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Her Majesty’s Government – July 2016
Prime Minister, First Lord of the Treasury and Minister for the Civil Service
- Rt Hon Theresa May MP**
HM Treasury
- Chancellor of the Exchequer – Rt Hon Philip Hammond MP**
- Chief Secretary to the Treasury – Rt Hon David Gauke MP***
- Financial Secretary – Jane Ellison MP
- Economic Secretary – Simon Kirby MP†
- Commercial Secretary – Lord O’Neill of Gatley*
Home Office
- Secretary of State for the Home Department – Rt Hon Amber Rudd MP**
- Minister of State – Brandon Lewis MP
- Minister of State – Ben Wallace MP
- Minister of State – Robert Goodwill MP
- Minister of State – Baroness Williams of Trafford
- Parliamentary Under Secretary of State – Sarah Newton MP
- Parliamentary Under Secretary of State – Baroness Shields OBE (jointly with the Department for Culture, Media and Sport)*
Foreign and Commonwealth Office
- Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs – Rt Hon Boris Johnson MP**
- Minister of State – Rt Hon Sir Alan Duncan MP
- Minister of State – Rt Hon Baroness Anelay of St Johns DBE (jointly with the Department for International Development)
- Parliamentary Under Secretary of State – Tobias Ellwood MP
- Parliamentary Under Secretary of State – Alok Sharma MP
Ministry of Defence
- Secretary of State for Defence – Rt Hon Michael Fallon MP**
- Minister of State – Mike Penning MP
- Minister of State – Rt Hon Earl Howe (and Deputy Leader of the House of Lords)*
- Parliamentary Under Secretary of State – Mark Lancaster TD MP
- Parliamentary Under Secretary of State – Harriett Baldwin MP
Ministry of Justice
- Lord Chancellor, and Secretary of State for Justice* – Rt Hon Elizabeth Truss MP**
- Minister of State – Sir Oliver Heald QC MP
- Parliamentary Under Secretary of State – Sam Gyimah MP
- Parliamentary Under Secretary of State – Phillip Lee MP
Department for Education
- Secretary of State for Education, and Minister for Women and Equalities – Rt Hon Justine Greening MP**
- Minister of State – Jo Johnson MP (jointly with the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy)
- Minister of State – Nick Gibb MP
- Minister of State – Edward Timpson MP
- Minister of State – Rt Hon Robert Halfon MP
- Parliamentary Under Secretary of State – Lord Nash*
- Parliamentary Under Secretary of State – Caroline Dinenage MP
Department for Exiting the European Union
- Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union – Rt Hon David Davis MP**
- Minister of State – Rt Hon David Jones MP
- Parliamentary Under Secretary of State – Lord Bridges of Headley MBE
- Parliamentary Under Secretary of State – Robin Walker MP
Department for International Trade
- Secretary of State for International Trade, and President of the Board of Trade – Rt Hon Liam Fox MP**
- Minister of State – Lord Price CVO
- Minister of State – Rt Hon Greg Hands MP
- Parliamentary Under Secretary of State – Mark Garnier MP
Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
- Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy – Rt Hon Greg Clark MP**
- Minister of State – Jo Johnson MP (jointly with the Department for Education)
- Minister of State – Nick Hurd MP
- Minister of State – Baroness Neville-Rolfe DBE CMG
- Parliamentary Under Secretary of State – Margot James MP
- Parliamentary Under Secretary of State – Jesse Norman MP
Department of Health
- Secretary of State for Health – Rt Hon Jeremy Hunt MP**
- Minister of State – Philip Dunne MP
- Parliamentary Under Secretary of State – Nicola Blackwood MP
- Parliamentary Under Secretary of State – David Mowat MP
- Parliamentary Under Secretary of State – Lord Prior of Brampton
Department for Work and Pensions
- Secretary of State for Work and Pensions – Rt Hon Damian Green MP**
- Minister of State – Penny Mordaunt MP
- Minister of State – Damian Hinds MP
- Minister of State – Lord Freud*
- Parliamentary Under Secretary of State – Caroline Nokes MP
- Parliamentary Under Secretary of State – Richard Harrington MP
Department for Transport
- Secretary of State for Transport – Rt Hon Chris Grayling MP**
- Minister of State – Rt Hon John Hayes MP
- Parliamentary Under Secretary of State – Paul Maynard MP
- Parliamentary Under Secretary of State – Andrew Jones MP
- Parliamentary Under Secretary of State – Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
Department for Communities and Local Government
- Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government – Rt Hon Sajid Javid MP**
- Minister of State – Gavin Barwell MP
- Parliamentary Under Secretary of State – Andrew Percy MP
- Parliamentary Under Secretary of State – Marcus Jones MP
- Parliamentary Under Secretary of State – Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth (jointly with the Wales Office)
Office of the Leader of the House of Commons
- Lord President of the Council, and Leader of the House of Commons – Rt Hon David Lidington MP**
- Parliamentary Secretary (Deputy Leader of the House of Commons) * – Michael Ellis MP (and Assistant Whip (paid))
Office of the Leader of the House of Lords
- Lord Privy Seal, and Leader of the House of Lords – Rt Hon Baroness Evans of Bowes Park**
- Deputy Leader of the House of Lords – Rt Hon Earl Howe (and Minister of State at the Ministry of Defence)*
Scotland Office
- Secretary of State for Scotland – Rt Hon David Mundell MP**
- Parliamentary Under Secretary of State – Lord Dunlop (jointly with the Northern Ireland Office)
Wales Office
- Secretary of State for Wales – Rt Hon Alun Cairns MP**
- Parliamentary Under Secretary of State* – Guto Bebb MP (and Government Whip (paid))
- Parliamentary Under Secretary of State – Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth (jointly with the Department for Communities and Local Government)
Northern Ireland Office
- Secretary of State for Northern Ireland – Rt Hon James Brokenshire MP**
- Parliamentary Under Secretary of State – Kris Hopkins MP
- Parliamentary Under Secretary of State – Lord Dunlop (jointly with the Scotland Office)
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
- Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs – Rt Hon Andrea Leadsom MP**
- Minister of State – George Eustice MP
- Parliamentary Under Secretary of State – Thérèse Coffey MP
- Parliamentary Under Secretary of State – Lord Gardiner of Kimble
Department for International Development
- Secretary of State for International Development – Rt Hon Priti Patel MP**
- Minister of State – Rory Stewart OBE MP
- Minister of State – Rt Hon Baroness Anelay of St Johns DBE (jointly with the Foreign and Commonwealth Office)
- Parliamentary Under Secretary of State – James Wharton MP
Department for Culture, Media and Sport
- Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport – Rt Hon Karen Bradley MP**
- Minister of State – Rt Hon Matt Hancock MP
- Parliamentary Under Secretary of State – Tracey Crouch MP
- Parliamentary Under Secretary of State – Rob Wilson MP
- Parliamentary Under Secretary of State – Baroness Shields OBE (jointly with the Home Office)*
- Parliamentary Under Secretary of State* – Lord Ashton of Hyde (and a Lord in Waiting (paid))
Cabinet Office
- Paymaster General, and Minister for the Cabinet Office – Rt Hon Ben Gummer MP***
- Parliamentary Secretary – Chris Skidmore MP
Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster* (and Conservative Party Chair) – Rt Hon Patrick McLoughlin MP***
Law Officers
- Attorney General – Jeremy Wright MP***
- Solicitor General – Robert Buckland MP
- Advocate General for Scotland – Lord Keen of Elie QC
Whips – House of Commons
- Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasury (Chief Whip) – Rt Hon Gavin Williamson MP***
- Treasurer of HM Household (Deputy Chief Whip) – Rt Hon Anne Milton MP
- Comptroller of HM Household (Government Whip) – Mel Stride MP
- Vice Chamberlain of HM Household (Government Whip) – Julian Smith MP
Junior Lords of the Treasury
- Government Whip (Lord Commissioner of HM Treasury) – David Evennett MP
- Government Whip (Lord Commissioner of HM Treasury) – Guto Bebb MP (and a Parliamentary Under Secretary of State at the Wales Office*)
- Government Whip (Lord Commissioner of HM Treasury) – Stephen Barclay MP
- Government Whip (Lord Commissioner of HM Treasury) – Guy Opperman MP
- Government Whip (Lord Commissioner of HM Treasury) – Robert Syms MP
- Government Whip (Lord Commissioner of HM Treasury) – Andrew Griffiths MP*
Assistant Whips
- Assistant Government Whip – Jackie Doyle-Price MP
- Assistant Government Whip – Graham Stuart MP
- Assistant Government Whip – Heather Wheeler MP
- Assistant Government Whip – Chris Heaton-Harris MP
- Assistant Government Whip – Mark Spencer MP
- Assistant Government Whip – Christopher Pincher MP
- Assistant Government Whip – Steve Brine MP*
- Assistant Government Whip – Michael Ellis MP (and a Parliamentary Secretary in the Office of the Leader of the Commons*)
Whips – House of Lords
- Captain of the Honourable Corps of Gentlemen at Arms (Lords Chief Whip) – Rt Hon Lord Taylor of Holbeach CBE
- Captain of The Queen’s Bodyguard of the Yeomen of the Guard (Deputy Chief Whip) – Earl of Courtown
Baronesses and Lords in Waiting
- Baroness in Waiting – Baroness Chisholm of Owlpen
- Baroness in Waiting – Baroness Goldie DL
- Baroness in Waiting – Baroness Mobarik CBE
- Lord in Waiting – Lord Ashton of Hyde (and a Parliamentary Under Secretary of State at the Department for Culture, Media and Sport*)
- Lord in Waiting – Viscount Younger of Leckie
Other appointments
- Baroness Chisholm of Owlpen as spokesperson on Cabinet Office business in the House of Lords
- Lord Keen of Elie QC as spokesperson on Ministry of Justice business in the House of Lords
- Lord Younger of Leckie as spokesperson on Higher Education business in the House of Lords.
- George Hollingbery MP as the Prime Minister’s Parliamentary Private Secretary