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LIST OF MINISTERIAL RESPONSIBILITIES

Including Agencies and Non- Ministerial Departments

CABINET OFFICE

March 2021

LIST OF MINISTERIAL RESPONSIBILITIES INCLUDING EXECUTIVE AGENCIES AND NON-MINISTERIAL DEPARTMENTS

CONTENTS

Page Part List of Ministers 2-3 Part II Alphabetical List of Ministers 4-7 Part III Ministerial Departments and Responsibilities 8-70 Part IV Executive Agencies 71-82 Part V Non-Ministerial Departments 83-90 Part VI Whips in the and House of 91 Part VII Government Spokespersons in the 92-93 Part VIII Index 94-96

Information contained in this document can also be found on Ministers’ pages on GOV.UK and: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/government-ministers-and-responsibilities

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I - LIST OF CABINET MINISTERS

The Rt Hon MP Prime ; First of the ; Minister for the Civil Service and

The Rt Hon MP of the

The Rt Hon MP Secretary of for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs; First

The Rt Hon MP Secretary of State for the Home Department

The Rt Hon MP Minister for the ; Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster

The Rt Hon Buckland QC MP and Secretary of State for Justice

The Rt Hon MP Secretary of State for Defence

The Rt Hon MP Secretary of State for Health and Social Care

The Rt Hon MP COP26 President Designate

The Rt Hon MP Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

The Rt Hon Elizabeth Truss MP Secretary of State for International Trade and President of the , Minister for Women and Equalities

The Rt Hon Thérèse Coffey MP Secretary of State for Work and Pensions

The Rt Hon CBE Secretary of State for Education MP

The Rt Hon MP Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

The Rt Hon MP Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government

The Rt Hon MP Secretary of State for Transport

The Rt Hon CBE MP Secretary of State for

The Rt Hon MP Secretary of State for

The Rt Hon MP Secretary of State for

The Rt Hon Baroness Evans of Leader of the House of Lords, Lord

The Rt Hon CBE MP Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

The Rt Hon Lord Frost CMG at the Cabinet Office

The Rt Hon MP Minister without Portfolio for the Cabinet Office

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MINISTERS ATTENDING CABINET

The Rt Hon Steve Barclay MP Chief Secretary to the Treasury

The Rt Hon Jacob Rees-Mogg MP Leader of the House of Commons, Lord President of the Council

The Rt Hon Mark Spencer MP to the Treasury (Chief )

The Rt Hon Michael Ellis QC MP (The Rt Hon QC MP is on maternity leave - see page 9)

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II - ALPHABETICAL LIST OF MINISTERS, GOVERNMENT WHIPS AND GOVERNMENT SPOKESPERSONS IN THE HOUSE OF LORDS

Name Department / Office Page

A ADAMS, Nigel Foreign, Commonwealth & Development 35 AGNEW of Oulton DL, Lord Cabinet Office 16 Treasury 63 AHMAD of Wimbledon, Lord Foreign, Commonwealth & Development 35 ANDREW, Stuart Deputy 91 ARGAR, Edward Health and Social Care 37 ASHTON of Hyde, Lord Chief Whip 91 ATKINS, Victoria 43

B BADENOCH, Kemi Treasury 64 International Trade 47 BARCLAY, The Rt Hon Stephen Treasury 62 BARRAN MBE, Baroness Digital, Culture, Media and Sport 24 BERRIDGE of the Vale of Catmose, Education 30 Baroness International Trade 47 BETHELL of Romford, Lord Health and Social Care 39 BLOOMFIELD of Hinton Waldrist, Baroness in Waiting (Government Whip) 91 Baroness BRAVERMAN QC, The Rt Hon Suella Attorney General’s Office 9 BROKENSHIRE, The Rt Hon James Home Office 41 BUCKLAND QC, The Rt Hon Robert Ministry of Justice 48

C CALLANAN, Lord Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy 13 CAULFIELD, Maria Assistant Government Whip 91 CHALK, Alex Justice 49 Assistant Whip 91 CHURCHILL, Jo Health and Social Care 39 CLEVERLY, The Rt Hon James Foreign, Commonwealth & Development 34 COFFEY, The Rt Hon Thérèse Work and Pensions 68 COURTOWN, of Deputy Chief Whip 91 COURTS, Robert Transport 60

D DAVIES, David TC Assistant Whip 91 Secretary of State for Wales 67 DAVIES, Mims Work and Pensions 69 DINENAGE, Caroline Digital, Culture, Media and Sport 23 DOCHERTY, Leo Assistant Government Whip 91 DONELAN, Michelle Education 28 DORRIES, Nadine Health and Social Care 38 DOWDEN CBE, The Rt Hon Oliver Digital, Culture, Media and Sport 22 DUDDRIDGE, James Foreign, Commonwealth & Development 36 DUGUID, David Secretary of State for Scotland 58 Government Whip 91

E ELLIS QC, The Rt Hon Michael Attorney General’s Office 8 EUSTICE, The Rt Hon George Environment, Food and Rural Affairs 31 EVANS of Bowes Park, The Rt Hon House of Lords 55, 91 Baroness

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F FORD, Vicky Education 29 FOSTER, Kevin Home Office 43 FRAZER QC, The Rt Hon Lucy Attorney General’s Office 9 FREER, Mike Government Whip 91 FROST CMG, The Rt Hon Lord Cabinet Office 15

G GARDINER of Kimble, Lord Environment, Food and Rural Affairs 32 GIBB, The Rt Hon Nick Education 29 GLEN, John Treasury 63 GREENHALGH of , Lord Communities and Local Government 20 Home Office 43 GRIMSTONE of Boscobel, Lord Trade 46 Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy 11 GOLDIE DL, Baroness Defence 26 GOLDSMITH of Richmond Park, The Rt Foreign, Commonwealth & Development 35 Hon Lord Environment, Food and Rural Affairs 31 GOVE, The Rt Hon Michael Cabinet Office 14

H HALL, Luke Housing, Communities and Local 19 Government HANCOCK, The Rt Hon Matt Health and Social Care 37 HANDS, The Rt Hon Greg International Trade 46 HARRIS, Rebecca Government Whip 91 HART, Simon Secretary of State for Wales 66 HEATON-HARRIS, Chris Transport 59 HEAPPEY, James Defence 27 HOWE, The Rt Hon Earl House of Lords 55, 91 HUDDLESTON, Nigel Digital, Culture, Media and Sport 24 Assistant Government Whip 91 HUGHES, Eddie Housing, Communities and Local 21 Government

J JACK, The Rt Hon Alister Secretary of State for Scotland 57 JAYAWARDENA, Ranil Trade 47 JENRICK, The Rt Hon Robert Housing, Communities and Local 19 Government JOHNSON, The Rt Hon Boris Prime Minister’s Office 14, 56 JONES, Marcus Government Whip 91

K KEEGAN, Gillian Education 30 KWARTENG, The Rt Hon Kwasi Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy 10

L LEWIS CBE, The Rt Hon Brandon 51 LOPEZ, Julia Cabinet Office 17

M MACLEAN, Rachel Transport 60 MALTHOUSE, Kit Home Office 42 Justice 48 MANN, Scott Government Whip 91 MERCER, Johnny Defence 27 Cabinet Office 17 MILLING, The Rt Hon Amanda Cabinet Office 15 MORDAUNT, The Rt Hon Penny Cabinet Office 16 MORRIS, James Government Whip 91 MORTON, Wendy Foreign, Commonwealth & Development 36

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N NORMAN, The Rt Hon Jesse Treasury 62

O OPPERMAN, Guy Work and Pensions 69

P PARKINSON of Whitley Bay, Lord Lord in Waiting 91 PATEL, The Rt Hon Priti Home Office 41 PENN, Baroness Baroness in waiting 91 PHILP, Chris Home Office 44 Justice 49 PINCHER, The Rt Hon Christopher Housing, Communities and Local 20 Government POW, Rebecca Environment, Food and Rural Affairs 32 PRENTIS, Victoria Environment, Food and Rural Affairs 33 PURSGLOVE, Tom Assistant Government Whip 91

Q QUIN, Jeremy Defence 26 QUINCE, Will Work and Pensions 70

R RAAB, The Rt Hon Dominic Foreign, Commonwealth & Development 34 REES-MOGG, The Rt Hon Jacob Leader of the House of Commons 54 RUTLEY, David Government Whip 91

S SCOTT of Bybrook OBE, Baroness Baroness in waiting 91 SCULLY, Paul Business, Energy, and Industrial Strategy 12 SHAPPS, The Rt Hon Grant Transport 59 SHARMA, The Rt Hon Alok Cabinet Office 15 SMITH, Chloe Cabinet Office 16 SOLLOWAY, Amanda Business, Energy, and Industrial Strategy 12 SPENCER, The Rt Hon Mark Chief Whip 91 STEDMAN-SCOTT OBE DL, Baroness Work and Pensions 70 STEPHENSON, Andrew Transport 59 STEWART of Dirleton QC, General for Scotland 53 STEWART, Iain Secretary of State for Scotland 58 STUART, Graham International Trade 46 Export Finance 65 SUNAK, The Rt Hon Rishi Treasury 61

T THROUP, Maggie Government Whip 91 TOMLINSON, Justin Work and Pensions 68 TOMLINSON, Michael Government Whip 91 TREVELYAN, Anne Marie Business, Energy, and Industrial Strategy 11 TRUE, Lord CBE Cabinet Office 17 TRUSS, The Rt Hon Elizabeth Trade 45 Export Finance 65

V VERE of Norbiton, Baroness Transport 60

W WALKER, Robin Northern Ireland Office 52 WALLACE, The Rt Hon Ben Defence 25 WARMAN, Matt Digital, Culture, Media and Sport 23 WHATELY, Helen Health and Social Care 38 WHITTINGDALE, The Rt Hon John Digital, Culture, Media and Sport 23 WILLIAMS of Trafford, Baroness Home Office 42 WILLIAMSON CBE, The Rt Hon Gavin Education 28 WOLFSON of Tredegar QC, Lord Ministry of Justice 50

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Y YOUNGER of Leckie, Lord in waiting 91

Z ZAHAWI, Nadhim Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy 11 Health and Social Care 39

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III – MINISTERIAL DEPARTMENTS AND RESPONSIBILITIES

ATTORNEY GENERAL’S OFFICE

102 Petty France Tel: 020 7271 2492 Website: SW1H 9EA https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/attor ney-generals-office Email: [email protected]

The Attorney General's Office (AGO) supports the functions of the Attorney General and the Solicitor General (the Officers). The role of the Attorney General includes:

● Acting as Chief Legal Adviser to Government, and ● Superintending and having general oversight of public prosecutors ● Cabinet level membership of the Government ● Working with the Justice Secretary and the to provide a more efficient, effective and accountable system for victims and the public ● Carrying out independent public interest litigation functions ● Promoting the rule of law at home and overseas ● Acting as leaders within the legal professional world

The Attorney General also holds the separate office of Advocate General for Northern Ireland.

Parliamentary Branch: Telephone: 020 7271 2406 Email: [email protected]

Correspondence Section: Telephone: 020 7271 2492 Email: [email protected]

Attorney General The Rt Hon Michael Ellis QC MP

Responsibilities include: ● Overall responsibility for the work of the Attorney General’s Office and superintended Departments (the Government Legal Department, the Crown Prosecution Service, the Serious Fraud Office and HM Crown Prosecution Service Inspectorate) ● Specific statutory duty to superintend the discharge of duties by the Director of Public Prosecutions (who heads the Crown Prosecution Service) and the Director of the Serious Fraud Office ● Non-statutory general oversight of the Services Prosecuting Authority and government prosecuting departments ● Government’s principal legal adviser dealing with (amongst others) questions of international law, human rights, and COVID-19 issues ● Public interest functions, for example, reference of unduly lenient sentences to the Court of Appeal, bringing proceedings for contempt of court and intervention in certain proceedings to protect charities ● Questions of law arising on Bills and with issues of legal policy ● Legal aspects of all international and domestic litigation involving the Government, (including matters related to relations with the EU)

Private Office to The Rt Hon Michael Ellis QC MP Telephone: 020 7271 2457 Email: [email protected]

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Solicitor General The Rt Hon QC MP

Responsibilities include: ● Deputising for the Attorney General and responsible for such matters as the Attorney General delegates to her ● Providing support to the Attorney General in his superintendence of the Government Legal Department, the Crown Prosecution Service, HM Crown Prosecution Service Inspectorate and the Serious Fraud Office ● Providing support to the Attorney General on civil litigation and advice on civil law matters and on the public interest function

Private Office to the Rt Hon Lucy Frazer QC MP Telephone: 020 7271 2457 Email: [email protected]

Minister on Leave (Attorney General) The Rt Hon Suella Braverman QC MP

The Rt Hon Suella Braverman QC MP was designated by the Prime Minister as a Minister on Leave on 2 March 2021, under the terms of the Ministerial and other Maternity Allowances Act 2021. She will be on maternity leave for six months. As Minister on Leave she remains a member of the Government, but holds no portfolio responsibility and is not able to exercise the functions of Attorney General.

Agencies of the Attorney General’s Office

Crown Prosecution Service Government Legal Department Serious Fraud Office

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DEPARTMENT FOR BUSINESS, ENERGY AND INDUSTRIAL STRATEGY

1 Victoria Street Tel (Enquiries): 020 7215 5000 London Website: SW1H 0ET https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/de partment-for-business-energy-and-industrial- strategy Email: [email protected]

Departmental Responsibilities: ● Business ● Industrial Strategy ● Science, Research and Innovation ● Energy and Clean Growth ● Climate Change

Our Priorities are: ● Deliver an ambitious Industrial Strategy ● Maximise investment opportunities and bolster UK interests ● Promote competitive markets and responsible business practices ● Ensure the UK has a reliable, low cost and clean energy system ● Build a flexible, innovative, collaborative and business-facing department

Parliamentary Branch: Tel: 020 7215 6630 Email: [email protected]

Correspondence Section: Tel: 020 7215 3105 Email: [email protected]

Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy The Rt Hon Kwasi Kwarteng MP

The Secretary of State leads the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, which brings together responsibilities for supporting and growing UK business and industry, as well developing our science, innovation and energy sectors. This includes:

● Supporting delivery of the Plan for Growth, leading the government’s relationship with business and building a world class business environment ● Ensuring that the country has secure energy supplies that are reliable, affordable and clean ● Ensuring the UK remains at the leading edge of science, research and innovation, cementing our status as a global science superpower ● Tackling climate change to reach net zero by 2050, including through the delivery of the Prime Minister’s 10 Point Plan for a Green ● Vaccine Provision

Private Office to The Rt Hon Kwasi Kwarteng MP Telephone: 020 715 5000 Email: [email protected]

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Minister of State (Minister of State for Energy, Clean Growth and Climate Change, and UK International Champion on Adaptation and Resilience for the COP26 Presidency) The Rt Hon Anne-Marie Trevelyan MP

Responsibilities include: ● Carbon budgets ● Green finance ● Low carbon generation ● Energy retail markets ● Electricity and gas wholesale markets and networks ● Oil and gas ● Security of supply ● Energy security, resilience and planning ● International energy ● International climate change and finance ● Climate science and innovation ● Relations with the EU ● Nuclear ● Construction

Private Office to The Rt Hon Anne-Marie Trevelyan MP Telephone: 020 715 5000 Email: [email protected]

Minister of State (Minister for Investment) Lord Grimstone of Boscobel Kt Joint Minister with Department for International Trade

Responsibilities include:

● Advanced manufacturing ● Automotive ● Defence ● Infrastructure ● Materials (including steel) ● Professional and business services

Private Office to Lord Grimstone of Boscobel Kt Telephone: 020 715 5000 Email: [email protected]

Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Minister for Business and Industry and Minister for COVID Vaccine Deployment) MP Joint Minister with Department for Health and Social Care

Responsibilities include: ● Vaccine Deployment (DHSC lead) ● Vaccine TaskForce (BEIS lead) ● Office for Life Sciences (DHSC-BEIS joint)

Private Office to Nadhim Zahawi MP Telephone: 020 715 5000 Email: [email protected]

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Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Minister for Science, Research and Innovation) MP

Responsibilities include: ● Science and research ● Innovation ● Intellectual property ● Space ● Future Sectors ● Maritime

Private Office to Amanda Solloway MP Telephone: 020 715 5000 Email: [email protected]

Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Minister for Small Business, Consumers and Labour Markets) MP

Responsibilities include: ● Small business & enterprise (including access to finance) ● Consumer and competition (including competition law) ● Labour markets ● Postal affairs ● Retail ● Local growth ● policy, Groceries Code Adjudicator ● Office for Product Safety and Standards ● Secondary legislation ● and Investment ● Aerospace ● The Minister is responsible for London, as

Private Office to Paul Scully MP Telephone: 020 715 5000 Email: [email protected]

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Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Minister for Business, Energy and Corporate Responsibility) Lord Callanan

Responsibilities include: ● Lords lead on all BEIS issues ● Corporate governance and responsibility ● Audit, inc. Financial Reporting Council ● Insolvency ● Company law ● ● Energy efficiency and local ● Clean Heat ● Smart meters and smart systems ● Chemicals ● Rail sector supply chain ● Land Registry ● ● Better regulation and regulatory reform

Private Office to Lord Callanan Telephone: 020 715 5000 Email: [email protected]

Agencies of Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Competition and Markets Authority HM Land Registry Office of Gas and Electricity Markets Companies House The Intellectual property Office * UK Space Agency

*The Met Office is a , operating for Government and on a commercial basis

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CABINET OFFICE

70 Tel (Enquiries): 020 7276 1234 London Website: SW1A 2AS https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/ca binet-office Email: [email protected]

We support the Prime Minister and ensure the effective running of the government. We are also the corporate headquarters for the government, in partnership with HM Treasury, and we take the lead in certain critical policy areas. The Cabinet Office is a ministerial department, supported by 22 agencies and public bodies.

Parliamentary Branch: Tel: 0207 276 1208 Email: [email protected]

Correspondence Section: Tel: 0207 276 1208 Email: [email protected]

Prime Minister; First Lord of the Treasury; Minister for the Civil Service and Minister for the Union The Rt Hon Boris Johnson MP

The Prime Minister is the leader of Her 's Government and is ultimately responsible for the policy and decisions of the Government. The Prime Minister also oversees the operation of the Civil Service and government agencies, chooses members of the Government, and is the principal Government figure in the House of Commons.

As Minister for the Union, the Prime Minister works to ensure that all of the government is acting on behalf of the entire United Kingdom: , Northern Ireland, Scotland, and Wales.

Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster; Minister for the Cabinet Office The Rt Hon Michael Gove MP

Responsibilities include: ● Oversight of all Cabinet Office policy and appointments ● Oversight of constitutional policy and enhancement, defending and electoral law ● Devolution issues and strengthening the Union ● Leading public services recovery from COVID-19 ● Leading cross-government and public sector transformation and efficiency ● Oversight of cross-government work on veterans' issues ● Oversight of Cabinet Office responsibilities on National Security and resilience, and the Civil Contingencies Secretariat, including COVID-19 ● Supporting the coordination of the cross-government and the devolution aspects of the response to COVID-19 ● The GREAT campaign

Private Office to The Rt Hon Michael Gove MP Telephone: 020 7276 7071 Email: [email protected]

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COP26 President Designate The Rt Hon Alok Sharma MP

As COP26 President Designate, Alok Sharma is a full member of Cabinet.

Responsibilities include: ● Leading preparations for the 26th United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change Conference of the Parties (COP26), to be held in in November 2021. ● Chairing the Climate Action Implementation Cabinet Committee to coordinate government action towards net zero by 2050

Private Office to The Rt Hon Alok Sharma MP Telephone: 020 7276 6349 Email: [email protected]

Minister of State (Cabinet) The Rt Hon Lord Frost CMG

As Minister of State, Lord Frost is a full member of the Cabinet.

Responsibilities include: ● Oversight of the implementation of the Trade and Cooperation Agreement and Withdrawal Agreement, including the Northern Ireland protocol ● UK co-chair of the Joint Committee and Partnership Council ● Oversight of the effective conduct of EU related business with the EU and its Member States ● Supporting the coordination of cross-Government positions on trade issues ● Oversight of the development of cross-Government work on maximising the economic and political opportunities flowing from EU exit ● Oversight of domestic transition readiness (held jointly with the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster until 12th April)

Private Office to the Rt Hon Lord Frost CMG Telephone: 020 7276 1211 Email: [email protected]

Minister without Portfolio The Rt Hon Amanda Milling MP

Private Office to the Rt Hon Amanda Milling MP Telephone: 020 7276 6999 Email: [email protected]

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Paymaster General The Rt Hon MP

Responsibilities include: ● Supporting Lord Frost on domestic transition readiness ● Supporting Lord Frost on the implementation of the Trade and Cooperation Agreement, and international trade issues ● Supporting the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster on civil contingencies issues (including COVID-19), cyber security, joint funds, Official Development Assistance (ODA) and global goals ● Government inquiries - Infected Blood

Private Office to The Rt Hon Penny Mordaunt MP Telephone: 020 7004 1282 Email: [email protected]

Minister of State (Minister for the Constitution and Devolution) MP

Responsibilities include: ● Supporting the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster on constitutional policy and enhancement ● Defending democracy and electoral law ● Supporting the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster on driving the government’s devolution agenda ● Supporting the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster to strengthen the Union

Private Office to Chloe Smith MP Telephone: 020 7276 2249 Email: [email protected]

Minister of State (Minister for Efficiency and Transformation) Lord Agnew of Oulton DL Joint Minister with HM Treasury

Responsibilities include: Supporting the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and the Chief Secretary to the Treasury to deliver cross-government efficiency and public sector transformation improvements including:

● Public value and planning and performance ● Supporting the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster on cross-government functions and controls, including public bodies and Cabinet Office domestic matters ● Supporting procurement and other government functional activity relating to COVID-19 ● Supporting Lord Frost on domestic transition readiness.

Private Office to Lord Agnew of Oulton DL Telephone: 020 7276 2484 Email: [email protected]

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Minister of State Lord True CBE

Responsibilities include: ● Leads on Cabinet Office business in the Lords, except for business relating to the EU, including the Cabinet Office legislation programme in the Lords ● Supporting the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster on public services recovery post COVID- 19 ● Supporting the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster on constitutional policy and enhancement

Private Office to Lord True CBE Telephone: 020 7276 0578 Email: [email protected]

Parliamentary Secretary MP

Responsibilities include: ● Supporting the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Lord Agnew to deliver cross- government efficiency and public sector transformation ● Supporting Lord Frost on domestic transition readiness and opportunities flowing from EU exit ● Supporting Cabinet Office primary legislation in the Commons and the Cabinet Office secondary legislation programme ● Oversight of Cabinet Office corporate activity, including staff within the Equalities Hub ( responsibility for equalities policy sits with Minister for Women & Equalities, Minister for Disabled People and Exchequer Secretary to the Treasury) ● The GREAT campaign

Private Office to Julia Lopez MP Telephone: 020 7276 2482 Email: [email protected]

Parliamentary Secretary of State (Minister for Defence People and Veterans) Johnny Mercer MP Joint Minister with Ministry of Defence

Responsibilities include: ● Civilian and Service personnel policy ● Pay, pensions and compensation ● Veterans (including resettlement, transition, the Office for Veterans Affairs, Defence charities and Ministerial Covenant and Veterans Board) ● ● Mental Health for armed forces ● Welfare and Service families (including response to COVID-19 & Estates service) ● Legacy issues and non-operational public inquiries and inquests ● The People Programme (Flexible Engagement Strategy, Future Accommodation Model and Enterprise Approach)

Private Office to Johnny Mercer MP Telephone: 020 7807 8172 Email: [email protected]

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Agencies of the Cabinet Office

UK Statistics Authority Government Property Agency

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MINISTRY OF HOUSING, COMMUNITIES AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT

2 Marsham Street Telephone: 030 3444 0000 Website: London https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/mi SW1P 4DF nistry-of-housing-communities-and-local- government Email: https://forms.communities.gov.uk/

Departmental responsibilities include: ● Driving up housing supply ● Increasing home ownership ● Devolving powers and budgets to boost local growth in England ● Supporting strong communities with excellent public services

Parliamentary Branch: Tel: 0303 444 3407 Email: [email protected]

Correspondence Section: Tel: 0303 444 3095 Email: [email protected]

Secretary of State for Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government The Rt Hon Robert Jenrick MP

Responsibilities include: ● Overall leadership of the Department & strategic direction of the Department

Private Office to The Rt Hon Robert Jenrick MP Telephone: 0303 444 3450 Email: [email protected]

Minister of State for Regional Growth and Local Government MP

Responsibilities include: ● Local Government Engagement ● Policy and Finance ● Devolution and the English Devolution and Local Recovery White Paper ● Levelling Up ● Climate Change ● UK Shared Prosperity Fund ● Mayoral Combined Authorities ● Pan-Regional Growth Bodies ● Local Digital ● Freeports ● Planning Casework

Private Office to Luke Hall MP Telephone: 0303 444 3440 Email: [email protected]

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Minister of State for Housing The Rt Hon MP

Responsibilities include: ● Home Ownership ● Housing Delivery ● Homes England Stewardship ● Affordable Housing Programme ● Design and Building Better ● Planning Reform ● Commons Minister on Building Safety ● Winter Preparedness (Transition and COVID-19 deputy) ● Project Speed ● Oxford-Cambridge Arc ● Homebuying and Selling ● Voluntary Right to Buy ● Private Rented Sector ● Planning casework

Private Office to The Rt Christopher Pincher MP Telephone: 0303 444 3424 Email: [email protected]

Minister of State Lord Greenhalgh of Fulham Joint Minister with Home Office

Responsibilities include: ● Building Safety Programme ● Grenfell Recovery and Public Inquiry ● Communities ● Holocaust Memorial ● Faith ● Race Equality ● Hate Crime ● Integration ● Leasehold and Freehold Abuses ● Resilience and Emergencies (including transformation and non-COVID-19/ Transition winter response, e.g. Flooding

Private Office to Lord Greenhalgh of Fulham Telephone: 0303 444 6687 Email: [email protected]

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Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Minister for Rough Sleeping and Housing) Eddies Hughes MP

Responsibilities include: ● Homelessness and Rough Sleeping ● Supported Housing ● New Homes Ombudsman & Redress ● Private Rented Sector: Standards and Non-Traditional Tenures ● Troubled Families ● Domestic Abuse ● Commercial Property ● Climate Change ● Social Housing White Paper ● Assets

Private Office to Eddie Hughes MP Telephone: 0303 444 3460 Email: [email protected]

Agencies of Department for Communities and Local Government

Planning Inspectorate Queen Elizabeth II Conference Centre

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DEPARTMENT FOR DIGITAL, CULTURE, MEDIA AND SPORT

100 Parliament Street Tel: 020 7211 6256 London Website: www.dcms.gov.uk SW1A 2BQ Email: [email protected]

The Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport helps make Britain the world’s most creative, digital and engaged nation; an exciting place to live, visit and do business. We support strong and resilient communities, providing opportunities for everyone. Wherever you live and whatever your background, we want your life to be enriched by what we (and the sectors we support) do. We are:

● Growing an economy that is creative, innovative and works for everyone ● Equipping the UK for the digital age ● Maximising cultural participation, social action and sport ● Supporting our media and the infrastructure of a strong and free society ● Promoting Global Britain

In art, music, fashion, theatre, video games, design, TV and performing arts - we are leading the world, enhancing our national prestige and boosting our economy.

Parliamentary Branch Phone: 020 7211 6068 Email: [email protected]

Ministerial Support Team (Private Offices, Correspondence, FOI) Telephone: 020 7211 6520 Email: [email protected]

Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport The Rt Hon Oliver Dowden CBE MP

Responsibilities include: ● Arts and Culture ● Broadcasting ● Creative industries ● Cultural property, heritage and the historic environment ● Gambling and racing ● Libraries ● Media ownership and mergers ● Museums and galleries ● The National Lottery ● Sport ● Telecommunications and online ● Tourism ● Culture, sports and arts sector recovery from COVID-19 ● Cultural Renewal Taskforce ● Creative Industries Council

Private Office to The Rt Hon Oliver Dowden CBE MP Telephone: 0207 211 6241 Email: [email protected]

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Minister of State (Minister for Digital and Culture) MP

Responsibilities include: ● Online Harms and Security ● Digital Skills ● Arts and Libraries ● Creative Industries ● Museums and Cultural Property ● Festival UK 2022 ● Heritage ● Platinum Jubilee

Private Office to Caroline Dinenage MP Telephone: 020 7211 2370 Email: [email protected]

Minister of State (Minister for Media and Data) The Rt Hon OBE MP

Responsibilities include: ● Media ● Gambling and Lotteries ● Relations with the EU ● Overall approach to Union policy issues ● Data and the National Archives ● Public appointments ● Lead legislation minister ● Overview of corporate areas within the Department

Private Office to The Rt Hon John Whittingdale OBE MP Telephone: 020 7211 6072 Email: [email protected]

Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Minister for Digital Infrastructure) MP

Responsibilities include: ● Building Digital UK (BDUK) ● Digital infrastructure ● Cyber Security and Digital Identity ● Tech growth policy and AI ● Foreign Direct Investment

Private Office to Matt Warman MP Telephone: 020 7211 6247 Email: [email protected]

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Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Minister for Sport, Heritage, and Tourism) MP

Responsibilities include: ● Sport ● Commonwealth Games ● Tourism

Private Office to Nigel Huddleston MP Telephone: 0207 211 2369 Email: [email protected]

Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Minister for Civil Society and DCMS Lords Minister) Baroness Barran MBE

Responsibilities include: ● Civil Society ● Youth ● Volunteering ● Loneliness ● Ceremonials ● All DCMS business in the House of Lords

Private Office to Baroness Barran MBE Telephone: 020 7211 6040 Email: [email protected]

Agencies of Department for Digital, Culture, Media, and Sport

The Charity Commission for The National Archives

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MINISTRY OF DEFENCE

Floor 5, Main Building Telephone: 020 7218 9000 Whitehall Website: London https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/mi SW1A 2HB nistry-of-defence Email: [email protected]

The Ministry of Defence works for a secure and prosperous United Kingdom with global reach and influence. We will protect our people, territories, values and interests at home and overseas, through strong armed forces and in partnership with allies, to ensure our security, support our national interests and safeguard our prosperity.

The Ministry of Defence has eight defence tasks: 1. Defence, security and resilience of the UK and its overseas territories 2. Nuclear deterrence and the defence nuclear enterprise 3. Contribute to improved understanding of the world through strategic intelligence and the global defence network 4. Influence through international defence engagement 5. Overseas defence activity 6. Promote UK prosperity and civil society 7. Direct defence 8. Strategic base and enabling functions

Parliamentary Branch Telephone: 020 7218 3564 Email: [email protected]

Correspondence Section Telephone: 020 7218 3564 Email: [email protected]

Secretary of State for Defence The Rt Hon Ben Wallace MP

Overall responsibility for the business of the Department, including the and the Department’s response to COVID-19.

Responsibilities include: ● Strategic operations and operational strategy, including as a member of the National Security Council ● Defence planning, programme and resource allocation ● Strategic international partnerships: NATO, US, France, Germany, and the Gulf ● Nuclear operations, policy and organisations ● Strategic communications

Private Office to The Rt Hon Ben Wallace MP Telephone: 020 7218 2111 Email: [email protected]

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Minister of State for Defence Procurement MP

Responsible for delivering the Equipment Plan, relations with Defence industry and exports, science and technology.

Responsibilities include: ● Delivery of the Equipment Plan ● Nuclear enterprise ● Defence exports ● Innovation ● Science and Technology including The Defence Science and Technology Laboratory ● Research and Development ● Information Computer Technology ● Single Source Regulations Office ● Defense Infrastructure Organisation (DIO) and estates investment ● Environment and sustainability ● Defence Supply Chain and Defence Estate monitoring, engagement and resilience in the context of COVID-19.

Private Office to Jeremy Quin MP Telephone: 0207 218 6621 Email: [email protected]

Minister of State (Lords) Baroness Goldie DL

Spokesperson in the House of Lords on all Defence matters. Responsible for corporate governance, international arms control and counter-proliferation, EU and Asia / Far East Defence engagement.

Responsibilities include: ● Corporate Governance including transformation programme, Single Departmental Plan, risk reporting and health, safety and security ● Relations with EU ● Engagement with retired senior Defence personnel and wider opinion formers ● Arms control and counter-proliferation, including export licensing and chemical and biological weapons ● Community engagement ● Equality, Diversity and Inclusion ● Defence Medical Services ● UK Hydrographic Office ● Programme ● , Asia and Far East Defence engagement ● Defence Fire and Rescue ● Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland Devolved Authorities ● Shipwrecks, museums and heritage ● Commemorations, ceremonial duties, medallic recognition and protocol policy ● Casework ● Ministry of Defence

Private Office to Baroness Goldie DL Telephone: 0207 218 7346 Email: [email protected]

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Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Minister for the Armed Forces) MP

Responsible for Armed Forces activity including operations, operational legal matters, force generation and international defence engagement.

Responsibilities include: ● Operations and operational legal policy – current ● Force generation (including exercises) ● Military recruitment and retention policy (regulars and reserves) ● Concepts and doctrine ● Permanent Joint Operating Bases and Overseas Territories ● International Defence Engagement Strategy ● Lead for Defence engagement in Africa and Latin America ● Human Security ● Operational public inquiries and inquests ● Youth and Cadets ● Represents the MOD at cross government ministerial COVID-19 working groups and develops departmental COVID-19 policy. ● Leads on COVID-19 operational support such as Military Assistance to Civil Authorities and COVID-19 Support Force

Private Office to James Heappey MP Telephone: 0207 218 6666 Email: [email protected]

Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Minister for Defence People & Veterans) Johnny Mercer MP Joint Minister with Cabinet Office

Responsible for Armed Forces, veterans and civilian people policy and oversight of the Office of Veterans Affairs.

Responsibilities include: ● Civilian and Service personnel policy ● Pay, pensions and compensation ● Veterans (incl. resettlement, transition, the Office for Veterans Affairs, Defence charities and Ministerial Covenant and Veterans Board) ● Armed Forces Covenant ● Mental Health for Armed Forces ● Welfare and Service families (including response to COVID-19 & Estates service) ● Legacy issues and non-operational public inquiries and inquests ● The People Programme (Flexible Engagement Strategy, Future Accommodation Model and Enterprise Approach)

Private Office to Johnny Mercer MP Telephone: 0207 218 2216 Email: [email protected]

Agencies of the Ministry of Defence

Defence Electronics and Components Agency Defence Equipment and Support Defence Science and Technology Laboratory Submarine Delivery Agency UK Hydrographic Office

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DEPARTMENT FOR EDUCATION

Sanctuary Buildings Tel (Enquiries): 0370 000 2288 Great Smith Street Website: www.education.gov.uk London Email: https://www.gov.uk/contact-dfe SW1P 3BT

The is responsible for children’s services and education, including higher and policy, apprenticeships and wider skills in England.

Parliamentary Branch: Tel: 0207 340 8019 Email: [email protected]

Correspondence Section: Tel: 0370 000 2288 Email: [email protected]

Secretary of State for Education Rt Hon Gavin Williamson CBE MP The Secretary of State is responsible for the work of the Department for Education.

Responsibilities include: ● Early years ● Children’s social care ● Teachers’ recruitment and retention ● The school curriculum ● School improvement ● Academies and free schools ● Further education ● Apprenticeships and skills ● Higher education ● Oversight of the departmental COVID-19 response

Private Office to Rt Hon Gavin Williamson CBE MP Telephone: 020 7340 7941 Email: [email protected]

Minister of State for Universities MP

Responsibilities include: ● Strategy for post-16 education (jointly with Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Minister for Apprenticeships and Skills)) ● Universities and higher education reform ● Higher education student finance (including the ) ● Widening participation in higher education ● Quality of higher education and the Teaching Excellence Framework ● International education strategy including education exports international students and technology in education (Edtech) ● Opportunity Areas programme ● Minister with responsibilities for COVID-19 response for universities and higher education institutions

Private Office to Michelle Donelan MP Telephone: 0207 340 7965 Email: [email protected]

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Minister of State for School Standards The Rt Hon MP

Responsibilities include: ● Recruitment and retention of teachers and school leaders (including initial teacher training, qualifications and professional development) ● Supporting a high-quality teaching profession and reducing teacher workload ● Teaching Regulation Agency ● Admissions and school transport ● School revenue funding, including the national funding formula for schools ● Curriculum and qualifications (including links with ) ● Standards and Testing Agency and primary assessment ● School accountability and inspection (including links with ) ● Support for raising school standards ● School sport ● Pupil premium ● Relationships, sex, and health education; and personal, social, health and economic education ● Behaviour and attendance and exclusions ● Early education curriculum and teaching quality ● Minister with responsibilities for COVID-19 response for schools

Private Office to The Rt Hon Nick Gibb MP Telephone: 020 7340 7157 Email: [email protected]

Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Minister for Children and Families) MP

Responsibilities include: ● Children’s social care including system and funding, workforce, child protection, children in care, adoption, care leavers and local authority performance ● Special educational needs, including high needs funding ● Early years policy and childcare, including funding, providers, workforce, children’s centres, home learning environment and childcare entitlements ● Alternative provision ● Disadvantage and social mobility (including links to the Social Mobility Commission) ● School food including meals ● Children and young people’s mental health, online safety and preventing bullying in schools ● Policy to protect against serious violence ● Parliamentary Under Secretary of State with responsibilities for COVID-19 response for children services and childcare

Private Office to Vicky Ford MP Telephone: 020 7340 7107 Email: [email protected]

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Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Minister for Apprenticeships and Skills) MP

Responsibilities include: ● Strategy for post-16 education (jointly with Minister of State for Universities) ● Technical education and skills including T Levels and qualifications review ● Apprenticeships including traineeships ● Further education workforce ● Further education provider market including quality and improvement and further education efficiency ● Adult education, including the National Retraining Scheme and basic skills ● Institutes of Technology and National ● Reducing the number of young people who are not in education, employment or training ● Careers education, information and guidance including the Careers and Enterprise Company ● Parliamentary Under Secretary of State with responsibilities for COVID-19 response for further education services

Private Office to Gillian Keegan MP Telephone: 020 7340 7973 Email: [email protected]

Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Minister for the School System) Baroness Berridge of the Vale of Catmose Joint Minister with Department for International Trade in her capacity as Minister for Women

Responsibilities include: ● Free schools, university technical colleges and studio schools ● Academies and multi- trusts, including governance ● Faith schools ● Independent schools ● Home education and supplementary schools ● Intervention in underperforming schools, including trust capacity funds ● School capital investment (including pupil place planning, new school places and school condition) ● Counter extremism and integration in schools ● Safeguarding in schools and post-16 settings ● School efficiency ● Departmental efficiency and commercial

Private Office to Baroness Berridge of the Vale of Catmose Telephone: 020 7340 7615 Email: [email protected]

Agencies of the Department for Education

Education and Skills Funding Agency Office for Standards in Education, Children’s Services and Skills (Ofsted) Office of Qualifications and Examinations Regulation (Ofqual) Standards and Testing Agency Teaching Regulation Agency

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DEPARTMENT FOR ENVIRONMENT, FOOD AND RURAL AFFAIRS

Seacole Building Telephone: 020 7035 1111 Website: London https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/de SW1P 4DF partment-for-environment-food-rural-affairs Email: [email protected]

Defra is the UK government department responsible for safeguarding our natural environment, supporting our world-leading food and farming industry, and sustaining a thriving rural economy.

Parliamentary Branch: Tel: 0208 026 3042 Email: [email protected]

Correspondence Section: Tel: 020 8026 3408 Email: [email protected]

Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs The Rt Hon George Eustice MP Overall responsibility for the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs including:

● Oversight of DEFRA’s COVID-19 response ● Departmental administration ● Emergencies ● and oversight trade mandates and post-transition delivery and policy programme ● Relations with the EU ● General Licencing ● Senior Appointments

Private Office to The Rt Hon George Eustice MP Telephone: 020 8026 7797 Email: [email protected]

Minister of State (Minister for the Pacific and the Environment) The Rt Hon Lord Goldsmith of Richmond Park Joint Minister with Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Responsibilities include: ● COVID-19 issues related to animal welfare ● International environment, climate, biodiversity and conservation ● Agri-food trade (for negotiations) ● Forestry policy – domestic & international ● International Whaling commission ● International Oceans ● Illegal wildlife trade ● Animal Welfare ● Green recovery ● Trade including standards, market access and exports, geographical indicators ● Lead for ● Lords Minister for Environment, including Environment Bill

Private Office to The Rt Hon Lord Goldsmith of Richmond Park Telephone: 020 8720 2834 Email: [email protected]

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Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Minister for Domestic Environment) MP

Responsibilities include: ● COVID-19 issues related to waste and water ● Domestic natural environment including biodiversity, marine, net gain, wildlife, pollinators ● 25 Year Environment Plan ● Environment Bill ● Climate change adaptation, land use and Defra input to net zero ● Floods and water ● Environmental management and regulation ● Commercial projects including Covent Garden Market and waste private finance initiative (PFI) projects ● Lead for and ● Commons Minister for rural affairs, landscape, and adaptation

Private Office to Rebecca Pow MP Telephone: 020 8225 8260 Email: [email protected]

Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Minister for Rural Affairs and Biosecurity) Lord Gardiner of Kimble

Responsibilities include:

● COVID-19 ; long-term food supply and business continuity planning ● Food compositional standards, labelling, supply, security and resilience ● Rural affairs ● Countryside and access ● Biosecurity strategy, including animal health and traceability, endemic and exotic plant and animal disease including bovine TB, invasive non-native species and plant and tree health ● Landscape, including national parks, Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONBs) ● Rural ambassador and rural affairs, covering rural life opportunities, broadband and mobile ● Lead for Animal and Plant Health Agency (APHA), Veterinary Medicines Directorate (VMD), Kew and Animal Health and Welfare Board for England (AHWBE) ● Lords minister for farming and fisheries

Private Office to Lord Gardiner of Kimble Telephone: 020 8720 3445 Email: [email protected]

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Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Minister for Farming, Fisheries and Food) MP

Responsibilities include: ● COVID-19 issues related to food for the vulnerable, farming and fisheries ● Fisheries and Fisheries Bill.Farming including future farming, Agriculture Bill and Environmental Land Management, Common Agricultural Policy, Rural Development Programme for England ● Food including food chain policy, production, growth, skills and apprenticeships ● Science and innovation, including GMOs ● Pesticides ● Better regulation ● Food strategy and food and drink sector council ● Relations with the EU ● Secondary legislation programme ● Lead for (RPA), Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board (AHDB), , Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science (Cefas), Marine Management Organisation (MMO)

Private Office to Victoria Prentis MP Telephone: 020 8565 4051 Email: [email protected]

Agencies of the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Animal and Plant Health Agency Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science Forestry Commission Rural Payments Agency The Water Services Regulation Authority () Veterinary Medicines Directorate

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FOREIGN, COMMONWEALTH & DEVELOPMENT OFFICE

King Charles Street Telephone: 020 7008 5000 Westminster Website: London https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/fo SW1A 2AH reign-commonwealth-development-office Email: [email protected]

We pursue our national interests and project the UK as a force for good in the world. We promote the interests of British citizens, safeguard the UK’s security, defend our values, reduce poverty and tackle global challenges with our international partners.

Parliamentary Branch: Tel: 020 7008 1500 Email: [email protected]

Correspondence Section: Tel: 020 7008 1500 Email: [email protected]

Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs; The Rt Hon Dominic Raab MP

The Secretary of State has overall responsibility for all the work across the Foreign & Commonwealth Office network, with particular focus on: ● Strategy Directorate ● National security ● Intelligence ● Honours ●

Private Office to The Rt Hon Dominic Raab MP Telephone: 020 7008 2117 Email: [email protected]

Minister of State (Minister for the Middle East and North Africa) The Rt Hon MP

Responsibilities include: ● Middle East and North Africa ● Cyber and Counter Terrorism ● Defence and International Security ● Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe ● ● Conflict, humanitarian issues, human security & Conflict, Stability and Security Fund ● CHASE (Conflict, Humanitarian and Security Department) ● Stabilisation Unit ● Safeguarding

Private Office to The Rt Hon James Cleverly MP Tel: 020 7008 2094 Email: [email protected]

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Minister of State (Minister for the Pacific and the Environment) The Rt Hon Lord Goldsmith of Richmond Park Joint Minister with Department for Environment, Food, and Rural Affairs

Responsibilities include: ● Illegal Wildlife Trade ● Pacific ● Climate and Environment ● Climate Diplomacy ● Ocean/Blue Belt

Private Office to The Rt Hon Lord Goldsmith of Richmond Park Telephone: 07824820211 Email: [email protected]

Minister of State (Minister for Asia) MP

Responsibilities include: ● East Asia and Southeast Asia ● Economic diplomacy ● Trade (incl. Trade for Development) ● Economics Unit ● Prosperity Fund ● Communications ● Soft power, including , BBC World Service and Scholarships ● Third-country agreements ● Consular and Parliamentary Relations ● Global Travel Advice ● Repatriations policy and Operations ● Economic issues related to COVID-19

Private Office to Nigel Adams MP Telephone: 020 7008 2520 Email: [email protected]

Minister of State (Minister for South Asia and the Commonwealth) Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon

Responsibilities include: ● South Asia ● Commonwealth ● UN & multilateral ● Governance & democracy ● Open societies and anti-corruption ● Human rights ● Treaty policy & practice ● Sanctions ● Departmental operations (HR & estates) ● COVID-19 HR issues ● Multilateral duties to the UN and the Commonwealth related to COVID-19 ● Overseas Territories (Except Falklands and ) ● Polar Regions ● Carribean ● Global Partnerships and Sustainable Development Goals ● Departmental operations: Finance and Protocol

Private Office to Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon Tel: 020 7008 2786 Email: [email protected]

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Parliamentary Under Secretary of State () MP

Responsibilities include: ● Sub-Saharan Africa ● Economic development ● Research and Evidence ● Oversight of International Financial Institutions and UK government’s development finance institutions :- Commonwealth Development Corp Group (CDC Group), and the Emerging Policy, Innovation and Capability (EPIC) Department

Private Office to James Duddridge MP Telephone: 07748 270792 Email: [email protected]

Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Minister for European Neighbourhood and the Americas) MP

Responsibilities include: ● Europe ● Central Asia ● Americas ● Water and sanitation ● Cruises and contacts with Cruise Ships ● Global health including global work on COVID-19 Vaccines ● Therapeutics, and Diagnostics, and multilateral health organisations including the WHO, the Global Fund, the Gavi Alliance, Nutrition ● Children, Youth and Education (including Girls’ Education) ● Gender Equality and Sexual & Reproductive Health and Rights ● Inclusive Societies (LGBT, civil society, disability, ageing, social protection, Leave No One Behind)

Private Office to Wendy Morton MP Tel: 020 7008 1280 Email: [email protected]

Agencies of the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office Wilton Park

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND SOCIAL CARE

39 Victoria Street Tel: 020 7210 4850 London Website: SW1H 0EU https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/de partment-of-health-and-social-care Email: https://contactus.dhsc.gov.uk/

The aim of the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) is to improve the health and well-being of people in England.

● Supporting and advising our ministers: we help them shape and deliver policy that delivers the government’s objectives ● Setting direction: we anticipate the future and lead debate ensuring we protect and improve global and domestic health ● Accountability: we make sure the department and our arm’s length bodies deliver on our agreed plans and commitments ● Acting as guardians of the health and care framework: we make sure the legislative, financial, administrative and policy frameworks are fit for purpose and work together ● Troubleshooting: in the last resort, the public and Parliament expect us to take the action needed to resolve crucial and complex issues ● COVID-19: leading the department’s response to the pandemic

Parliamentary Branch: Tel: 020 7210 5808 Email:[email protected]

Correspondence Section: Tel:020 7210 4850 Email: https://contactus.dhsc.gov.uk/

Secretary of State for Health and Social Care The Rt Hon Matt Hancock MP

The Secretary of State has overall financial control and oversight of NHS delivery and performance, of Social Care policy, and of department’s COVID-19 response

Private Office to The Rt Hon Matt Hancock MP Tel: 020 7210 4850 Email: [email protected]

Minister of State (Minister for Health) MP

Responsibilities include: ● NHS operational performance, including COVID-19 resilience ● Long Term Plan Bill ● NHS capital, land and estates ● Finance, efficiency, commercial, NHS cost recovery ● Transformation ● Sponsorship of NHS England and NHS Improvement ● Relationship with the EU ● Secondary legislation ● Devolved administrations, and Overseas Territories ● Departmental management ● Litigation

Private Office to Edward Argar MP Tel: 020 7210 5451 Email: [email protected]

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Minister of State (Minister for Care) MP

Responsibilities include: ● COVID-19 response: social care resilience, NHS workforce and Joint Biosecurity Centre ● Overseeing all aspects of Adult Social Care ● Health/Care Integration ● NHS Workforce ● Neurodiversity, Disabilities, and Learning Disabilities ● Dementia, Disabilities and Long-term Conditions ● Abortion ● NHS Continuing Healthcare ● Sponsorship of: Health Research Authority, NHS Blood and Transplant, Health Technology Assessment, Health and Fitness Education, , Joint Biosecurity Centre ● Health Ethics & Fertility and Embryology (Shadow) ● and Trace (Shadow)

Private Office to Helen Whately MP Tel: 020 7972 4203 Email: [email protected]

Minister of State (Minister for Patient Safety, Mental Health and Suicide Prevention) MP

Responsibilities include: ● COVID-19 response: , NHS Test and Trace contain framework ● Patient Safety ● Inquiries and Investigations ● Mental health ● Suicide Prevention and Crisis Prevention ● Bereavement support (non financial) ● Offender Health ● Vulnerable Groups ● Women's health strategy ● Maternity Care ● Patient Experience ● Cosmetic Regulation

Private Office to Nadine Dorries MP Tel: 020 7972 4652 Email:[email protected]

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Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Minister for Prevention, Public Health and Primary Care) MP

Responsibilities include: ● COVID-19 response: Personal Protective Equipment, shielding and vulnerable groups ● Public health system ● Health improvement ● Health inequalities ● Public health delivery ● Primary care ● Gender identity services ● Major diseases ● Community health ● Lead Minister for crisis response ● Seasonal Flu ● Sponsorship of: * and

*see recent announcement on creation of new NIHP - (https://www.gov.uk/government/news/government-creates-new-national-institutHj>G6S21e-for- health-protection)

Private Office to Jo Churchill MP Tel: 020 7972 4566 Email: [email protected]

Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Minister for Innovation) Lord Bethell of Romford

Responsibilities include: ● COVID-19 response: NHS Test and Trace, Medicines supply, treatments and vaccines, research into long term health impacts. ● Life Sciences ● Medicines ● Research ● Antimicrobial resistance ● Global Health ● International Diplomacy and relations ● Data and Technology ● Rare Diseases ● NHS security management, including cyber security ● Blood and transplants and organ donation

Private Office to Lord Bethell of Romford Tel:020 7972 4568 Email: [email protected]

Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Minister for COVID Vaccine Deployment) Nadhim Zahawi MP Joint Minister with the Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy

Responsibilities include: ● COVID-19 Vaccine Taskforce

Private Office to Nadhim Zahawi MP Telephone: 020 715 5000 Email: [email protected]

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Agencies of the Department of Health and Social Care

Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency Public Health England* Food Standards Agency

*see recent announcement on creation of new NIHP - https://www.gov.uk/government/news/government-creates-new-national-institute-for-health- protection)

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HOME OFFICE

2 Marsham Street Tel: 0207 035 8798 London Website: SW1P 4DF https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/ho me-office Email: [email protected]

The Home Office is the lead government department for and passports, drugs policy, crime, fire, counter-terrorism and police.

Parliamentary Team Tel: 020 7035 8848 Email: [email protected]

Correspondence Section: Tel: 020 7035 8757 Email: [email protected]

Secretary of State for the Home Department The Rt Hon Priti Patel MP

● Overarching responsibility for the departmental portfolio and oversight of the ministerial team ● Cabinet ● National Security Council (NSC) ● Public appointments ● Oversight of the Security Service ● Overall responsibility for the Home Office response to COVID-19 including health measures at the border and police powers to enforce lockdown

Private Office to The Rt Hon Priti Patel MP Telephone: 020 7035 4848 Email: [email protected]

Minister of State (Minister for Security) The Rt Hon MP

Responsibilities include: ● Counter Terrorism – Prepare, Prevent, Pursue, Protect ● Serious and Organised Crime ● Cybercrime, Economic crime ● Hostile State Activity ● ● Royal and VIP Protection ● Online harms ● ● Aviation and maritime security ● Commons lead on transition period ● Grenfell ● Functioning of the domestic national security system through COVID-19 – MI5, Counter Terrorism Policing ● Functioning the Serious and Organised Crime System through COVID-19 – (NCA), Cyber ● Ensuring COVID-19 regulations continue to consider Security (Crowded places, Insider threat, data retention extension) ● Oversight of Fraud and pernicious activity as a result of COVID-19.

Private Office to The Rt Hon James Brokenshire MP Telephone: 020 7035 4848 Email: [email protected]

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Minister of State (Minister for Crime Reduction and Policing) MP Joint Minister with Ministry of Justice

Responsibilities include: ● Policing ● Crime ● County lines ● Criminal Justice System ● Acquisitive crime ● Public protection/protests ● Undercover policing ● Her Majesty's Inspectorate of Constabulary and Fire & Rescue Services (HMICFRS) ● Police technology ● Police powers ● Facial recognition ● Major events ● Football policing ● Flooding/hurricane/natural disaster relief ● Reoffending ● Unauthorised encampments ● Firearms and Serious violence ● Drugs and alcohol ● Police powers to enforce lockdown/social distancing measures.

MoJ cross-over: Cross-cutting Criminal Justice System issues. In particular: ● Rape review ● Cross-Criminal Justice System Demand ● Swift justice with knife crime focus ● Reducing Reoffending ● Support on Criminal Justice Board and PM Crime Taskforce ● Electronic monitoring ● Drugs and Alcohol ● Joint Bids

Private Office to Kit Malthouse MP Telephone: 020 7035 4848 Email: [email protected]

Minister of State (Minister for the Lords) Baroness Williams of Trafford

Responsibilities include: ● Overall corporate lead, including Spending Review (SR) and Budget ● Data and identity ● Enablers ● Digital and technology ● Public appointments ● Sponsorship unit ● Countering-extremism ● Hate crime ● Forensic science and DNA

Private Office to Baroness Williams of Trafford Telephone: 020 7035 4848 Email: [email protected]

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Minister of State for Building Safety, Fire and Communities Lord Greenhalgh of Fulham Joint Minister with Ministry of Housing Communities and Local Government

Responsibilities include: ● Fire

Private Office to Lord Greenhalgh of Fulham Telephone: 020 7035 4848 Email: [email protected]

Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Minister for Safeguarding) MP

Responsibilities include: ● Modern slavery and National Referral Mechanism ● Domestic abuse: and girls, including FGM and ● Early youth intervention on serious violence ● Disclosure and Barring Service ● Victims; Child sexual abuse and exploitation ● Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse ● Gangmasters and Labour Abuse Authority ● Sexual Violence (inc. Rape Review) ● Anti-Social Behaviour ● Prostitution ● ● On-line Internet Safety/WeProtect ● Victims of Terrorism ● Security Industry Authority ● Safeguarding and Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) Checks for COVID-19 response Volunteers and Community Groups

Private Office to Victoria Atkins MP Telephone: 020 7035 4848 Email: [email protected]

Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Minister for Future Borders and Immigrations) Kevin Foster MP

Responsibilities include: ● Design and implementation of UK points-based system ● Design and implementation of digital and secure borders, including Electronic Travel Authorisations ● Counting in and counting out ● Current and future visa system, including fees ● Global visa operations ● Net migration ● Immigration rules and Immigration system simplification ● Exit checks ● Immigration and Social Security Act ● HM Passport Office ● General Register Officer ● EU Settlement Scheme ● Casework ● Border health measures (cross-government policy, Home Office lead)

Private Office to Kevin Foster MP Telephone: 020 7035 4848 Email: [email protected]

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Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Minister for Immigration Compliance and Justice) MP Joint Minister with Ministry of Justice

Responsibilities include: ● Compliant environment ● Detention: Returns ● Foreign national offenders: strategy ● Overseas Development Assistance (ODA) ● ● Asylum ● Resettlement ● Casework ● Animals (illegal wildlife trade) ● Supporting Lords Minister on corporate affairs, including Spending Review and Budget ● COVID-19 impacts on business as usual function of Asylum and Returns systems, Detention, and .

MoJ cross-over: ● Foreign National Offenders and removing barriers to removal ● Immigration legal system reform ● Joint Spending Review bids (working with Kit Malthouse MP) ● Immigration Crime Sentencing reform ● Detained Fast Track ● Court and tribunal fees ● Supporting the Secretary of State on departmental finance

Private Office to Chris Philp MP Telephone: 020 7035 4848 Email: [email protected]

Agencies of the Home Office

National Crime Agency

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DEPARTMENT FOR INTERNATIONAL TRADE

King Charles Street Tel (Enquiries): 020 7215 5000 Whitehall Website: London https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/dep SW1A 2AH artment-for-international-trade Email: [email protected]

To secure UK and global prosperity by promoting and financing international trade and investment, and championing .

Parliamentary Branch: Telephone: 020 7215 5000 Email: [email protected]

Correspondence Managers: Telephone: 020 7215 5000 Email: [email protected]

Secretary of State for International Trade and President of the Board of Trade; Minister for Women and Equalities The Rt Hon Elizabeth Truss MP Joint Minister with UK Export Finance

Responsibilities include: ● Championing free trade by securing new free trade agreements, overseeing the UK’s global tariff policy and making the case for reform at the WTO ● Supporting UK businesses large and small in trading globally ● Upgrading the UK’s export performance by increasing the number of exporters and the value of exports ● Increasing the amount and value of Foreign Direct Investment into the UK ● UK Export Finance, the UK’s export credit agency ● Overall responsibility for the business of the department, including the running of the department and its finances

The Minister for Women and Equalities has responsibility for: ● Developing an equalities policy that it is based on individual autonomy and dignity ● Promoting equality of opportunity for everyone ● Supporting the whole of Government to secure a recovery from COVID-19 that benefits all across our nation equally

Private Office to The Rt Hon Elizabeth Truss MP Telephone: 0207 008 8063 Email: [email protected]

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Minister of State (Minister for Trade Policy) The Rt Hon MP

Responsibilities include: ● Engaging with the devolved administrations ● Trade for development ● Official Development Assistance Also supports the Secretary of State with: ● Securing new free trade agreements with the US, Australia, and ● Engagement with the (WTO) ● The UK’s tariff policy

Private Office to Rt Hon Greg Hands MP Telephone: 0207 008 8259 Email: [email protected]

Minister of State (Minister for Investment) Lord Grimstone of Boscobel Kt Joint Minister with the Department for Business, Energy, and Industrial Strategy

Responsibilities include: ● The Office for Investment ● Developing a new investment strategy ● Promoting investment across all sectors ● Business-investor relations ● Leading on the strategic relationship management programme cross-Whitehall, including account management of large UK investors ● Departmental business in the House of Lords ● Global marketing to attract investment ● Increasing foreign direct investment (FDI) and portfolio investment into the UK ● Promoting and supporting outward direct investment (ODI).

Private Office for Lord Grimstone of Boscobel Kt Telephone: 0207 008 8147 Email: [email protected]

Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Minister for Exports) Graham Stuart MP Joint Minister with UK Export Finance

Responsibilities include: ● Export policy and promotion across all sectors ● UK Export Finance (UKEF) ● Climate change and COP26 ● Trade missions ● Global events ● Investment policy in the House of Commons

Private Office to Graham Stuart MP Telephone: 0207 008 8082 Email: [email protected]

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Parliamentary Under Secretary (Minister for International Trade) MP

Responsibilities include: ● Free trade agreements ● Continuity negotiations and coordination ● Tackling barriers to market access ● Export Licencing ● Strategic Trade Advisory Group and Trade Advisory Groups ● Supply chain resilience

Also supports the Secretary of State with: ● Trade remedies ● Trade Dialogues ● Joint Economic and Trade Committees (JETCOs)

Private Office for Ranil Jayawardena MP Telephone: 0207 0088077 Email: [email protected]

Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Minister for Equalities)* MP Joint Minister with HM Treasury

Responsibilities include: ● Policy on sexual orientation and transgender equality ● Cross-government equality strategy and legislation ● Overseeing the Race and Inequalities Commission ● Leading the COVID-19 Disparities Project

Private Office to Kemi Badenoch MP Telephone: 0207 270 4956 Email: [email protected], [email protected]

Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Minister for Women)* Baroness Berridge of the Vale of Catmose Joint Minister with the Department for Education

Responsibilities include: ● The Minister for Women has overall responsibility for policy on gender equality.

Private Office to Baroness Berridge of the Vale of Catmose Telephone:020 7340 7745 Email: [email protected], [email protected]

*Baroness Berridge and Kemi Badenoch MP are appointed to the Department for International Trade in connection with their work as Minister for Women and Minister for Equalities respectively, reporting to the Minister for Women and Equalities, the Secretary of State for International Trade, Rt Hon Elizabeth Truss MP

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MINISTRY OF JUSTICE

102 Petty France Tel: 0203 334 3555 London Website: SW1H 9AJ www.gov.uk/government/organisations/ministry- of-justice Email: https://contact-moj.dsd.io/

Responsible to Parliament for the , the court system and prisons and probation.

Parliamentary Branch: Tel: 020 3334 4615 Email: https://contact-moj.dsd.io/

Ministerial Correspondence and Support Section: Tel: 0203 334 3555 Email: https://contact-moj.dsd.io/

Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for Justice The Rt Hon QC MP

Responsibilities include: ● Oversight of all portfolios and Ministry of Justice strategy ● Oversight of departmental COVID-19 response supported by other ministers according to portfolio ● Oversight of international business and relations with the EU ● Resourcing of the department ● Functions of the Lord Chancellor ● Judicial policy including pay, pensions and diversity (these and other operational decisions affecting the judiciary are reserved to the Lord Chancellor) ● Corporate services

Private Office to The Rt Hon Robert Buckland QC MP Email: [email protected]

Minister of State (Minister for Crime and Policing) Kit Malthouse MP Joint Minister with Home Office

Responsibilities include: ● Cross-cutting Criminal Justice System issues ● Support to the Secretary of State on the Criminal Justice Board and supporting the Prime Minister’s Crime and Justice Taskforce ● Electronic monitoring ● Reducing reoffending ● Domestic abuse and Violence ● Rape Review ● Victims and Witness policy ● Drugs and Mental Health ● Secure School project delivery ● Crown Dependencies

Private Office to Kit Malthouse MP Email: [email protected]

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Parliamentary Under Secretary of State MP

Responsibilities include: ● Prison operations, policy, reform and industrial relations ● Probation services, policy, reform and industrial relations ● Public protection (including Parole Board, Imprisonment for Public Protection and Serious Further Offences) ● Offender health ● Female offenders ● Transgender offenders ● Veteran offenders ● Offender rehabilitation and release ● Extremism ● Release On Temporary License and Home Detention Curfew ● Youth Justice ● Mental capacity and the Office of the Public Guardian ● Race Disparity in the Justice System ● Parliamentary Minister (scrutinising Statutory Instruments)

Private Office to Alex Chalk MP Email: [email protected]

Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Minister for Immigration Compliance and Justice) Chris Philp MP Joint Minister with Home Office

Responsibilities include: 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 MP) ● Immigration crime sentencing reform ● Detained fast track ● Sentencing ● Court and Tribunal reform programme delivery ● Court and tribunal fees ● Miscarriages of justice ● Commons shadow for Lord Wolfson QC ● Administrative justice ● Constitution and Human Rights (Jointly with Lord Wolfson QC) ● Royal Commission on the Criminal Justice System ● Supporting the Secretary of State on departmental finance

Private Office to Chris Philp MP Email: [email protected]

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Parliamentary Under Secretary of State Lord Wolfson of Tredegar QC

Responsibilities include: ● Responsible for all Departmental business in the Lords ● Courts and tribunals and HMCTS ● Criminal and Civil Law and Justice ● Family Law and Justice ● Marriage and Divorce ● , , Inquests and Inquiries ● Legal Aid ● Legal support ● Legal services ● International and trade ● Constitution and Human Rights (Jointly with Chris Philp MP) ● Relationship with the legal profession ● Mediation and Alternative Dispute Resolution ● Lawfare

Private Office to Lord Wolfson of Tredegar QC MP Email: [email protected]

Agencies of the Ministry of Justice Criminal Injuries Compensation Authority HM Courts and HM Prison and Probation Service Office of the Public Guardian UK

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NORTHERN IRELAND OFFICE

1 Horse Guards Telephone: 028 90 520700 London Website: SW1A 2HQ https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/no rthern-ireland-office Stormont House, Email: [email protected] Stormont Estate, BT4 3SH

The UK Government in Northern Ireland: working to make Northern Ireland a better place to live, work and do business. Departmental Priorities include: ● Ensuring Northern Ireland’s governance is responsive, effective, transparent, and delivers for everyone ● Securing a peaceful Northern Ireland, free from terrorism and paramilitarism ● Supporting an inclusive, tolerant and open society, that has reconciled the legacy of its past ● Maximising opportunity for everyone to enjoy healthy and fulfilling lives supported by excellent public services and a sustainable environment ● Levelling up Northern Ireland’s position in the UK by reducing inequality through innovation, improving connectivity and developing a strong skills base ● Overseeing implementation of the Northern Ireland/Ireland Protocol by the end of 2020, and ensuring NI interests are preserved in free trade negotiations

Parliamentary Branch: Tel: 020 7210 6575 Email: [email protected]

Correspondence Section: Tel: 020 7210 0834 Email: [email protected]

Secretary of State for Northern Ireland The Rt Hon Brandon Lewis CBE MP

Responsibilities include: Leading on all the work of the Northern Ireland Office, including: ● Ensuring Northern Ireland’s governance is responsive, effective, transparent, and delivers for everyone ● Relations with the EU ● Leading work to strengthen and sustain the Union in Northern Ireland ● Securing a peaceful Northern Ireland, free from terrorism and paramilitarism ● Supporting an inclusive, tolerant and open society, that has reconciled the legacy of its past ● Maximising opportunity for everyone to enjoy healthy and fulfilling lives supported by excellent public services and a sustainable environment ● Levelling up Northern Ireland’s position in the UK by reducing inequality through innovation, improving connectivity and developing a strong skills base ● Oversight of implementation of the Northern Ireland/Ireland Protocol by the end of 2020, and ensuring NI interests are preserved in free trade negotiations ● Driving the delivery of the commitments in the New Decade, New Approach Agreement; and supporting the sustainability of the new NI Executive ● Oversight of implementation of the Northern Ireland/Ireland Protocol by the end of 2020, and ensuring NI interests are preserved in future free trade negotiations ● Continuing to tackle the COVID-19 pandemic in Northern Ireland and ensuring Northern Ireland's long term economic recovery

Private Office to The Rt Hon Brandon Lewis CBE MP Telephone: 0207 210 0841 / 020 7210 0834 Email: [email protected]

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Minister of State (Minister for Northern Ireland) MP

Responsibilities include: ● Driving Economic and Domestic Policy ● Long term economic recovery from COVID-19 ● Promotion of the economy, levelling up and innovation - including City Deals and the Shared Prosperity Fund ● Leading the department’s work on the most critical constitution and rights issues in NI

Supporting the Secretary of State in his responsibilities, including: ● Legacy stakeholder engagement ● Strengthening and sustaining the Union in Northern Ireland ● Vital security casework ● Building substantive relationships across sectors and communities ● Leading workstreams on New Decade, New Approach Agreement; and the NI Protocol

Private Office to Robin Walker MP Telephone: 020 7210 0819 Email: [email protected]

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OFFICE OF THE ADVOCATE GENERAL FOR SCOTLAND

Dover House Telephone: 0207 270 6720 Whitehall Website: London https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/off SW1A 2AU ice-of-the-advocate-general-for-scotland

Email: [email protected] Victoria Quay EH6 6QQ

The Office of the Advocate General is the UK government’s Scottish legal team. We provide legal advice, drafting and litigation services to the UK government in relation to Scotland. We also support the Advocate General in his role as a Law Officer.

Parliamentary Branch: Email: [email protected]

Correspondence Section: Email: [email protected]

HM Advocate General for Scotland The Lord Stewart of Dirleton QC

Responsibilities include: ● Legal adviser to the UK Government, as one of the three UK Government Law Officers and its principal adviser on Scottish law ● A Minister with responsibility for the supervision of legal services (both advisory and Scottish litigation) provided to UK Departments ● A Minister participating in Cabinet Committees and other Government work

Private office to The Lord Stewart of Dirleton QC Telephone: 0207 270 6720 Email: [email protected]

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OFFICE OF THE LEADER OF THE HOUSE OF COMMONS

1 Tel: 020 7276 1005 London, Website: SW1A 2HQ www.gov.uk/government/organisations/the- office-of-the-leader-of-the-house-of-commons House of Commons, Email: [email protected] London, SW1A 0AA

The Office of the Leader of the House of Commons is responsible for the arrangement of government business in the House of Commons and for planning and supervising the Government’s legislative programme. The Leader upholds the rights and privileges of the House and acts as a spokesperson for the Government as a whole.

As Lord President of the Council, he presides at Privy Council meetings and is supported by the Privy Council Office.

Parliamentary Branch and Correspondence Section: Tel: 020 7276 1005 Email: [email protected]

The Lord President of the Council and Leader of the House of Commons The Rt Hon Jacob Rees-Mogg MP

Responsibilities include: ● The Government’s Legislative Programme, chairing the Cabinet Committee ● Managing and announcing the business of the House of Commons weekly and facilitating motions and debate in the Chamber, particularly on House business ● Government’s representative in the House (sitting on the House of Commons Commission, Public Accounts Commission, and the ’s Committees on Parliamentary Standards Authority) ● House of Commons representative in Government ● Parliamentary reform and policy ● Ministerial responsibility for the Privy Council Office

The Leader of the House of Commons organises government business in the House of Commons and works closely with the government’s Chief Whip.

Private Office to The Rt Hon Jacob Rees-Mogg MP Telephone: 020 7276 1005 Email: [email protected]

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OFFICE OF THE LEADER OF THE HOUSE OF LORDS

House of Lords, Tel: 0207 219 3131 Houses of Parliament, Website: Westminster, www.gov.uk/government/organisations/office-of- London, SW1A 0PW the-leader-of-the-house-of-lords Email: [email protected]

We provide support to the Leader of the House of Lords. The Leader of the House is appointed by the Prime Minister, is a member of Cabinet, and is responsible for the conduct of government business in the Lords.

The Leader advises the House on procedure and order, and she and her office are available to assist and advise all members of the House.

Parliamentary Branch: Tel: 020 7276 0415 Email: [email protected]

General Correspondence: Tel: 020 7219 3200 Email: [email protected]

Lord Privy Seal and Leader of the House of Lords The Rt Hon Baroness Evans of Bowes Park

Responsibilities include: ● Management and delivery of the Government’s legislative programme (through the House of Lords) and facilitating the passage of individual bills ● Leading the House (in the Chamber and as a key member of domestic committees to do with procedure, conduct, and the internal governance of the House) ● Issues connected to the House of Lords and its governance ● Speaking for the Government in the Chamber on a range of issues, including repeating in the House of Lords statements made to the Commons by the Prime Minister ● Ceremonial and other duties as the

Private Office to The Rt Hon. the Baroness Evans of Bowes Park Telephone: 0207 219 3200 Email: [email protected]

Deputy Leader of the House of Lords Rt Hon The

Responsibilities include: ● Deputising for the Leader as appropriate

Private Office to Rt Hon The Earl Howe Telephone: 0207 219 3788 Email: [email protected]

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PRIME MINISTER’S OFFICE

10 Website: London www.gov.uk/government/organisations/prime- SW1A 2AA ministers-office-10-downing-street Email: https://email.number10.gov.uk/

10 Downing Street is the and office of the UK Prime Minister. The office helps the Prime Minister to establish and deliver the government’s overall strategy and policy priorities, and to communicate the government’s policies to Parliament, the public and international audiences.

Prime Minister, First Lord of the Treasury and Minister for the Civil Service and Minister for the Union The Rt Hon Boris Johnson MP

The Prime Minister is the leader of Her Majesty's Government and is ultimately responsible for the policy and decisions of the United Kingdom Government.

The Prime Minister also oversees the operation of the Civil Service and government agencies, chooses members of the Government, and is the principal Government figure in the House of Commons.

As Minister for the Union, the Prime Minister works to ensure that all of the government is acting on behalf of the entire United Kingdom: England, Northern Ireland, Scotland, and Wales.

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OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF STATE FOR SCOTLAND

Dover House Telephone: 013 1244 9010 Whitehall Website: London https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/off SW1A 2AU ice-of-the-secretary-of-state-for-scotland Email: [email protected] 1 Melville Crescent Edinburgh EH3 7HW

The Office of the Secretary of State for Scotland supports the Secretary of State in promoting the best interests of Scotland within a stronger United Kingdom. It ensures Scottish interests are fully and effectively represented at the heart of the UK Government, and the UK Government’s responsibilities are fully and effectively represented in Scotland

Parliamentary Branch: Telephone: 020 7210 6575 Email: [email protected]

Correspondence Section: Tel: 020 7270 6735 Email: [email protected]

Secretary of State for Scotland The Rt Hon Alister Jack MP

Responsibilities include: ● Union, including: Union strategy, UK Government in Scotland, UK Shared Prosperity Fund, Common Frameworks and internal market ● Relations with the EU ● Continuing to tackle the COVID-19 pandemic in Scotland and ensuring Scotland’s long term economic recovery ● Intergovernmental Relations Review ● Economy and Business ● Security and Defence ● Constitution ● Infrastructure and Investment, including City and Growth Deals ● International, including Trade, International development ● Culture

Private Office to The Rt Hon Alister Jack MP Telephone: 020 7270 6741 Email: [email protected]

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Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Minister for Scotland) Iain Stewart MP

Responsibilities include: ● Union ● Economy and Business including long term COVID-19 economic recovery: Food and drink sector, Financial services sector, Manufacturing sector, Retail Sector, Tourism, Business representative organisations ● Immigration ● Higher Education/Academia ● Infrastructure and Investment, including City and Growth Deals, Industrial Strategy, Digital and connectivity, Transport and aviation ● Welfare

Private Office to Iain Stewart MP Telephone: 020 7270 6816 Email: [email protected]

Parliamentary Under Secretary of State David Duguid MP

Responsibilities include: ● Supporting the Secretary of State ● Union ● Economy and Business, including long term COVID-19 economic recovery: Agriculture, Fisheries ● Energy, including Oil and gas sector, Renewables ● Infrastructure and Investment, including City and Growth Deals

Private Office to David Duguid MP Telephone: 020 7270 6816 Email: [email protected]

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DEPARTMENT FOR TRANSPORT

Great Minster House Telephone: 030 0330 3000 33 Horseferry Road Website: London https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/de SW1P 4DR partment-for-transport

The works with our agencies and partners to support the transport network that helps the UK’s businesses and gets people and goods travelling around the country. We plan and invest in transport infrastructure to keep the UK on the move.

Parliamentary Branch: Telephone: 020 7944 4472 Email: [email protected]

Correspondence Section: Telephone: 0207 944 3659 Email:[email protected]

Secretary of State for Transport The Rt Hon Grant Shapps MP

Responsibilities include: ● Overall responsibility for the policies of the Department for Transport ● Cabinet responsibility for the ● Oversight of Departmental COVID-19 responsibilities

Private Office to The Rt Hon Grant Shapps MP Telephone: 020 7944 3011 Email: [email protected]

Minister of State (Minister for Transport) Chris Heaton-Harris MP

Responsibilities include: ● Rail ● Williams Rail Review, ● Restoring your Railway ● Cycling and Walking ● Accessibility ● Corporate

Private Office to Chris Heaton-Harris MP Telephone: 020 7944 3634 Email: [email protected]

Minister of State (Minister for Transport) MP

Responsibilities include: ● HS2 ● Northern Powerhouse Rail ● Transpennine Route Upgrade ● Skills

Private Office to Andrew Stephenson MP Telephone: 020 7944 4407 Email: [email protected]

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Parliamentary Under Secretary of State Baroness Vere of Norbiton

Responsibilities include: ● (including ) ● Motoring Agencies (DVSA, DVLA, VCA) ● Buses and taxis ● Light Rail (including , underground and metro systems) ● Devolution (including Union connectivity and London transport)

Private Office to Baroness Vere of Norbiton Telephone: 020 7944 3082 Email: [email protected]

Parliamentary Under Secretary of State Rachel Maclean MP

Responsibilities include: ● Future of Transport (including future of freight) ● Environment (including transport decarbonisation) ● Relations with the EU ● International, exports and inward investment ● Space ● Secondary legislation

Private Office to Rachel Maclean MP Telephone: 020 6944 3082 Email: [email protected]

Parliamentary Under Secretary of State MP

Responsibilities include: ● Aviation ● Maritime ● Security and Civil Contingencies

Private Office to Robert Courts MP Telephone: 020 7944 6326 Email: [email protected]

Agencies of the Department for Transport

Driver and Licensing Agency Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency Maritime and Coastguard Agency Vehicle Certification Agency

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HM TREASURY

1 Horse Guards Road Telephone: 020 7270 5000 London Website: SW1A 2HQ https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/h m-treasury Email: [email protected]

HM Treasury is the government’s economic and finance ministry, maintaining control over public spending, setting the direction of the UK’s and working to achieve strong and sustainable economic growth.

We are responsible for: ● Public spending: including departmental spending, public sector pay and pension, annually managed expenditure (AME) and welfare policy, and capital investment ● Financial services policy: including banking and financial services regulation, financial stability and ensuring competitiveness in the City ● Strategic oversight of the UK tax system: including direct, indirect, business, property, personal tax, and corporation tax ● The delivery of infrastructure projects across the public sector and facilitating private sector investment into UK infrastructure ● Ensuring the economy is growing sustainably

Parliamentary Branch: Telephone: 020 7270 5000 Email: [email protected]

Correspondence Section: Telephone: 020 7270 5000 Email: [email protected]

Chancellor of the Exchequer The Rt Hon Rishi Sunak MP

The Chancellor of the Exchequer is the government’s chief financial Minister and as such is responsible for raising revenue through taxation or borrowing and for controlling public spending. He has overall responsibility for the work of the Treasury.

Responsibilities include: ● Fiscal policy (including the presenting of the annual Budget) ● Monetary policy, setting inflation targets ● Ministerial arrangements (in his role as Second Lord of the Treasury) ● Overall responsibility for the Treasury's response to COVID-19

Private Office to The Rt Hon Rishi Sunak MP Telephone: 020 7270 5000 Email: [email protected]

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Chief Secretary to the Treasury The Rt Hon Steve Barclay MP

The Chief Secretary (CST) is responsible for public expenditure.

Responsibilities include: ● Spending reviews and strategic planning ● In-year spending control ● Public sector pay and pensions ● Annually Managed Expenditure (AME) and welfare reform ● Efficiency and value for money in public service ● Procurement ● Capital investment and Infrastructure spending ● Housing and planning ● Spending issues related to trade ● Transport policy, including HS2, 2, Roads, , Oxford/Cambridge corridor ● Treasury interest in devolution to Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland ● Women in the economy ● Skills, labour market policy and childcare policy, including tax free childcare ● Tax credits policy ● Housing and Planning ● Legislative strategy ● State pensions/ pensioner benefits ● Freeports – with support from FST on customs aspects ● Supporting the Chancellor on the Treasury’s response to COVID-19.

Private Office to The Rt Hon Steve Barclay MP Telephone: 020 7270 5000 Email: [email protected]

Financial Secretary to the Treasury The Rt Hon MP

The Financial Secretary (FST) is the Treasury Minister of State responsible for tax policy and customs – including border readiness.

Responsibilities include: ● Leading on the UK tax system including direct, indirect, business, property and personal taxation: ○ Corporate and small business taxation ○ Value Added Tax (VAT) ○ European and international tax issues ○ Overall responsibility for the Finance Bill ○ Bill ● Customs policy ● HMRC planning and delivery of our relations with the EU ● Departmental Minister for HM Revenue and Customs, the and the Government Actuary’s Department ● Tariffs policy ● Trade policy ● Supporting the Chief Secretary on the customs aspects of Freeports policy ● Infrastructure policy on: National Infrastructure Strategy, National Infrastructure Commission, Infrastructure and Projects Authority (IPA, joint with Cabinet Office), Public - Private Partnerships (PPPs) and Private Finance Initiatives (PFI/PFI2) ● Parliamentary deputy on public spending issues

Private Office to The Rt Hon Jesse Norman MP Telephone: 020 7270 5000 Email: [email protected]

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Minister of State Lord Agnew of Oulton DL Joint Minister with the Cabinet Office

Responsibilities include: ● Supporting the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and the Chief Secretary to the Treasury to deliver cross-government efficiency and public sector transformation, including public value and planning and performance ● Supporting the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster on cross-government functions and controls, including public bodies and Cabinet Office domestic ● HMT Lords Spokesperson

Private Office to Lord Agnew of Oulton DL Telephone: 020 7270 5000 Email: [email protected]

Economic Secretary to the Treasury MP

Responsibilities include: ● Banking and financial services reform and regulation ● Financial stability, including relationship with the Prudential Regulation Authority ● Financial conduct, including relationship with the Financial Conduct Authority ● Wholesale financial services including all banking, insurance, asset management ● Retail financial services, including banking competition, consumer finance, financial advice and capability: ○ lending and access to finance ○ Access to affordable credit, including credit unions ● Leading on the Government’s financial inclusion agenda ● Leading on the Government’s Women in Finance agenda ● Financial services policy throughout the transition period ● City competitiveness, including global financial markets, Global Financial Partnerships and financial services trade deals ● Leading on Green finance, Islamic Finance, and Fintech ● Financial services taxation, including bank levy, bank corporate tax surcharge and insurance premium tax ● Personal savings tax and pensions tax policy ● Sponsorship of UK Government Investments and State owned financial assets, including the Royal and UK Asset Resolution ● Financial sanctions including Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation (OFSI), and countering economic crime and illicit finance ● Foreign exchange reserves and debt management policy, National Savings & Investment and the ● Cash and Payments including the ● Being the parliamentary deputy on economy issues

Private Office to John Glen MP Telephone: 020 7270 5000 Email: [email protected]

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Exchequer Secretary to the Treasury; Minister for Equalities Kemi Badenoch MP Joint Minister with the Department for International Trade

Responsibilities include: ● UK growth and productivity, including: ○ Regional devolution, City deals, Northern Powerhouse, Engine, Oxford– Cambridge Arc ○ Place based economic strategy ○ Better regulation and competition policy ○ R&D and science policy ○ Skills, migration, National Retraining Scheme and ○ Digital, fibre and mobile ○ Implementation of the Rose Review ○ Corporate governance ○ Patient Capital Review implementation ○ Small Business Policy (including prompt payments and Financial Stability Board (FSB) stakeholder engagement) ○ and the Royal Household ○ Overseas territories and Crown dependencies ○ Promoting UK as a destination for Foreign Direct investment (non Financial Services) ○ Departmental minister for HM Treasury Group ○ Supporting tax legislation in Parliament ● Energy infrastructure, energy, environment and climate policy: ○ The net zero review into the costs of decarbonisation ○ New nuclear ○ Roll out of green infrastructure ○ Energy and environment taxes, including plastics taxation and carbon taxes ○ Transport taxation including vehicle taxes and future strategy and ○ , gas and shipping ● In addition to supporting tax legislation in Parliament, the Exchequer Secretary to the Treasury leads on the following indirect taxes: ○ duties (alcohol, tobacco and gambling), including excise fraud and law enforcement ○ Soft drink industry levy ○ Charities, the voluntary sector and gift aid

Private Office to Kemi Badenoch MP Telephone: 020 7270 5000 Email: [email protected]

Agencies of HM Treasury

Government Actuary’s Department Government Internal Audit Agency National Infrastructure Commission National Savings and Investment UK Debt Management Office

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UK EXPORT FINANCE

1 Horse Guards Road Telephone: 020 7271 8100 London 020 7271 8010 SW1A 2HQ Website: https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/uk -export-finance Email: [email protected]

UK Export Finance (UKEF) is the UK's export credit agency and a government department which is strategically and operationally aligned with the Department for International Trade. UKEF's mission is to ensure no viable UK export fails for lack of finance or insurance from the private sector, while operating at no net cost to the taxpayer. The department helps UK companies win export , fulfil contracts and get paid. It can support exports for any size of company and across all sectors. UKEF works with 70 private credit insurers and lenders to help UK companies access finance and insurance. UKEF exists to complement and not compete with the private sector.

Parliamentary Branch: Tel: 020 7271 8010 Email: [email protected]

Correspondence Section: Tel: 020 7271 8010 Email: [email protected]

Secretary of State for International Trade and President of the Board of Trade; Minister for Women and Equalities The Rt Hon Elizabeth Truss MP Joint Minister with the Department for International Trade

Responsibilities include: ● In addition to responsibilities for the Department for International Trade, the Minister has overall responsibility for UK Export Finance (UKEF)

As Minister for Women and Equalities ● Developing an equalities policy that it is based on individual autonomy and dignity ● Promoting equality of opportunity for everyone ● Supporting the whole of Government to secure a recovery from COVID-19 that benefits all across our nation equally

Private office to The Rt Hon Elizabeth Truss MP Telephone: 020 7008 8073 Email: [email protected]

Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Minister for Exports) Graham Stuart MP Joint Minister with the Department for International Trade

Responsibilities include: ● Export policy and promotion ● Trade missions ● Global events ● Investment policy in the House of Commons ● Responsibility for UK Export Finance (UKEF)

Private office to Graham Stuart MP Telephone: 020 7008 8085 Email: [email protected]

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OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF STATE FOR WALES

Gwydyr House Telephone: 020 7270 0534 26 Whitehall Website: SW1A 2NP www.gov.uk/government/organisations/office- of-the-secretary-of-state-for-wales 1 Caspian Point Email: [email protected] Caspian Way CF10 4DQ

The Office of the Secretary of State for Wales supports the Welsh Secretary and the Parliamentary Under Secretary of State in promoting the best interests of Wales within a stronger United Kingdom. It ensures Welsh interests are represented at the heart of the UK Government and the UK Government’s responsibilities are represented in Wales.

Parliamentary Branch: Tel: 020 7210 6575 Email: [email protected]

Correspondence Section: Tel: 07971 489825 Email: [email protected]

Secretary of State for Wales The Rt Hon Simon Hart MP

Responsibilities include: ● Continuing to tackle the COVID-19 pandemic in Wales and ensuring Wales’ long term economic recovery ● Fiscal, Constitutional and Electoral Issues ● Relations with the EU ● International Trade ● Energy & Climate Change ● Broadcasting ● Steel ● Defence ● Business, Industry and Manufacturing ● Cabinet Committees ● Public Appointments ● Foreign Affairs ● Agriculture ● Justice ● Voluntary Sector ● and Liaison ● Economy (depends on sector) ● Home Affairs (Policing, Immigration, Security) ● Digital Infrastructure ● Tourism ● Sport ● Heritage

Private Office to The Rt Hon Simon Hart MP Telephone: 07776 227246 Email: [email protected]

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Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Minister for Wales) David T.C Davies MP

Responsibilities include: ● Continuing to tackle the coronavirus pandemic in Wales, and ensuring its long term economic recovery ● City and Growth deals ● Western Gateway ● Rail, Road, Air ● Welsh Language ● Health ● Education ● Local Government ● Welsh Government and Senedd Liaison ● Economy (depends on sector) ● Home Affairs (Policing, Immigration, Security) ● Digital Infrastructure ● Tourism ● Heritage ● Culture

Private Office to David T.C Davies MP Telephone: 020 7270 0534 Email: [email protected]

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DEPARTMENT FOR WORK AND PENSIONS

Tel (Enquiries): 020 7340 4000 Private Office Website: 4th https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/de Caxton House partment-for-work-pensions 6-12 Tothill Street Email: [email protected] London SW1H 9DA

The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) is responsible for welfare, pensions and child maintenance policy. As the UK’s biggest public service department it administers the State Pension and a range of working age, disability and ill health benefits to around 20 million claimants and customers.

Parliamentary Branch: Tel: 0203 267 5159 Email: [email protected]

Ministerial Correspondence Team: Tel: 0207 449 5175 Email: [email protected]

Secretary of State for Work and Pensions The Rt Hon. Dr. Thérèse Coffey MP

The Secretary of State has overall responsibility for the business of the Department. She has direct responsibility for Departmental Expenditure and Departmental Management. The Secretary of State is responsible for the Department’s overall response to COVID-19.

Private Office to The Rt Hon Thérèse Coffey MP Tel: 0203 267 5002 Email: [email protected]

Minister of State (Minister for Disabled People, Health and Work) MP

Responsibilities include: ● Responsibility for the departmental strategy on disability and disability employment ● Cross-government responsibility for disabled people ● Employment and Support Allowance, Personal Independence Payment, Disability Living Allowance and elements of Universal Credit that relate to disabled people, including Severe Disability Premium ● Work and Health strategy including sponsorship of the joint Department for Work and Pensions and Department for Health and Social Care Work and Health Unit ● Disability benefit reform ● Devolution framework ● Carer’s Allowance ● Relations with the EU ● Motability and Arms-length compensation schemes

Private Office to Justin Tomlinson MP Telephone: 0203 267 5043 Email: [email protected]

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Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Minister for Employment) MP

Responsibilities include: ● Departmental strategy on the labour market, unemployment and in work progression, with a focus on under-represented groups, young people and skills ● In work conditionality including sanctions ● International labour market policy (International Labour Organization; ● UK Shared Prosperity Fund ● Work services and Jobcentre Plus partnership working ● Jobcentre Plus campaigns ● Jobseeker’s Allowance, Income Support ● People and Location Programme ● Youth Obligation Support Programme ● Flexible Support Fund ● Labour market interventions for self-employment (including the New Enterprise Allowance and future offer and the Minimum income Floor) ● Benefit cap ● Health and Safety Executive

Private Office to Mims Davies MP Telephone: 0203 267 5078 Email: [email protected]

Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Minister for Pensions and Financial Inclusion) MP

Responsibilities include: ● Pensioner benefits, including new State Pension, Winter Fuel Payments, Pension Credit and Attendance Allowance ● Private and occupational pensions, including regulatory powers and the National Employment Savings Trust (NEST) ● Automatic enrolment into a workplace pension ● Oversight of arms-length bodies, including the Pensions Regulator, Pension Protection Fund, Financial Assistance Scheme and Pensions Ombudsman ● Financial guidance, budgeting, saving and debt, including the Money and Pensions Service and Financial Inclusion Policy Forum ● Methods of payment and Post Office card accounts ● Relation with the EU in relation to pensions

Private Office to Guy Opperman MP Telephone: 0203 267 5024 Email: [email protected]

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Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Minister for Welfare Delivery) MP

Responsibilities include: ● Overall management and delivery of Universal Credit ● Support for disadvantaged groups in Universal Credit including care leavers, prison leavers, survivors of domestic abuse, people with drug or alcohol dependency, rough sleepers and those who are facing homelessness ● Housing policy and Housing Benefit delivery ● ‘Help to Claim’ service ● Poverty ● Benefit uprating ● Military Covenant ● Fraud, error and debt

Private Office to Will Quince MP Telephone: 0203 267 5038 Email: [email protected]

Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Minister for Work and Pensions) Baroness Stedman-Scott OBE DL

Responsibilities include: ● Child maintenance ● Family Test ● Parental Conflict ● Legislation and Statutory Instruments Strategy ● Social Security Advisory Committee relationship management ● Social Fund (Cold Weather Payments, Maternity grants, Funeral Expenses Payment scheme and Budgeting loans) ● Bereavement Benefits ● Supported Accommodation ● Support for Mortgage Interest ● Maternity Benefits ● Departmental planning and performance management, including oversight of: ○ The Single Departmental Plan, including tracking progress against manifesto commitments; and ○ Other external reporting and governance requirements ● Departmental business, including oversight of: ○ Departmental capability in commercial and digital affairs ○ Commercial contracting policy ○ Transparency and data-sharing issues ○ Research and trialling ● Office for Nuclear Regulation

Private Office to Baroness Stedman-Scott OBE DL Telephone: 0203 267 5047 Email: [email protected]

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IV - EXECUTIVE AGENCIES

Please be aware that many agencies are currently operating a ‘virtual office’. We recommend using the guidance they offer on their websites to contact them:

ANIMAL AND PLANT HEALTH AGENCY

Works to safeguard animal and plant health for the benefit of people, the environment and the economy.

Woodham Lane Telephone: 0208 2257611 Addlestone Website: www.gov.uk/government/organisations/animal-and- KT15 3NB plant-health-agency Email: [email protected]

Parent Department: Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Responsible Minister: Lord Gardiner of Kimble Chief Executive: Chris Hadkiss

CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENT, FISHERIES AND AQUACULTURE SCIENCE

The government’s marine and freshwater science experts, working for healthy and productive oceans, seas and rivers and safe and sustainable seafood.

Lowestoft Laboratory Telephone: 01502 562244 Pakefield Rd Website: www.cefas.co.uk Lowestoft Email: [email protected] Suffolk NR33 0HT

Parent Department: Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Responsible Minister: Victoria Prentis MP Chief Executive: Tim Green

COMPANIES HOUSE

Register company information and make it available to the public.

80 Petty France Telephone: 0303 1234 500 Westminster Website: London https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations SW1H 9EX /companies-house Email: [email protected]

Parent Department: Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy Responsible Minister: Lord Callanan Chair: Lesley Cowley OBE Chief Executive: Louise Smith

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CRIMINAL INJURIES COMPENSATION AUTHORITY

Deal with compensation claims from people who have been physically or mentally injured because they were the victim of a violent crime in England, Scotland or Wales.

Alexander Bain House Telephone: 0300 003 3601 Atlantic Quay Website: 15 Street www.gov.uk/government/organisations/crimina Glasgow l-injuries-compensation-authority G2 8JQ Email: United Kingdom https://www.justice.gov.uk/contacts/?a=68536

Parent Department: Ministry of Justice Responsible Minister: Alex Chalk MP Chief Executive: Linda Brown

THE CROWN COMMERCIAL SERVICE

The Crown Commercial Service is an and the biggest public procurement organisation in the UK. It is responsible for helping the UK public sector save money when buying common goods and services.

9th Floor Telephone: 0345 410 2222 Capital Building Website: Old Hall Street https://www.crowncommercial.gov.uk/ Email: [email protected] L3 9PP

Parent Department: Cabinet Office Responsible Minister: Rt Hon Michael Gove MP Chair: Tony van Kralingen Chief Executive: Simon Tse

DEFENCE ELECTRONICS & COMPONENTS AGENCY

A trusted MOD and industry partner, delivering assured electronics and components capability in support of Defence.

Welsh Road Telephone: 01244 847694 Deeside Website: Flintshire www.gov.uk/government/organisations/defenc North Wales e-electronics-and-components-agency CH5 2SL Email: [email protected]

Parent Department: Ministry of Defence Responsible Minister: Jeremy Quin MP Chief Executive: Geraint Spearing

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DEFENCE EQUIPMENT AND SUPPORT Bespoke trading entity; manages a vast range of complex projects to buy and support all the equipment for the Armed Forces; works closely with industry, including through partnering arrangements and private finance initiatives.

DE&S Secretariat Telephone: 01179 130893 Maple 0a, #2043 Website: MOD Abbey Wood www.gov.uk/government/organisations/defenc e-equipment-and-support BS34 8JH Email: DESSec- [email protected]

Parent Department: Ministry of Defence Responsible Minister: Jeremy Quin MP Chief Executive: Sir Simon Bollom

DEFENCE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY LABORATORY

Maximises the impact of science and technology for the defence and security of the UK.

Porton Down Telephone: 019 5989 2000 Website: www.dstl.gov.uk SP4 DJQ Email: [email protected]

Parent Department: Ministry of Defence Responsible Minister: Jeremy Quin MP Chief Executive: Gary Aitkenhead

DRIVER AND VEHICLE LICENSING AGENCY

DVLA's primary responsibilities include the licensing and registration of in the UK and the licensing of drivers in . Through these activities, DVLA directly supports Road Safety, the collection of , law enforcement and environmental initiatives.

DVLA Telephone: 0117 954 3200 Longview Road Website: Swansea https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations SA99 1BN /driver-and-vehicle-licensing-agency Email: https://www.gov.uk/contact-the-dvla

Parent Department: Department for Transport Responsible Minister: Rt Hon Grant Shapps MP Chair: Lesley Cowley Chief Executive: Julie Lennard

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DRIVER AND VEHICLE STANDARDS AGENCY

The Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency is responsible for: setting the standard for safe and responsible driving and riding carrying out theory and practical driving tests for all types of motor vehicles maintaining the register of approved driving instructors.

The Axis Building, Telephone: 0300 123 9000 112 Upper Parliament St, Website: www.gov.uk/government/organisations/driver- NG1 6LP and-vehicle-standards-agency Email: https://www.gov.uk/contact-the-dvsa

Parent Department: Department for Transport Responsible Minister: Rt Hon Grant Shapps MP Chair: Shrin Honap Chief Executive: Gareth Llewellyn

EDUCATION AND SKILLS FUNDING AGENCY

Brings together the former responsibilities of the Education Funding Agency (EFA) and Skills Funding Agency (SFA) to create a single agency accountable for funding education and skills for children, young people and adults.

Ministerial and Public Communications Division Telephone: 0370 000 2288 Department for Education Website: Gate https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations Store Street /education-and-skills-funding-agency M1 2WD

Parent Department: Department for Education Responsible Minister: Rt Hon Nick Gibb MP Chief Executive: Eileen Milner Chair: Irene Lucas CBE

GOVERNMENT PROPERTY AGENCY

The Government Property Agency works with government departments to provide office accommodation for civil servants and warehouse estate and provision for government departments. The Government Property Agency commissions new Hubs buildings across the UK to provide quality office accommodation.

Government Property Agency Website: Victoria Square House www.gov.uk/government/organisations/govern Victoria Square ment-property-agency B2 4AJ Email: [email protected]

Parent Department: Cabinet Office Responsible Minister: Rt Hon Michael Gove MP Chair: Patricia Richie Chief Executive: Steven Boyd

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HM PRISON AND PROBATION SERVICE

Running prison and probation services, rehabilitation services for people in our care leaving prison, making sure support is available to stop people reoffending, managing private sector prisons and services such as: the prisoner escort service and electronic tagging.

102 Petty France Telephone: 01633 630 941 London Website: SW1H 9AJ www.gov.uk/government/organisations/her- majestys-prison-and-probation-service Email: [email protected]

Parent Department: Ministry of Justice Responsible Minister: Alex Chalk MP Chief Executive Officer: Dr Jo Farrar

HM COURTS AND TRIBUNALS SERVICE

The administration of criminal, civil and family courts and tribunals in England and Wales.

102 Petty France Telephone: 020 3334 3555 London Website: SW1H 9AJ www.gov.uk/government/organisations/hm- courts-and-tribunals-service Email: https://contact-moj.dsd.io/

Parent Department: Ministry of Justice Responsible Minister: Chris Philp MP Chief Executive: Susan Acland-Hood

INSOLVENCY SERVICE

Administers compulsory company liquidations and personal bankruptcies and deals with misconduct through investigation of companies and enforcement.

Office Currently closed during the coronavirus Telephone: 0300 678 0015 pandemic in the United Kingdom Website: https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations /insolvency-service Email: http://www.insolvencydirect.bis.gov.uk/contac tus/general.htm

Parent Department: Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy Responsible Minister: Lord Callanan Interim Chief Executive: Dean Beale

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LEGAL AID AGENCY

Provide civil and criminal legal aid and advice in England and Wales to help people deal with their legal problems. 102 Petty France Telephone: 0300 200 2020 London Website: SW1H 9AJ www.gov.uk/government/organisations/legal- aid-agency Email: https://contact-moj.dsd.io/

Parent Department: Ministry of Justice Responsible Minister: Alex Chalk MP Chief Executive: Jane Harbottle

MARITIME AND COASTGUARD AGENCY

The Maritime and Coastguard Agency works to prevent the loss of lives at sea and is responsible, through the Secretary of State for Transport to Parliament, for implementing British and international maritime law and safety policy.

HM Coastguard Operations Telephone: 023 8032 9100 Bay 2/06 Website: Spring Place https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations 105 Commercial Road /maritime-and-coastguard-agency Email: [email protected] SO15 1EG

Parent Department: Department for Transport Responsible Minister: Rt Hon Grant Shapps MP Chair: Michael Parker Chief Executive: Brian Johnson

MEDICINES AND HEALTHCARE PRODUCTS REGULATORY AGENCY

The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency regulates medicines, medical devices and blood components for transfusion in the UK.

MHRA Telephone: 020 3080 6000 10 South Colonnade Website: London https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations E14 4PU /medicines-and-healthcare-products- regulatory-agency Email: [email protected]

Parent Department: Department of Health and Social Care Responsible Minister: Lord Bethell of Romford Interim Chief Executive: Dr. June Raine CBE Chief Operating Officer: Jon Fundrey

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MET OFFICE

Meteorological predictions across all timescales from weather forecasts to climate change.

Fitzroy Road Telephone: 0370 900 0100 Exeter Website: www.metoffice.gov.uk EX1 3PB Email: [email protected]

Parent Department: Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy Responsible Minister: Amanda Solloway MP Chief Executive: Professor Penelope Endersby

NATIONAL INFRASTRUCTURE COMMISSION

The National Infrastructure Commission provides the government with impartial, expert advice on major long-term infrastructure challenges.

National Infrastructure Commission Website: www.nic.org.uk 4th Floor Email: [email protected] Finlaison House 15-17 Furnival Street London EC4A 1AB

Parent Department: HM Treasury Responsible Minister: Jesse Norman MP Chair: Sir John Armitt CBE

OFFICE OF THE PUBLIC GUARDIAN

Helps people in England and Wales to stay in control of decisions about their health and finance and make important decisions for others who cannot decide for themselves.

PO Box 16185 Telephone: 0300 456 0300 Website: B2 2WH www.gov.uk/government/organisations/office- of-the-public-guardian Email: [email protected]

Parent Department: Ministry of Justice Responsible Minister: Alex Chalk MP Chief Executive: Nick Goodwin

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PLANNING INSPECTORATE

The Planning Inspectorate deals with planning appeals, national infrastructure planning applications, examinations of local plans and other planning-related and specialist casework in England and Wales.

Room 3 O/P Telephone: 0303 444 5000 Temple Quay House Website: 2 The Square www.gov.uk/government/organisations/planni Temple Quay ng-inspectorate Bristol Email: [email protected] BS1 6PN

Parent Department: Ministry for Housing, Communities and Local Government Responsible Minister: Christopher Pincher MP Chief Executive: Sarah Richards

PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND*

We exist to protect and improve the nation’s health and wellbeing, and reduce health inequalities.

Public Health England Telephone: 020 7654 8000 Wellington House Website: 133 - 155 Waterloo Road https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations London /public-health-england SE1 8UG Email: [email protected]

Parent Department: Department of Health and Social Care Responsible Minister: Jo Churchill MP Chief Executive: Michael Brodie Deputy Chief Executive and Chief Operating Officer: Richard Gleave

*see recent announcement on creation of new NIHP - https://www.gov.uk/government/news/government-creates-new-national-institute-for-health- protection)

QUEEN ELIZABETH II CONFERENCE CENTRE

The QEII Conference Centre (QEIICC) is an international events venue that hosts conferences and receptions for up to 2,500 delegates in Westminster, London.

QEII Centre Telephone: 0207 798 4000 Broad Sanctuary Website: https://qeiicentre.london/ Westminster Email: https://qeiicentre.london/enquiries/ London SW1P 3EE

Parent Department: Ministry for Housing, Communities and Local Government Responsible Minister: Luke Hall MP Chief Executive: Mark Taylor

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RURAL PAYMENTS AGENCY

The Rural Payments Agency is an executive agency of the UK Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs. The agency delivers the Government’s agricultural payment schemes.

PO Box 69 Telephone: 03000 200 301 Reading Website:www.gov.uk/government/organisatio RG1 3YD ns/rural-payments-agency Email: [email protected]

Parent Department: Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Responsible Minister: Victoria Prentis MP Chief Executive: Paul Caldwell

STANDARDS AND TESTING AGENCY

Develop and deliver assessments for children in education between reception and the end of 2.

Cheylesmore House Telephone: 0300 303 3013 Ground Floor South Building Website: 5 Quinton Road www.gov.uk/government/organisations/standa Coventry rds-and-testing-agency CV1 2WT Email: [email protected]

Parent Department: Department for Education Responsible Minister: Rt Hon Nick Gibb MP Chief Executive and Accounting Officer: Una Bennett

SUBMARINE DELIVERY AGENCY

The Submarine Delivery Agency (SDA) is an Executive Agency responsible for the procurement, in- service support and disposal of UK submarines. The SDA works closely with its two primary customers, the Defence Nuclear Organisation and Navy Command.

MOD Abbey Wood Telephone: 020 7218 9000 Bristol Email: [email protected] BS34 8JH

Parent Department: Ministry of Defence Responsible Minister: Jeremy Quin MP Chief Executive: Ian Booth

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TEACHING REGULATION AGENCY

Responsibility for the regulation of the teaching profession, including misconduct hearings and the maintenance of the database of qualified teachers.

Due to the Coronavirus pandemic, the agency Telephone: 020 7593 5393 cannot respond promptly to letters in the post. Website: https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations /teaching-regulation-agency Email: [email protected]

Parent Department: Department for Education Responsible Minister: Rt Hon Nick Gibb MP Chief Executive: Alan Meyrick

UK DEBT MANAGEMENT OFFICE

The Debt Management Office (DMO) is an Executive Agency of Her Majesty’s Treasury. The DMO's aim is to carry out the Government's debt management policy of minimising its financing costs over the long term, taking account of risk, and to manage the aggregate cash needs of the Exchequer in the most cost-effective way. The DMO is also responsible for the functions of the Public Works Loan Board & for the Reduction of the National Debt.

UK Debt Management Office Telephone: 020 7862 6500 Eastcheap Court Website: www.dmo.gov.uk 11 Philpot Lane London EC3M 8UD United Kingdom

Parent Department: HM Treasury Responsible Minister: John Glen MP Chief Executive: Sir Robert Stheeman

UK HYDROGRAPHIC OFFICE

The UK Hydrographic Office is a world-leading centre for hydrography, specialising in marine geospatial data that helps others to unlock a deeper understanding of the world’s oceans.

Admiralty Way Telephone: 01823 484 444 Taunton Website: www.ukho.gov.uk Email: [email protected] TA1 2DN

Parent Department: Ministry of Defence Responsible Minister: Baroness Goldie DL Acting Chief Executive: Rear Admiral Peter Sparkes

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UK INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY OFFICE

Responsible for intellectual property rights including patents, designs, trademarks and copyright.

Concept House Telephone: 0300 300 2000 Cardiff Road Website: Newport https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations South Wales /intellectual-property-office NP10 8QQ Email: [email protected]

Parent Department: Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy Responsible Minister: Amanda Solloway MP Chair: Nick Smallwood Chief Executive: Tim Moss

UK SPACE AGENCY

Responsible for all strategic decisions on the UK civil space programme and provide a clear, single voice for UK space ambitions.

Polaris House Telephone: 0207 215 5000 North Star Avenue Website: www.gov.uk/ukspaceagency/ Email: [email protected] SN2 1SZ

Parent Department: Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy Responsible Minister: Amanda Solloway MP Chief Executive: Dr Graham Turnock

VEHICLE CERTIFICATION AGENCY The Vehicle Certification Agency exists to improve vehicle safety and environmental protection by providing robust testing and certification to internationally recognised standards.

Eastgate Office Centre Telephone: 0300 330 5797 1 Eastgate Road Website: Bristol www.gov.uk/government/organisations/vehicle BS5 6XX -certification-agency Email: https://www.vehicle-certification- agency.gov.uk/contact-us/united-kingdom/

Parent Department: Department for Transport Responsible Minister: Rt Hon Grant Shapps MP Chair: Clive Scrivener Chief Executive: Pia Wilkes

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VETERINARY MEDICINES DIRECTORATE

Protects animal health, public health and the environment.

Woodham Lane Telephone: 01932 336 911 New Haw Website: Addlestone www.gov.uk/government/organisations/veterin Surrey ary-medicines-directorate KT15 3LS Email: [email protected]

Parent Department: Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Responsible Minister: Lord Gardiner of Kimble Chief Executive: Professor Peter Borriello

WILTON PARK

Wilton Park provides a global forum for strategic discussion. It organises over 50 events a year in the UK and overseas, bringing together leading representatives from the worlds of politics, business, academia, diplomacy, civil society and media. Events focus on issues of international security, prosperity and justice.

Wilton Park Telephone: 0190 3815 020 Wiston House Website: https://www.wiltonpark.org.uk/ Steyning West BN44 3DZ Parent Department: Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office Responsible Minister: Nigel Adams MP Chief Executive: Colin Smith

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V - NON-MINISTERIAL DEPARTMENTS

Please be aware that many agencies are currently operating a ‘virtual office’. We recommend using the guidance they offer on their websites to contact them:

CHARITY COMMISSION FOR ENGLAND AND WALES

The Charity Commission registers and regulates charities in England and Wales, to ensure that the public can support charities with confidence.

102 Petty France Telephone: 030 0066 9197 Westminster Website: www.charitycommission.gov.uk London Email: [email protected] SW1H 9AJ

Chair: Baroness Stowell of Beeston MBE Chief Executive: Helen Stephenson CBE

COMPETITION AND MARKETS AUTHORITY

The CMA's goal is to promote competition for the benefit of consumers, both within and outside the UK and to make markets work well for consumers, businesses and the economy. This is achieved by enforcing competition law; investigating mergers; conducting market studies and investigations where there may be competition and consumer issues; investigating breaches of UK prohibitions against anti- competitive agreements and abuses of dominant positions; bringing criminal proceedings against individuals who commit cartel offences under the Enterprise Act 2002 (EA02). It also entails enforcing consumer protection legislation to tackle practices and market conditions that make it difficult for consumers to exercise choice; co-operating with sector regulators and encouraging regulators to use their competition powers; consideration of regulatory references and appeals and carrying out other competition roles.

Competition and Markets Authority Telephone: 020 3738 6003 The Cabot Email: [email protected] 25 Cabot Square Website: London https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations E14 4QZ /competition-and-markets-authority United Kingdom

Chair: Jonathan Scott Chief Executive: Dr Andrea Coscelli

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CROWN PROSECUTION SERVICE

The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) is an independent body, responsible for prosecuting people in England and Wales. Created by the Prosecution of Offences Act 1985, the CPS works closely with the police to advise on lines of inquiry and to decide on appropriate charges or other disposals in all but minor cases. CPS prosecutors and present cases for court. The Director of Public Prosecutions is the head of the CPS; he is superintended by the Attorney General and accounts, through the Law Officers, to Parliament. The CPS’s Headquarters are in London and York. The CPS has offices based on a structure of 13 geographical areas. The CPS London Area covers the operational boundaries of both Police and Service. The CPS incorporates the Revenue and Customs Prosecutions Office who are responsible for prosecuting major drug trafficking and tax fraud cases in the UK.

102 Petty France Telephone: 020 3357 0885 London Website: www.cps.gov.uk SW1H 9EA Email: [email protected]

Parent Department: Attorney General’s Office Director of Public Prosecutions: Max Hill Chief Executive: Rebecca Lawrence

FOOD STANDARDS AGENCY

The Food Standards Agency (FSA) was set up in April 2000 under the Food Standards Act 1999. Its main aim is to protect people's health and the interest of the consumer in relation to food. The FSA is a non-Ministerial government department operating at arm's length from Ministers. It also has statutory powers to publish its own independent advice. The FSA covers England, Wales and Northern Ireland. In April 2015, Scotland launched Food Standards Scotland.

Floors 6 and 7 Telephone: 0330 332 7149 Clive House Website: www.food.gov.uk 70 Petty France Email: [email protected] London SW1H 9EX Chair: Heather Hancock Chief Executive: Emily Miles

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FORESTRY COMMISSION

Increases the value of woodlands to society and the environment.

Forestry Commission Telephone: 0300 067 4000 620 Bristol Business Park Website: Coldharbour Lane www.gov.uk/government/organisations/forestr Bristol y-commission BS16 1EJ Email: United Kingdom [email protected]

Chair: Sir William Chief Executive: Ian Gambles

Agencies of Forestry Commission Forest Research

GOVERNMENT ACTUARY’S DEPARTMENT

Government Actuary's Department (GAD) provides actuarial analysis of all types to the public sector, including; actuarial services to all the main public service pension schemes; policy advice; advice on transfers of employment and certification of private sector organisations’ pension arrangements when staff are transferred; advice to UK Government, and a range of other countries and jurisdictions, on social security arrangements; helps UK Government manage its financial risks. Our work spans all areas of insurance; investment, risk and modelling.

Finlaison House Telephone: 020 7211 2601 15-17 Furnival Street Website: London www.gov.uk/government/organisations/govern EC4A 1AB ment-actuarys-department United Kingdom Email: [email protected]

Parent Department: HM Treasury Government Actuary: Martin Clarke

GOVERNMENT INTERNAL AUDIT AGENCY

The Government Internal Audit Agency is an Executive Agency of Her Majesty’s Treasury. The Agency provides internal audit and assurance services across a wide range of central government customers.

It offers quality assurance on an organisation’s systems and processes, based on an objective assessment of the governance, risk management and control arrangements it has in place.

Government Internal Audit Agency Website: 10 Victoria Street www.gov.uk/government/organisations/govern London ment-internal-audit-agency SW1H 0NB Email: [email protected] United Kingdom

Parent Department: HM Treasury Chief Executive: Elizabeth Honer

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GOVERNMENT LEGAL DEPARTMENT

The Government Legal Department provides litigation and advisory services to Government departments and other publicly funded bodies in England and Wales. It also administers the estates of people who die intestate with no known kin.

102 Petty France, Telephone: 020 7210 3000 London Website: SW1H 9EA https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations /government-legal-department Email: [email protected]

Parent Department: Attorney General’s Office Interim HM Procurator General, Treasury Solicitor and Head of the Government Legal Service: Peter Fish CB

HM LAND REGISTRY

Register the ownership of land and property in England and Wales.

Trafalgar House Telephone: 020 7901 7000 1 Bedford Park Website: https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations CR0 2AQ /land-registry Email: https://www.gov.uk/guidance/contact- hm-land-registry

Parent Department: Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy Chief Land Registrar and Chief Executive: Simon Hayes

HM REVENUE AND CUSTOMS

We are the UK’s tax, payments and customs authority, and we have a vital purpose: we collect the money that pays for the UK’s public services and help families and individuals with targeted financial support.

We do this by being impartial and increasingly effective and efficient in our administration. We help the honest majority to get their tax right and make it hard for the dishonest minority to cheat the system.

100 Parliament Street Website: London www.gov.uk/government/organisations/hm- SW1A 2BQ revenue-customs Email: www.gov.uk/contact-hmrc

First and Chief Executive: Jim Harra Deputy Chief Executive and Second Permanent Secretary: Angela MacDonald

Agencies of HM Revenue and Customs

Valuation Office Agency

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NATIONAL ARCHIVES

The National Archives is a Non-Ministerial department. It fulfils the remit of the , the Historical Manuscripts Commission, Her Majesty’s Stationery Office, Queen’s Printer for Acts of Parliament, Government Printer for Northern Ireland, and Queen’s Printer for Scotland. The National Archives’ main statutory duties are as set out in the and associated legislation.

The National Archives Telephone: 020 8876 3444 Kew Website: www.nationalarchives.gov.uk Richmond Email: [email protected] Surrey TW9 4DU

Parent Department: Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Chief Executive and Keeper: Jeff James Chair: Lesley Cowley

NATIONAL CRIME AGENCY

Non-Ministerial Department National Law Enforcement Agency

1-6 Citadel Place Telephone: 0370 496 7622 Tinworth Street Website: https://nationalcrimeagency.gov.uk/ London Email: [email protected] SE11 5EF

Parent Department: Home Office Director General: Lynne Owens Direct General (Capabilities): Nina

NATIONAL SAVINGS AND INVESTMENTS

NS&I is one of the largest savings organisations in the UK with 25 million customers and more than £167 billion invested. NS&I is both a government department and an Executive Agency of the Chancellor of the Exchequer. Our origins can be traced back over 150 years to 1861. When customers invest in NS&I products, they are lending to the Government, which goes towards the public purse. In return, the Government pays interest, or prizes for Premium Bonds.

NS&I Telephone: 08085 007 007 Sunderland Website: www.nsandi.com SR43 2SB Email: www.nsandi.com/contact-us-email

Chief Executive: Ian Ackerley

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OFFICE FOR STANDARDS IN EDUCATION, CHILDREN’S SERVICES AND SKILLS (Ofsted)

Ofsted is the Office for Standards in Education, Children’s Services and Skills. We inspect services providing education and skills for learners of all ages. We also inspect and regulate services that care for children and young people.

Clive House Telephone: 0300 123 1231 70 Petty France Website: London www.gov.uk/government/organisations/ofsted SW1H 9EX Email: [email protected]

HM Chief Inspector of Education, Chief Executive Officer: Chair: Prof. Julius Weinberg

OFFICE OF GAS AND ELECTRICITY MARKETS

Protect the interests of existing and future consumers in the Energy market.

11 South Colonnade Telephone: 020 7901 7289 Website: www.ofgem.gov.uk London Email: https://www.ofgem.gov.uk/contact-us E14 4PU

Chairman: Martin Cave Chief Executive: Jonathan Brearley

OFFICE OF QUALIFICATIONS AND EXAMINATIONS REGULATION (OFQUAL)

The Office of Qualifications and Examinations Regulation (Ofqual) regulates qualifications, examinations and assessments in England.

Earlsdon Park Telephone: 0300 303 3344 53-55 Butts Road Website: www.gov.uk/ofqual Coventry Email: [email protected] CV1 3BH

Chief Regulator, Chief Executive: Chair: Roger Taylor

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OFFICE OF RAIL AND ROAD

The Office of Rail and Road (ORR) is the independent safety and economic regulator for Britain’s railways and of Highways England. It is responsible for ensuring that railway operators comply with health and safety law. It regulates Network Rail’s activities and funding requirements, regulates access to the railway network, licenses the operators of railway assets and publishes rail statistics. ORR is also the competition authority for the railways and enforces consumer protection law in relation to the railway. As highways monitor ORR is responsible for monitoring Highways England’s management of the strategic road network – the motorways and main ‘A’ roads in England.

Office of Rail and Road Telephone: 020 7282 2000 One Kemble Street Website: https://orr.gov.uk/ London Email: [email protected] WC2B 4AN

Chair: Declan Collier Interim Chief Executive: John Larkinson

SERIOUS FRAUD OFFICE

The Serious Fraud Office is responsible in England, Wales and Northern Ireland for the investigation and prosecution of cases involving serious and complex fraud.

Serious Fraud Office Telephone: 020 7239 7272 2-4 Cockspur Street Website: www.sfo.gov.uk London SW1Y 5BS Parent Department: Attorney General’s Office Director: Lisa Osofsky

UK STATISTICS AUTHORITY

The Authority's statutory objective is to promote and safeguard the production and publication of official statistics that serve the public good. It is also required to promote and safeguard the quality and comprehensiveness of official statistics, and ensure good practice in relation to official statistics.

Uk Statistics Authority Telephone: 07818 011583 or 03000 671 570 1 Drummond Gate Website: www.statisticsauthority.gov.uk London Email: [email protected] SW1V 2QQ

Chair: Sir David Norgrove Chief Executive:

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UK SUPREME COURT

The Supreme Court is the final court of appeal in the UK for civil cases, and for criminal cases from England, Wales and Northern Ireland. It hears cases of the greatest public or constitutional importance affecting the whole population.

The Supreme Court Telephone: 020 7960 1500/1900 Website: www.supremecourt.uk London Email: [email protected] SW1P 3BD

Chief Executive: Mark Ormerod

VALUATION OFFICE AGENCY

The Valuation Office Agency (VOA) gives the government the valuations and property advice needed to support taxation and benefits.

Wycliffe House Website: www.gov.uk/contact-voa Green Lane Email (MPs): [email protected] Durham DH1 3UW

Interim Chief Executive Officer: Jonathan Russell

THE WATER SERVICES REGULATION AUTHORITY

The economic regulator of the water sector in England and Wales

Ofwat Telephone: 0121 644 7500 Centre City Tower Website: www.ofwat.gov.uk 7 Hill Street Email: [email protected] Birmingham B5 4UA

Chair of the Water Services Regulation Authority: Jonson Cox Chief Executive: Rachel Fletcher

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VI - GOVERNMENT WHIPS

HOUSE OF COMMONS

Chief Whip and Parliamentary Secretary to the The Rt Hon Mark Spencer MP Treasury

Treasurer of Her Majesty's Household (Deputy The Rt Hon MP Chief Whip)

Comptroller of HM Household (Government MP Whip)

Vice Chamberlain of HM Household Marcus Jones MP (Government Whip)

Lord of Her Majesty's Treasury MP (Government Whip) MP MP James Morris MP MP MP

Assistant Government Whip MP MP MP David Duguid MP

Assistant Government Whip & Parliamentary David TC Davies MP Under Secretary of State at Wales

Assistant Government Whip & Parliamentary Nigel Huddleston MP Under Secretary of State at DCMS

Assistant Government Whip & Parliamentary Alex Chalk MP Under Secretary of State at MoJ

HOUSE OF LORDS

Chief Whip (Captain of the Honourable Corps of The Rt Hon Lord Ashton of Hyde the Gentlemen-at-Arms)

Deputy Chief Whip (Captain of the Queen's The Bodyguard of the )

Baronesses & Lords in Waiting (Government Baroness Bloomfield of Hinton Waldrist Whip) Lord Parkinson of Whitley Bay Baroness Penn

Baroness Scott of Bybrook OBE

Viscount Younger of Leckie

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VII - GOVERNMENT SPOKESPERSONS IN THE HOUSE OF LORDS

Lord Privy Seal and Leader of The House of Lords The Rt Hon Baroness Evans of Bowes Park

Deputy Leader of the House of Lords The Rt Hon Earl Howe

Law Officers Lord Stewart of Dirleton QC (Advocate General for Scotland)

Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy Lord Callanan (Minister) Lord Grimstone of Boscobel Kt (Minister)

Cabinet Office Lord True CBE (Minister)

Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government Lord Greenhalgh of Fulham (Minister)

Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Baroness Barran MBE (Minister)

Ministry of Defence Baroness Goldie DL (Minister)

Department for Education Baroness Berridge of the Vale of Catmose (Minister) Lord Parkinson of Whitley Bay (Higher Education Spokesperson)

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Lord Gardiner of Kimble (Minister) The Rt Hon Lord Goldsmith of Richmond Park (Minister)

Foreign and Commonwealth Office Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon (Minister) The Rt Hon Lord Goldsmith of Richmond Park (Minister)

Department of Health and Social Care Lord Bethell of Romford (Minister)

Home Office Baroness Williams of Trafford (Minister)

Department for International Development Baroness Sugg CBE (Minister) The Rt Hon Lord Goldsmith of Richmond Park (Minister)

Department for International Trade Lord Grimstone of Boscobel Kt (Minister)

Ministry of Justice Lord Wolfson of Tredegar QC (Minister)

Northern Ireland Office Viscount Younger of Leckie (Spokesperson)

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Office of the Secretary of State for Scotland Viscount Younger of Leckie (Spokesperson)

Department for Transport Baroness Vere of Norbiton (Minister)

HM Treasury Lord Agnew of Oulton DL (Minister)

Office of the Secretary of State for Wales Baroness Bloomfield of Hinton Waldrist (Spokesperson)

Department for Work and Pensions Baroness Stedman-Scott OBE DL (Minister)

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VIII - INDEX

Department/Agency Page

A

Animal and Plant Health Agency 71 Advocate General for Scotland, Office of the 53 Attorney General’s Office 8

B

Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, Department for 10

C

Cabinet Office 14 Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science 71 Charity Commission for England and Wales 83 Companies House 71 Competition and Markets Authority 83 HM Courts and Tribunals Service 75 Criminal Injuries Compensation Authority 72 Crown Commercial Service 72 Crown Prosecution Service 84

D

Defence, Ministry of 24 Defence Electronics and Components Agency 72 Defence Equipment and Support 73 Defence Science and Technology Laboratory 73 Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, Department for 22 Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency 73 Driving and Vehicle Standards Agency 74

E

Education, Department for 28 Education & Skills Funding Agency 74 Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, Department for 31

F

Food Standards Agency 84 Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office 34 Forestry Commission 85

G

Government Actuary’s Department 85 Government Internal Audit Agency 85 Government Legal Department 86 Government Property Agency 74

H

Health and Social Care, Department of 37 HM Revenue and Customs 86 Home Office 41 Housing, Communities and Local Government, Ministry for 19

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Department/Agency Page

I

Insolvency Service 75 Intellectual Property Office 81 International Trade, Department for 45

J

Justice, Ministry of 48

L

HM Land Registry 86 Leader of the House of Commons, Office of the 54 Leader of the House of Lords, Office of the 55 Legal Aid Agency 76

M

Maritime and Coastguard Agency 76 Medicines and Healthcare Products and Regulatory Agency 76 Met Office 77

N

National Archives 87 National Crime Agency 87 National Infrastructure Commission 77 National Savings and Investments 87 Northern Ireland Office 51

O

Office of Rail and Road 89 Office of Gas and Electricity Markets 88 Office of the Public Guardian 77 Office of Qualifications and Examinations Regulation (Ofqual) 88 Office for Standards in Education, Children’s Services and Skills (Ofsted) 88

P

Planning Inspectorate 78 Prime Minister's Office 56 HM Prison and Probation Service 75 Public Health England 78

Q

Queen Elizabeth II Conference Centre 78

R

Rural Payments Agency 79

S

Scotland, Office of the Secretary of State for 57 Serious Fraud Office 89 Standards and Testing Agency 79 Submarine Delivery Agency 79

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Department/Agency Page

T

Teaching Regulation Authority 80 Transport, Department for 59 HM Treasury 61

U

UK Debt Management Office 80 UK Export Finance 65 UK Hydrographic Office 80 UK Space Agency 81 UK Statistics Authority 89 UK Supreme Court 90

V

Valuation Office Agency 90 Vehicle Certification Agency 81 Veterinary Medicines Directorate 82

W

Wales, Office of the Secretary of State for 66 The Water Services Regulation Authority 90 Wilton Park 82 Work and Pensions, Department for 68

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