Ministerial Appointments commencing: 25 October 2022

The King has been pleased to approve the following appointments:

• Rt Hon Rishi Sunak MP as Prime Minister, First Lord of the Treasury, Minister for the Civil Service, and Minister for the Union
• Rt Hon Jeremy Hunt MP re-appointed as Chancellor of the Exchequer
• Rt Hon Dominic Raab MP as Deputy Prime Minister, Lord Chancellor, and Secretary of State for Justice
• Rt Hon Simon Hart MP as Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasury (Chief Whip)
• Rt Hon James Cleverly MP re-appointed as Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs
• Rt Hon Ben Wallace MP re-appointed as Secretary of State for Defence
• Rt Hon Nadhim Zahawi MP as Minister without Portfolio
• Rt Hon Oliver Dowden CBE MP as Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster
• Rt Hon Suella Braverman KC MP as Secretary of State for the Home Department
• Rt Hon Grant Shapps MP as Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
• Rt Hon Penny Mordaunt MP re-appointed as Lord President of the Council, and Leader of the House of Commons
• Gillian Keegan MP as Secretary of State for Education
• Rt Hon Mel Stride MP as Secretary of State for Work and Pensions
• Rt Hon Dr Thérèse Coffey MP as Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
• Rt Hon Steve Barclay MP as Secretary of State for Health and Social Care
• Rt Hon Michael Gove MP as Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities and Minister for Intergovernmental Relations
• Rt Hon Kemi Badenoch MP re-appointed as Secretary of State for International Trade and President of the Board of Trade. She also becomes Minister for Women and Equalities
• Rt Hon Michelle Donelan MP re-appointed as Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
• Rt Hon Chris Heaton-Harris MP re-appointed as Secretary of State for Northern Ireland
• Rt Hon Alister Jack MP re-appointed as Secretary of State for Scotland
• David TC Davies MP as Secretary of State for Wales
• Rt Hon Lord True CBE reappointed as Lord Privy Seal, and Leader of the House of Lords
• Victoria Prentis MP as Attorney General
• Jeremy Quin MP as Paymaster General, and Minister for the Cabinet Office. He will attend Cabinet.
• Rt Hon Mark Harper MP as Secretary of State for Transport
• John Glen MP as Chief Secretary to the Treasury. He will attend Cabinet.
• Rt Hon Johnny Mercer MP as a Minister of State (Minister for Veterans’ Affairs) in the Cabinet Office. He will attend Cabinet.
• Rt Hon Tom Tugendhat MBE MP re-appointed as a Minister of State (Minister for Security) in the Home Office. He attends Cabinet.
• Rt Hon Sir Gavin Williamson CBE MP as a Minister of State (Minister without Portfolio) in the Cabinet Office. He will attend Cabinet.
• Rt Hon Robert Jenrick MP as a Minister of State (Minister for Immigration) in the Home Office. He will attend Cabinet.
• Rt Hon Andrew Mitchell MP as a Minister of State (Minister for Development) in the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office. He will attend Cabinet.
• Alex Chalk KC MP as a Minister of State in the Ministry of Defence
• Rt Hon Anne-Marie Trevelyan MP as a Minister of State in the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
• Rt Hon Chris Philp MP as a Minister of State in the Home Office
• Rt Hon Lucy Frazer KC MP as a Minister of State in the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities;
• Helen Whately MP as a Minister of State in the Department of Health and Social Care
• Rt Hon Greg Hands MP as a Minister of State in the Department for International Trade
• Steve Baker MP as a Minister of State in the Northern Ireland Office
• Rt Hon Baroness Williams of Trafford as Captain of the Honourable Corps of Gentlemen at Arms (Lords Chief Whip).
• Rt Hon James Heappey MP as a Minister of State in the Ministry of Defence
• Will Quince MP as a Minister of State in the Department of Health and Social Care
• Nusrat Ghani MP as a Minister of State in the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
• Rt Hon Mark Spencer MP as a Minister of State in the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
• Julia Lopez MP as a Minister of State in the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
• Michael Tomlinson MP as Solicitor General
• George Freeman MP as a Minister of State in the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
• Rt Hon Nick Gibb MP as a Minister of State in the Department for Education
• Rt Hon Robert Halfon MP as a Minister of State in the Department for Education
• Rt Hon Jesse Norman MP as a Minister of State in the Department for Transport
• Victoria Atkins MP as Financial Secretary to the Treasury
• Andrew Griffith MP as Economic Secretary to the Treasury