltaire*
* unpaid
** attends Cabinet
*** attends Cabinet when Ministerial responsibilities are on the agenda
† paid as a Parliamentary Secretary
‡ unpaid Parliamentary Secretary
The Queen has been pleased to signify Her intention of conferring a peerage of the United Kingdom for Life on:
* Jonathan Hill
* Sir James Sassoon