Minister of State for Security
{{Short description|Senior ministerial position in the Government of the United Kingdom}}
{{Infobox Political post
| post = {{small|United Kingdom}}
Minister of State for Security
| insignia = Coat of arms of the United Kingdom (2022, lesser arms).svg
| insigniasize = 140px
| insigniacaption = Royal Arms of His Majesty's Government
| flag = Flag of the United Kingdom.svg
| flagsize = 110px
| flagcaption = Flag of the United Kingdom
| department = Home Office
| image = Official portrait of Dan Jarvis MP.jpg
| incumbent = Dan Jarvis
| incumbentsince = 6 July 2024
| style = Security Minister
{{small|(informal)}}
The Right Honourable
{{small|(within the UK and Commonwealth)}}
| type = Minister of the Crown
| status = Minister of State
| member_of = {{ubl|Cabinet {{small|(attending)}}|Privy Council|National Security 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 = * 29 May 2002
{{small|as Minister of State for Citizenship, Immigration and Counter Terrorism}}
- 7 July 2022
{{small|as Minister of State for Security}}
| 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}}
| first = Beverley Hughes
{{small|as Minister of State for Citizenship, Immigration and Counter Terrorism}}
| website = [https://www.gov.uk/government/ministers/minister-of-state--88 gov.uk]
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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.{{Cite web|url=https://www.gov.uk/government/news/ministerial-appointments-september-2021|title=Ministerial appointments: September 2021|website=GOV.UK|date=16 September 2021|access-date=17 September 2021}}
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.{{Cite web |last=Belger |first=Tom |date=2023-09-05 |title=Labour reshuffle: Starmer unveils six new shadow ministers of state |url=https://labourlist.org/2023/09/labour-reshuffle-starmer-unveils-five-new-shadow-ministers/ |access-date=2023-09-06 |website=LabourList |language=en-GB}}
Ministers
| class="wikitable"
! colspan=2|Name ! Portrait ! colspan=2|Term of office ! Political party ! colspan=2|PM |
| colspan=9|Minister of State for Citizenship, Immigration and Counter Terrorism |
|---|
| style="background-color: {{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |
| Beverley Hughes{{cite web |url=http://www.parliament.uk/biographies/beverley-hughes/25513 |title=Baroness Hughes of Stretford - Parliamentary Career |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20101227121213/http://www.parliament.uk/biographies/beverley-hughes/25513 |archivedate=2010-12-27 }} | 60px | 29 May 2002 | 1 April 2004 | Labour ! style="background-color: {{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" | | Blair | Blunkett |
| colspan=9|Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Policing, Security and Community Safety |
| style="background-color: {{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |
| Hazel Blears{{cite web|url=http://www.parliament.uk/biographies/hazel-blears/25738 |title=Hazel Blears - Parliamentary Career |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20111221104355/http://www.parliament.uk/biographies/hazel-blears/25738 |archivedate=2011-12-21 }} | 60px | 13 June 2003 | 5 May 2006 | Labour ! style="background-color: {{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" | | Blair |
| colspan=9|Minister of State for Security, Counter-Terrorism, Crime and Policing |
| style="background-color: {{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |
| 60px | 5 May 2006 | 3 October 2008 | Labour ! style="background-color: {{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" | |
| colspan=9|Minister of State for Policing, Crime and Security |
| style="background-color: {{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |
| Vernon Coaker{{cite web|url=http://www.parliament.uk/biographies/vernon-coaker/25758 |title=Vernon Coaker - Parliamentary Career |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20111011101219/http://www.parliament.uk/biographies/vernon-coaker/25758 |archivedate=2011-10-11 }} | 60px | 3 October 2008 | 3 June 2009 | Labour ! style="background-color: {{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" | | Brown | Smith |
| colspan=9|Minister of State for Security, Counter-Terrorism, Crime and Policing |
| style="background-color: {{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |
| 60px | 10 June 2009 | 11 May 2010 | Labour ! style="background-color: {{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" | | Brown | Johnson |
| colspan=9|Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Security and Counter-Terrorism |
| style="background-color: {{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |
| Admiral The Lord West of Spithead | 80x80px | 28 June 2007 | 12 May 2010 | Labour ! style="background-color: {{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" | | Brown |
| colspan=9|Minister of State for Security and Counter-Terrorism |
| style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
| The Baroness Neville-Jones{{Cite web|url=http://www.homeoffice.gov.uk/about-us/our-organisation/ministers/pauline-neville-jones/|title=Home Office|date=19 January 2024 }}[http://www.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/sites/default/files/resources/lmr100701.pdf Page 40] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120402153122/http://www.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/sites/default/files/resources/lmr100701.pdf |date=2012-04-02 }} | 60px | 12 May 2010 | 9 May 2011 ! style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" | | Cameron | May |
| colspan=9|Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Crime and Security |
| style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
| James Brokenshire{{cite news |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/james-brokenshire-takes-on-security-role-2282850.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220515/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/james-brokenshire-takes-on-security-role-2282850.html |archive-date=2022-05-15 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |title=James Brokenshire takes on security role |last=Johnson |first=Wesley |date=12 May 2011 |newspaper=Independent |accessdate=12 May 2011}} | 60px | 9 May 2011 | 8 February 2014 ! style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" | | Cameron | May |
| colspan=9|Minister of State for Security and Immigration |
| style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
| James Brokenshire[http://www.homeoffice.gov.uk/about-us/our-organisation/ministers/ Home Office: Our Ministers] | 60px | 8 February 2014 | 14 July 2016 ! style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" | | Cameron | May |
| colspan=9|Minister of State for Security |
| style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
| 60px | 8 May 2015 | 15 July 2016 ! style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" | | Cameron | May |
| colspan=9|Minister of State for Security and Economic Crime |
| style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
| 60px | 17 July 2016 | 24 July 2019 ! style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" | | May |
| colspan=9|Minister of State for Security and Deputy for Brexit |
| style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
| Brandon Lewis{{efn|name=fna|Also attending Cabinet.}} | 60px | 24 July 2019 | 13 February 2020 ! style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" | | Johnson | Patel |
| colspan=9|Minister of State for Security |
| style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
| 60px | 13 February 2020 | 7 July 2021 ! style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" | | Johnson | Patel |
| colspan=9|Minister of State for Security and Borders |
| style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
| 60px | 13 August 2021 | 7 July 2022 ! style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" | | Johnson | Patel |
| colspan=9|Minister of State for Security |
| style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
| 60px | 7 July 2022 | 6 September 2022 ! style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" | | Johnson | Patel |
| style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
|Tom Tugendhat{{efn|name=fna}} |6 September 2022 |5 July 2024 ! style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" | |
| style="background-color: {{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |
|File:Official portrait of Dan Jarvis MP crop 2.jpg |6 July 2024 |Incumbent ! style="background-color: {{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" | |
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