Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Justice and Tackling Illegal Migration

Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Justice and Tackling Illegal Migration
Royal Arms of Her Majesty's Government
Incumbent Tom Pursglove since 17 September 2021
Home Office
Style	Minister
Appointer	The Monarch on advice of the Prime Minister
Term length	At Her Majesty's pleasure
First holder	Chris Philp
Website	www.gov.uk/government/ministers/parliamentary-under-secretary-of-state--122

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Justice and Tackling Illegal Migration, previously known as Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Immigration Compliance and Courts, is a junior role in both the British Home Office and the Ministry of Justice. It is currently held by Tom Pursglove MP who took the office on 17 September 2021.^[1]

Responsibilities[]

The minister has the following responsibilities:^[2]

For the Home Office:

• access to work, benefits and services
• detention
• returns
• foreign national offenders
• illegal immigration strategy
• overseas development aid
• Immigration Enforcement
• asylum
• resettlement
• casework
• animals (illegal wildlife trade)
• sponsorship of Border Force and immigration enforcement directorates
• supporting Lords Minister on corporate affairs, including the Spending Review and Budget
• COVID-19 impacts on business as usual function of asylum and returns systems, detention and Border Force

For the Ministry of Justice:

• foreign national offenders and removing barriers to removal
• immigration system legal reform
• joint Spending Review bids (working with Kit Malthouse)
• immigration crime sentencing reform
• detained fast track
• court and tribunal services and reform
• court and tribunal fees
• administrative justice
• supporting the Secretary of State on departmental finance

List of officeholders[]

• Chris Philp (10 September 2019 to 16 September 2021)

References[]