Cabinet reshuffle: List of approved Ministerial appointments

HER MAJESTY has been pleased to approve the following Ministerial appointments:

Prime Minister, First Lord of the Treasury and Minister for the Civil Service

Rt Hon David Cameron MP

Deputy Prime Minister, Lord President of the Council (with special responsibility for political and constitutional reform)

Rt Hon Nick Clegg MP

Foreign and Commonwealth Office

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First Secretary of State, Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs – Rt Hon William Hague MP

Senior Minister of State – Rt Hon Baroness Warsi (jointly with the Department for Communities and Local Government)

Minister of State – Rt Hon David Lidington MP

Minister of State – Rt Hon Hugo Swire MP

Minister of State (Trade and Investment) – Lord Green of Hurstpierpoint (jointly with the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills)*

Parliamentary Under Secretary of State – Mark Simmonds MP

Parliamentary Under Secretary of State – Alistair Burt MP

HM Treasury

Chancellor of the Exchequer – Rt Hon George Osborne MP

Chief Secretary to the Treasury – Rt Hon Danny Alexander MP

Financial Secretary – Rt Hon Greg Clark MP

Exchequer Secretary – David Gauke MP†

Economic Secretary – Sajid Javid MP†

Commercial Secretary – Lord Sassoon *

Home Office

Secretary of State for the Home Department – Rt Hon Theresa May MP

Minister of State (Immigration) – Mark Harper MP

Minister of State (Policing) – Damian Green MP (jointly with the Ministry of Justice)

Minister of State – Jeremy Browne MP

Parliamentary Under Secretary of State – James Brokenshire MP

Ministry of Defence

Secretary of State for Defence – Rt Hon Philip Hammond MP

Minister of State – Rt Hon Andrew Robathan MP

Minister of State – Rt Hon Mark Francois MP

Parliamentary Under Secretary of State – Dr Andrew Murrison MP

Parliamentary Under Secretary of State – Philip Dunne MP

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Parliamentary Under Secretary of State – Lord Astor of Hever DL*

Department for Business, Innovation and Skills

Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills; and President of the Board of Trade – Rt Hon Dr Vincent Cable MP

Minister of State (Universities and Science) – Rt Hon David Willetts MP**

Minister of State – Michael Fallon MP

Minister of State (Trade and Investment) – Lord Green of Hurstpierpoint (jointly with the Foreign and Commonwealth Office)*

Parliamentary Under Secretary of State – Lord Marland *

Parliamentary Under Secretary of State – Jo Swinson MP

Parliamentary Under Secretary of State – Matthew Hancock MP (jointly with the Department for Education)

Department for Work and Pensions

Secretary of State for Work and Pensions – Rt Hon Iain Duncan Smith MP

Minister of State – Mark Hoban MP

Minister of State – Steve Webb MP

Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Welfare Reform) – Lord Freud*

Parliamentary Under Secretary of State – Esther McVey MP

Ministry of Justice

Lord Chancellor, Secretary of State for Justice – Rt Hon Chris Grayling MP

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Minister of State – Rt Hon Lord McNally (and Deputy Leader of the House of Lords)

Minister of State – Damian Green MP (jointly with the Home Office)

Parliamentary Under Secretary of State – Helen Grant MP (jointly with the Department for Culture, Media and Sport)

Parliamentary Under Secretary of State – Jeremy Wright MP

Department for Education

Secretary of State for Education – Rt Hon Michael Gove MP

Minister of State – Rt Hon David Laws MP (jointly with the Cabinet Office**)

Parliamentary Under Secretary of State – Lord Hill of Oareford CBE

Parliamentary Under Secretary of State – Matthew Hancock MP (jointly with the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills)

Parliamentary Under Secretary of State – Edward Timpson MP

Parliamentary Under Secretary of State – Elizabeth Truss MP

Department for Communities and Local Government

Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government – Rt Hon Eric Pickles MP

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Senior Minister of State (Faith and Communities) – Rt Hon Baroness Warsi ** (jointly with the Foreign and Commonwealth Office)

Minister of State (Housing) – Mark Prisk MP

Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Planning) - Nicholas Boles MP

Parliamentary Under Secretary of State – Rt Hon Don Foster MP

Parliamentary Under Secretary of State – Brandon Lewis MP

Parliamentary Under Secretary of State – Baroness Hanham CBE*

Department of Health

Secretary of State for Health – Rt Hon Jeremy Hunt MP

Minister of State – Norman Lamb MP

Parliamentary Under Secretary of State – Anna Soubry MP

Parliamentary Under Secretary of State – Daniel Poulter MP

Parliamentary Under Secretary of State – Earl Howe

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs – Rt Hon Owen Paterson MP

Minister of State – David Heath CBE MP

Parliamentary Under Secretary of State – Richard Benyon MP

Parliamentary Under Secretary of State – Lord Taylor of Holbeach CBE

Department for International Development

Secretary of State for International Development – Rt Hon Justine Greening MP

Minister of State – Rt Hon Alan Duncan MP

Parliamentary Under Secretary of State – Lynne Featherstone MP

Scotland Office

Secretary of State for Scotland – Rt Hon Michael Moore MP

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Parliamentary Under Secretary of State – Rt Hon David Mundell MP

Department of Energy and Climate Change

Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change – Rt Hon Edward Davey MP

Minister of State – Gregory Barker MP

Minister of State – John Hayes MP

Department for Transport

Secretary of State for Transport – Rt Hon Patrick McLoughlin MP

Minister of State – Rt Hon Simon Burns MP

Parliamentary Under Secretary of State – Norman Baker MP

Parliamentary Under Secretary of State – Stephen Hammond MP

Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport; and Minister for Women and Equalities – Maria Miller MP

Minister of State – Hugh Robertson MP

Parliamentary Under Secretary of State – Hon Ed Vaizey MP

Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Women and Equalities) – Helen Grant MP (jointly with the Ministry of Justice)

Northern Ireland Office

Secretary of State for Northern Ireland – Rt Hon Theresa Villiers MP

Minister of State – Mike Penning MP

Wales Office

Secretary of State for Wales – David Jones MP

Parliamentary Under Secretary of State – Stephen Crabb MP* (jointly as a paid Lord Commissioner of HM Treasury (Whip) – House of Commons)

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Parliamentary Under Secretary of State – Baroness Randerson*

Office of the Leader of the House of Lords

Leader of the House of Lords, Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster – Rt Hon Lord Strathclyde

Deputy Leader of the House of Lords – Rt Hon Lord McNally (and Minister of State at the Ministry of Justice)

Office of the Leader of the Commons

Leader of the House of Commons, Lord Privy Seal – Rt Hon Andrew Lansley CBE MP**

Parliamentary Secretary (Deputy Leader) – Rt Hon Tom Brake MP*

Ministers without Portfolio (Minister of State)

Rt Hon Kenneth Clarke QC MP **

Rt Hon Grant Shapps MP* & ** (and Co-Chairman of the Conservative Party)

Cabinet Office

Minister for the Cabinet Office, Paymaster General – Rt Hon Francis Maude MP**

Minister for Government Policy – Rt Hon Oliver Letwin MP**

Minister of State – Rt Hon David Laws MP** (jointly with the Department for Education)

Parliamentary Secretary – Nick Hurd MP

Parliamentary Secretary – Chloe Smith MP

Law Officers

Attorney General – Rt Hon Dominic Grieve QC MP***

Solicitor General – Oliver Heald MP

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Advocate General for Scotland – Rt Hon Lord Wallace of Tankerness QC

Whips – House of Commons

Chief Whip (Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasury) – Rt Hon Andrew Mitchell MP**

Deputy Chief Whip (Treasurer of HM Household) – Rt Hon John Randall MP

Deputy Chief Whip (Comptroller of HM Household) – Rt Hon Alistair Carmichael MP

Government Whip (Vice Chamberlain of HM Household) – Rt Hon Greg Knight MP

Junior Lords of the Treasury

Government Whip (Lord Commissioner of HM Treasury) – Rt Hon Desmond Swayne MP

Government Whip (Lord Commissioner of HM Treasury) – Anne Milton MP

Government Whip (Lord Commissioner of HM Treasury) – Stephen Crabb MP (jointly as an unpaid Parliamentary Under Secretary of State at the Wales Office)

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Government Whip (Lord Commissioner of HM Treasury) – David Evennett MP*

Government Whip (Lord Commissioner of HM Treasury) – Robert Goodwill MP

Government Whip (Lord Commissioner of HM Treasury) – Mark Lancaster MP

Assistant Whips

Assistant Government Whip – Greg Hands MP

Assistant Government Whip – Karen Bradley MP

Assistant Government Whip – Jo Johnson MP

Assistant Government Whip – Nicky Morgan MP

Assistant Government Whip – Robert Syms MP

Assistant Government Whip – Mark Hunter MP

Assistant Government Whip – Jenny Willott MP

Whips – House of Lords

Lords Chief Whip (Captain of the Honourable Corps of Gentlemen at Arms) – Rt Hon Baroness Anelay of St Johns DBE

Deputy Chief Whip (Captain of The Queen’s Bodyguard of the Yeomen of the Guard) – Lord Newby OBE

Baronesses and Lords in Waiting

Baroness in Waiting – Baroness Garden*

Baroness in Waiting – Baroness Northover*

Baroness in Waiting – Baroness Stowell of Beeston

Baroness in Waiting – Baroness Verma

Lord in Waiting – Earl Attlee

Lord in Waiting – Lord De Mauley TD

Lord in Waiting – Lord Wallace of Saltaire*

Lord in Waiting – Viscount Younger of Leckie

* unpaid

** attends Cabinet

*** attends Cabinet when Ministerial responsibilities are on the agenda

† paid as a Parliamentary Secretary

Her Majesty has been pleased to signify Her intention of conferring a peerage of the United Kingdom for life on:

Paul Deighton

The following will be sworn in to Her Majesty’s Most Honourable Privy Council:

Maria Miller MP

David Jones MP

Gregory Barker MP

Paul Burstow MP

Damian Green MP

Michael Fallon

Hugh Robertson MP

Andrew Stunell OBE MP

Lord Wallace of Saltaire

Lord Ashcroft KCMG

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The Prime Minister will recommend to The Queen that the Rt Hon Sir George Young Bt MP be appointed to the Order of the Companions of Honour.

The Prime Minister will recommend to The Queen that knighthoods be conferred upon the following:

Rt Hon James Paice MP

Edward Garnier QC MP

Nick Harvey MP

Gerald Howarth MP

Rt Hon Caroline Spelman MP

Rt Hon Cheryl Gillan MP

Rt Hon Sir George Young Bt MP

Rt Hon Lord Howell of Guildford

Rt Hon Nick Herbert MP

Rt Hon James Paice MP

Paul Burstow MP

Nick Gibb MP

Nick Harvey MP

Charles Hendry MP

Lord Henley

Henry Bellingham MP

Crispin Blunt MP

Jonathan Djanogly MP

Gerald Howarth MP

Tim Loughton MP

Peter Luff MP

Bob Neill MP

Stephen O’Brien MP

John Penrose MP

Andrew Stunell OBE MP

Sarah Teather MP

Baroness Wilcox

Edward Garnier QC MP

James Duddridge MP

Michael Fabricant MP

Brooks Newmark MP

Angela Watkinson MP

Bill Wiggin MP

• Lord Sassoon will leave the Government in January 2013 at which time he will be succeeded by Paul Deighton.

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