Minister of State for Security

United Kingdom
Minister of State for Security
United Kingdom; Minister of State for Security
	Royal Arms of His Majesty's Government
	Flag of the United Kingdom
	Incumbent; Dan Jarvis; since 6 July 2024
	Home Office
Style	Security Minister; (informal); The Right Honourable; (within the UK and Commonwealth)
Type	Minister of the Crown
Status	Minister of State
Member of	Cabinet (attending); Privy Council; National Security Council;
Reports to	Prime Minister of the United Kingdom; Home Secretary;
Seat	Westminster
Nominator	Prime Minister
Appointer	The Monarch; (on the advice of the Prime Minister)
Term length	At His Majesty's pleasure
Formation	29 May 2002; as Minister of State for Citizenship, Immigration and Counter Terrorism; 7 July 2022; as Minister of State for Security;
First holder	Beverley Hughes ; as Minister of State for Citizenship, Immigration and Counter Terrorism
Salary	£115,824 per annum (2022); (including £86,584 MP salary)
Website	gov.uk

The minister of state for security is a senior ministerial position in the government of the United Kingdom, falling under the Home Office. The post was created by then-Prime Minister Gordon Brown on 3 June 2009 by splitting the now-defunct post of the minister for security, counter-terrorism, crime and policing between this post (then called Minister for Security and Counter-Terrorism) and the new post of Minister for Crime and Policing.

The current incumbent is Dan Jarvis who was appointed by Keir Starmer in July 2024. Jarvis had previous shadowed the role before the 2024 General Election.

In a cabinet reshuffle on 15 September 2021, the ministerial title changed to Minister of State for Security and Borders.^[3]

The post is generally seen as one of the most senior Minister of State positions, and as such its holder is often invited to attend cabinet meetings.

The office is shadowed by the Shadow Minister for Security who sits on the Official Opposition frontbench.^[4]

Ministers

Name		Term of office		Political party		Home Sec.
Minister of State for Citizenship, Immigration and Counter Terrorism
	Beverley Hughes^[5]	29 May 2002	1 April 2004	Labour	Blair	Blunkett
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Policing, Security and Community Safety
	Hazel Blears^[6]	13 June 2003	5 May 2006	Labour	Blair	Blunkett Clarke
Minister of State for Security, Counter-Terrorism, Crime and Policing
	Tony McNulty	5 May 2006	3 October 2008	Labour	Blair Brown	Reid Smith
Minister of State for Policing, Crime and Security
	Vernon Coaker^[7]	3 October 2008	3 June 2009	Labour	Brown	Smith
Minister of State for Security, Counter-Terrorism, Crime and Policing
	David Hanson	10 June 2009	11 May 2010	Labour	Brown	Johnson
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Security and Counter-Terrorism
	Admiral The Lord West of Spithead	28 June 2007	12 May 2010	Labour	Brown	Smith Johnson
Minister of State for Security and Counter-Terrorism
	The Baroness Neville-Jones^[8]^[9]	12 May 2010	9 May 2011	Conservative	Cameron	May
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Crime and Security
	James Brokenshire^[10]	9 May 2011	8 February 2014	Conservative	Cameron	May
Minister of State for Security and Immigration
	James Brokenshire^[11]	8 February 2014	14 July 2016	Conservative	Cameron	May
Minister of State for Security
	John Hayes	8 May 2015	15 July 2016	Conservative	Cameron	May
Minister of State for Security and Economic Crime
	Ben Wallace	17 July 2016	24 July 2019	Conservative	May	Rudd Javid
Minister of State for Security and Deputy for Brexit
	Brandon Lewis^[a]	24 July 2019	13 February 2020	Conservative	Johnson	Patel
Minister of State for Security
	James Brokenshire	13 February 2020	7 July 2021	Conservative	Johnson	Patel
Minister of State for Security and Borders
	Damian Hinds	13 August 2021	7 July 2022	Conservative	Johnson	Patel
Minister of State for Security
	Stephen McPartland	7 July 2022	6 September 2022	Conservative	Johnson	Patel
	Tom Tugendhat^[a]	6 September 2022	5 July 2024	Conservative	Truss Sunak	Braverman Shapps Braverman Cleverly
	Dan Jarvis	6 July 2024	Incumbent	Labour	Starmer	Cooper

Notes

^ ^a ^b Also attending Cabinet.

References

^ "Salaries of Members of His Majesty's Government – Financial Year 2022–23" (PDF). 15 December 2022.
^ "Pay and expenses for MPs". parliament.uk. Retrieved 15 December 2022.
^ "Ministerial appointments: September 2021". GOV.UK. 16 September 2021. Retrieved 17 September 2021.
^ Belger, Tom (2023-09-05). "Labour reshuffle: Starmer unveils six new shadow ministers of state". LabourList. Retrieved 2023-09-06.
^ "Baroness Hughes of Stretford - Parliamentary Career". Archived from the original on 2010-12-27.
^ "Hazel Blears - Parliamentary Career". Archived from the original on 2011-12-21.
^ "Vernon Coaker - Parliamentary Career". Archived from the original on 2011-10-11.
^ "Home Office". 19 January 2024.
^ Page 40 Archived 2012-04-02 at the Wayback Machine
^ Johnson, Wesley (12 May 2011). "James Brokenshire takes on security role". Independent. Archived from the original on 2022-05-15. Retrieved 12 May 2011.
^ Home Office: Our Ministers

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[1] "Salaries of Members of His Majesty's Government – Financial Year 2022–23" (PDF). 15 December 2022.

[2] "Pay and expenses for MPs". parliament.uk. Retrieved 15 December 2022.

[3] "Ministerial appointments: September 2021". GOV.UK. 16 September 2021. Retrieved 17 September 2021.

[4] Belger, Tom (2023-09-05). "Labour reshuffle: Starmer unveils six new shadow ministers of state". LabourList. Retrieved 2023-09-06.

[5] "Baroness Hughes of Stretford - Parliamentary Career". Archived from the original on 2010-12-27.

[parliament.uk-6] "Hazel Blears - Parliamentary Career". Archived from the original on 2011-12-21.

[7] "Vernon Coaker - Parliamentary Career". Archived from the original on 2011-10-11.

[8] "Home Office". 19 January 2024.

[9] Page 40 Archived 2012-04-02 at the Wayback Machine

[Brokenshire_appoint-10] Johnson, Wesley (12 May 2011). "James Brokenshire takes on security role". Independent. Archived from the original on 2022-05-15. Retrieved 12 May 2011.

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Headquarters: 2 Marsham Street Home Secretary: Yvette Cooper
Ministers	Minister of State for Security Minister of State for Border Security and Asylum Minister of State for Home Affairs Minister of State for Policing, Fire and Crime Prevention Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Migration and Citizenship Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Safeguarding and Violence Against Women and Girls
Civil Service	Permanent Under-Secretary of State at the Home Office
Divisions	Border Force HM Passport Office Homeland Security Group Immigration Enforcement National DNA Database UK Visas and Immigration
Non-departmental public bodies	Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs Animals in Science Committee Biometrics and Forensic Ethics Group Disclosure and Barring Service Gangmasters and Labour Abuse Authority Migration Advisory Committee Independent Office for Police Conduct Investigatory Powers Tribunal Office of the Immigration Services Commissioner Security Industry Authority

United Kingdom Minister of State for Security
Royal Arms of His Majesty's Government
Flag of the United Kingdom
Incumbent Dan Jarvis since 6 July 2024
Home Office
Style	Security Minister (informal) The Right Honourable (within the UK and Commonwealth)
Type	Minister of the Crown
Status	Minister of State
Member of	Cabinet (attending) Privy Council National Security Council
Reports to	Prime Minister of the United Kingdom Home Secretary
Seat	Westminster
Nominator	Prime Minister
Appointer	The Monarch (on the advice of the Prime Minister)
Term length	At His Majesty's pleasure
Formation	29 May 2002 as Minister of State for Citizenship, Immigration and Counter Terrorism 7 July 2022 as Minister of State for Security
First holder	Beverley Hughes as Minister of State for Citizenship, Immigration and Counter Terrorism
Salary	£115,824 per annum (2022)^[1] (including £86,584 MP salary)^[2]
Website	gov.uk