British Government frontbench

The Government frontbench in the Parliament of the United Kingdom, also known as the Treasury Bench, consists of the Cabinet and all other ministers.

Key

style="background: Template:House of Commons/meta/color; width: 1px;" |	Member of the House of Commons
style="background: Template:House of Lords/meta/color; width: 1px;" |	Member of the House of Lords
style="background: Template:Privy Council/meta/color; width: 1px;" |	Privy Counsellor
Cabinet full members in bold
Cabinet attendees in bold italics

Leader of the Government and Cabinet Office

Leader of the Government
style="background: Template:House of Commons/meta/color; width: 1px;" |	Leader of the Government of the United Kingdom First Lord of the Treasury Minister for the Civil Service Minister for the Union	style="background: Template:Privy Council/meta/color; width: 1px;" |	Boris Johnson
style="background: Template:House of Commons/meta/color; width: 1px;" |	Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Prime Minister (does not sit on frontbench)	Trudy Harrison
style="background: Template:House of Commons/meta/color; width: 1px;" |	Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Prime Minister (does not sit on frontbench)	Alex Burghart

Cabinet Office
style="background: Template:House of Commons/meta/color; width: 1px;" |	Minister for the Cabinet Office Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster	style="background: Template:Privy Council/meta/color; width: 1px;" |	Michael Gove
style="background: Template:House of Commons/meta/color; width: 1px;" |	President of the COP26 Climate Change Conference	style="background: Template:Privy Council/meta/color; width: 1px;" |	Alok Sharma
style="background: Template:House of Commons/meta/color; width: 1px;" |	Minister without Portfolio Chairman of the Conservative Party	style="background: Template:Privy Council/meta/color; width: 1px;" |	Amanda Milling (unpaid)
style="background: Template:House of Lords/meta/color; width: 1px;" |	Minister of State at the Cabinet Office	The Lord Frost
style="background: Template:House of Commons/meta/color; width: 1px;" |	Paymaster General	style="background: Template:Privy Council/meta/color; width: 1px;" |	Penny Mordaunt
style="background: Template:House of Commons/meta/color; width: 1px;" |	Minister of State for the Constitution & Devolution	Chloe Smith
style="background: Template:House of Lords/meta/color; width: 1px;" |	Minister of State for Efficiency & Transformation	The Lord Agnew of Oulton (jointly with HM Treasury; unpaid)
style="background: Template:House of Lords/meta/color; width: 1px;" |	Minister of State at the Cabinet Office	The Lord True
style="background: Template:House of Commons/meta/color; width: 1px;" |	Parliamentary Secretary for Implementation	Julia Lopez
style="background: Template:House of Commons/meta/color; width: 1px;" |	Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Defence People and Veterans	Leo Docherty (jointly with MoD)

Government Equalities Office (working with Cabinet Office)
style="background: Template:House of Commons/meta/color; width: 1px;" |	Minister for Women and Equalities	style="background: Template:Privy Council/meta/color; width: 1px;" |	Liz Truss (jointly with DIT)
style="background: Template:House of Commons/meta/color; width: 1px;" |	Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Equalities	Kemi Badenoch (jointly with DIT and HMT)
style="background: Template:House of Lords/meta/color; width: 1px;" |	Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Women	The Baroness Berridge (jointly with DIT and DfE)

Foreign relations

Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
style="background: Template:House of Commons/meta/color; width: 1px;" |	Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs First Secretary of State	style="background: Template:Privy Council/meta/color; width: 1px;" |	Dominic Raab
style="background: Template:House of Commons/meta/color; width: 1px;" |	Minister of State for Middle East and North Africa	style="background: Template:Privy Council/meta/color; width: 1px;" |	James Cleverly
style="background: Template:House of Lords/meta/color; width: 1px;" |	Minister of State for Pacific and the Environment	style="background: Template:Privy Council/meta/color; width: 1px;" |	The Lord Goldsmith of Richmond Park (jointly with Defra; unpaid)
style="background: Template:House of Commons/meta/color; width: 1px;" |	Minister of State for Asia	Nigel Adams
style="background: Template:House of Lords/meta/color; width: 1px;" |	Minister of State for South Asia & the Commonwealth	The Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
style="background: Template:House of Commons/meta/color; width: 1px;" |	Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Africa	James Duddridge
style="background: Template:House of Commons/meta/color; width: 1px;" |	Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for European Neighbourhood & the Americas	Wendy Morton
style="background: Template:House of Lords/meta/color; width: 1px;" |	Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Overseas Territories & Sustainable Development	Vacant

Defence
style="background: Template:House of Commons/meta/color; width: 1px;" |	Secretary of State for Defence	style="background: Template:Privy Council/meta/color; width: 1px;" |	Ben Wallace
style="background: Template:House of Commons/meta/color; width: 1px;" |	Minister of State for Defence Procurement	Jeremy Quin
style="background: Template:House of Lords/meta/color; width: 1px;" |	Minister of State for Defence	The Baroness Goldie (unpaid)
style="background: Template:House of Commons/meta/color; width: 1px;" |	Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for the Armed Forces	James Heappey
style="background: Template:House of Commons/meta/color; width: 1px;" |	Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Defence People and Veterans	Leo Docherty (jointly with the Cabinet Office)

Law and order

Home Office
style="background: Template:House of Commons/meta/color; width: 1px;" |	Secretary of State for the Home Department	style="background: Template:Privy Council/meta/color; width: 1px;" |	Priti Patel
style="background: Template:House of Commons/meta/color; width: 1px;" |	Minister of State for Security	style="background: Template:Privy Council/meta/color; width: 1px;" |	James Brokenshire
style="background: Template:House of Commons/meta/color; width: 1px;" |	Minister of State for Crime & Policing	Kit Malthouse (jointly with MoJ)
style="background: Template:House of Lords/meta/color; width: 1px;" |	Minister of State for Home Affairs	The Baroness Williams of Trafford
style="background: Template:House of Lords/meta/color; width: 1px;" |	Minister of State for Building Safety & Communities	The Lord Greenhalgh (jointly with MoHC&LG)
style="background: Template:House of Commons/meta/color; width: 1px;" |	Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Safeguarding	Victoria Atkins
style="background: Template:House of Commons/meta/color; width: 1px;" |	Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Immigration and Future Borders	Kevin Foster
style="background: Template:House of Commons/meta/color; width: 1px;" |	Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Immigration Compliance and the Courts	Chris Philp (jointly with MoJ)

Justice
style="background: Template:House of Commons/meta/color; width: 1px;" |	Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain Secretary of State for Justice	style="background: Template:Privy Council/meta/color; width: 1px;" |	Robert Buckland QC (paid as Lord Chancellor)
style="background: Template:House of Commons/meta/color; width: 1px;" |	Minister of State for Prisons and Probations	Vacant
style="background: Template:House of Commons/meta/color; width: 1px;" |	Minister of State for Crime & Policing	Kit Malthouse (jointly with Home Office)
style="background: Template:House of Commons/meta/color; width: 1px;" |	Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Justice	Alex Chalk (paid as an Assistant Government Whip)
style="background: Template:House of Commons/meta/color; width: 1px;" |	Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Immigration Compliance and the Courts	Chris Philp (jointly with Home Office)
style="background: Template:House of Lords/meta/color; width: 1px;" |	Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Justice	The Lord Wolfson of Tredegar QC

Law Officers
style="background: Template:House of Commons/meta/color; width: 1px;" |	Attorney General Advocate General for Northern Ireland	style="background: Template:Privy Council/meta/color; width: 1px;" |	Michael Ellis QC
style="background: Template:House of Commons/meta/color; width: 1px;" |	Attorney General Minister on Leave (Attorney General)	style="background: Template:Privy Council/meta/color; width: 1px;" |	Suella Braverman QC
style="background: Template:House of Commons/meta/color; width: 1px;" |	Solicitor General	style="background: Template:Privy Council/meta/color; width: 1px;" |	Lucy Frazer
style="background: Template:House of Lords/meta/color; width: 1px;" |	Advocate General for Scotland	The Lord Stewart of Dirleton QC

Economy

Treasury
style="background: Template:House of Commons/meta/color; width: 1px;" |	Chancellor of the Exchequer Second Lord of the Treasury	style="background: Template:Privy Council/meta/color; width: 1px;" |	Rishi Sunak
style="background: Template:House of Commons/meta/color; width: 1px;" |	Chief Secretary to the Treasury	style="background: Template:Privy Council/meta/color; width: 1px;" |	Stephen Barclay
style="background: Template:House of Commons/meta/color; width: 1px;" |	Financial Secretary to the Treasury	style="background: Template:Privy Council/meta/color; width: 1px;" |	Jesse Norman
style="background: Template:House of Lords/meta/color; width: 1px;" |	Minister of State for Efficiency & Transformation	The Lord Agnew of Oulton (jointly with Cabinet Office; unpaid)
style="background: Template:House of Commons/meta/color; width: 1px;" |	Economic Secretary to the Treasury	John Glen (Paid as a Parliamentary Secretary)
style="background: Template:House of Commons/meta/color; width: 1px;" |	Exchequer Secretary to the Treasury	Kemi Badenoch (jointly with DIT; paid as a Parliamentary Secretary)

Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
style="background: Template:House of Commons/meta/color; width: 1px;" |	Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy	style="background: Template:Privy Council/meta/color; width: 1px;" |	Kwasi Kwarteng
style="background: Template:House of Commons/meta/color; width: 1px;" |	Minister of State for Business, Energy and Clean Growth	style="background: Template:Privy Council/meta/color; width: 1px;" |	Anne-Marie Trevelyan
style="background: Template:House of Lords/meta/color; width: 1px;" |	Minister of State for Investment	The Lord Grimstone of Boscobel (jointly with DIT)
style="background: Template:House of Commons/meta/color; width: 1px;" |	Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Small Business, Consumers and Labour Markets Minister for London	Paul Scully
style="background: Template:House of Commons/meta/color; width: 1px;" |	Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Science, Research and Innovation	Amanda Solloway
style="background: Template:House of Commons/meta/color; width: 1px;" |	Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Business and Industry	Nadhim Zahawi (jointly with DHSC)
style="background: Template:House of Lords/meta/color; width: 1px;" |	Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Climate Change & Corporate Responsibility	The Lord Callanan

Work and Pensions
style="background: Template:House of Commons/meta/color; width: 1px;" |	Secretary of State for Work and Pensions	style="background: Template:Privy Council/meta/color; width: 1px;" |	Thérèse Coffey
style="background: Template:House of Commons/meta/color; width: 1px;" |	Minister of State for Disabled People, Work and Health	Justin Tomlinson
style="background: Template:House of Commons/meta/color; width: 1px;" |	Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Employment	Mims Davies
style="background: Template:House of Commons/meta/color; width: 1px;" |	Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Pensions and Financial Inclusion	Guy Opperman
style="background: Template:House of Commons/meta/color; width: 1px;" |	Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Welfare Delivery	Will Quince
style="background: Template:House of Lords/meta/color; width: 1px;" |	Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Work and Pensions	The Baroness Stedman-Scott (unpaid)

International Trade
style="background: Template:House of Commons/meta/color; width: 1px;" |	Secretary of State for International Trade President of the Board of Trade	style="background: Template:Privy Council/meta/color; width: 1px;" |	Liz Truss (also Minister for Women & Equalities)
style="background: Template:House of Commons/meta/color; width: 1px;" |	Minister of State for Trade Policy	style="background: Template:Privy Council/meta/color; width: 1px;" |	Greg Hands
style="background: Template:House of Lords/meta/color; width: 1px;" |	Minister of State for Investment	The Lord Grimstone of Boscobel (jointly with BEIS)
style="background: Template:House of Commons/meta/color; width: 1px;" |	Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Equalities	Kemi Badenoch (jointly with HM Treasury)
style="background: Template:House of Commons/meta/color; width: 1px;" |	Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for International Trade	Ranil Jayawardena
style="background: Template:House of Commons/meta/color; width: 1px;" |	Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Exports	Graham Stuart
style="background: Template:House of Lords/meta/color; width: 1px;" |	Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Women	The Baroness Berridge (jointly with Education)

Social services

Bildung
style="background: Template:House of Commons/meta/color; width: 1px;" |	Secretary of State for Education	style="background: Template:Privy Council/meta/color; width: 1px;" |	Gavin Williamson
style="background: Template:House of Commons/meta/color; width: 1px;" |	Minister of State for Universities	Michelle Donelan
style="background: Template:House of Commons/meta/color; width: 1px;" |	Minister of State for School Standards	style="background: Template:Privy Council/meta/color; width: 1px;" |	Nick Gibb
style="background: Template:House of Commons/meta/color; width: 1px;" |	Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Children and Families	Vicky Ford
style="background: Template:House of Commons/meta/color; width: 1px;" |	Parliamentary Under Secretary of State Apprenticeships and Skills	Gillian Keegan
style="background: Template:House of Lords/meta/color; width: 1px;" |	Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for School System	The Baroness Berridge (jointly with Department for International Trade)

Health and Social Care
style="background: Template:House of Commons/meta/color; width: 1px;" |	Secretary of State for Health and Social Care	style="background: Template:Privy Council/meta/color; width: 1px;" |	Matt Hancock
style="background: Template:House of Commons/meta/color; width: 1px;" |	Minister of State for Health	Edward Argar
style="background: Template:House of Commons/meta/color; width: 1px;" |	Minister of State for Mental Health, Suicide Prevention and Patient Safety	Nadine Dorries
style="background: Template:House of Commons/meta/color; width: 1px;" |	Minister of State for Social Care	Helen Whately
style="background: Template:House of Commons/meta/color; width: 1px;" |	Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Prevention, Public Health and Primary Care	Jo Churchill
style="background: Template:House of Lords/meta/color; width: 1px;" |	Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Innovation	The Lord Bethell
style="background: Template:House of Commons/meta/color; width: 1px;" |	Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for COVID Vaccine Deployment	Nadhim Zahawi (jointly with BEIS)

Environment

Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
style="background: Template:House of Commons/meta/color; width: 1px;" |	Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs	style="background: Template:Privy Council/meta/color; width: 1px;" |	George Eustice
style="background: Template:House of Lords/meta/color; width: 1px;" |	Minister of State for Pacific and the Environment	style="background: Template:Privy Council/meta/color; width: 1px;" |	The Lord Goldsmith of Richmond Park (jointly with the Foreign Office)
style="background: Template:House of Commons/meta/color; width: 1px;" |	Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Domestic Environment	Rebecca Pow
style="background: Template:House of Lords/meta/color; width: 1px;" |	Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Rural Affairs and Biosecurity	The Lord Gardiner of Kimble
style="background: Template:House of Commons/meta/color; width: 1px;" |	Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Farming, Fisheries and Food	Victoria Prentis

Culture

Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
style="background: Template:House of Commons/meta/color; width: 1px;" |	Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport	style="background: Template:Privy Council/meta/color; width: 1px;" |	Oliver Dowden
style="background: Template:House of Commons/meta/color; width: 1px;" |	Minister of State for Digital and Culture	Caroline Dinenage
style="background: Template:House of Commons/meta/color; width: 1px;" |	Minister of State for Media and Data	style="background: Template:Privy Council/meta/color; width: 1px;" |	John Whittingdale
style="background: Template:House of Commons/meta/color; width: 1px;" |	Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Digital Infrastructure	Matt Warman
style="background: Template:House of Commons/meta/color; width: 1px;" |	Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Sport, Tourism and Heritage	Nigel Huddleston (paid as Assistant Government Whip)
style="background: Template:House of Lords/meta/color; width: 1px;" |	Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Civil Society	The Baroness Barran (unpaid)

Transport

Transport
style="background: Template:House of Commons/meta/color; width: 1px;" |	Secretary of State for Transport Minister for Northern Powerhouse	style="background: Template:Privy Council/meta/color; width: 1px;" |	Grant Shapps
style="background: Template:House of Commons/meta/color; width: 1px;" |	Minister of State for Railways	Chris Heaton-Harris
style="background: Template:House of Commons/meta/color; width: 1px;" |	Minister of State for HS2	Andrew Stephenson
style="background: Template:House of Lords/meta/color; width: 1px;" |	Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Devolution, Roads and Light Rail	The Baroness Vere of Norbiton
style="background: Template:House of Commons/meta/color; width: 1px;" |	Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Future of Transport	Rachel Maclean
style="background: Template:House of Commons/meta/color; width: 1px;" |	Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Aviation and Maritime	Robert Courts

Local and devolved government

Housing, Communities and Local Government
style="background: Template:House of Commons/meta/color; width: 1px;" |	Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government	style="background: Template:Privy Council/meta/color; width: 1px;" |	Robert Jenrick
style="background: Template:House of Commons/meta/color; width: 1px;" |	Minister of State for Local Government & Regional Growth	Luke Hall
style="background: Template:House of Commons/meta/color; width: 1px;" |	Minister of State for Housing	style="background: Template:Privy Council/meta/color; width: 1px;" |	Christopher Pincher
style="background: Template:House of Lords/meta/color; width: 1px;" |	Minister of State for Building Safety & Communities	The Lord Greenhalgh (jointly with Home Office)
style="background: Template:House of Commons/meta/color; width: 1px;" |	Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Housing & Rough Sleeping	Eddie Hughes

Northern Ireland
style="background: Template:House of Commons/meta/color; width: 1px;" |	Secretary of State for Northern Ireland	style="background: Template:Privy Council/meta/color; width: 1px;" |	Brandon Lewis
style="background: Template:House of Commons/meta/color; width: 1px;" |	Minister of State for Northern Ireland	Robin Walker

Scotland
style="background: Template:House of Commons/meta/color; width: 1px;" |	Secretary of State for Scotland	style="background: Template:Privy Council/meta/color; width: 1px;" |	Alister Jack
style="background: Template:House of Commons/meta/color; width: 1px;" |	Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Scotland	Iain Stewart
style="background: Template:House of Commons/meta/color; width: 1px;" |	Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Scotland	David Duguid (also Government Whip, unpaid)

Wales
style="background: Template:House of Commons/meta/color; width: 1px;" |	Secretary of State for Wales	style="background: Template:Privy Council/meta/color; width: 1px;" |	Simon Hart
style="background: Template:House of Commons/meta/color; width: 1px;" |	Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Wales	David T C Davies (paid as Assistant Government Whip)

Parliament

House Leaders
style="background: Template:House of Lords/meta/color; width: 1px;" |	Leader of the House of Lords Lord Keeper of the Privy Seal	style="background: Template:Privy Council/meta/color; width: 1px;" |	The Baroness Evans of Bowes Park
style="background: Template:House of Commons/meta/color; width: 1px;" |	Leader of the House of Commons Lord President of the Council	style="background: Template:Privy Council/meta/color; width: 1px;" |	Jacob Rees-Mogg
style="background: Template:House of Lords/meta/color; width: 1px;" |	Deputy Leader of the House of Lords	style="background: Template:Privy Council/meta/color; width: 1px;" |	The Earl Howe (unpaid)

House of Commons Whips
style="background: Template:House of Commons/meta/color; width: 1px;" |	Chief Whip of the House of Commons Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasury	style="background: Template:Privy Council/meta/color; width: 1px;" |	Mark Spencer
style="background: Template:House of Commons/meta/color; width: 1px;" |	Deputy Chief Whip of the House of Commons Treasurer of the Household	Stuart Andrew
style="background: Template:House of Commons/meta/color; width: 1px;" |	Government Whip Comptroller of the Household	Mike Freer
style="background: Template:House of Commons/meta/color; width: 1px;" |	Government Whip Vice-Chamberlain of the Household	Marcus Jones
rowspan=6 style="background: Template:House of Commons/meta/color; width: 1px;" |	Government Whip Lord Commissioner of the Treasury	James Morris
Rebecca Harris
David Duguid (also with Scotland Office, unpaid)
David Rutley
Maggie Throup
Michael Tomlinson (unpaid)
rowspan=7 style="background: Template:House of Commons/meta/color; width: 1px;" |	Assistant Government Whip	Scott Mann (also with HM Treasury)
David T C Davies (also with Wales Office, unpaid)
Alex Chalk (joint with Justice)
Tom Pursglove
Maria Caulfield
Nigel Huddleston (also with DCMS, unpaid)
Vacant

House of Lords Whips
style="background: Template:House of Lords/meta/color; width: 1px;" |	Chief Whip of the House of Lords Captain of the Honourable Corps of Gentlemen-at-Arms	The Lord Ashton of Hyde
style="background: Template:House of Lords/meta/color; width: 1px;" |	Deputy Chief Whip of the House of Lords Captain of the Queen's Bodyguard of the Yeomen of the Guard	The Earl of Courtown
rowspan=6 style="background: Template:House of Lords/meta/color; width: 1px;" |	Lords- and Baroness-in-Waiting	The Baroness Penn
The Lord Parkinson of Whitley
The Baroness Scott of Bybrook
The Baroness Bloomfield of Hinton Waldrist
The Viscount Younger of Leckie

See also

• Government of the United Kingdom
• Cabinet of the United Kingdom
• Official Opposition frontbench
• Official Opposition Shadow Cabinet (United Kingdom)

External links

• Her Majesty's Government
• Government ministers and responsibilities
• Latest updates on ministerial appointments: February 2020