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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

Prime Minister and Cabinet Office

Prime Minister
style="background: Template:House of Commons/meta/color; width: 1px;" | Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
First Lord of the Treasury
Minister for the Civil Service
style="background: Template:Privy Council/meta/color; width: 1px;" | Theresa May
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;" | David Lidington
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;" | Brandon Lewis
(unpaid)
style="background: Template:House of Commons/meta/color; width: 1px;" | Parliamentary Secretary
(Minister for Implementation)
Oliver Dowden
style="background: Template:House of Commons/meta/color; width: 1px;" | Parliamentary Secretary
(Minister for the Constitution)
Chloe Smith

Foreign relations

Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs
style="background: Template:House of Commons/meta/color; width: 1px;" | Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs style="background: Template:Privy Council/meta/color; width: 1px;" | Vacant
style="background: Template:House of Commons/meta/color; width: 1px;" | Minister of State for Europe and the Americas style="background: Template:Privy Council/meta/color; width: 1px;" | Alan Duncan
style="background: Template:House of Commons/meta/color; width: 1px;" | Minister of State for the Middle East style="background: Template:Privy Council/meta/color; width: 1px;" | Alistair Burt
(joint with DfID)
style="background: Template:House of Lords/meta/color; width: 1px;" | Minister of State for the Commonwealth and the UN The Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
style="background: Template:House of Commons/meta/color; width: 1px;" | Minister of State for Asia and the Pacific style="background: Template:Privy Council/meta/color; width: 1px;" | Mark Field
(unpaid)
style="background: Template:House of Commons/meta/color; width: 1px;" | Minister of State for Africa style="background: Template:Privy Council/meta/color; width: 1px;" | Harriet Baldwin
(joint with DfID)
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;" | Gavin Williamson
style="background: Template:House of Lords/meta/color; width: 1px;" | Minister of State style="background: Template:Privy Council/meta/color; width: 1px;" | The Earl Howe
(unpaid; also Deputy Lords Leader)
style="background: Template:House of Commons/meta/color; width: 1px;" | Minister of State for the Armed Forces style="background: Template:Privy Council/meta/color; width: 1px;" | Mark Lancaster
style="background: Template:House of Commons/meta/color; width: 1px;" | Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Defence Peoples and Veterans style="background: Template:Privy Council/meta/color; width: 1px;" | Tobias Ellwood
style="background: Template:House of Commons/meta/color; width: 1px;" | Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Defence Procurement Guto Bebb
International Development
style="background: Template:House of Commons/meta/color; width: 1px;" | Secretary of State for International Development style="background: Template:Privy Council/meta/color; width: 1px;" | Penny Mordaunt
style="background: Template:House of Commons/meta/color; width: 1px;" | Minister of State style="background: Template:Privy Council/meta/color; width: 1px;" | Alistair Burt
(joint with FCO)
style="background: Template:House of Commons/meta/color; width: 1px;" | Minister of State style="background: Template:Privy Council/meta/color; width: 1px;" | Harriet Baldwin
(joint with FCO)
style="background: Template:House of Lords/meta/color; width: 1px;" | Minister of State style="background: Template:Privy Council/meta/color; width: 1px;" | The Lord Bates
(unpaid)
Exiting the European Union
style="background: Template:House of Commons/meta/color; width: 1px;" | Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union style="background: Template:Privy Council/meta/color; width: 1px;" | Vacant
style="background: Template:House of Lords/meta/color; width: 1px;" | Minister of State The Lord Callanan
style="background: Template:House of Commons/meta/color; width: 1px;" | Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State Robin Walker
style="background: Template:House of Commons/meta/color; width: 1px;" | Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State Vacant
style="background: Template:House of Commons/meta/color; width: 1px;" | Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State Suella Fernandes

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;" | Sajid Javid
style="background: Template:House of Commons/meta/color; width: 1px;" | Minister of State for Immigration style="background: Template:Privy Council/meta/color; width: 1px;" | Caroline Nokes
style="background: Template:House of Commons/meta/color; width: 1px;" | Minister of State for Security and Economic Crime 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 Policing and the Fire Service style="background: Template:Privy Council/meta/color; width: 1px;" | Nick Hurd
style="background: Template:House of Lords/meta/color; width: 1px;" | Minister of State for Countering Extremism The Baroness Williams of Trafford
style="background: Template:House of Commons/meta/color; width: 1px;" | Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for
Crime, Safeguarding & Vulnerability
Victoria Atkins
Justice
style="background: Template:House of Commons/meta/color; width: 1px;" | Lord Chancellor
Secretary of State for Justice
style="background: Template:Privy Council/meta/color; width: 1px;" | David Gauke
style="background: Template:House of Commons/meta/color; width: 1px;" | Minister of State Rory Stewart
style="background: Template:House of Commons/meta/color; width: 1px;" | Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State Lucy Frazer QC
style="background: Template:House of Commons/meta/color; width: 1px;" | Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State Edward Argar
style="background: Template:House of Lords/meta/color; width: 1px;" | Lords Spokesperson style="background: Template:Privy Council/meta/color; width: 1px;" | The Lord Keen of Elie QC
(also Advocate General for Scotland)
Law Officers
rowspan="2" 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;" | Jeremy Wright QC
Solicitor General Robert Buckland QC
style="background: Template:House of Lords/meta/color; width: 1px;" | Advocate General for Scotland style="background: Template:Privy Council/meta/color; width: 1px;" | The Lord Keen of Elie QC
(also MoJ spokesperson)

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;" | Philip Hammond
style="background: Template:House of Commons/meta/color; width: 1px;" | Chief Secretary to the Treasury style="background: Template:Privy Council/meta/color; width: 1px;" | Liz Truss
style="background: Template:House of Commons/meta/color; width: 1px;" | Paymaster General
Financial Secretary to the Treasury
style="background: Template:Privy Council/meta/color; width: 1px;" | Mel Stride
style="background: Template:House of Commons/meta/color; width: 1px;" | Exchequer Secretary to the Treasury Robert Jenrick
style="background: Template:House of Commons/meta/color; width: 1px;" | Economic Secretary to the Treasury John Glen
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;" | Greg Clark
style="background: Template:House of Commons/meta/color; width: 1px;" | Minister of State for Energy and Clean Growth style="background: Template:Privy Council/meta/color; width: 1px;" | Claire Perry
style="background: Template:House of Commons/meta/color; width: 1px;" | Minister of State for Universities, Science, Research and Innovation Sam Gyimah
(joint with DfE)
style="background: Template:House of Commons/meta/color; width: 1px;" | Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Small Business, Consumers and Corporate Responsibility Andrew Griffiths
style="background: Template:House of Commons/meta/color; width: 1px;" | Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Business and Industry Richard Harrington
style="background: Template:House of Lords/meta/color; width: 1px;" | Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State style="background: Template:Privy Council/meta/color; width: 1px;" | The Lord Henley
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;" | Esther McVey
style="background: Template:House of Commons/meta/color; width: 1px;" | Minister of State for Employment Alok Sharma
style="background: Template:House of Commons/meta/color; width: 1px;" | Minister of State for Disabled People, Health and Work Sarah Newton
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 Lords/meta/color; width: 1px;" | Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State The Baroness Buscombe
style="background: Template:House of Commons/meta/color; width: 1px;" | Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Family Support, Housing and Child Maintenance Kit Malthouse
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;" | Liam Fox
style="background: Template:House of Commons/meta/color; width: 1px;" | Minister of State for Trade Policy George Hollingbery
style="background: Template:House of Lords/meta/color; width: 1px;" | Minister of State for Trade and Export Promotion The Baroness Fairhead
(unpaid)
style="background: Template:House of Commons/meta/color; width: 1px;" | Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Investment Graham Stuart

Social services

Education
style="background: Template:House of Commons/meta/color; width: 1px;" | Secretary of State for Education style="background: Template:Privy Council/meta/color; width: 1px;" | Damian Hinds
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;" | Minister of State for Apprenticeships and Skills style="background: Template:Privy Council/meta/color; width: 1px;" | Anne Milton
style="background: Template:House of Commons/meta/color; width: 1px;" | Minister of State for Universities, Science, Research and Innovation Sam Gyimah
(joint with BEIS)
style="background: Template:House of Lords/meta/color; width: 1px;" | Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for the School System The Lord Agnew of Oulton
(unpaid)
style="background: Template:House of Commons/meta/color; width: 1px;" | Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Children & Families Nadhim Zahawi
Government Equalities Office (part of DfE)
style="background: Template:House of Commons/meta/color; width: 1px;" | Minister for Women and Equalities style="background: Template:Privy Council/meta/color; width: 1px;" | Penny Mordaunt
style="background: Template:House of Commons/meta/color; width: 1px;" | Minister for Women Victoria Atkins
(joint with Home Office)
style="background: Template:House of Lords/meta/color; width: 1px;" | Minister for Equalities The Baroness Williams of Trafford
(joint with Home Office)
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;" | Jeremy Hunt
style="background: Template:House of Commons/meta/color; width: 1px;" | Minister of State for Health Stephen Barclay
style="background: Template:House of Commons/meta/color; width: 1px;" | Minister of State for Care Caroline Dinenage
style="background: Template:House of Commons/meta/color; width: 1px;" | Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Mental Health and Inequalities Jackie Doyle-Price
style="background: Template:House of Commons/meta/color; width: 1px;" | Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Public Health and Primary Care Steve Brine
style="background: Template:House of Lords/meta/color; width: 1px;" | Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Health The Lord O'Shaughnessy

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;" | Michael Gove
style="background: Template:House of Commons/meta/color; width: 1px;" | Minister of State for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food George Eustice
style="background: Template:House of Commons/meta/color; width: 1px;" | Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for the Environment Thérèse Coffey
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

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;" | James Brokenshire
style="background: Template:House of Commons/meta/color; width: 1px;" | Minister of State for Housing Dominic Raab
style="background: Template:House of Commons/meta/color; width: 1px;" | Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for the Northern Powerhouse and Local Growth Jake Berry
style="background: Template:House of Commons/meta/color; width: 1px;" | Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Housing and Homelessness Heather Wheeler
style="background: Template:House of Commons/meta/color; width: 1px;" | Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Local Government Rishi Sunak
style="background: Template:House of Lords/meta/color; width: 1px;" | Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Faith The Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth
(joint with Wales Office)
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;" | Karen Bradley
style="background: Template:House of Commons/meta/color; width: 1px;" | Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State Shailesh Vara
style="background: Template:House of Lords/meta/color; width: 1px;" | Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State The Lord Duncan of Springbank
(joint with Scotland Office)
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;" | David Mundell
style="background: Template:House of Lords/meta/color; width: 1px;" | Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State The Lord Duncan of Springbank
(joint with Northern Ireland Office)
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;" | Alun Cairns
style="background: Template:House of Commons/meta/color; width: 1px;" | Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State Stuart Andrew
(unpaid; paid as whip)
style="background: Template:House of Lords/meta/color; width: 1px;" | Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State The Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth
(joint with MHCLG)

Others

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;" | Matt Hancock
style="background: Template:House of Commons/meta/color; width: 1px;" | Minister of State for Digital and the Creative Industries Margot James
style="background: Template:House of Commons/meta/color; width: 1px;" | Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Sport and Civil Society Tracey Crouch
style="background: Template:House of Commons/meta/color; width: 1px;" | Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Arts, Heritage and Tourism Michael Ellis
style="background: Template:House of Lords/meta/color; width: 1px;" | Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State The Lord Ashton of Hyde
Transport
style="background: Template:House of Commons/meta/color; width: 1px;" | Secretary of State for Transport style="background: Template:Privy Council/meta/color; width: 1px;" | Chris Grayling
style="background: Template:House of Commons/meta/color; width: 1px;" | Minister of State
Minister for London
Jo Johnson
style="background: Template:House of Commons/meta/color; width: 1px;" | Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State Jesse Norman
style="background: Template:House of Lords/meta/color; width: 1px;" | Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State The Baroness Sugg
(paid as whip)
style="background: Template:House of Commons/meta/color; width: 1px;" | Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State Nusrat Ghani
(paid as whip)

Parliament

House Leaders
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;" | Andrea Leadsom
style="background: Template:House of Lords/meta/color; width: 1px;" | Leader of the House of Lords
Lord Privy Seal
style="background: Template:Privy Council/meta/color; width: 1px;" | The Baroness Evans of Bowes Park
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; joint with MoD)
House of Commons Whips
style="background: Template:House of Commons/meta/color; width: 1px;" | Chief Whip
Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasury
style="background: Template:Privy Council/meta/color; width: 1px;" | Julian Smith
style="background: Template:House of Commons/meta/color; width: 1px;" | Deputy Chief Whip
Treasurer of the Household
Christopher Pincher
style="background: Template:House of Commons/meta/color; width: 1px;" | Government Whip
Comptroller of the Household
Chris Heaton-Harris
style="background: Template:House of Commons/meta/color; width: 1px;" | Government Whip
Vice-Chamberlain of the Household
Mark Spencer
style="background: Template:House of Commons/meta/color; width: 1px;" | Government Whip
Lord Commissioner of the Treasury
Andrew Stephenson
style="background: Template:House of Commons/meta/color; width: 1px;" | Government Whip
Lord Commissioner of the Treasury
Paul Maynard
style="background: Template:House of Commons/meta/color; width: 1px;" | Government Whip
Lord Commissioner of the Treasury
Craig Whittaker
style="background: Template:House of Commons/meta/color; width: 1px;" | Government Whip
Lord Commissioner of the Treasury
Rebecca Harris
style="background: Template:House of Commons/meta/color; width: 1px;" | Government Whip
Lord Commissioner of the Treasury
David Rutley
style="background: Template:House of Commons/meta/color; width: 1px;" | Government Whip
Lord Commissioner of the Treasury
Nigel Adams
(unpaid)
style="background: Template:House of Commons/meta/color; width: 1px;" | Assistant Government Whip Nusrat Ghani
(joint with DfT)
style="background: Template:House of Commons/meta/color; width: 1px;" | Assistant Government Whip Mike Freer
style="background: Template:House of Commons/meta/color; width: 1px;" | Assistant Government Whip Jo Churchill
style="background: Template:House of Commons/meta/color; width: 1px;" | Assistant Government Whip Amanda Milling
style="background: Template:House of Commons/meta/color; width: 1px;" | Assistant Government Whip Stuart Andrew
(joint with Wales Office)
style="background: Template:House of Commons/meta/color; width: 1px;" | Assistant Government Whip Kelly Tolhurst
style="background: Template:House of Commons/meta/color; width: 1px;" | Assistant Government Whip Mims Davies
style="background: Template:House of Commons/meta/color; width: 1px;" | Assistant Government Whip Wendy Morton
(unpaid)
House of Lords Whips
style="background: Template:House of Lords/meta/color; width: 1px;" | Lords Chief Whip
Captain of the Honourable Corps of Gentlemen at Arms
style="background: Template:Privy Council/meta/color; width: 1px;" | The Lord Taylor of Holbeach
style="background: Template:House of Lords/meta/color; width: 1px;" | Deputy Chief Whip
Captain of the Queen’s Bodyguard of the Yeomen of the Guard
The Earl of Courtown
style="background: Template:House of Lords/meta/color; width: 1px;" | Baroness in Waiting The Baroness Vere of Norbiton
style="background: Template:House of Lords/meta/color; width: 1px;" | Baroness in Waiting The Baroness Sugg
(joint with DfT)
style="background: Template:House of Lords/meta/color; width: 1px;" | Baroness in Waiting The Baroness Goldie
style="background: Template:House of Lords/meta/color; width: 1px;" | Baroness in Waiting The Baroness Chisholm of Owlpen
(unpaid)
style="background: Template:House of Lords/meta/color; width: 1px;" | Baroness in Waiting The Baroness Stedman-Scott
(unpaid)
style="background: Template:House of Lords/meta/color; width: 1px;" | Lord in Waiting The Viscount Younger of Leckie
style="background: Template:House of Lords/meta/color; width: 1px;" | Lord in Waiting style="background: Template:Privy Council/meta/color; width: 1px;" | The Lord Young of Cookham

See also

Sources