Sunak ministry

Sunak ministry
Sunak ministry
2022–present
	File:Rishi Sunak 26 October 2022 Cabinet meeting.jpg The first cabinet meeting of the Rishi Sunak ministry
Date formed	25 October 2022
People and organisations
Monarch	Charles III
Prime Minister	Rishi Sunak
Deputy Prime Minister	Dominic Raab
Member party	Conservative Party;
Status in legislature	Majority 357 / 650 (55%)
Opposition cabinet	Starmer Shadow Cabinet;
Opposition party	Labour Party;
Opposition leader	Sir Keir Starmer (2020–present);
History
Legislature terms	58th UK Parliament
Predecessor	Truss ministry

Rishi Sunak was invited by King Charles III to replace Liz Truss as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom on 25 October 2022, following Truss' resignation and the subsequent Conservative leadership election.^[1]^[2] The Sunak ministry consists of MPs from the 2019 Parliament of the United Kingdom, as a Conservative majority government.

Cabinet

October 2022 – present

Sunak Cabinet^[3]
Portfolio	Minister	Term
Cabinet ministers
Prime Minister First Lord of the Treasury Minister for the Civil Service Minister for the Union	The Rt Hon Rishi Sunak MP	October 2022 – present
Deputy Prime Minister Secretary of State for Justice Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain	The Rt Hon Dominic Raab MP	October 2022 – present
Chancellor of the Exchequer Second Lord of the Treasury	The Rt Hon Jeremy Hunt MP	October 2022 – present
Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs	The Rt Hon James Cleverly TD VR MP	September 2022 – present
Secretary of State for the Home Department	The Rt Hon Suella Braverman KC MP	October 2022 – present
Secretary of State for Defence	The Rt Hon Ben Wallace MP	July 2019 – present
Secretary of State for Health and Social Care	The Rt Hon Steve Barclay MP	October 2022 – present
Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster	The Rt Hon Oliver Dowden CBE MP	October 2022 – present
Leader of the House of Commons Lord President of the Council	The Rt Hon Penny Mordaunt MP	September 2022 – present
Leader of the House of Lords Lord Keeper of the Privy Seal	The Rt Hon The Lord True CBE PC	September 2022 – present
Minister without Portfolio Party Chairman	The Rt Hon Nadhim Zahawi MP	October 2022 – present
Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy	The Rt Hon Grant Shapps MP	October 2022 – present
Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities Minister for Intergovernmental Relations	The Rt Hon Michael Gove MP	October 2022 – present
Secretary of State for International Trade President of the Board of Trade	The Rt Hon Kemi Badenoch MP	September 2022 – present
Minister for Women and Equalities	The Rt Hon Kemi Badenoch MP	October 2022 – present
Secretary of State for Work and Pensions	The Rt Hon Mel Stride MP	October 2022 – present
Secretary of State for Education	Gillian Keegan MP	October 2022 – present
Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs	The Rt Hon Thérèse Coffey MP	October 2022 – present
Secretary of State for Transport	The Rt Hon Mark Harper MP	October 2022 – present
Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport	The Rt Hon Michelle Donelan MP	September 2022 – present
Secretary of State for Northern Ireland	The Rt Hon Chris Heaton-Harris MP	September 2022 – present
Secretary of State for Scotland	The Rt Hon Alister Jack DL MP	July 2019 – present
Secretary of State for Wales	David TC Davies MP	October 2022 – present
Also attending cabinet meetings
Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasury Chief Whip of the House of Commons	The Rt Hon Simon Hart MP	October 2022 – present
Chief Secretary to the Treasury	John Glen MP	October 2022 – present
Attorney General for England and Wales Advocate General for Northern Ireland	The Hon Victoria Prentis MP	October 2022 – present
Minister for the Cabinet Office Paymaster General	Jeremy Quin MP	October 2022 – present
Minister of State for Veterans' Affairs	The Rt Hon Johnny Mercer MP	October 2022 – present
Minister of State for Development	The Rt Hon Andrew Mitchell MP	October 2022 – present
Minister of State for Security	The Rt Hon Tom Tugendhat MBE VR MP	September 2022 – present
Minister of State for Immigration	The Rt Hon Robert Jenrick MP	October 2022 – present
Minister of State without Portfolio	The Rt Hon Sir Gavin Williamson CBE MP	October 2022 – present

List of ministers

	Minister in the House of Commons		Minister in the House of Lords
Cabinet ministers and ministers that attend cabinet are listed in bold

Prime Minister and Cabinet Office

Cabinet Office
Post		Minister	Term
	Prime Minister of the United Kingdom First Lord of the Treasury Minister for the Civil Service Minister for the Union	The Rt Hon Rishi Sunak MP	October 2022 – present
	Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster	The Rt Hon Oliver Dowden CBE MP	October 2022 – present
	Minister for the Cabinet Office Paymaster General	Jeremy Quin MP	October 2022 – present
	Leader of the House of Lords Lord Keeper of the Privy Seal	The Rt Hon The Lord True CBE PC	September 2022 – present
	Minister without Portfolio Party Chairman	The Rt Hon Nadhim Zahawi MP	October 2022 – present
	Leader of the House of Commons Lord President of the Council	The Rt Hon Penny Mordaunt MP	September 2022 – present
	Minister of State for Veterans' Affairs	The Rt Hon Johnny Mercer MP	October 2022 – present
	Minister of State without Portfolio	The Rt Hon Sir Gavin Williamson CBE MP	October 2022 – present
	Minister of State
	Minister of State
	Minister for Women and Equalities	The Rt Hon Kemi Badenoch MP	October 2022 – present
	Parliamentary Secretary (Minister for Equalities)
	Deputy Leader of the House of Lords

Departments of state


Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy	The Rt Hon Grant Shapps MP	October 2022 – present
Minister of State for Climate
Minister of State for Industry
Minister of State for Science and Investment Security	Nus Ghani MP	September 2022 – present
Minister of State	George Freeman	October 2022 – present
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Enterprise and Markets
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Corporate Responsibility


Secretary of State for Defence	The Rt Hon Ben Wallace MP	July 2019 – present
Minister of State for the Armed Forces and Veterans	The Rt Hon James Heappey MP	February 2020 – present
Minister of State	Alex Chalk KC MP	October 2022 – present
Minister of State for Defence
Minister of State for Defence Procurement
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Defence People, Veterans and Service Families


Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport	The Rt Hon Michelle Donelan MP	September 2022 – present
Minister of State for Media, Data, and Digital Infrastructure	Julia Lopez MP	September 2022 – present
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Tech and the Digital Economy
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Sport, Arts and Ceremonials
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Civil Society, Heritage, Tourism and Growth


Secretary of State for Education	Gillian Keegan MP	October 2022 – present
Minister of State	The Rt Hon Robert Halfon MP	October 2022 – present
Minister of State	The Rt Hon Nick Gibb MP	October 2022 – present
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for School Standards
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Skills
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for the School and College System


Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs	The Rt Hon Thérèse Coffey MP	October 2022 – present
Minister of State for Food	The Rt Hon Mark Spencer MP	September 2022 – present
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for International Environment
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Environment
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Growth and Rural Affairs


Minister for Women and Equalities	The Rt Hon Kemi Badenoch MP	October 2022 – present
Minister for Women
Minister for Equalities


Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development	The Rt Hon James Cleverly TD VR MP	September 2022 – present
Minister of State for Development	The Rt Hon Andrew Mitchell MP	October 2022 – present
Minister of State	The Rt Hon Anne-Marie Trevelyan MP	October 2022 – present


Secretary of State for Health and Social Care	The Rt Hon Steve Barclay MP	October 2022 – present
Minister of State	Helen Whately MP	October 2022 – present
Minister of State	Will Quince MP	September 2022 – present
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State


Secretary of State for the Home Department	The Rt Hon Suella Braverman KC MP	October 2022 – present
Minister of State for Security	The Rt Hon Tom Tugendhat MBE VR MP	September 2022 – present
Minister of State for Immigration	The Rt Hon Robert Jenrick MP	October 2022 – present
Minister of State	The Rt Hon Chris Philp MP	October 2022 – present
Minister of State
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Safeguarding


Secretary of State for International Trade President of the Board of Trade	The Rt Hon Kemi Badenoch MP	September 2022 – present
Minister of State for Trade Policy	The Rt Hon Greg Hands MP	October 2022 – present
Minister of State for International Trade
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Exports
Minister of State for Investment


Deputy Prime Minister Secretary of State for Justice Lord Chancellor	The Rt Hon Dominic Raab MP	October 2022 – present
Minister of State
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State


Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities Minister for Intergovernmental Relations	The Rt Hon Michael Gove MP	October 2022 – present
Minister of State	The Rt Hon Lucy Frazer KC MP	October 2022 – present
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State


Secretary of State for Northern Ireland	The Rt Hon Chris Heaton-Harris MP	September 2022 – present
Minister of State for Northern Ireland	Steve Baker MP	September 2022 – present
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Northern Ireland


Secretary of State for Scotland	The Rt Hon Alister Jack DL MP	July 2019 – present
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Scotland
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Scotland


Secretary of State for Transport	The Rt Hon Mark Harper MP	October 2022 – present
Minister of State	The Rt Hon Jesse Norman MP	October 2022 – present
Minister of State
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (also Minister for Women at the Cabinet Office)


Chancellor of the Exchequer Second Lord of the Treasury	The Rt Hon Jeremy Hunt MP	October 2022 – present
Chief Secretary to the Treasury	John Glen MP	October 2022 – present
Financial Secretary to the Treasury and City Minister
Economic Secretary to the Treasury
Exchequer Secretary to the Treasury

Wales Office
	Secretary of State for Wales	David TC Davies MP	October 2022 – present
	Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State


Secretary of State for Work and Pensions	The Rt Hon Mel Stride MP	October 2022 – present
Minister of State for Work and Welfare
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Pensions and Growth
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Disabled People, Health and Work
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Lords

Law officers

Attorney General's Office
	Attorney General for England and Wales	The Hon Victoria Prentis MP	October 2022 – present
	Solicitor General for England and Wales	Michael Tomlinson MP	September 2022 – present

Office of the Advocate General
	Advocate General for Scotland

Parliament


Leader of the House of Lords Lord Keeper of the Privy Seal	The Rt Hon The Lord True CBE PC	September 2022 – present
Leader of the House of Commons Lord President of the Council	The Rt Hon Penny Mordaunt MP	September 2022 – present
Deputy Leader of the House of Lords


Chief Whip of the House of Commons Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasury	The Rt Hon Simon Hart MP	October 2022 – present
Deputy Chief Whip Treasurer of HM Household
Whip Comptroller of HM Household
Whip Vice-Chamberlain of the Household
Whips Lords Commissioners of the Treasury




Assistant Whips


Chief Whip of the House of Lords Captain of the Honourable Corps of Gentlemen-at-Arms	The Rt Hon The Baroness Williams of Trafford PC	September 2022 – present
Deputy Chief Whip Captain of the Yeomen of the Guard
Whips Baronesses and Lords in waiting

Non-ministerial appointments

Parliamentary Private Secretaries

Office or ministerial team	Incumbent	Parliamentary Private Secretary	Tenure
No.10 Downing Street
Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Prime Minister	Rishi Sunak
Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Deputy Prime Minister	Dominic Raab
Cabinet Office
Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster	Oliver Dowden
Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Minister for the Cabinet Office and Paymaster General	Jeremy Quin
Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Minister without Portfolio and Chairman of the Conservative Party	Nadhim Zahawi
Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Cabinet Office
Department for Health and Social Care
Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care	Steve Barclay
Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Department for Health and Social Care
HM Treasury
Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Chancellor of the Exchequer	Jeremy Hunt
Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Chief Secretary to the Treasury	John Glen
Parliamentary Private Secretary to HM Treasury
Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs	James Cleverly
Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Home Office
Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Secretary of State for the Home Department	Suella Braverman
Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Home Office
Ministry of Justice
Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for Justice	Dominic Raab
Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Ministry of Justice
Ministry of Defence
Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Secretary of State for Defence	Ben Wallace
Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Ministry of Defence
Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities and Minister for Intergovernmental Relations	Michael Gove
Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy	Grant Shapps
Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
Department for International Trade
Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Secretary of State for International Trade, President of the Board of Trade and Minister for Equalities	Kemi Badenoch
Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Department for International Trade
Department for Work and Pensions
Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions	Mel Stride
Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Department for Work and Pensions
Department for Education
Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Secretary of State for Education	Gillian Keegan
Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Department for Education
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs	Thérèse Coffey
Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Department for Transport
Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Secretary of State for Transport	Mark Harper
Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Department for Transport
Northern Ireland Office
Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland	Chris Heaton-Harris
Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Northern Ireland Office
Office of the Secretary of State for Scotland
Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Secretary of State for Scotland	Alister Jack
Office of the Secretary of State for Wales
Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Secretary of State for Wales	David TC Davies
Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport	Michelle Donelan
Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
Parliamentary House Leaders
Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Leader of the House of Commons and Lord President of the Council	Penny Mordaunt
Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Leader of the House of Lords and Lord Privy Seal
Attorney General's Office
Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Attorney General for England and Wales and Advocate General for Northern Ireland	Victoria Prentis

Prime Minister's Office

Prime Minister's Office
Principal Private Secretary to the Prime Minister
Downing Street Chief of Staff
Prime Minister's Official Spokesperson
Political Secretary to the Prime Minister
Director of the Number 10 Policy Unit

Party Officers

Party Chairmen
Party Chairman Minister without Portfolio	The Rt Hon Nadhim Zahawi MP	October 2022 – present
Party Deputy Chairman
Party Vice-Chairman for Business
Party Vice-Chairman for Youth
Party Vice-Chairman for Policy

Second Church Estates Commissioner

Commissioner
	Second Church Estates Commissioner	Andrew Selous	January 2020 – present

Notes

References

^ "New Tory leader Rishi Sunak says party facing 'existential threat'". the Guardian. 24 October 2022. Retrieved 24 October 2022.
^ "Sunak officially becomes prime minister after meeting King". BBC News. Retrieved 25 October 2022.
^ "Ministerial Appointments: 25 October 2022". GOV.UK. Retrieved 25 October 2022.

Preceded by Truss ministry	Government of the United Kingdom 2022–present	Incumbent

[1] "New Tory leader Rishi Sunak says party facing 'existential threat'". the Guardian. 24 October 2022. Retrieved 24 October 2022.

[2] "Sunak officially becomes prime minister after meeting King". BBC News. Retrieved 25 October 2022.

[3] "Ministerial Appointments: 25 October 2022". GOV.UK. Retrieved 25 October 2022.

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v t e Sunak Cabinet
Cabinet members	Rishi Sunak Oliver Dowden Jeremy Hunt David Cameron James Cleverly Grant Shapps Alex Chalk Claire Coutinho Michelle Donelan Michael Gove Victoria Atkins Penny Mordaunt The Lord True Kemi Badenoch Steve Barclay Mel Stride Gillian Keegan Mark Harper Lucy Frazer Richard Holden Chris Heaton-Harris Alister Jack David T. C. Davies
Also attended meetings	Simon Hart Laura Trott Victoria Prentis John Glen Esther McVey Tom Tugendhat Andrew Mitchell Johnny Mercer
Departures	Gavin Williamson Nadhim Zahawi Dominic Raab Ben Wallace Suella Braverman Thérèse Coffey Jeremy Quin Robert Jenrick

v t e Rishi Sunak
Leader of the Opposition (2024–present) 57th Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (2022–2024) 18th Leader of the Conservative Party (2022–present) Chancellor of the Exchequer (2020–2022) 33rd Chief Secretary to the Treasury (2019–2020) Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Local Government (2018–2019) MP for Richmond and Northallerton (2024–present) MP for Richmond (Yorks) (2015–2024)
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Electoral history	September 2022 Party leadership election October 2022 Party leadership election 2024 general election
Family	Akshata Murty (wife) N. R. Narayana Murthy (father-in-law) Sudha Murty (mother-in-law)
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