List of Ministerial Responsibilities (HTML)

Minister for the Cabinet Office and Paymaster General (Minister for the Constitution and European Union Relations)

The Rt Hon Nick Thomas-Symonds MP

Responsibilities include:

EU policy and relations
Government response to the Infected Blood Inquiry
Inquiries policy
Constitution and House of Lords reform
Legislation

Correspondence Email Address:

Minister without Portfolio

Ellie Reeves MP

Responsibilities include:

Missions - supporting delivery of Government’s priorities
GREAT campaign

Correspondence Email Address:

Parliamentary Secretary

Georgia Gould MP

Responsibilities include:

Public sector reform
Oversight of government functions
Cabinet Office business planning and performance
Public Bodies policy
Cabinet Office arm’s length body sponsorship

Correspondence Email Address:

Parliamentary Secretary

Abena Oppong-Asare MP

Responsibilities include:

National security, resilience, and civil contingencies, including:
- Integrated Security Fund
- Government Security Group, including UK Security Vetting
Transparency Data policy, correspondence policy, and Freedom of Information
Supporting the Minister for the Cabinet Office on Inquiries policy and constitution

Correspondence Email Address:

Correspondence Email Address: dbtcorrespondence@businessandtrade.gov.uk

Non-Ministerial Departments and Executive Agencies of the Cabinet Office

UK Statistics Authority
Crown Commercial Service
Government Property Agency

Question 6

DEPARTMENT FOR BUSINESS AND TRADE

Accepted Answer

Address: Old Admiralty Building, Admiralty Place, London, SW1A 2DY

Website: https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/department-for-international-trade

The Department for Business and Trade is the department for economic growth. It helps businesses to invest, grow and export, creating jobs and opportunities across the country.

Secretary of State for Business and Trade and President of the Board of Trade

The Rt Hon Jonathan Reynolds MP

Responsibilities include:

Overall responsibility for delivery and strategy
Cross-government business engagement
Public appointments
Free Trade Agreement negotiations, mandates, and decisions
World Trade Organisation, G7, and G20 Ministerial Meetings
Overseas Network

Correspondence Email Address

dbtcorrespondence@businessandtrade.gov.uk

Minister of State (Minister for Trade Policy and Economic Security)

The Rt Hon Douglas Alexander MP

Responsibilities include:

Trade strategy
Free trade agreement (FTA) negotiations
UK-EU Trade and Cooperation Agreement (TCA) Implementation
Digital Trade Agreements
UK Conformity Assessment (UKCA)
Mutual Recognition Agreements
Windsor Framework
Investor treaties and disputes
Investor screening
UK Internal Market
Trade defence
Bilateral trade relations
World Trade Organization (WTO), G7, G20, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) and Commonwealth
Trade remedies
Tariffs and disputes
Global supply chains
Economic security
Export Control Joint Unit
Sanctions

The Minister of State is responsible for the following public bodies:

Trade Remedies Authority

Correspondence Email Address

Minister of State (Minister for Industry)

Jointly with the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Sarah Jones MP

DBT responsibilities include:

Advanced manufacturing
Automotive
Aerospace
Defence
Consumer goods
Chemicals and plastics
Construction
Infrastructure
Maritime and shipbuilding
Steel
Materials and critical minerals
Industrial Development Advisory Board

DESNZ responsibilities include:

Office For Clean Energy Jobs
Green finance
Green jobs and skills
Carbon capture, usage and storage (CCUS)
Carbon leakage
Hydrogen
Industrial decarbonisation and emissions trading, including fuel switching, business and commercial buildings decarbonisation
Energy sector supply chains
Green growth sectors
Clean energy investments
Mineworkers’ pensions

Correspondence Email Address

Minister of State (Minister for Investment)

Joint with Department for Business and Trade

Poppy Gustafsson OBE

Correspondence Email Address:

Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Minister for Employment Rights, Competition and Markets)

Justin Madders MP

Responsibilities include:

Employment rights
Regulation
Consumer protection
Competition policy
Subsidy control
Corporate governance
Smart Data
Audit
Insolvency
Postal services (including Royal Mail)
Corporate minister (SR/Business)

The Minister is responsible for the following public bodies:

Low Pay Commission
Advisory, Conciliation and Arbitration Service (Acas)
Companies House
Competition and Markets Authority
The Insolvency Service
Competition Service
Competition Appeal Tribunal
Central Arbitration Committee
Certification Officer
Office of the Regulator of Community Interest Companies
Groceries Code Adjudicator
Pubs Code Adjudicator
British Hallmarking Council
Financial Reporting Council
Regulatory Policy Committee

Correspondence Email Address

Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Minister for Services, Small Business and Exports)

Gareth Thomas MP

Responsibilities include:

Local growth
Small businesses
Post Office
Scale-ups
Retail and hospitality
Professional and Business Services
Access to finance
Ukraine reconstruction
Export strategy
Export support service
Outward direct investment
Trade missions, shows and campaigns
Osaka Expo
UK Export Finance (UKEF)
Trade envoys

The Minister is responsible for the following public bodies:

Post Office
British Business Bank
Small Business Commissioner

Correspondence Email Address

Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Minister for the Future Digital Economy and Online Safety, and Minister for Legislation)

Jointly with the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology, and jointly a Baroness in Waiting (Government Whip)

Baroness Jones of Whitchurch

DBT Responsibilities include:

Business policy in Lords legislation

DSIT Responsibilities include:

Online safety and counter-disinformation
Digital Markets Unit
Tech policy and market facing technology, including skills
National Data Library
International strategy, including electronic trade
Economic security
Technology diffusion
Technology investment
National security and resilience
Geospatial Commission

Correspondence Email Address

Correspondence Email Address: enquiries@dcms.gov.uk

Non-Ministerial Departments and Executive Agencies of the Department for Business and Trade

Competition & Markets Authority
Companies House
Insolvency Service

Question 7

DEPARTMENT FOR CULTURE, MEDIA AND SPORT

Accepted Answer

Address: 100 Parliament Street, London SW1A 2BQ

Website: https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/department-for-culture-media-and-sport

The Department for Culture, Media and Sport supports culture, arts, media, sport, tourism and civil society across every part of England — recognising the UK’s world-leading position in these areas and the importance of these sectors in contributing so much to our economy, way of life and our reputation around the world. The department champions sport for all at every level, supports our world-leading cultural and creative industries, and enhances the cohesiveness of our communities.

Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport

The Rt Hon Lisa Nandy MP

Responsibilities include:

Overall strategy and policy

Correspondence Email Address:

enquiries@dcms.gov.uk

Minister of State (Minister for Creative Industries, Arts, and Tourism, and Minister for Data Protection and Telecoms)

Jointly with the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Sir Chris Bryant MP

DCMS Responsibilities include:

Arts and Libraries
Creative industries
Museums and cultural property
Cultural diplomacy and soft power
Tourism
Heritage
National Archives

DSIT Responsibilities include:

Digital infrastructure and telecoms
Building Digital UK (BDUK)
Data protection (including Data Bill)
Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO)
Digital inclusion
Space sector growth and UK Space Agency (UKSA)

Correspondence Email Address:

enquiries@dcms.gov.uk

Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Minister for Sport, Media, Civil Society and Youth)

Stephanie Peacock MP

Responsibilities include:

Sport
Media
Civil society
Youth
Ceremonials
Legislation and corporate
Gambling (in the House of Commons)

Correspondence Email Address:

enquiries@dcms.gov.uk

Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Minister for Gambling and Lords Minister)

Jointly a Baroness in Waiting (Government Whip)

Baroness Twycross

Responsibilities include:

Gambling
DCMS business in the House of Lords

Correspondence Email Address:

enquiries@dcms.gov.uk

Non-Ministerial Departments and Executive Agencies of the Department for Culture, Media and Sport

The Charity Commission
The National Archives

Question 8

DEPARTMENT FOR EDUCATION

Accepted Answer

Address: Sanctuary Buildings Great Smith Street, London, SW1P 3BT

Website: https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/department-for-education

Correspondence Email Address: MINISTERS@education.gov.uk

The Department for Education is responsible for children’s services and education, including early years, schools, higher and further education policy, apprenticeships and wider skills in England. This includes:

Teaching and learning for children in the early years and in primary schools
Teaching and learning for young people in secondary school
Teaching, learning and training for young people and adults in apprenticeships, traineeships and further education
Teaching and learning for young people and adults in higher education
Supporting professionals who work with children, young people and adult learners
Helping disadvantaged children and young people to achieve more
Making sure that local services protect and support children

Secretary of State for Education and Minister for Women and Equalities

The Rt Hon Bridget Phillipson MP

DfE Responsibilities include:

Early years and childcare
Children’s social care
Teacher quality, recruitment and retention
The school curriculum
School improvement
Academies and free schools
Further education
Apprenticeships and skills
Higher education

Minister for Women and Equalities responsibilities include:

Promoting equality of opportunity for everyone, and reducing negative disparities
Strategic oversight of Government’s equality policy, for women, ethnicity and LGBT
Sponsorship of the Social Mobility Commission and Equality and Human Rights Commission
Overview of the overarching equalities legislative framework, including the Equality Act

Correspondence Email Address:

Minister of State (Minister for Women and Equalities)

Jointly with the Department for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

The Rt Hon Anneliese Dodds MP

Responsibilities include:

Equalities responsibilities include:

The overall framework
Legislation including on women, disability, LGBT+ and race
Policy on women, LGBT+ and race
Sponsorship of the Equality and Human Rights Commission
Equality data and analysis
International work on women, LGBT+ and race

FCDO responsibilities include:

Education, gender and equality
Development and open societies
Humanitarian and migration
International finance
British Investment Partnerships
Global health
Conflict, stabilisation and mediation
Energy, climate and the environment
Research and evidence

Minister of State (Minister for Skills)

Rt Hon Baroness Smith of Malvern

Responsibilities include:

Skills England
Technical qualifications, including T Levels
Higher technical education (levels 4 and 5)
Adult education, including basic skills and combined authority devolution
Careers advice and support for young people not in employment, education or training (NEETs) (including the Careers and Enterprise Company)
Apprenticeships, including the growth and skills levy
Technical Excellence Colleges
Local skills improvement plans
Governance, intervention and accountability of further education colleges
Funding for education and training, provision and outcomes for 16- to 19-year-olds
Further education funding, financial stability and workforce
Access to higher education, participation and lifelong learning
Quality of higher education and the student experience (including the Office for Students)
Student finance (including the Student Loans Company)
International education

Correspondence Email Address:

Minister of State (Minister for School Standards)

Catherine McKinnell MP

Responsibilities include:

School improvement, intervention and inspection (including links with Ofsted)
Regional school improvement teams
Initial teacher training and incentives
Teacher retention including the early career framework and teacher training entitlement
School leadership
Teacher pay and pensions
School support staff
Core school funding
Qualifications (including links with Ofqual)
Curriculum and assessment, including the curriculum and assessment review and creative education
Special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) and high needs
Alternative provision
School governance
Admissions
Faith schools
School uniform
School transport
Access to sport, arts and music in education, working with other departments
Pupil premium

Correspondence Email Address:

ministers@education.gov.uk

Jointly with the Department for Work and Pensions

The Rt Hon Sir Stephen Timms MP

Equalities Responsibilities include:

Oversight of Disability Unit, including disability elements in equality legislation and international lead on disability

Work and Pensions Responsibilities include:

Disability policy and cross-government responsibility for disabled people
Universal Credit and legacy benefits delivery
Contributory benefits, Personal Independence Payment, Disability Living Allowance and Employment Support Allowance
Carer’s Allowance
Housing
Arm’s length body: Health and Safety Executive
Serious Case Panel
Uprating and benefit cap

Correspondence Email Address:

Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Minister for Early Education)

Stephen Morgan MP

Responsibilities include:

Early years education including for children with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND)
Childcare and the home learning environment
Early years workforce
Early communication skills and early intervention
Breakfast clubs
School food, including free school meals
Independent schools
Maintenance and improvement of the education estate
Environmental sustainability in the education sectors
School attendance, including register of children who are not in school
Mental health support in schools
Safeguarding, online safety and prevention of serious violence in schools and post-16 settings
Counter extremism in schools and post-16 settings
Behaviour, preventing bullying and exclusions in schools
Use of data, digital technology and artificial intelligence (AI) in education
Use of research, science and evidence within the Department for Education

Correspondence Email Address:

Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Minister for Children and Families)

Janet Daby MP

Responsibilities include:

Children’s social care
Children’s unique identifier
Children in care and children in need
Looked-after children
Child protection
Adoption
Kinship care and foster care
Care leavers
Children’s social care workforce
Unaccompanied asylum-seeking children
Local authority improvement
Family hubs
Families support and parenting

Correspondence Email Address:

Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Minister for Equalities and Minister for Migration and Citizenship)

Jointly with the Home Office

Seema Malhotra MP

Equalities responsibilities include:

Race and ethnicity elements in equality legislation
Race and ethnicity policy

Home Office responsibilities include:

Legal migration policy
Immigration Rules and visa policy
Windrush Compensation Scheme
Future Borders and Immigration System
HM Passport Office
General Register Office
Border Force operations
Safe and legal routes and resettlement

Correspondence Email Address:

Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Minister for Equalities)

Jointly with the Office of the Secretary of State for Wales

Dame Nia Griffith DBE MP

Equalities responsibilities include:

LGBT+ legislation including on conversion practices
LGBT+ policy

Wales Office responsibilities include:

City and Growth Deals
Western Gateway
Education and Skills
Defence
Health
International Trade
Welsh Language
Broadcasting
Tourism, Heritage and Culture
Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Charities, Voluntary, Third Sector
Digital Infrastructure and Connectivity

Correspondence Email Address:

Correspondence Email Address: correspondence@energysecurity.gov.uk

Non-Ministerial Departments and Executive Agencies of the Department for Education

Office of Qualifications and Examinations Regulation
Office for Standards In Education, Children’s Services and Skills
Education and Skills Funding Agency
Standards and Testing Agency
Teaching Regulation Agency

Question 9

DEPARTMENT FOR ENERGY SECURITY AND NET ZERO

Accepted Answer

Address: 1 Victoria Street, London, SW1H 0ET

Website: https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/department-for-energy-security-and-net-zero

The Department for Energy Security and Net Zero has responsibility for:

Delivering security of energy supply
Ensuring properly functioning energy markets
Encouraging greater energy efficiency
Seizing the opportunities of net zero to lead the world in new green industries

Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero

The Rt Hon Ed Miliband MP

Responsibilities include:

Overall responsibility for the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Correspondence Email Address:

correspondence@energysecurity.gov.uk

Minister of State (Minister for Industry)

Jointly with the Department for Business and Trade)

Sarah Jones MP

DESNZ responsibilities include:

Office For Clean Energy Jobs
Green finance
Green jobs and skills
Carbon capture, usage and storage (CCUS)
Carbon leakage
Hydrogen
Industrial decarbonisation and emissions trading, including fuel switching, business and commercial buildings decarbonisation
Energy sector supply chains
Green growth sectors
Clean energy investments
Mineworkers’ pensions

DBT responsibilities include:

Advanced manufacturing
Automotive
Aerospace
Defence
Consumer goods
Chemicals and plastics
Construction
Infrastructure
Maritime and shipbuilding
Steel
Materials and critical minerals
Industrial Development Advisory Board

Correspondence Email Address:

correspondence@energysecurity.gov.uk

Minister of State (Minister for Energy Security and Net Zero)

Rt Hon Lord Hunt of Kings Heath OBE

Responsibilities include:

Nuclear
Individual planning decisions
All departmental business in the House of Lords

Correspondence Email Address:

correspondence@energysecurity.gov.uk

Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Minister for Climate)

Kerry McCarthy MP

Responsibilities include:

International climate and energy policy
International climate finance
Carbon budgets
Net Zero strategy
Trade, Net Zero investment and supply chains
Science and innovation for climate and energy
Nuclear fusion
Citizen engagement

Correspondence Email Address:

correspondence@energysecurity.gov.uk

Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Minister for Energy)

Michael Shanks MP

Responsibilities include:

Great British Energy
Renewables and biomass
Energy systems, the grid and networks
Energy market reform including Review of Electricity Market Arrangements
North Sea transition
Energy security, resilience and preparedness

Correspondence Email Address:

correspondence@energysecurity.gov.uk

Non-Ministerial Departments and Executive Agencies of the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Ofgem

Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Minister for Energy Consumers)

Miatta Fahnbulleh MP

Responsibilities include:

Warm Homes Plan
Fuel poverty
Energy consumer issues, including pre-payment meters (PPMs), Ofgem consumer elements, the energy price cap and smart meters
Domestic energy efficiency and demand reduction
Public sector decarbonisation
Clean heat, including the Boiler Upgrade Scheme
Heat networks

Question 10

DEPARTMENT FOR ENVIRONMENT, FOOD AND RURAL AFFAIRS

Accepted Answer

Address: Seacole Building, 2 Marsham Street, London SW1P 4DF

Website: https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/department-for-environment-food-rural-affairs

Correspondence Email Address: correspondence.section@defra.gov.uk

The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs is responsible for improving and protecting the environment. The Department aims to grow a green economy and sustain thriving rural communities, and also supports our world-leading food, farming and fishing industries. Responsibilities include:

Improve the environment through cleaner air and water, minimised waste, and thriving plant and terrestrial and marine wildlife
Reduce greenhouse gas emissions and increase carbon storage in the agricultural, waste, peat and tree planting sectors to help deliver net zero
Reduce the likelihood and impact of flooding and coastal erosion on people, businesses, communities and the environment
Increase the sustainability, productivity and resilience of the agriculture, fishing, food and drink sectors, enhance biosecurity at the border and raise animal welfare standards

Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

The Rt Hon Steve Reed OBE MP

Responsibilities include:

Overall responsibility for the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Budget, including Official Development Assistance
International relations
Senior appointments
Economic growth

Correspondence Email Address:

Minister of State (Minister for Food Security and Rural Affairs)

Daniel Zeichner MP

Responsibilities include:

Farming (including Environmental Land Management (ELMS))
Food security
Science and innovation (including agri-science)
Rural
Fisheries
Farmed animal welfare including bovine TB
Trade
Budget (deputy to Secretary of State)
Lead for Rural Payments Agency
Lead for Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board
Lead for Marine Management Organisation
Lead for Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science
Lead for Sea Fish Industry Authority

Correspondence Email Address:

correspondence.section@defra.gov.uk

Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Minister for Water and Flooding)

Emma Hardy MP

Responsibilities include:

Floods and emergencies
Water
Clean air and noise
Environmental regulation (including chemicals, contaminated land and Registration, Evaluation and Authorisation of Chemicals (REACH))
Pesticides
Net Zero, climate change and adaptation
Domestic and international marine
Lead for Environment Agency
Lead for Consumer Council for Water

Correspondence Email Address:

Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Minister for Nature)

Mary Creagh CBE MP

Responsibilities include:

Circular economy
Planning and land use framework
Domestic biodiversity
Tree planting and forestry
International nature and wildlife
Environmental targets and EIP
Official Development Assistance (ODA) programme
Green finance
Protected Landscapes (National Landscapes and National Parks)
Lead for Office for Environmental Protection
Lead for Natural England
Lead for Forestry Commission
Lead for Joint Nature Conservation Committee
Lead for Kew

Correspondence Email Address:

Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Lords Minister)

Baroness Hayman of Ullock

Responsibilities include:

Biosecurity and plant health
Borders
Northern Ireland – Windsor Framework
Animal welfare
Access (including rights of way and coastal paths)
Lead for Veterinary Medicines Directorate
Lead for Animal and Plant Health Agency

Correspondence Email Address:

Correspondence Email Address: parliamentary.correspondence@dsit.gov.uk

Non-Ministerial Departments and Executive Agencies of the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Forestry Commission
The Water Services Regulation Authority
Animal and Plant Health Agency
Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science
Rural Payments Agency
Veterinary Medicines Directorate

Question 11

DEPARTMENT FOR SCIENCE, INNOVATION AND TECHNOLOGY

Accepted Answer

Address: 100 Parliament Street, London, SW1A 2BQ

Website: https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/department-for-science-innovation-and-technology

The Department is responsible for:

Positioning the UK at the forefront of global scientific and technological advancement
Driving innovations that change lives and sustain economic growth
Delivering talent programmes
Physical and digital infrastructure and regulation to support our economy, security and public services
Research and Development funding

Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology

The Rt Hon Peter Kyle MP

The Secretary of State has overall responsibility for the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Correspondence Email Address:

Minister of State for Science, Research and Innovation

Lord Vallance of Balham

Responsibilities include:

Correspondence Email Address:

Minister of State (Minister for Data Protection and Telecoms, and Minister for Creative Industries, Arts, and Tourism)

Jointly with the Department for Culture, Media and Sport)

Sir Chris Bryant MP

DSIT Responsibilities include:

DCMS Responsibilities include:

Arts and Libraries
Creative industries
Museums and cultural property
Cultural diplomacy and soft power
Tourism
Heritage
National Archives

Correspondence Email Address:

Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Minister for AI and Digital Government)

Feryal Clark MP

Responsibilities include:

AI Safety Institute
AI transparency and ethics
AI regulation
AI opportunities
Large scale compute review
Cybersecurity
Digital public services
Digital Centre of Government
Digital identity policy
Copyright Tribunal
legal (IPO)
Corporate Minister

Correspondence Email Address:

Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Minister for the Future Digital Economy and Online Safety, and Minister for Legislation)

Jointly with the Department for Business and Trade, and jointly a Baroness in Waiting (Government Whip)

Baroness Jones of Whitchurch

DSIT Responsibilities include:

DBT Responsibilities include:

Business policy in Lords legislation

Correspondence Email Address:

Correspondence Email Address: pocorrespondence@dft.gov.uk

Non-Ministerial Departments and Executive Agencies of the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Building Digital UK
Intellectual Property Office
Met Office
UK Space Agency

Question 12

DEPARTMENT FOR TRANSPORT

Accepted Answer

Address: Great Minster House, 33 Horseferry Road, London, SW1P 4DR

Website: https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/department-for-transport

The Department for Transport works with agencies and partners to support the transport network that helps the UK’s businesses and gets people and goods travelling around the country. The Department for Transport plans and invests in transport infrastructure to keep the UK on the move.

Secretary of State for Transport

The Rt Hon Louise Haigh MP

Responsibilities include:

Overarching responsibility for the departmental portfolio and oversight of the ministerial team
Delivering the transport priorities of the government: making transport cheaper, greener, and more reliable
Ensuring the transport network is safe and accessible
Corporate functions such as oversight of departmental finance and public appointments

Correspondence Email Address:

pocorrespondence@dft.gov.uk

Minister of State (Minister for Rail)

Lord Hendy of Richmond Hill CBE

Responsibilities include:

Rail transformation and reform
Rail markets
Rail infrastructure
High Speed 2 (HS2)
International rail
Rail freight
Rail accessibility
Rail decarbonisation
The British Transport Police

Correspondence Email Address:

pocorrespondence@dft.gov.uk

Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Minister for Local Transport)

Simon Lightwood MP

Responsibilities include:

Local transport (buses, taxis, private hire vehicles, light rail)
Local transport decarbonisation
Local transport accessibility, and cross-cutting transport accessibility
Tackling violence against women and girls on the transport network
Active travel
E-scooters
Modal shift
Regions and devolution
The department’s relationship with London, including Transport for London
Transport connectivity across the union
Integrated transport strategy

Correspondence Email Address:

pocorrespondence@dft.gov.uk

Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Minister for the Future of Roads)

Lilian Greenwood MP

Responsibilities include:

Strategic roads, including:
- National Highways
- Road Investment Strategy (RIS)
- Infrastructure planning and delivery
Road safety
Local roads and roads maintenance
Motoring agencies (DVLA, DVSA, VCA)
Haulage and future of freight
Kent traffic
EES and borders
Road vehicle decarbonisation
Environment strategy
Automated vehicles
International vehicle standards
Traffic and technology
Roads accessibility

Correspondence Email Address:

pocorrespondence@dft.gov.uk

Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Minister for Aviation, Maritime and Security)

Mike Kane MP

Responsibilities include:

Aviation
Aviation decarbonisation, including Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF)
Maritime
Maritime decarbonisation and autonomy
Maritime and aviation accessibility
The Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA)
The Civil Aviation Authority (CAA)
Security
Civil contingencies
International transport policy

Correspondence Email Address:

pocorrespondence@dft.gov.uk

Non-Ministerial Departments and Executive Agencies of the Department for Transport

Office of Rail and Road
Active Travel England
Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency
Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency
Maritime and Coastguard Agency
Vehicle Certification Agency

Question 13

DEPARTMENT FOR WORK AND PENSIONS

Accepted Answer

Address: Caxton House, 6-12 Tothill Street, London, SW1H 9DA

Website: https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/department-for-work-pensions

Correspondence Email Address: ministers@dwp.gov.uk

The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) is responsible for welfare, pensions and child maintenance policy. As the UK’s biggest public service department it administers the State Pension and a range of working age, disability and ill health benefits to around 20 million claimants and customers.

Secretary of State for Work and Pensions

The Rt Hon Liz Kendall MP

Responsibilities include:

The Secretary of State has overall responsibility for the business of the department, including the Departmental Strategy, planning and performance, reporting and governance requirements. They have direct responsibility for departmental expenditure.
DWP is responsible for the administration of the State Pension and working age benefits system, providing support to:

People of working age
Employers
Pensioners
Families and children
Disabled people

Correspondence Email Address:

Jointly with the Department for Education

The Rt Hon Sir Stephen Timms MP

Responsibilities include:

Disability policy and cross-government responsibility for disabled people
Universal Credit and legacy benefits delivery
Contributory benefits, Personal Independence Payment, Disability Living Allowance and Employment Support Allowance
Carer’s Allowance
Housing
Arm’s length body: Health and Safety Executive
Serious Case Panel
Uprating and benefit cap
Oversight of Disability Unit, including disability elements in equality legislation and international lead on disability

Correspondence Email Address:

ministers@dwp.gov.uk

Minister of State (Minister for Employment)

Alison McGovern MP

Responsibilities include:

Labour market - including employer engagement
Addressing inactivity including the Work and Health strategy
Poverty
Jobcentre Plus
Devolution (devolution local)
In Work Progression
Skills
Disability employment
Childcare
Access to Work
Youth Offer
Occupational Health and Statutory Sick Pay
Conditionality and sanctions

Correspondence Email Address:

Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Minister for Lords)

Baroness Sherlock OBE

Responsibilities include:

DWP Lords spokesperson
Departmental oversight including Commercial, Estates and Research
Legislation coordination
Disadvantaged groups
Shadow lead on Fraud legislation in the House of Lords
Social Security Advisory Committee oversight
Child Maintenance, Family Test and Reducing Parental Conflict

Correspondence Email Address:

Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Minister for Transformation)

Andrew Western MP

Responsibilities include:

Fraud, error and debt
Digital, AI and Service Modernisation
Devolution (national)
International
Workplace transformation
Customer experience
Shadow Lords (including Child Maintenance Service and Disadvantaged Groups)
Synergy
Deputy for Ministers of State/legislation in Parliament
Arm’s-length bodies: Industrial Injuries Advisory Council and the Office for Nuclear Regulation

Correspondence Email Address:

Correspondence Email Address: MPCorrespondence@dhsc.gov.uk

Parliamentary Secretary and Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Minister for Pensions)

Jointly with HM Treasury

Emma Reynolds MP

Responsibilities include:

Private pensions
State Pension
Pensioner benefits
Social Fund
Net Zero
Arm’s-length bodies: Money and Pensions Service, National Employment Savings Trust, The Pensions Ombudsman, Pension Protection Fund and The Pensions Regulator
HM Treasury responsibilities

Question 14

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND SOCIAL CARE

Accepted Answer

Address: Department of Health and Social Care, 39 Victoria Street, London, SW1H 0EU

Website: https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/department-of-health-and-social-care

The aim of the Department of Health and Social Care is to support ministers in leading the nation’s health and social care to help people live more independent, healthier lives for longer. Its responsibilities include:

Supporting and advising our ministers: we help them shape and deliver policy that delivers the government’s objectives
Setting direction: we anticipate the future and lead debate ensuring we protect and improve global and domestic health
Accountability: we make sure the department and our arm’s length bodies deliver on our agreed plans and commitments
Acting as guardians of the health and care framework: we make sure the legislative, financial, administrative and policy frameworks are fit for purpose and work together
Troubleshooting: in the last resort, the public and Parliament expect us to take the action needed to resolve crucial and complex issues

The Rt Hon Wes Streeting MP

Responsibilities include:

The work of the Department of Health and Social Care
Overall financial control and oversight of NHS delivery and performance
Oversight of social care policy

Correspondence Email Address:

Minister of State (Minister for Health (Secondary Care))

Karin Smyth MP

Responsibilities include:

System oversight
- System reconfigurations and improvement
- Commissioning
Elective care
- Elective performance and waiting list recovery
- Cancer care
NHS workforce
- Recruitment and retention
- Education and training
- Leadership
- Pay and pensions
- Industrial relations
- Professional regulation
NHS data and technology
- Cyber security
- Federated Data Platform
NHS capital, land and estates
- New Hospital Programme
- Hospital upgrades
- Reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete (RAAC)
- Energy resilience and net zero
- Car parking
Medicines
- Medicines regulation, pricing and supply
- Prescribing
Supply threats and disruption
NHS finance
- Procurement
- Cost recovery and immigration health surcharge
- Counter fraud
Urgent and emergency care:
- Accident and emergency services
- NHS 111 services
- Hospital at home services
- Ambulances
- Winter planning
Sponsorship of:
- NHS England
- NHS Counter Fraud Authority
- NHS Property Services
- NHS Business Services Authority
- Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency
- National Institute for Health and Care Excellence

Correspondence Email Address:

MPCorrespondence@dhsc.gov.uk

Minister of State (Minister for Care)

Stephen Kinnock MP

Responsibilities include:

Adult social care:
- social care workforce
- social care system assurance and data
- social care tech and innovation
- social care funding
- social care markets
- social care winter planning
- adult safeguarding and liberty protection safeguards
Urgent and emergency care, including ambulances
Hospital discharge
Integration
Continuing healthcare
Community health services
- virtual wards
- intermediate care
- audiology
Dementia
End of life and palliative care
COVID-19 vaccine licensing
Work and health

Correspondence Email Address:

Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Minister for Public Health and Prevention)

Andrew Gwynne MP

Responsibilities include:

Health protection
- COVID-19
- Environmental health
- Infectious diseases
- Seasonal immunisations
- Routine immunisations
- Vaccine Damage Payment Scheme
- Pandemic preparedness
- Emergency response
- Antimicrobial resistance
- Chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear threats
Health improvement
- Diet and obesity
- Addiction, including tobacco, alcohol, drugs and gambling
- NHS Health Check
- Health inequalities
- Child health and family services
- Work and health
- Sexual health, including HIV
International
- World Health Organization and international engagement
- EU and trade
- Devolved administrations
- Crown dependencies and overseas territories
- Overseas development aid programmes, including Public Health Rapid Support Team
Major and long-term conditions
- Cancer prevention and strategy
- Diabetes
- Cardiovascular diseases
- Rare diseases
- Long-term conditions
- Screening
Sponsorship of
- UK Health Security Agency
- Food Standards Agency

Correspondence Email Address:

Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Minister for Patient Safety, Women’s Health and Mental Health)

Baroness Merron

Responsibilities include:

Patient voice and patient experience
- Patient Safety Commissioner
- Complaints
- Healthwatch
Patient safety
- Clinical negligence
- Inquiries
- Quality regulation
- Death certification
- Indemnity
Mental health
- Mental health reform
- Children and young people and early intervention
- Suicide and crisis prevention
- Offender health
- Mental health inquiries
Blood, transplant and organs
Research
- Clinical trials
- COVID-19 vaccine licensing
- National Institute for Health and Care Research
Life sciences and innovation:
- Medtech and regulation
- Genomics
Women’s health
Maternity services
Reproductive health
Abortion
Gender identity services
Statutory instruments, including retained EU laws
Departmental management
Sponsorship of:
- Health Research Authority
- Care Quality Commission
- Health Services Safety Investigations Body
- NHS Resolution
- Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority
- Human Tissue Authority
- NHS Blood and Transplant

Correspondence Email Address:

Food Standards Agency
Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency
United Kingdom Heath Security Agency

Question 15

FOREIGN, COMMONWEALTH AND DEVELOPMENT OFFICE

Accepted Answer

Address: King Charles Street, Westminster, London, SW1A 2AH

Website: https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/foreign-commonwealth-development-office

Telephone: 0207 008 5000

Correspondence Email Address: FCDO.correspondence@fcdo.gov.uk

The Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office leads the UK’s diplomatic, development and consular work around the world.

Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs

The Rt Hon David Lammy MP

Responsibilities include:

Overarching responsibility for the departmental portfolio and oversight of the ministerial team
Cabinet
Foreign policy and National Security Council
Strategy
Intelligence policy
Honours

Email Address:

FCDO.correspondence@fcdo.gov.uk

Minister of State (Minister for Development) and Minister of State (Minister for Women and Equalities)

Jointly with the Department for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

The Rt Hon Anneliese Dodds MP

FCDO responsibilities include:

Education, gender and equality
Development and open societies
Humanitarian and migration
International finance
British Investment Partnerships
Global health
Conflict, stabilisation and mediation
Energy, climate and the environment
Research and evidence

Equalities responsibilities include:

The overall framework
Legislation including on women, disability, LGBT+ and race
Policy on women, LGBT+ and race
Sponsorship of the Equality and Human Rights Commission
Equality data and analysis
International work on women, LGBT+ and race

Email Address:

Minister of State (Europe, North America and Overseas Territories)

Stephen Doughty MP

Responsibilities include:

Europe
Central Asia
US and Canada
Overseas Territories and Polar regions
Gibraltar
Organisation for Security & Cooperation in Europe and Council of Europe
NATO and Euro-Atlantic security
Defence and international security
National security
Export controls
Sanctions

Email Address:

Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Indo-Pacific)

Catherine West MP

Responsibilities include:

India and the Indian Ocean
China and Northeast Asia
Southeast Asia and the Pacific
Economic security and growth
Economics and evaluation
Technology and analysis
Departmental operations, including legal

Email Address:

Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Africa)

Jointly Deputy Leader of the House of Lords and a Lord in Waiting (Government Whip)

Lord Collins of Highbury

FCDO Responsibilities include:

East, Central, West and Southern Africa
African Union
Multilateral and human rights (including United Nations and Commonwealth)

Deputy Leader of the House of Lords Responsibilities include:

To deputise for the Leader of the House of Lords where necessary

Email Address:

Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Middle East, Afghanistan and Pakistan)

Hamish Falconer MP

Responsibilities include:

Middle East and North Africa
Afghanistan and Pakistan
consular and crisis operations

Email Address:

Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Latin America and Caribbean)

Baroness Chapman of Darlington

Responsibilities include:

Latin America
Caribbean and Small Island Developing States
Soft power (including FCDO arms-length bodies British Council, BBC World Service and Wilton Park)
Devolution

Email Address:

Non-Ministerial Departments and Executive Agencies of the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Wilton Park

Question 16

HM TREASURY

Accepted Answer

Address: 1 Horse Guards Road, London, SW1A 2HQ

Website: https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/hm-treasury

Correspondence Email Address: CEU.enquiries@hmtreasury.gov.uk

HM Treasury is the government’s economic and finance ministry, maintaining control over public spending, setting the direction of the UK’s economic policy and working to achieve strong and sustainable economic growth. The department is responsible for:

Public spending, including departmental spending, public sector pay and pension, annually managed expenditure and welfare policy, and capital investment
Financial services policy, including banking and financial services regulation, financial stability, and ensuring competitiveness in the City
Strategic oversight of the UK tax system, including direct, indirect, business, property, personal tax, and corporation tax
The delivery of infrastructure projects across the public sector and facilitating private sector investment into UK infrastructure
Ensuring the economy is growing sustainably

Chancellor of the Exchequer

The Rt Hon Rachel Reeves MP

The Chancellor of the Exchequer is the government’s chief financial minister and as such is responsible for growing the UK economy, raising revenue through taxation or borrowing and for controlling public spending. She has overall responsibility for the work of the Treasury. Responsibilities include:

Delivering the government’s growth mission
Fiscal policy (including presenting the annual Budget)
Oversight of the monetary framework, including setting the inflation remit, and liaison with the Governor of the Bank of England on monetary policy
Women in the economy and the gender pay gap
UK growth and productivity, including working across government on skills, labour market and migration
The National Wealth Fund
Capital markets and listings
Economic security and resilience policy
Leading on international economic and financial affairs including at the G7 and G20 and acting as the UK Governor of the IMF, EBRD and AIIB

Correspondence Email Address:

Chief Secretary to the Treasury (attends Cabinet)

The Rt Hon Darren Jones MP

Responsibilities include:

Public expenditure
- Spending reviews and strategic planning
- In-year spending control
Driving efficiency and value for money
Public sector pay and pensions;
State pensions and pensioner benefits
Annual Managed Expenditure and welfare spending
Tax credits policy
Childcare, including tax free childcare
Infrastructure spending
Transport policy including large transport infrastructure projects
Treasury interest in devolution to Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland
Public Works Loan Board
Capital investment
Driving private sector investment in infrastructure and value for money on large national infrastructure projects
Treasury lead on housing, planning and infrastructure reform

Correspondence Email Address:

CEU.Enquiries@hmtreasury.gov.uk

Financial Secretary to the Treasury

Lord Livermore

Responsibilities include:

Supporting the Chancellor on the Growth Mission, specifically:
- People: leading on the Treasury’s input to skills and workforce policy, including labour market, skills and migration
- Place: leading on the Treasury’s input to regional growth, including cities and devolution and growth elements of housing and planning
- Net Zero: leading on the Treasury’s input to the clean energy mission, including Great British Energy, decarbonisation, and green industries
- Industrial Strategy and Trade: leading on the Treasury’s input to the industrial strategy, trade strategy and EU opportunities
- Innovation: including leading on the Treasury’s input to R&D, AI, digital economy and diffusion
- Supporting the Chancellor on the National Wealth Fund, including driving growth via the UK Infrastructure Bank, British Business Bank and British Patient Capital
Supporting the Chancellor on economic security and resilience
Economic and business regulation and competition
Leading on the Treasury’s interest in inward and foreign direct investment (non-FS)
Business engagement (non-FS)
The Crown Estate
Departmental Minister for:
- HM Treasury Group (including responsibility for the Darlington campus)
- Government Internal Audit Agency
Leading on procurement and commercial strategy, including improving the efficiency and effectiveness of procurement
Treasury business in the House of Lords

Correspondence Email Address:

Minister of State (Minister for Investment)

Joint with Department for Business and Trade

Poppy Gustafsson OBE

Correspondence Email Address:

Exchequer Secretary to the Treasury

James Murray MP

Responsibilities include:

The UK tax system including:
- Direct, indirect, business, property, and personal taxation (except for taxes covered by EST)
- European and other international tax issues
- Customs and VAT at the border
- The Finance Bill and the National Insurance Bill
- Indirect taxes, including stakeholder engagement on excise duties and excise fraud and law enforcement.
Tax administration policy
Input to Investment Zones and Freeports focussing on tax and customs elements
Taxation of charities, the voluntary sector and gift aid
Energy, environment and climate taxes (including transport taxes)
Energy profits Levy
Departmental Minister for:
- HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC)
- Valuation Office Agency
- Government Actuary’s Department

Correspondence Email Address:

Economic Secretary to the Treasury

Tulip Siddiq MP

Responsibilities include:

City Minister
Financial services policy, reform and regulation including:
- Financial conduct, including relationship with the FCA
- Financial stability, including relationship with the PRA
- Competitiveness and growth of the financial services sector
- Banking and consumer credit
- Insurance and pensions markets
- Financial inclusion and capability
- Sustainable finance
- Fintech and crypto assets, including Central Bank Digital Currency
- International financial services including regulatory cooperation and financial services EU issues
Sponsorship of UKGI and State-owned financial assets, including NatWest shareholding
Cash and Payments including Royal Mint
Supporting the Chancellor on capital markets and listings
Women in Finance and supporting the Chancellor on the Women in the Economy agenda
Engagement with the Financial Services sector
Financial services tax, including bank levy, bank corporation tax surcharge,
Insurance Premium Tax
Personal savings policy, including ISAs, savings tax and pensions tax policy
Debt and reserves management policy including green gilt, National Savings and Investment (NS&I) and Debt Management Office (DMO)
Financial sanctions and countering economic crime, money laundering and illicit finance, including the Office for Financial Sanctions Implementation (OFSI)
The Treasury’s interest in Overseas Territories and Crown Dependencies issues.
Parliamentary deputy on economy issues

Correspondence Email Address:

Parliamentary Secretary and Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Minister for Pensions)

Jointly with the Department for Work and Pensions

Emma Reynolds MP

Responsibilities include:

Private pensions
State Pension
Pensioner benefits
Social Fund
Net Zero
Arm’s-length bodies: Money and Pensions Service, National Employment Savings Trust, The Pensions Ombudsman, Pension Protection Fund and The Pensions Regulator
HM Treasury responsibilities

Correspondence Email Address:

Correspondence Email Address: HomeOfficePolicyMP@homeoffice.gov.uk

Non-Ministerial Departments and Executive Agencies of HM Treasury

Government Actuary’s Department
National Savings and Investments
Government Internal Audit Agency
National Infrastructure Commission
UK Debt Management Office

Question 17

HOME OFFICE

Accepted Answer

Address: 2 Marsham Street, London, SW1P 4DF

Website: https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/home-office

The Home Office is responsible for:

Immigration and passports, drugs policy, crime, fire, counter-terrorism and police, including
- Working on the problems caused by illegal drug use
- Shaping the alcohol strategy, policy and licensing conditions
- Keeping the United Kingdom safe from the threat of terrorism
- Reducing and preventing crime, and ensuring people feel safe in their homes and communities
- Securing the UK border and controlling immigration
- Considering applications to enter and stay in the UK
- Issuing passports and visas
- Supporting visible, responsible and accountable policing by empowering the public and freeing up the police to fight crime
- Fire prevention and rescue

Secretary of State for the Home Department

The Rt Hon Yvette Cooper MP

Responsibilities include:

All Home Office business, including:
- Overarching responsibility for the departmental portfolio and oversight of the ministerial team
- Cabinet
- National Security Council (NSC)
- Public appointments
- Oversight of the Security Service

Correspondence Email Address:

Minister of State (Minister for Security)

Dan Jarvis MBE MP

Responsibilities include:

Counter terrorism and extremism
State threats
Cyber security and crime
Serious and organised crime
Oversight of the National Crime Agency
Anti-corruption
Economic crime (excluding fraud)

Correspondence Email Address:

HomeOfficePolicyMP@homeoffice.gov.uk

Minister of State (Minister for Border Security and Asylum)

Dame Angela Eagle DBE MP

Responsibilities include:

Border Security Command
Asylum policy
Asylum accommodation
Returns and removals
Irregular migration policy
Organised immigration crime
Foreign national offenders
Immigration Enforcement
Small boat arrivals
National Referral Mechanism

Correspondence Email Address:

HomeOfficePolicyMP@homeoffice.gov.uk

Minister of State (Minister for Policing, Fire and Crime Prevention)

The Rt Hon Dame Diana Johnson DBE MP

Responsibilities include:

Policing standards and governance
Neighbourhood policing
Fire policy and operations
Public order, major events, and civil contingencies
Criminal justice system
Young Futures
Safer Streets

Correspondence Email Address:

Minister of State (Lords Minister)

The Rt Hon Lord Hanson of Flint

Responsibilities include:

Fraud
Departmental finance
Home Office business in the Lords
Overseas Territories
Public appointments and sponsorship
Inquiries
Union and devolution

Correspondence Email Address:

Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Minister for Safeguarding and Violence Against Women and Girls)

Jess Phillips MP

Responsibilities include:

Violence against women and girls (VAWG)
Safeguarding
Rape and serious sexual offences
Violent crime and domestic abuse
Child sexual abuse and exploitation
Modern slavery
Spiking

Correspondence Email Address:

Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Minister for Migration and Citizenship and Minister for Equalities)

Jointly with the Department for Education

Seema Malhotra MP

Home Office Responsibilities include:

Legal migration policy
Immigration Rules and visa policy
Windrush Compensation Scheme
Future Borders and Immigration System
HM Passport Office
General Register Office
Border Force operations
Safe and legal routes and resettlement

Equalities Responsibilities include:

Race and ethnicity elements in equality legislation
Race and ethnicity policy

Correspondence Email Address:

Correspondence Email Address: ParliBranch-MinCorrespondence@mod.gov.uk

Non-Ministerial Departments and Executive Agencies of the Home Office

National Crime Agency

Question 18

MINISTRY OF DEFENCE

Accepted Answer

Address: Whitehall, London, SW1A 2HB

Website: https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/ministry-of-defence

The Ministry for Defence works for a secure and prosperous United Kingdom with global reach and influence. The Ministry of Defence will protect our people, territories, values and interests at home and overseas, through strong armed forces and in partnership with allies, to ensure our security, support our national interests and safeguard our prosperity.

Secretary of State for Defence

The Rt Hon John Healey MP

Responsibilities include:

Strategic campaign and operational oversight including as a member of the National Security Council
Nuclear Deterrent (CAS-D) and operations policy and enterprise
Strategic Defence Review
Euro-Atlantic strategy and planning
Defence strategy, planning, programme, and resource allocation
Relationships with strategic international partners: US, France, Germany, Australia, Ukraine
One Defence reform
Oversight of Veterans Strategy
Afghan Inquiry
Service personnel deaths on duty and letters of condolence
Strategic multilateral programmes
Regulatory functions

Correspondence Email Address:

Minister of State (Minister for the House of Lords)

Lord Coaker

Responsibilities include:

International relations and defence diplomacy
Professional military education
Security
Arms control and counter-proliferation
Honours, awards and medallic recognition
Heritage and ceremonial
Royal Hospital Chelsea
UK Hydrographic Office
Health and safety
Ministry of Defence Police
Defence Fire and Rescue
Defence Medical Services
Export licensing and controls

Correspondence Email Address:

Minister of State (Minister for Defence Procurement and Industry)

The Rt Hon Maria Eagle MP

Responsibilities include:

Defence procurement
Defence industrial strategy
Economic growth and export campaigns
Defence industry relationships
Acquisition reform
Equipment plan
Defence estates
Defence Infrastructure Organisation (DIO)
Defence Digital
Science and technology
Research and development
Single source contract regulations
Shipbuilding
Multi-lateral capability programmes and organisations

Correspondence Email Address:

Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Minister for the Armed Forces)

Luke Pollard MP

Responsibilities include:

Recruitment and readiness
Afghan resettlement and relocation
Ukraine support
Armed Forces Commissioner
Climate change and sustainability
Force generation, posture and deployment
Global operational policy and commitments
Crisis response
Permanent Joint Operating Bases
Military aid to civilian authorities
National resilience
Armed Forces Parliamentary Scheme

Correspondence Email Address:

Correspondence Email Address: Ministerial.Correspondence@communities.gov.uk

Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Minister for Veterans and People)

Alistair Carns OBE MC MP

Spokesperson in the House of Lords on all defence matters, responsible for corporate governance, international arms control and counter-proliferation, European Union (EU) and Asia/Far East defence engagement.

Responsibilities include:

Veterans policy and delivery
Civilian workforce
Armed forces people policy
Armed forces families
Office for Veterans Affairs (OVA)
Veterans welfare support
Armed Forces Covenant
Service resettlement
Incentivisation
Reserves and cadets
Equality, diversity and inclusion
Pensions and compensation
Service charities
Service Justice System
Litigation

Correspondence Email Address:

ParliBranch-MinCorrespondence@mod.gov.uk

Non-Ministerial Departments and Executive Agencies of the Ministry of Defence

Defence Equipment and Support
Defence Science and Technology Laboratory
Submarine Delivery Agency
UK Hydrographic Office

Question 19

MINISTRY OF HOUSING, COMMUNITIES AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT

Accepted Answer

Address: 2 Marsham Street, London, SW1P 4DF

Website: https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/ministry-of-housing-communities-local-government

The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government is central to the mission-driven government, from fixing the foundations of an affordable home to handing power back to communities and rebuilding local governments.

Deputy Prime Minister and Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government

The Rt Hon Angela Rayner MP

Deputy Prime Minister Responsibilities include:

Deputising for the Prime Minister on House of Commons business and at Prime Minister’s Questions
Deputising for the Prime Minister domestically, including official events at which the PM is unable to attend, and chairing meetings or committees in his absence
Deputising for the Prime Minister internationally, at diplomatic events where the PM is unable to attend, and generally acting in support of the Government’s international agenda
Supports the Prime Minister on government policy and delivery, and in any other responsibility agreed
Special responsibility for employment rights and Making Work Pay, including Chair of the Cabinet Committee on the Future of Work, ensuring cross-government delivery of the ‘New Deal for Working People’
Cross-governmental coordination of communities policy, including taskforce on community cohesion

Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government responsibilities include:

Strategic Oversight of Department’s Business and Policy, including:
- Housing and planning
- Local government and English devolution
- Regional and local growth
- Communities and faith
- Democracy and elections
Public Appointments
Tackling homelessness and rough sleeping, including:
- Chair, Inter-Ministerial Group on Homelessness and Rough Sleeping
- Cross-governmental coordination of policy to tackle homelessness and rough sleeping

Correspondence Email Address:

Ministerial.Correspondence@communities.gov.uk

Minister of State (Minister for Housing and Planning)

Matthew Pennycook MP

Responsibilities include:

Planning reform and the National Planning Policy Framework (including legislation such as the Planning and Infrastructure Bill)
Housing delivery including large-scale new settlements programme (New Towns)
Brownfield Infrastructure Land and Housing Infrastructure Funds
Housing supply strategy
Homeownership and homebuying process
Homes England and Planning Inspectorate sponsorship
Social Housing and sponsorship of Social Housing Regulator
Affordable Homes Programme
Leasehold and commonhold reform
HM Land Registry and land transparency
Private rented sector
Planning casework

Correspondence Email Address:

Ministerial.Correspondence@communities.gov.uk

Minister of State (Minister for Local Government and English Devolution)

Jim McMahon MP

Responsibilities include:

Strategic oversight of English local and regional government structures
Local government finance (including local taxation, business rates and local government pensions)
Local government policy (including the Office for Local Government, stewardship, local audit, and governance reform)
Mayoral Combined Authorities and pan-regional bodies
Planning casework

Correspondence Email Address:

Ministerial.Correspondence@communities.gov.uk

Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Minister for Building Safety and Homelessness)

Rushanara Ali MP

Responsibilities include:

Grenfell Community, Tower and Memorial
Grenfell Inquiry
Building safety, regulations, Building Safety Regulator and remediation
Homelessness and rough sleeping
Housing quality
Supported housing and domestic abuse
Planning casework

Correspondence Email Address:

Ministerial.Correspondence@communities.gov.uk

Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Minister for Democracy and Local Growth)

Alex Norris MP

Responsibilities include:

Local and regional growth, including Local Growth Plans
High streets and towns
Community Ownership (including Assets of Community Value and the Community Ownership Fund)
Funding delivery and simplification of legacy funding streams (including UK Shared Prosperity Fund, Levelling Up Fund, Levelling Up Partnerships)
Investment Zones and Freeports
Elections policy and delivery
Resilience, recovery, and emergencies

Correspondence Email Address:

Ministerial.Correspondence@communities.gov.uk

Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Lords Minister for Housing and Local Government) and Baroness in Waiting (Government Whip)

Baroness Taylor of Stevenage

Department of Housing, Communities and Local Government responsibilities include:

Lords spokesperson
Housing delivery and strategy engagement
Local Government engagement
New Homes Ombudsman and redress
Net Zero and energy efficiency
Corporate matters
Covid-19 inquiry
Planning casework

Correspondence Email Address:

Ministerial.Correspondence@communities.gov.uk

Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Lords Minister for Faith, Communities and Resettlement)

Lord Khan of Burnley

Responsibilities include:

Resettlement
Communities and community relations
Faith
Lords spokesperson

Correspondence Email Address:

Ministerial.Correspondence@communities.gov.uk

Non-Ministerial Departments and Executive Agencies of the Ministry for Housing, Communities and Local Government

HM Land Registry
Planning Inspectorate
Queen Elizabeth II Conference Centre

Question 20

MINISTRY OF JUSTICE

Accepted Answer

Address: 102 Petty France, London, SW1H 9AJ

Website: https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/ministry-of-justice

Correspondence Email Address: ministerialcorrespondence@justice.gov.uk

The Ministry of Justice is a major government department, at the heart of the justice system. We work to protect and advance the principles of justice. Our vision is to deliver a world-class justice system that works for everyone in society.

Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for Justice

The Rt Hon Shabana Mahmood MP

Responsibilities include:

Oversight of all portfolios, policy, and Ministry of Justice strategy
Oversight of cross-cutting emergency issues, responses supported by other ministers according to portfolio
Oversight of international business and future relations with the EU
MoJ support for the Union.
Resourcing of the department
Functions of the Lord Chancellor
Judicial policy including pay, pensions and diversity (these and other operational decisions affecting the judiciary are reserved to the Lord Chancellor)
Corporate services

Correspondence Email Address:

ministerialcorrespondence@justice.gov.uk

Minister of State

Lord Timpson OBE

Responsibilities include:

Prison capacity and related policy
Prison operations, policy, reform, and industrial relations
His Majesty’s Prison and Probation Service administration
Probation demand
Probation policy and operations, industrial relations, and transparency
Prisoner Escort Contracts
Reducing Reoffending
Release on Temporary Licence (ROTL) schemes
Electronic Monitoring (EM)
Foreign National Offenders
Home Detention Curfew (HDC)
Offender Cohorts
Female Offenders
Offender health and drugs
Parole based victim engagement.
Parole policy
Counter Terrorism
Sustainability
Cross-cutting Digital, Data and transformation

Correspondence Email Address:

Minister of State

Heidi Alexander MP

Responsibilities include:

Criminal Courts and Criminal Court recovery
Court Reform (including artificial intelligence, modernisation, and digital reform)
His Majesty’s Courts and Tribunals Service administration
Legal Aid
Legal Aid Agency administration
Legal Services
Criminal Cases Review Commission administration
Civil Justice
Modern Justice System: Legal Support; Dispute Resolution
Tribunals Policy (incl. fees)
Irregular Migration
Probate
Miscarriages of Justice
Strategic Lawsuits Against Public Participation
Office for the Public Guardian administration
Mental Capacity
Secondary Legislation
Press/ Communications
MoJ Mission lead for Kickstart economic growth

Correspondence Email Address:

Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State

Alex Davies-Jones MP

Responsibilities include:

Violence Against Women and Girls (VAWG)
Criminal Law (incl. Child Sexual Abuse)
Criminal Injuries Compensation Authority
Rape and Serious Sexual Offences
Victims and Witnesses inc. Victims’ Commissioner
Hillsborough
Coroners and Death Management
Commons Family Minister
Cross-cutting corporate portfolio (incl. Ministerial Disability Champion Meetings, Diversity & Inclusion, Covid-19 Inquiry, Public Appointments, Senior Civil Service HR)
MoJ Mission lead for Take back our streets

Correspondence Email Address:

Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State

Jointly a Lord in Waiting (Government Whip)

Lord Ponsonby of Shulbrede

Responsibilities include:

Family Justice and Marriage and Divorce
All Lords Business (except PPP)
Private International Law
International Criminal Justice
Constitution
Crown Dependencies
Devolution and the Union
EU Retained Law policy.
Human Rights
International
Judicial Review
Overseas Territories

Correspondence Email Address:

Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State

Jointly a Junior Lord of the Treasury (Government Whip)

Sir Nic Dakin MP

Responsibilities include:

Sentencing
Youth Justice
Youth Hubs
Commons Prisons, Probation and Parole
Transparency
MoJ Mission lead for Breakdown barriers to opportunity

Correspondence Email Address:

Correspondence Email Address: communications@nio.gov.uk

Non-Ministerial Departments and Executive Agencies of the Ministry of Justice

Criminal Injuries Compensation Authority
His Majesty’s Courts and Tribunals Service
His Majesty’s Prison and Probation Service
Legal Aid Agency
Office of the Public Guardian

Question 21

NORTHERN IRELAND OFFICE

Accepted Answer

Address: 1 Horse Guards Road, London, SW1A 2HQ; Erskine House, 20-32 Chichester Street, Belfast, BT1 4GF

Website: https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/northern-ireland-office

The Northern Ireland Office supports the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland in promoting the best interests of Northern Ireland within a stronger United Kingdom. It ensures Northern Ireland interests are fully and effectively represented at Westminster and the heart of Government, and the Government’s responsibilities are fully and effectively represented in Northern Ireland.

Our key purpose is to make politics work by working alongside the Northern Ireland Executive to help improve the effectiveness and delivery of the devolved institutions; to ensure a more secure Northern Ireland; deliver a growing economy including rebalancing the economy; and ensure a stronger society by supporting initiatives designed to build better community relations and a genuinely shared future.

Secretary of State for Northern Ireland

The Rt Hon Hilary Benn MP

Responsibilities include:

Overall responsibility for the ministerial work of the Northern Ireland Office
Engagement with the NI Executive (focusing on the Executive Office, Department of Justice, Department of Finance and Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs)
Political stability
Relationships with other governments
Implementation of the Windsor Framework
Legacy
Economic growth
National security
Work to ensure that NI is fully engaged in the development and delivery of new government policy, especially the missions-led approach
Overall responsibility for the Northern Ireland Office parliamentary activity

Correspondence Email Address:

correspondence@nio.gov.uk

Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State

Fleur Anderson MP

Responsibilities include:

Support the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland in engagement with the NI Executive (focusing on the Department of Infrastructure, the Department for Communities, the Department of Health and the Department of Education)
Represent the Secretary of State in public affairs
Lead on public service transformation (including support for the growth and impact of integrated education)
Conduct external affairs (particularly helping to build relationships across sectors and communities to inform and test UKG policy and practice),
Lead on other voices and reconciliation
Support the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland on national security, legacy, economic growth and political stability.
Help to lead the NIO’s parliamentary activity in the Commons.

Correspondence Email Address:

correspondence@nio.gov.uk

Question 22

OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF STATE FOR SCOTLAND

Accepted Answer

Address: Dover House, 66 Whitehall, London, SW1A 2AU; Queen Elizabeth House, 1 Sibbald Walk, Edinburgh, EH8 8FT

Website: https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/office-of-the-secretary-of-state-for-scotland

Correspondence Email Address: somincorr@ukgovscotland.gov.uk

The Office for the Secretary of State for Scotland supports the Secretary of State in promoting the best interests of Scotland within a stronger United Kingdom. It ensures Scottish interests are fully and effectively represented at the heart of the UK government, and the UK government’s responsibilities are fully and effectively represented in Scotland.

Secretary of State for Scotland

The Rt Hon Ian Murray MP

Responsibilities include:

Acting as the UK Government Cabinet Minister representing Scotland
Acting as the custodian of the Scottish devolution settlement
Representing Scottish interests within the UK Government
Advocating for the UK Government’s policies in Scotland
Promoting partnership between the UK Government and the Scottish Government, as well as relations between the UK and Scottish Parliaments

Correspondence Email Address:

somincorr@ukgovscotland.gov.uk

Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State

Kirsty McNeill MP

Responsibilities include:

Business Engagement*
Charities, voluntary and third sector
Communities, including: structural funds/City and Growth Deals*
Connectivity, broadcasting, broadband, science, space and technology
Data, digital technology and artificial intelligence (AI)
Environment and nature
Health
Opportunities, including, equalities, education, employment
Scotland Act Orders*
Security, including, Migration and Justice system
Tourism, heritage and culture
Rural and Islands, including fisheries and agriculture
Welfare - reducing child poverty*

*shared responsibility

Correspondence Email Address:

somincorr@ukgovscotland.gov.uk

Question 23

OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF STATE FOR WALES

Accepted Answer

Address: Gwydyr House, 26 Whitehall, London, SW1A 2NP

Website: www.gov.uk/government/organisations/office-of-the-secretary-of-state-for-wales

Correspondence Email Address: correspondence@ukgovwales.gov.uk

The Office of the Secretary of State for Wales supports the Welsh Secretary and the Parliamentary Under Secretary of State in promoting the best interests of Wales within a stronger United Kingdom. It ensures Welsh interests are represented at the heart of the UK government and the UK government’s responsibilities are represented in Wales.

Secretary of State for Wales

The Rt Hon Jo Stevens MP

Responsibilities include:

Overall strategic direction of the UK Government in Wales.
Missions Lead
Constitution and Legislation
Economy and Fiscal
Steel and TATA Transition Board
Energy and Climate Change
Justice
Freeports and Investment Zones
Structural Funds
Home Affairs (policing, immigration, security)
Transport
Sport
Foreign Affairs (i.e., liaison with Ambassadors and foreign dignitaries)
Honours and Public Appointments
Research & Development (R&D) and Innovation

Correspondence Email Address:

correspondence@ukgovwales.gov.uk

Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (and Minister for Equalities)

Jointly with the Department for Education

Dame Nia Griffith DBE MP

Wales Office Responsibilities include:

City and Growth Deals
Western Gateway
Education and Skills
Defence
Health
International Trade
Welsh Language
Broadcasting
Tourism, Heritage and Culture
Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Charities, Voluntary, Third Sector
Digital Infrastructure and Connectivity

Equalities Responsibilities include:

LGBT+ legislation including on conversion practices
LGBT+ policy

Correspondence Email Address:

correspondence@ukgovwales.gov.uk

Question 24

OFFICE OF THE ADVOCATE GENERAL FOR SCOTLAND

Accepted Answer

Address: Dover House, Whitehall, London, SW1A 2AU; Queen Elizabeth House, Edinburgh, EH8 8FT

Website: https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/office-of-the-advocate-general-for-scotland

Correspondence Email Address: enquiries@advocategeneral.gov.uk

The Office of the Advocate General is the UK government’s Scottish legal team. It provides legal advice, drafting and litigation services to the UK government in relation to Scotland. It also supports the Advocate General in his role as a Law Officer.

HM Advocate General for Scotland

Catherine Smith KC

The Advocate General for Scotland is one of the Law Officers of the Crown, who advise the government on Scots law. Responsibilities include:

Oversight of Schedule 6 to the Scotland Act 1998 relating to ‘devolution issues’ raised before courts or tribunals in Scotland
The Advocate General can choose to intervene, on behalf of the UK government, in proceedings in which devolution issues have been raised if she so decides
The Office of the Advocate General considers all Scottish Parliament Bills as they progress, in consultation with interested UK government departments, to assess their legislative competency. Under section 33 of the Scotland Act, the Advocate General has the power to refer Scottish Parliament Bills to the Supreme Court for decisions on their legislative competence

Correspondence Email Address:

enquiries@advocategeneral.gov.uk

Question 25

OFFICE OF THE LEADER OF THE HOUSE OF COMMONS

Accepted Answer

Address: 1 Horse Guards Road, London, SW1A 2HQ; & House of Commons, London, SW1A 0AA

Website: www.gov.uk/government/organisations/the-office-of-the-leader-of-the-house-of-commons

Correspondence Email Address: ministerial.correspondence@cabinetoffice.gov.uk

The Office of the Leader of the House of Commons provides support to the Leader of the House of Commons, who is responsible for planning and supervising the government’s legislative programme (including the King’s speech), and managing government business within the House of Commons while also upholding the rights and interests of the backbench members of the House.

Lord President of the Council and Leader of the House of Commons

The Rt Hon Lucy Powell MP

Responsibilities include:

The Privy Council Office, which manages Privy Council business
Delivery of the government’s legislative programme and
Chairing the Parliamentary Business and Legislation Cabinet Committee
Managing the business of the House of Commons in close cooperation with the Chief Whip
Making a weekly business statement to the House and facilitating motions and debate in the Chamber
Acting as the government’s representative in the House (by statute sitting on the House of Commons Commission, Public Accounts Commission, and the Speaker’s Committee on the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority)
Acting as the House’s representative in government, including by contributing to the civil service’s efforts to build parliamentary capability and by taking up members’ requests for help on ministerial correspondence and questions
Sitting on the Members Estimate Committee

Correspondence Email Address:

ministerial.correspondence@cabinetoffice.gov.uk

Question 26

OFFICE OF THE LEADER OF THE HOUSE OF LORDS

Accepted Answer

Address: House of Lords, SW1A 0PW

Website: www.gov.uk/government/organisation/office-of-the-leader-of-the-house-of-lords

Correspondence Email Address: ministerial.correspondence@cabinetoffice.gov.uk

The Leader of the House of Lords Office provides support to the Leader of the House of Lords. The Leader of the House is appointed by the Prime Minister, is a member of Cabinet, and is responsible for the conduct of government business in the Lords. The Leader advises the House on procedure and order, and she and her office are available to assist and advise all members of the House.

Leader of the House of Lords and Lord Privy Seal

The Rt Hon Baroness Smith of Basildon

Responsibilities include:

The organisation of government business in the House,
Providing assistance to all Lords and offering advice on procedure
Expressing the collective feelings of the House on formal occasions, such as motions of thanks or congratulations.

Correspondence Email Address: