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
Alan Mak
David Rutley
Maggie Throup
Michael Tomlinson (unpaid)
rowspan=7 style="background: Template:House of Commons/meta/color; width: 1px;" |	Assistant Government Whip	Scott Mann (unpaid)
David T C Davies (also with Wales Office, unpaid)
Alex Chalk (joint with Justice)
Tom Pursglove
Maria Caulfield
Nigel Huddleston (also with DCMS, unpaid)
David Duguid (also with Scotland Office, unpaid)

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