British Government frontbench

The frontbench of the Her Britanic Majesty's Government in the Parliament of the United Kingdom, also known as the Treasury Bench consists of the Cabinet and all other ministers.

Members of the House of Commons

Key

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

Prime Minister and Cabinet Office

Prime Minister
	Prime Minister of the United Kingdom First Lord of the Treasury Minister for the Civil Service		The Rt Hon. David Cameron MP
	Chancellor of the Exchequer First Secretary of State		The Rt Hon. George Osborne MP
	Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Prime Minister		The Rt Hon. Gavin Williamson MP


Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster In overall charge of the Cabinet Office		The Rt Hon. Oliver Letwin MP
Minister for the Cabinet Office Paymaster General		The Rt Hon. Matthew Hancock MP
Minister without Portfolio Deputy Chairman of the Conservative Party		The Rt Hon. Robert Halfon MP
Parliamentary Secretary for Constitutional Reform	John Penrose MP (also a Whip)
Parliamentary Secretary for Civil Society	Rob Wilson MP
Parliamentary Secretary	The Rt Hon. The Lord Bridges of Headley MBE

Foreign relations


Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs		The Rt Hon. Philip Hammond MP
Minister of State for Europe		The Rt Hon. David Lidington MP
Minister of State for Foreign Affairs		The Rt Hon. Hugo Swire MP
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State	James Duddridge MP
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State	Tobias Ellwood MP
Minister of State for Trade and Investment	The Rt Hon. The Baron Price (jointly with BIS)
Minister of State		The Rt Hon. The Baroness Anelay of St John's DBE PC


Secretary of State for Defence		The Rt Hon. Michael Fallon MP
Minister of State for the Armed Forces	Penny Mordaunt MP
Minister of State for Defence Procurement	Philip Dunne MP
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State and Minister for the Reserves	Julian Brazier TD MP
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State and Minister for Defence Personnel, Welfare and Veterans	Mark Lancaster TD MP
Minister of State (unpaid)		The Rt Hon. The Earl Howe PC (also Deputy Lords Leader)


Secretary of State for International Development		The Rt Hon. Justine Greening MP
Minister of State		The Rt Hon. Desmond Swayne TD MP
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Syrian Refugees (Jointly with DCLG and Home Office)	Richard Harrington MP
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State	The Hon. Nick Hurd MP
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State	The Rt Hon. The Baroness Verma

Law and order


Secretary of State for the Home Department		The Rt Hon. Theresa May MP
Minister of State for Security		The Rt Hon. John Hayes MP
Minister of State for Policing, Fire, Criminal Justice and Victims		The Rt Hon. Mike Penning MP (jointly with Justice)
Minister of State for Immigration		The Rt Hon. James Brokenshire MP
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Preventing Abuse and Exploitation	Karen Bradley MP
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Syrian Refugees (Jointly with DCLG and DfID)	Richard Harrington MP
Minister of State		The Rt Hon. The Lord Bates
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Countering Extremism	The Rt Hon. The Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon (jointly with Transport)


Lord Chancellor Secretary of State for Justice		The Rt Hon. Michael Gove MP
Minister of State for Policing, Crime, Criminal Justice and Victims		The Rt Hon. Mike Penning MP (jointly with Home Office)
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for the Courts and Legal Aid	Shailesh Vara MP (Jointly with Work & Pensions)
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Prisons, Probation, Rehabilitation and Sentencing	Andrew Selous MP (also a Whip)
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Human Rights	Dominic Raab MP
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Women, Equalities and Family Justice	Caroline Dinenage MP (jointly with Education and with Equalities)
Minister of State for Civil Justice and Legal Policy	The Rt Hon. The Lord Faulks QC


Attorney General Advocate General for Northern Ireland		The Rt Hon. Jeremy Wright QC MP
Solicitor General	Robert Buckland QC MP
Advocate General for Scotland	The Rt Hon. The Lord Keen of Elie QC

Economy


Chancellor of the Exchequer Second Lord of the Treasury First Secretary of State		The Rt Hon. George Osborne MP
Chief Secretary to the Treasury		The Rt Hon.Greg Hands MP
Financial Secretary to the Treasury	David Gauke MP
Exchequer Secretary to the Treasury	Damian Hinds MP
Economic Secretary to the Treasury (City Minister)	Harriett Baldwin MP
Commercial Secretary to the Treasury	The Rt Hon. The Lord O'Neill of Gatley (unpaid)


Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills President of the Board of Trade		The Rt Hon. Sajid Javid MP
Minister of State for Small Business, Industry and Enterprise		The Rt Hon. Anna Soubry MP
Minister of State for Culture and the Digital Economy	The Hon. Ed Vaizey MP (jointly with Culture)
Minister of State for Skills	Nick Boles MP (jointly with Education)
Minister of State for Universities and Science	Jo Johnson MP
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Life Sciences	George Freeman (jointly with Health)
Interim Minister of State for Trade and Investment		The Rt Hon. The Baroness Anelay of St John's DBE PC
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Intellectual Property	The Rt Hon. The Baroness Neville-Rolfe DBE CMG (jointly with Culture)


Secretary of State for Work and Pensions		The Rt Hon. Stephen Crabb MP
Minister of State for Employment		The Rt Hon. Priti Patel MP
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Disabled People	Justin Tomlinson MP
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State	Shailesh Vara MP (Jointly with Justice)
Minister of State for Welfare Reform		The Rt Hon. The Lord Freud PC (unpaid)
Minister of State for Pensions	The Rt Hon. The Baroness Altmann CBE

Social services


Secretary of State for Education Minister for Women and Equalities		The Rt Hon. Nicky Morgan MP
Minister of State for Skills	Nick Boles MP (jointly with Business)
Minister of State for Schools	Nick Gibb MP
Minister of State for Children and Families	Edward Timpson MP
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Childcare and Education	Sam Gyimah MP
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Women, Equalities and Family Justice	Caroline Dinenage MP (jointly with Justice and with Equalities)
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Schools	The Rt Hon. The Lord Nash


Secretary of State for Health		The Rt Hon. Jeremy Hunt MP
Minister of State for Community and Social Care		The Rt Hon. Alistair Burt MP
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Public Health	Jane Ellison MP
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Life Sciences	George Freeman MP (jointly with BIS)
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Care Quality	The Hon. Ben Gummer MP
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for NHS Productivity	The Rt Hon. The Lord Prior of Brampton

Environment


Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change		The Rt Hon. Amber Rudd MP
Minister of State for Energy	Andrea Leadsom MP
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Climate Change	Nick Bourne MP (also a Whip and with Wales Office)


Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs		The Rt Hon. Liz Truss MP
Minister of State for Farming, Food and the Marine Environment	George Eustice MP
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Environment and Rural Affairs	Rory Stewart OBE MP

Local and devolved government


Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government		The Rt Hon. Greg Clark MP
Minister of State for Housing and Planning	Brandon Lewis MP
Minister of State for Communities & Resilience Minister for Portsmouth		The Rt Hon. Mark Francois MP
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Local Government	Marcus Jones MP
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Local Growth and the Northern Powerhouse	James Wharton MP
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Syrian Refugees (Jointly with Home Office and DfID)	Richard Harrington MP
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State	The Rt Hon. The Baroness Williams of Trafford

Northern Ireland
	Secretary of State for Northern Ireland		The Rt Hon. Theresa Villiers MP
	Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State	Ben Wallace MP

Scotland
	Secretary of State for Scotland		The Rt Hon. David Mundell MP
	Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State	The Rt Hon. The Lord Dunlop


Secretary of State for Wales		The Rt Hon. Alun Cairns MP
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State	Guto Bebb MP (also a Whip)
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State	The Rt Hon. The Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth (also a Whip and with Energy)

Others


Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport		The Rt Hon. John Whittingdale OBE MP
Minister of State for Culture and the Digital Economy	The Hon. Ed Vaizey MP (jointly with BIS)
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Sport and Tourism	Tracey Crouch MP
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Intellectual Property	The Rt Hon. The Baroness Neville-Rolfe DBE CMG (jointly with BIS)
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Internet Safety and Security	The Rt Hon The Baroness Shields OBE

Government Equalities Office
	Minister for Women and Equalities		The Rt Hon. Nicky Morgan MP
	Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Women and Equalities	Caroline Dinenage MP (jointly with Justice and with Education)


Secretary of State for Transport		The Rt Hon. Patrick McLoughlin MP
Minister of State	Robert Goodwill MP
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State	Claire Perry MP
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State	Andrew Jones MP
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State	The Rt Hon. The Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon (jointly with Transport)

Parliament


Leader of the House of Commons Lord President of the Council		The Rt Hon. Chris Grayling MP
Deputy Leader of the House of Commons Parliamentary Secretary	Therese Coffey MP
Leader of the House of Lords Lord Privy Seal		The Rt Hon. The Baroness Stowell of Beeston MBE PC
Deputy Leader of the House of Lords		The Rt Hon. The Earl Howe PC (unpaid; also with Defence)


Government Chief Whip Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasury		The Rt Hon. Mark Harper MP
Deputy Chief Whip Treasurer of the Household		The Rt Hon. Anne Milton MP
Whip Comptroller of the Household	Gavin Barwell MP
Whip Vice-Chamberlain of the Household	Kris Hopkins MP
Whips Lords of the Treasury		The Rt Hon. David Evennett MP
	John Penrose MP (also with Cabinet Office)
	Guto Bebb MP (also with Wales Office)
	Mel Stride MP
	Charlie Elphicke MP
	George Hollingbery MP (unpaid)
Assistant Whips	Margot James MP (unpaid)
	Julian Smith MP
	Guy Opperman MP
	Sarah Newton MP
	Stephen Barclay MP
	Simon Kirby MP
	Jackie Doyle-Price MP
	Andrew Selous MP (also with Justice)
Chief Whip Captain of the Honourable Corps of Gentlemen-at-Arms		The Rt Hon. The Lord Taylor of Holbeach PC
Deputy Chief Whip Captain of the Yeomen of the Guard	The Rt Hon. The Lord Gardiner of Kimble
Whips Lords and Baronesses in Waiting	The Rt Hon. The Lord Ashton of Hyde
	The Rt Hon. The Baroness Chisholm of Owlpen
	The Rt Hon. The Baroness Evans of Bowes Park
	The Rt Hon. The Earl of Courtown
	The Rt Hon. The Viscount Younger of Leckie
	The Rt Hon. The Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth (with Wales Office and with Energy)

External links

Government and Opposition, parliament.co.uk
Her Majesty's Government, number10.gov.uk

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