HER MAJESTY’S GOVERNMENT The Government is constituted as follows:

Prime , First Lord of the Treasury and Minister for the Civil Service

Rt Hon MP

Deputy Prime Minister, Lord President of the Council (with special responsibility for political and constitutional reform)

Rt Hon MP

Foreign and Commonwealth Office , Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs – Rt Hon MP Senior – Rt Hon Baroness Warsi (jointly with the Department for Communities and Local Government) Minister of State – Rt Hon MP Minister of State – Rt Hon MP Minister of State (Trade and Investment) – Lord Green of Hurstpierpoint (jointly with the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills)* Minister of State – Rt Hon Hugh Robertson MP Parliamentary Under Secretary of State – Mark Simmonds MP

HM Treasury Chancellor of the Exchequer – Rt Hon MP Chief Secretary to the Treasury – Rt Hon MP Financial Secretary – MP Exchequer Secretary – MP† Economic Secretary – MP† Commercial Secretary – Lord Deighton KBE*

Home Office Secretary of State for the Home Department – Rt Hon MP Minister of State (Immigration) – MP Minister of State (Policing) – Rt Hon MP (jointly with the Ministry of Justice) Minister of State – MP Parliamentary Under Secretary of State – MP

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Parliamentary Under Secretary of State – Lord Taylor of Holbeach CBE

Ministry of Justice , Secretary of State for Justice – Rt Hon MP Minister of State – Rt Hon Lord McNally Minister of State – Rt Hon Damian Green MP (jointly with the ) Parliamentary Under Secretary of State – MP Parliamentary Under Secretary of State – MP

Ministry of Defence Secretary of State for Defence – Rt Hon MP Minister of State – Rt Hon MP Parliamentary Under Secretary of State – Dr MP Parliamentary Under Secretary of State – Philip Dunne MP Parliamentary Under Secretary of State – Lord Astor of Hever DL* Parliamentary Under Secretary of State – MP

Department for Business, Innovation and Skills Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills; and President of the Board of Trade – Rt Hon Dr Vincent Cable MP Minister of State (Minister for Universities and Science) – Rt Hon MP** Minister of State – Rt Hon MP (jointly with the Department of Energy and Climate Change) Minister of State (Trade and Investment) – Lord Green of Hurstpierpoint (jointly with the Foreign and Commonwealth Office)* Minister of State – Matthew Hancock MP (jointly with the ) Parliamentary Under Secretary of State – Viscount Younger of Leckie Parliamentary Under Secretary of State – MP (jointly with the Department for Culture, Media and Sport)

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Department for Work and Pensions Secretary of State for Work and Pensions – Rt Hon MP Minister of State – Steve Webb MP Minister of State – Esther McVey MP Minister of State – MP Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Welfare Reform) – Lord Freud*

Department for Education Secretary of State for Education – Rt Hon MP Minister of State – Rt Hon David MP (jointly with the ) Minister of State – Matthew Hancock MP (jointly with the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills) Parliamentary Under Secretary of State – Edward Timpson MP Parliamentary Under Secretary of State – Elizabeth Truss MP Parliamentary Under Secretary of State – Lord Nash*

Department for Communities and Local Government Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government – Rt Hon MP Senior Minister of State (Faith and Communities) – Rt Hon Baroness Warsi ** (jointly with the Foreign and Commonwealth Office) Parliamentary Under Secretary of State – MP Parliamentary Under Secretary of State – Stephen Williams MP Parliamentary Under Secretary of State – Nicholas Boles MP Parliamentary Under Secretary of State – Baroness Stowell of Beeston Parliamentary Under Secretary of State – Kris Hopkins MP

Department of Health Secretary of State for Health – Rt Hon MP Minister of State – MP Parliamentary Under Secretary of State – Daniel Poulter MP Parliamentary Under Secretary of State – Rt Hon Earl Howe Parliamentary Under Secretary of State – MP

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs – Rt Hon MP Parliamentary Under Secretary of State – Dan Rogerson MP

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Parliamentary Under Secretary of State – Lord de Mauley TD Parliamentary Under Secretary of State – MP

Department for International Development Secretary of State for International Development – Rt Hon MP Minister of State – Rt Hon MP Parliamentary Under Secretary of State – MP

Scotland Office Secretary of State for – Rt Hon MP Parliamentary Under Secretary of State – Rt Hon MP

Department of Energy and Climate Change Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change – Rt Hon Edward Davey MP Minister of State – Rt Hon Gregory Barker MP Minister of State – Rt Hon Michael Fallon MP (jointly with the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills) Parliamentary Under Secretary of State – Baroness Verma

Department for Transport Secretary of State for Transport – Rt Hon Patrick McLoughlin MP Minister of State – Baroness Kramer Parliamentary Under Secretary of State – MP Parliamentary Under Secretary of State – MP

Department for Culture, Media and Sport Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport; and Minister for Women and Equalities – Rt Hon MP Parliamentary Under Secretary of State – Hon MP Parliamentary Under Secretary of State – MP Parliamentary Under Secretary of State – Jo Swinson MP (jointly with the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills)

Northern Ireland Office Secretary of State for – Rt Hon MP Minister of State – Rt Hon MP

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Wales Office Secretary of State for – Rt Hon David Jones MP Parliamentary Under Secretary of State – MP* (and Government (paid)) Parliamentary Under Secretary of State – Baroness Randerson*

Office of the Leader of the Leader of the House of Lords, Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster – Rt Hon Lord Hill of Oareford CBE Deputy Leader of the House of Lords – Rt Hon Lord Wallace of Tankerness QC (and Advocate General for Scotland)

Ministers without Portfolio (Minister of State) Rt Hon QC MP ** Rt Hon MP* & ** (and Chair of the Conservative Party) Rt Hon John Hayes MP

Cabinet Office Minister for the Cabinet Office, – Rt Hon MP** Minister of State (Government Policy) – Rt Hon MP** Minister of State – Rt Hon MP** (jointly with the Department for Education) Minister of State – Rt Hon MP*** Parliamentary Secretary – MP Parliamentary Secretary – MP* (and an Assistant Whip (paid))

Office of the Leader of the House of Commons Leader of the House of Commons, – Rt Hon CBE MP** Parliamentary Secretary (Deputy Leader) – Rt Hon MP*

Law Officers Attorney General – Rt Hon QC MP*** Solicitor General – QC MP Advocate General for Scotland – Rt Hon Lord Wallace of Tankerness QC (and Deputy Leader of the Lords)

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Whips – House of Commons Chief Whip (Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasury) – Rt Hon Sir George Young Bt MP** Deputy Chief Whip (Treasurer of HM Household) – MP Deputy Chief Whip (Comptroller of HM Household) – Rt Hon Don Foster MP Government Whip (Vice Chamberlain of HM Household) – Rt Hon MP

Junior Lords of the Treasury Government Whip (Lord Commissioner of HM Treasury) – MP Government Whip (Lord Commissioner of HM Treasury) – Mark Lancaster TD MP Government Whip (Lord Commissioner of HM Treasury) – MP* Government Whip (Lord Commissioner of HM Treasury) – Stephen Crabb MP (and a Parliamentary Under Secretary of State at the Wales Office*) Government Whip (Lord Commissioner of HM Treasury) – MP Government Whip (Lord Commissioner of HM Treasury) – MP

Assistant Whips Assistant Government Whip – MP Assistant Government Whip – Mark Hunter MP Assistant Government Whip – Jenny Willott MP Assistant Government Whip – MP Assistant Government Whip – MP Assistant Government Whip – MP Assistant Government Whip – Jo Johnson MP (and a Parliamentary Secretary at the Cabinet Office*)

Whips – House of Lords Lords Chief Whip (Captain of the Honourable Corps of Gentlemen at Arms) –Rt Hon Baroness Anelay of St Johns DBE Deputy Chief Whip (Captain of The Queen’s Bodyguard of the Yeomen of the Guard) – Lord Newby OBE

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Baronesses and Lords in Waiting Baroness in Waiting – Baroness Northover* Baroness in Waiting – Baroness Jolly* Lord in Waiting – Lord Popat of Harrow Lord in Waiting – Earl Attlee Lord in Waiting – Lord Gardiner of Kimble Lord in Waiting – Rt Hon Lord Wallace of Saltaire* Lord in Waiting – Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon Lord in Waiting – Lord Bates

* unpaid ** attends Cabinet *** attends Cabinet when Ministerial responsibilities are on the agenda † paid as a Parliamentary Secretary

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