British Government frontbench

The Government frontbench in the Parliament of the United Kingdom, also known as the Treasury Bench, consists of the Cabinet and all other ministers.^[1]

Parliamentary opposition to the Government frontbench is provided by the Official Opposition frontbench, the Liberal Democrat frontbench team (when not in government), and the Scottish National Party frontbench team.

Key[]

	Member of the House of Commons
	Member of the House of Lords
	Privy Counsellor
Cabinet full members in bold
Cabinet attendees in bold italics

Leader of the Government and Cabinet Office[]

Leader of the Government
	Leader of the Government of the United Kingdom First Lord of the Treasury Minister for the Civil Service Minister for the Union		Boris Johnson


Minister for the Cabinet Office Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster		Stephen Barclay
President of the COP26 Climate Change Conference		Alok Sharma
Minister of State at the Cabinet Office		Vacant
Minister without Portfolio Chairman of the Conservative Party		Oliver Dowden (unpaid)
Minister of State without Portfolio		Nigel Adams
Paymaster General		Michael Ellis QC
Minister of State for Efficiency and Transformation	The Lord Agnew of Oulton (jointly with HM Treasury; unpaid)
Minister of State at the Cabinet Office	The Lord True
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Defence People and Veterans	Leo Docherty (jointly with MoD)


Minister for Women and Equalities		Liz Truss (also Foreign Secretary)
Minister of State for Equalities	Kemi Badenoch (jointly with DLUHC and FCDO)
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Women	The Baroness Stedman-Scott (joint with FCDO and DWP)
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Equalities	Mike Freer (joint with DIT)

Foreign relations[]


Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs		Liz Truss (jointly with Women and Equalities)
Minister of State for Middle East and North Africa		James Cleverly
Minister of State for Asia		Amanda Milling
Minister of State for South Asia, United Nations & the Commonwealth	The Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
Minister of State for Europe	Chris Heaton-Harris
Minister of State for the Pacific and the International Environment		The Lord Goldsmith of Richmond Park (jointly with Defra; unpaid)
Minister of State for Equalities	Kemi Badenoch (jointly with DLUHC)
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Africa, Latin America and the Caribbean	Vicky Ford
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Women	The Baroness Stedman-Scott (joint with DWP)
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Equalities	Mike Freer (joint with DIT)


Secretary of State for Defence		Ben Wallace
Minister of State for Defence Procurement	Jeremy Quin
Minister of State for Defence	The Baroness Goldie (unpaid)
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Defence People and Veterans	Leo Docherty (jointly with the Cabinet Office)
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for the Armed Forces	James Heappey

Law and order[]


Secretary of State for the Home Department		Priti Patel
Minister of State for Security and Borders		Damian Hinds
Minister of State for Crime & Policing		Kit Malthouse (jointly with MoJ)
Minister of State for Home Affairs	The Baroness Williams of Trafford
Minister of State for Building Safety & Fire	The Lord Greenhalgh (jointly with DLUH&C; unpaid)
Minister of State for Prisons and Probation Minister for Afghan resettlement	Victoria Atkins (jointly with DLUH&C and MoJ)
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Future Borders and Immigration	Kevin Foster
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Safeguarding	Rachel Maclean
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Immigration Compliance and the Courts	Tom Pursglove (jointly with MoJ)


Deputy Prime Minister of the United Kingdom Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain Secretary of State for Justice		Dominic Raab (paid as Lord Chancellor)
Minister of State for Crime & Policing		Kit Malthouse (jointly with Home Office)
Minister of State for Prisons and Probation Minister for Afghan resettlement	Victoria Atkins (jointly with DLUH&C and Home Office)
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Justice	The Lord Wolfson of Tredegar QC (unpaid)
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Immigration Compliance and the Courts	Tom Pursglove (jointly with Home Office)
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Justice	James Cartlidge (also Assistant Government Whip, paid for that role)


Attorney General Advocate General for Northern Ireland		Suella Braverman QC
Solicitor General	Alex Chalk QC
Advocate General for Scotland	The Lord Stewart of Dirleton QC

Economy[]


Chancellor of the Exchequer Second Lord of the Treasury		Rishi Sunak
Chief Secretary to the Treasury		Simon Clarke
Financial Secretary to the Treasury		Lucy Frazer QC
Minister of State for Efficiency & Transformation	The Lord Agnew of Oulton (jointly with Cabinet Office; unpaid)
Economic Secretary to the Treasury	John Glen (unpaid)
Exchequer Secretary to the Treasury	Helen Whately (paid as )


Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy		Kwasi Kwarteng
Minister of State for Business, Energy and Clean Growth		Greg Hands
Minister of State for Investment	The Lord Grimstone of Boscobel (jointly with DIT; unpaid)
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Science, Research and Innovation	George Freeman
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Small Business, Consumers and Labour Markets Minister for London	Paul Scully
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Business and Industry	Lee Rowley (also a Lord Commissioner of the Treasury, paid)
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Minister for Business, Energy and Corporate Responsibility)	The Lord Callanan


Secretary of State for Work and Pensions		Thérèse Coffey
Minister of State for Disabled People, Work and Health	Chloe Smith
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Employment	Mims Davies
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Pensions and Financial Inclusion	Guy Opperman
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Welfare Delivery	David Rutley
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Work and Pensions	The Baroness Stedman-Scott (joint with FCDO)


Secretary of State for International Trade President of the Board of Trade		Anne-Marie Trevelyan
Minister of State for Trade Policy		Penny Mordaunt
Minister of State for Investment	The Lord Grimstone of Boscobel (jointly with BEIS; unpaid)
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Minister for Exports)	Mike Freer (joint with FCDO, Minister for Equalities)
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for International Trade	Ranil Jayawardena

Social services[]


Secretary of State for Education		Nadhim Zahawi
Minister of State for Higher and Further Education		Michelle Donelan
Minister of State for School Standards	Robin Walker
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for the School System	The Baroness Barran (unpaid)
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Skills	Alex Burghart
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Children and Families	Will Quince


Secretary of State for Health and Social Care		Sajid Javid
Minister of State for Health	Edward Argar
Minister of State for Care and Mental Health	Gillian Keegan
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Vaccines and Public Health	Maggie Throup
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Technology, Innovation and Life Sciences	The Lord Kamall
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Patient Safety and Primary Care	Maria Caulfield

Environment[]


Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs		George Eustice
Minister of State for the Pacific and the International Environment		The Lord Goldsmith of Richmond Park (jointly with the Foreign Office; unpaid)
Minister of State for Farming, Fisheries and Food	Victoria Prentis
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Nature Recovery and the Domestic Environment	Rebecca Pow
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Rural Affairs, Access to Nature and Biosecurity		The Lord Benyon
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Agri-Innovation and Climate Adaptation	Jo Churchill

Culture[]


Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport		Nadine Dorries
Minister of State for Media, Data and Digital Infrastructure	Julia Lopez
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Sport, Tourism, Heritage and Civil Society	Nigel Huddleston (unpaid)
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Tech and the Digital Economy	Chris Philp
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Arts	The Lord Parkinson of Whitley Bay (also a Lord in Waiting)

Transport[]


Secretary of State for Transport Minister for Northern Powerhouse		Grant Shapps
Minister of State for Transport	Andrew Stephenson
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Transport	The Baroness Vere of Norbiton
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Transport	Robert Courts
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Transport	Trudy Harrison
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Transport	Wendy Morton

Local and devolved government[]


Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities Minister for Intergovernmental Relations		Michael Gove
Minister of State for Housing		Christopher Pincher
Minister of State for Levelling Up Communities	Kemi Badenoch (jointly with FCDO)
Minister of State for Building Safety & Fire	The Lord Greenhalgh (jointly with Home Office, unpaid)
Minister of State Minister for Afghan resettlement	Victoria Atkins (jointly with Home Office and MoJ)
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Housing & Rough Sleeping	Eddie Hughes
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Levelling Up, The Union and Constitution	Neil O'Brien


Secretary of State for Northern Ireland		Brandon Lewis
Minister of State for Northern Ireland		Conor Burns
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Northern Ireland	The Lord Caine (unpaid)


Secretary of State for Scotland		Alister Jack
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Scotland	Iain Stewart
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Scotland	The Lord Offord of Garvel (unpaid)

Wales
	Secretary of State for Wales		Simon Hart
	Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Wales	David T C Davies (paid as Assistant Government Whip)

Parliament[]

House Leaders
	Leader of the House of Lords Lord Keeper of the Privy Seal		The Baroness Evans of Bowes Park
	Leader of the House of Commons Lord President of the Council		Jacob Rees-Mogg
	Deputy Leader of the House of Lords		The Earl Howe (unpaid)


Chief Whip of the House of Commons Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasury		Mark Spencer
Deputy Chief Whip of the House of Commons Treasurer of the Household		Stuart Andrew
Government Whip Comptroller of the Household	Marcus Jones
Government Whip Vice-Chamberlain of the Household	James Morris
Government Whip Lord Commissioner of the Treasury	Amanda Solloway
	Lee Rowley (also a Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Minister for Business and Industry)
	Michael Tomlinson
	Alan Mak (unpaid)
	Craig Whittaker
	Rebecca Harris
Assistant Government Whip	Scott Mann
	David T C Davies (also with Wales Office, unpaid) but paid as Assistant Government Whip
	James Cartlidge (also with MoJ, paid)
	Gareth Johnson
	Heather Wheeler
	Andrea Jenkyns
	Steve Double


Chief Whip of the House of Lords Captain of the Honourable Corps of Gentlemen-at-Arms		The Lord Ashton of Hyde
Deputy Chief Whip of the House of Lords Captain of the Queen's Bodyguard of the Yeomen of the Guard	The Earl of Courtown
Lords- and Baroness-in-Waiting	The Baroness Bloomfield of Hinton Waldrist
	The Lord Parkinson of Whitley Bay (also Parliamentary Under Secretary of State at DCMS)
	Baroness Chisholm of Owlpen while Baroness Penn is Minister on Leave
	The Baroness Scott of Bybrook
	The Viscount Younger of Leckie
	The Lord Sharpe of Epsom (unpaid)

References[]

^ "Frontbench (frontbenchers)". Parliament.UK. Retrieved 28 May 2021. A frontbencher is either a Government minister or an Opposition shadow spokesperson.

External links[]

[1] "Frontbench (frontbenchers)". Parliament.UK. Retrieved 28 May 2021. A frontbencher is either a Government minister or an Opposition shadow spokesperson.

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