Minister of State for Border Security and Asylum
{{Short description|Senior ministerial position in the Government of the United Kingdom}}
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Minister of State for Border Security and Asylum
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| insignia = Coat of arms of the United Kingdom (2022, lesser arms).svg
| insigniacaption = Royal Arms of His Majesty's Government
| department = Home Office
| image = Dame Angela Eagle official portrait 1.jpg
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| incumbent = Angela Eagle
| incumbentsince = 8 July 2024
| style = Illegal Migration Minister
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The Right Honourable
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| type = Minister of the Crown
| status = Minister of State
| member_of = {{ubl|Cabinet {{small|(attending)}}|Privy Council}}
| reports_to = {{ubl|Prime Minister of the United Kingdom|Home Secretary}}
| seat = Westminster
| nominator = Prime Minister
| appointer = The Monarch
| appointer_qualified = {{small|(on the advice of the Prime Minister)}}
| termlength = At His Majesty's pleasure
| formation = 10 September 2019
| salary = £115,824 per annum {{small|(2022)}}{{Cite web |title=Salaries of Members of His Majesty's Government – Financial Year 2022–23 |url=https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/1124173/2022-12-07-Ministerial-Salaries-22-23-table.pdf |date=15 December 2022}}
(including £86,584 MP salary){{Cite web |title=Pay and expenses for MPs |url=https://www.parliament.uk/about/mps-and-lords/members/pay-mps/ |access-date=15 December 2022 |website=parliament.uk}}
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The minister of state for Border Security and Asylum{{Cite web |title=Minister of State (Minister for Border Security and Asylum) - GOV.UK |url=https://www.gov.uk/government/ministers/minister-of-state--186 |access-date=2024-08-01 |website=www.gov.uk |language=en}} is a senior role in the British Home Office with responsibility for tackling irregular migration.
It was previously known as the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Justice and Tackling Illegal Migration, previously known as Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Immigration Compliance and Courts and held in both the British Home Office and the Ministry of Justice. It was last held as a Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State by Simon Baynes MP who took the office on 8 July 2022 after a cabinet reshuffle.
Responsibilities
The minister previously had the following responsibilities:{{Cite web|title=Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Minister for Immigration Compliance and the Courts) - GOV.UK|url=https://www.gov.uk/government/ministers/parliamentary-under-secretary-of-state--122#responsibilities|access-date=2020-12-05|website=www.gov.uk|language=en}}
For the Home Office:
- access to work, benefits and services
- detention
- returns
- foreign national offenders
- illegal immigration strategy
- overseas development aid
- Immigration Enforcement
- asylum
- resettlement
- casework
- animals (illegal wildlife trade)
- sponsorship of Border Force and immigration enforcement directorates
- supporting Lords Minister on corporate affairs, including the Spending Review and Budget
- COVID-19 impacts on business as usual function of asylum and returns systems, detention and Border Force
For the Ministry of Justice:
- foreign national offenders and removing barriers to removal
- immigration system legal reform
- joint Spending Review bids (working with Kit Malthouse)
- immigration crime sentencing reform
- detained fast track
- court and tribunal services and reform
- court and tribunal fees
- administrative justice
- supporting the Secretary of State on departmental finance
List of officeholders
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!colspan=2 |Name !Portrait !colspan=2 |Term of office !Political party !Prime Minister !Home Secretary |
| colspan=7 | Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Immigration Compliance and Courts
! |
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| rowspan=2 style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
| 60px | 10 September 2019 | 16 September 2021 | Johnson |
| colspan="7" | Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Justice and Tackling Illegal Migration
! |
| style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
|60px |17 September 2021 |7 July 2022 | Johnson |
| style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
|60px |8 July 2022 |8 September 2022 |
| colspan="7" | {{nobold|Role re-formed out of Minister of State for Immigration}} Minister of State for Countering Illegal Migration ! |
| style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
|60px |7 December 2023 |5 July 2024 | Sunak |
| colspan="7" | Minister of State for Border Security and Asylum
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| style="background-color: {{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |
|60px |8 July 2024 |Incumbent | Labour | Starmer |
