Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Defence People and Families
Appearance
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Defence People, Veterans and Service Families | |
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since 30 October 2022 | |
Ministry of Defence | |
Style | Minister |
Nominator | Prime Minister of the United Kingdom |
Appointer | The Monarch on advice of the Prime Minister |
Term length | At His Majesty's pleasure |
Website | Official website |
The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Defence People, Veterans and Service Families is a ministerial position in the Ministry of Defence in the British government, currently held by Andrew Murrison who took the office on 30 October 2022.
Responsibilities
The minister has the following ministerial responsibilities:[1]
- civilian and service personnel policy
- armed forces pay, pensions and compensation
- Armed Forces Covenant
- welfare and service families
- community engagement
- equality, diversity and inclusion
- mental health
- Defence Medical Services
- the people programme (Flexible Engagement Strategy, Future Accommodation Model and Enterprise Approach)
- estates service family accommodation policy and engagement with welfare
List of ministers
Name | Portrait | Entered office | Left office | Political party | Prime Minister | ||
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Minister for Defence People Role formed out of Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Defence People and Veterans | |||||||
Leo Docherty | ![]() |
7 July 2022 | Incumbent | Conservative | Boris Johnson | ||
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Defence People, Veterans and Service Families | |||||||
Sarah Atherton | ![]() |
20 September 2022 | 27 October 2022 | Conservative | Liz Truss | ||
Andrew Murrison | ![]() |
30 October 2022 | Present | Conservative | Rishi Sunak |
References
- ^ "Minister of State (Minister for Veterans' Affairs) - GOV.UK". www.gov.uk. Retrieved 2022-07-16.