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Minister of State for Home Affairs (United Kingdom)

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Minister of State for the Home Office
Royal Arms of His Majesty's Government
since 9th July 2024
Home Office
StyleMinister
NominatorPrime Minister of the United Kingdom
AppointerThe Monarch
on advice of the Prime Minister
Term lengthAt His Majesty's pleasure
Websitewww.GOV.uk/home-office

The Minister of State for the Home Office, previously the Minister of State for Home Affairs. is a mid-level position in the Home Office in the British government. The office has been held by David Hanson, Baron Hanson of Flint since the 9th July 2024.

Responsibilities

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The current Minister has following responsibilities:[1]

  • migration and borders ‘shadow’ in the Lords
  • migration and borders legislation
  • customer services (UKVI, HMPO, GRO and Windrush Compensation Scheme) operations
  • cross-cutting legal issues and oversight of HOLA
  • EU Settlement Scheme
  • Common Travel Area
  • NI Protocol

List of ministers

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Name Portrait Entered office Left office Political party Notes
Dennis Vosper 28 October 1960 27 June 1961 Conservative Minister of State for Home Affairs
David Renton 27 June 1961 17 July 1962 Conservative Minister of State for Home Affairs
The Earl Jellicoe 17 July 1962 21 October 1963 Conservative Minister of State for Home Affairs
The Lord Derwent 23 October 1963 16 October 1964 Conservative Minister of State for Home Affairs
Alice Bacon 16 October 1964 29 August 1967 Labour Minister of State for Home Affairs
The Lord Stonham 29 August 1967 13 October 1969 Labour Minister of State for Home Affairs
Shirley Williams 13 October 1969 23 June 1970 Labour Minister of State for Home Affairs
Richard Sharples 23 June 1970 7 April 1972 Conservative Minister of State for Home Affairs
The Lord Windlesham 23 June 1970 26 March 1972 Conservative Minister of State for Home Affairs
Mark Carlisle 7 April 1972 4 March 1974 Conservative Minister of State for Home Affairs
The Viscount Colville of Culross 21 April 1972 4 March 1974 Conservative Minister of State for Home Affairs
Alex Lyon 8 March 1974 14 April 1976 Labour Minister of State for Home Affairs
The Lord Harris of Greenwich 8 March 1974 3 January 1979 Labour Minister of State for Home Affairs
Brynmor John 14 April 1976 4 May 1979 Labour Minister of State for Home Affairs
The Lord Boston of Faversham 3 January 1979 4 May 1979 Labour Minister of State for Home Affairs
Leon Brittan 4 May 1979 5 January 1981 Conservative Minister of State for Home Affairs
Patrick Mayhew 5 January 1981 13 June 1983 Conservative Minister of State for Home Affairs
The Lord Elton 11 September 1984 25 March 1985 Conservative Minister of State for Home Affairs
Giles Shaw 11 September 1984 10 September 1986 Conservative Minister of State for Home Affairs
David Mellor 10 September 1986 13 June 1987 Conservative Minister of State for Home Affairs
John Patten 13 June 1987 10 April 1992 Conservative Minister of State for Home Affairs
The Earl of Caithness 10 September 1986 10 January 1988 Conservative Minister of State for Home Affairs
The Earl Ferrers 10 January 1988 20 July 1994 Conservative Minister of State for Home Affairs
David Mellor 27 October 1989 22 June 1990 Conservative Minister of State for Home Affairs
Angela Rumbold 23 July 1990 14 April 1992 Conservative Minister of State for Home Affairs
Michael Jack 14 April 1992 27 May 1993 Conservative Minister of State for Home Affairs
Michael Forsyth 20 July 1994 5 June 1995 Conservative Minister of State for Home Affairs
David Maclean 27 May 1993 2 May 1997 Conservative Minister of State for Home Affairs
Alun Michael 2 May 1997 27 October 1998 Labour Minister of State for Home Affairs and Deputy Home Secretary[2]
Paul Boateng 27 October 1998 11 June 2001 Labour Minister of State for Home Affairs and Deputy Home Secretary[3]
office not in use 11 June 2001 29 May 2002
The Lord Falconer of Thoroton 29 May 2002 12 June 2003 Labour Minister of State for Criminal Justice System
The Baroness Scotland of Asthal 12 June 2003 28 June 2007 Labour Minister of State for Criminal Justice and Offender Management[4]
office not in use 28 June 2007 1 May 2011
The Baroness Browning 1 May 2011 16 September 2011 Conservative Minister of State for Crime Prevention and Antisocial Behaviour Reduction
The Lord Henley 16 September 2011 4 September 2012 Conservative Minister of State for Crime Prevention and Antisocial Behaviour Reduction
Jeremy Browne 4 September 2012 7 October 2013 Liberal Democrats Minister of State for Crime Prevention
Norman Baker 7 October 2013 3 November 2014 Liberal Democrats Minister of State for Crime Prevention
Lynne Featherstone 4 November 2014 8 May 2015 Liberal Democrats Minister of State for Crime Prevention
The Lord Bates 14 May 2015 31 March 2016 Conservative Minister of State for Home Affairs
The Lord Keen of Elie
Advocate General for Scotland 		1 April 2016 17 July 2016 Conservative Government Spokesperson for the Home Office
The Baroness Williams of Trafford 17 July 2016 7 September 2022 Conservative Minister of State for Home Affairs[5]
The Lord Murray of Blidworth 7 October 2022 30 October 2022 Conservative Minister of State for Home Affairs

References

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  1. ^ "Minister of State - GOV.UK".
  2. ^ "Alun Michael MP: Minister of State & Deputy Home Secretary". Home Office. Archived from the original on 23 May 1998.
  3. ^ "Paul Boateng MP: Minister of State & Deputy Home Secretary". Home Office. Archived from the original on 3 September 1999.
  4. ^ Crime Reduction from May 2007 to June 2007
  5. ^ Countering Extremism (2016–2019)
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