Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Children, Families and Wellbeing

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Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Children, Families and Wellbeing
Royal Arms of His Majesty's Government
Incumbent
David Johnston
since 31 August 2023
Department for Education
StyleMinister
NominatorPrime Minister of the United Kingdom
AppointerThe Monarch
on advice of the Prime Minister
Term lengthAt His Majesty's pleasure
WebsiteWebsite

The parliamentary under-secretary of state for children, families and wellbeing,[1] formerly the minister of state for schools and childhood is a junior ministerial position in the Department for Education, previously the Department for Children, Schools and Families and Department for Education and Skills, in the Government of the United Kingdom.[2] The incumbent minister is David Johnston.[3]

The post was previously known as the parliamentary under-secretary of state for children and families until the appointment of Kelly Tolhurst on 7 September 2022, who succeeded Brendan Clarke-Smith.[4][5]

History[edit]

Margaret Hodge was the first person to hold the position after it was announced in 2003. Maria Eagle was the Minister from 2005 to 2006 taking Hodge's place, and Beverley Hughes held the position from 2006 until June 2009,[6] when Dawn Primarolo took over until Labour lost office in May 2010.

List of ministers[edit]

Colour key (for political parties):
  Labour   Conservative

Name Portrait Term of office Political party P.M. Ed.Sec.
Margaret Hodge 13 June 2003 9 May 2005 Labour Blair Clarke
Kelly
Maria Eagle 9 May 2005 5 May 2006 Labour
Beverley Hughes 5 May 2006 5 June 2009 Labour Johnson
Brown Balls
(CSF Sec.)
Dawn Primarolo 5 June 2009 11 May 2010 Labour
Tim Loughton 13 May 2010 4 September 2012 Conservative Cameron Gove
Edward Timpson[7] 4 September 2012 8 June 2017 Conservative
Morgan
May Greening
Robert Goodwill 12 June 2017 9 January 2018 Conservative
Nadhim Zahawi 9 January 2018 25 July 2019 Conservative Hinds
Kemi Badenoch[a] 27 July 2019 13 February 2020 Conservative Johnson Williamson
Michelle Donelan[b] 4 September 2019 13 February 2020 Conservative
Vicky Ford 14 February 2020 16 September 2021 Conservative
Will Quince 16 September 2021 6 July 2022 Conservative Zahawi
Donelan
Brendan Clarke-Smith 8 July 2022 7 September 2022 Conservative Cleverly
Kelly Tolhurst 7 September 2022 28 October 2022 Conservative Truss Malthouse
Sunak Keegan
Claire Coutinho 28 October 2022 31 August 2023 Conservative
David Johnston 31 August 2023 incumbent Conservative

Notes[edit]

  1. ^ Michelle Donelan appointed on 4 September 2019 to cover the portfolio during Badenoch's maternity leave.
  2. ^ Donelan was appointed to cover the portfolio during the maternity leave of Badenoch.

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Minister for Children, Families and Wellbeing) - GOV.UK". www.gov.uk. Retrieved 8 November 2022.
  2. ^ About Us: Who's Who
  3. ^ "Ministerial Appointments: 31 August 2023". GOV.UK. Retrieved 31 August 2023.
  4. ^ "Minister of State (Minister for Schools and Childhood) - GOV.UK". www.gov.uk. Retrieved 27 September 2022.
  5. ^ "DfE names Kelly Tolhurst as minister for schools and childhood". CYP Now. Retrieved 27 September 2022.
  6. ^ Lewin, Tamar. The Need to Invest in Young Children . New York Times. Accessed 30 December 2008.
  7. ^ Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Until 12 May 2015)


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