Minister of State for Policing, Fire and Crime Prevention
The Minister of State for Policing, Fire and Crime Prevention[1] is a ministerial position held at the Home Office in the Government of the United Kingdom.[2][3][4] Holders of this office have previously held additional responsibilities such as for security, counter-terrorism and the fire service. The post had responsibility for the fire service from January 2016 to July 2019, from August 2019 to February 2020, and since September 2022.
| United Kingdom Minister of State for Policing, Fire and Crime Prevention | |
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| Home Office | |
| Appointer | The British Monarch on advice of the Prime Minister |
| Website | https://www.gov.uk/government/ministers/minister-of-state--142 |
This role was created by the splitting of the now-defunct office of the Minister for Security, Counter-Terrorism, Crime and Policing into two new ministerial posts: Security & Counter-Terrorism and Crime & Policing.
The previous minister was Chris Philp, who served from 26 October 2022 until 5 July 2024. The current holder, following the 2024 general election, is Dame Diana Johnson of the Labour Party.
Ministers
edit| Name | Portrait | Term of office | Political party | P.M. | |||||
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| Minister of State for Policing | |||||||||
| John Denham[5] | 
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11 June 2001 | 13 June 2003 | Labour | Tony Blair | ||||
| Minister of State for Policing, Security and Community Safety | |||||||||
| Hazel Blears[6] | 
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13 June 2003 | 5 May 2006 | Labour | Tony Blair | ||||
| Minister of State for Security, Counter-Terrorism, Crime and Policing | |||||||||
| Tony McNulty[7] | 
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5 May 2006 | 3 October 2008 | Labour | |||||
| Minister of State for Policing, Crime and Security | |||||||||
| Vernon Coaker[8] | 
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3 October 2008 | 3 June 2009 | Labour | Gordon Brown | ||||
| Minister of State for Security, Counter-Terrorism, Crime and Policing | |||||||||
| David Hanson[9] | 
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10 June 2009 | 11 May 2010 | Labour | Gordon Brown | ||||
| Minister of State for Policing and Criminal Justice | |||||||||
| Nick Herbert | 
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13 May 2010 | 4 September 2012 | Conservative | David Cameron | ||||
| Damian Green | 
|
4 September 2012 | 15 July 2014 | Conservative | |||||
| Minister of State for Policing | |||||||||
| Mike Penning | 
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15 July 2014 | 16 July 2016 | Conservative | David Cameron | ||||
| Minister of State for Policing and the Fire Service | |||||||||
| Brandon Lewis | 
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16 July 2016 | 12 June 2017 | Conservative | Theresa May | ||||
| Nick Hurd | 
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12 June 2017 | 25 July 2019 | Conservative | |||||
| Minister of State for Crime, Policing and the Fire Service | |||||||||
| Kit Malthouse | 
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25 July 2019 | 13 February 2020 | Conservative | Boris Johnson | ||||
| Minister of State for Crime and Policing | |||||||||
| Kit Malthouse |
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13 February 2020 | 7 July 2022 | Conservative | Boris Johnson | ||||
| Tom Pursglove | 
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7 July 2022 | 7 September 2022 | Conservative | |||||
| Minister of State for Crime, Policing and Fire | |||||||||
| Jeremy Quin | 
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7 September 2022 | 25 October 2022 | Conservative | Liz Truss | ||||
| Chris Philp | 
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26 October 2022 | 5 July 2024 | Conservative | Rishi Sunak | ||||
| Minister of State for Policing, Fire and Crime Prevention | |||||||||
| Diana Johnson | 
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8 July 2024 | Incumbent | Labour | Keir Starmer | ||||
References
edit- ^ "Minister of State (Minister for Policing, Fire and Crime Prevention) - GOV.UK". www.gov.uk. Retrieved 1 August 2024.
- ^ "The Rt Hon Nick Herbert - GOV.UK". Homeoffice.gov.uk. Retrieved 21 August 2016.
- ^ "Rt Hon Nick Herbert". Archived from the original on 25 January 2011. Retrieved 3 February 2011.
- ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 April 2012. Retrieved 3 February 2011.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ "Minister resigns over Iraq crisis". BBC News Online. 18 March 2003.
- ^ "Hazel Blears - Parliamentary Career". Archived from the original on 21 December 2011.
- ^ "Reid swaps immigration ministers". BBC News. 22 May 2006. Retrieved 22 December 2018.
- ^ "Vernon Coaker". Archived from the original on 11 October 2011. Retrieved 16 September 2015.
- ^ "Baroness Hughes of Stretford - Parliamentary Career". Archived from the original on 27 December 2010.
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