Truss ministry

Truss ministry
Truss ministry
2022–present
	Truss holding her first cabinet meeting
Date formed	6 September 2022
People and organisations
Monarch	Elizabeth II ; Charles III
Prime Minister	Liz Truss
Deputy Prime Minister	Thérèse Coffey
Member party	Conservative Party;
Status in legislature	Majority 357 / 650 (55%)
Opposition cabinet	Starmer Shadow Cabinet;
Opposition party	Labour Party;
Opposition leader	Keir Starmer (2020–present);
History
Legislature terms	2019 UK Parliament
Predecessor	Second Johnson ministry

Liz Truss was invited by Queen Elizabeth II—two days before the monarch's death—to replace Boris Johnson as prime minister of the United Kingdom on 6 September 2022. Johnson had resigned as Leader of the Conservative Party on 7 July 2022 and resigned as prime minister on 6 September 2022 following the election of Truss as the new Leader of the Conservative Party on 5 September 2022.^[1] The Truss ministry was formed from the 2019 Parliament of the United Kingdom, as a Conservative majority government.^[2] With the death of Queen Elizabeth II on 8 September 2022, Liz Truss became the first Prime Minister to serve under more than one monarch since Winston Churchill in 1952.

Cabinet

September 2022 – present

Truss Cabinet
Portfolio	Portrait	Minister	Term
Cabinet ministers
Prime Minister First Lord of the Treasury Minister for the Civil Service Minister for the Union		The Rt Hon Liz Truss MP	2022–present
Deputy Prime Minister Secretary of State for Health and Social Care		The Rt Hon Thérèse Coffey MP	2022–present
Chancellor of the Exchequer Second Lord of the Treasury		The Rt Hon Kwasi Kwarteng MP	2022–present
Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs		The Rt Hon James Cleverly TD VR MP	2022–present
Secretary of State for the Home Department		The Rt Hon Suella Braverman KC MP	2022–present
Secretary of State for Justice Lord Chancellor		The Rt Hon Brandon Lewis CBE MP	2022–present
Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster Minister for Intergovernmental Relations Minister for Equalities		The Rt Hon Nadhim Zahawi MP	2022–present
Secretary of State for Defence		The Rt Hon Ben Wallace MP	2019–present
Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities		The Rt Hon Simon Clarke MP	2022–present
Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy		The Rt Hon Jacob Rees-Mogg MP	2022–present
President for COP26		The Rt Hon Alok Sharma MP	2021–present
Secretary of State for International Trade President of the Board of Trade	File:Kemi Badenoch MP (cropped).jpg	Kemi Badenoch MP	2022–present
Secretary of State for Work and Pensions		Chloe Smith MP	2022–present
Secretary of State for Education		The Rt Hon Kit Malthouse MP	2022–present
Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs		Ranil Jayawardena MP	2022–present
Secretary of State for Transport		The Rt Hon Anne-Marie Trevelyan MP	2022–present
Secretary of State for Northern Ireland		The Rt Hon Chris Heaton-Harris MP	2022–present
Secretary of State for Scotland		The Rt Hon Alister Jack MP	2019–present
Secretary of State for Wales		The Rt Hon Sir Robert Buckland KBE KC MP	2022–present
Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport		The Rt Hon Michelle Donelan MP	2022–present
Leader of the House of Lords Lord Keeper of the Privy Seal		The Rt Hon The Lord True CBE	2022–present
Leader of the House of Commons Lord President of the Council		The Rt Hon Penny Mordaunt MP	2022–present
Minister without Portfolio Party Chair		The Rt Hon Jake Berry MP	2022–present
Also attending cabinet meetings
Minister for the Cabinet Office Paymaster General		Edward Argar MP	2022–present
Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasury Chief Whip of the House of Commons		Wendy Morton MP	2022–present
Attorney General for England and Wales Advocate General for Northern Ireland		The Rt Hon Michael Ellis KC MP	2022–present
Chief Secretary to the Treasury		Chris Philp MP	2022–present
Minister of State for Development (Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office)		Vicky Ford MP	2022–present
Minister of State for Security (Home Office)		Tom Tugendhat MBE VR MP	2022–present
Minister of State for the Armed Forces and Veterans (Ministry of Defence)		James Heappey MP	2020–present
Minister of State for Climate (Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy)		Graham Stuart MP	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 Liz Truss MP	September 2022 – present
	Deputy Prime Minister of the United Kingdom	The Rt Hon Thérèse Coffey MP	September 2022 – present
	Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster Minister for Intergovernmental Relations	The Rt Hon Nadhim Zahawi MP	September 2022 – present
	Minister for the Cabinet Office Paymaster General	Edward Argar MP	September 2022 – present
	Leader of the House of Lords Lord Keeper of the Privy Seal	The Rt Hon The Lord True CBE	September 2022 – present
	Minister without Portfolio	The Rt Hon Jake Berry MP	September 2022 – present
	Leader of the House of Commons Lord President of the Council	The Rt Hon Penny Mordaunt MP	September 2022 – present
	President for COP26^{[note 1]}	The Rt Hon Alok Sharma MP	September 2022 – present
	Minister of State
	Parliamentary Secretary	Brendan Clarke-Smith	September 2022 – present

Departments of state


Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy	The Rt Hon Jacob Rees-Mogg MP	September 2022 – present
Minister of State for Climate	Graham Stuart MP	September 2022 – present
Minister of State	Jackie Doyle-Price MP	September 2022 – present
Minister of State	Nus Ghani MP	September 2022 – present
Minister of State


Secretary of State for Defence	The Rt Hon Ben Wallace MP	July 2019 – present
Minister of State for the Armed Forces and Veterans	James Heappey MP	February 2020 – present
Minister of State	Alec Shelbrooke MP	September 2022 – present
Minister of State


Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport	The Rt Hon Michelle Donelan MP	September 2022 – present
Minister of State	Julia Lopez MP	September 2022 – present
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State	Damian Collins MP	July 2022 – present
Minister of State


Secretary of State for Education	The Rt Hon Kit Malthouse MP	September 2022 – present
Minister of State	Kelly Tolhurst MP	September 2022 – present
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State	Andrea Jenkyns MP	July 2022 – present
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State	Trudy Harrison MP	September 2022 – present
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Minister for the School System)


Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs	Ranil Jayawardena MP	September 2022 – present
Minister of State	The Rt Hon Mark Spencer MP	September 2022 – present
Minister of State


Minister for Equalities	The Rt Hon Nadhim Zahawi MP	September 2022 – present
Minister of State for Equalities
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Women


Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs	The Rt Hon James Cleverly MP	September 2022 – present
Minister of State for Development	Vicky Ford MP	September 2022 – present
Minister of State	The Rt Hon Jesse Norman MP	September 2022 – present
Minister of State	Leo Docherty MP	September 2022 – present
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State	Gillian Keegan MP	September 2022 – present
Minister of State


Secretary of State for Health and Social Care	The Rt Hon Dr Thérèse Coffey MP	September 2022 – present
Minister of State	The Rt Hon Robert Jenrick MP	September 2022 – present
Minister of State	Will Quince MP	September 2022 – present
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State	Neil O'Brien OBE MP	September 2022 – present
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State	Dr Caroline Johnson MP	September 2022 – present
Minister of State


Secretary of State for the Home Department	The Rt Hon Suella Braverman KC MP	September 2022 – present
Minister of State for Security	Tom Tugendhat MBE MP	September 2022 – present
Minister of State	Tom Pursglove MP	September 2022 – present
Minister of State	Jeremy Quin MP	September 2022 – present
Minister of State


Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities	The Rt Hon Simon Clarke MP	September 2022 – present
Minister for London	Paul Scully MP	February 2020 – present
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State	Dehenna Davison MP	September 2022 – present
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State	Lee Rowley MP	September 2022 – present
Minister of State


Secretary of State for International Trade President of the Board of Trade	Kemi Badenoch MP	September 2022 – present
Minister of State	The Rt Hon Conor Burns MP	September 2022 – present
Minister of State	James Duddridge MP	September 2022 – present
Minister of State


Secretary of State for Justice Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain	The Rt Hon Brandon Lewis MP	September 2022 – present
Advocate General for Scotland Spokesperson for the Lords
Minister of State	Rachel Maclean MP	September 2022 – present


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 MP	September 2022 – present
Minister for Scotland
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Scotland


Secretary of State for Transport	The Rt Hon Anne-Marie Trevelyan MP	September 2022 – present
Minister of State	Kevin Foster MP	September 2022 – present
Minister of State	The Rt Hon Lucy Frazer KC MP	September 2022 – present
Minister of State


Chancellor of the Exchequer Second Lord of the Treasury	The Rt Hon Kwasi Kwarteng MP	September 2022 – present
Chief Secretary to the Treasury	Chris Philp MP	September 2022 – present
Financial Secretary to the Treasury	Andrew Griffith MP	September 2022 – present
Economic Secretary to the Treasury	Richard Fuller MP	July 2022 – present
Exchequer Secretary to the Treasury	Felicity Buchan MP	September 2022 – present

Wales Office
	Secretary of State for Wales	The Rt Hon Sir Robert Buckland MP	September 2022 – present
	Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State	David TC Davies MP	December 2019 – present


Secretary of State for Work and Pensions	Chloe Smith MP	September 2022 – present
Minister of State	The Hon Victoria Prentis MP	September 2022 – present
Minister of State

Law officers

Attorney General's Office
	Attorney General for England and Wales	The Rt Hon Michael Ellis KC MP	September 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	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
Deputy Leader of the House of Commons


Chief Whip of the House of Commons Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasury	Wendy Morton MP	September 2022 – present
Deputy Chief Whip Treasurer of HM Household	Craig Whittaker MP	September 2022 – present
Whip Comptroller of HM Household	Rebecca Harris MP	July 2022 – present
Whip Vice-Chamberlain of the Household	Jo Churchill MP	September 2022 – present
Whips Lords Commissioners of the Treasury	The Rt Hon Sir David Evennett MP	September 2022 – present




Assistant Whips	Joy Morrissey MP	July 2022 – present
	Stuart Anderson MP	July 2022 – present


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	Tenure
No.10 Downing Street
Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Prime Minister	Liz Truss	September 2022 – present
Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Prime Minister	Liz Truss	September 2022 – present
Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Deputy Prime Minister	Thérèse Coffey	September 2022 – present
Cabinet Office
Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, Minister for Intergovernmental Relations and Minister for Equalities	Nadhim Zahawi	September 2022 – present
Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Minister for the Cabinet Office and Paymaster General	Edward Argar	September 2022 – present
Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Minister without Portfolio	Jake Berry	September 2022 – present
Parliamentary Private Secretary to the President for COP26	Alok Sharma	September 2022 – present
Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Cabinet Office		September 2022 – present
Department for Health and Social Care
Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care	Thérèse Coffey	September 2022 – present
Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Department for Health and Social Care		September 2022 – present
HM Treasury
Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Chancellor of the Exchequer	Kwasi Kwarteng	September 2022 – present
Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Chief Secretary to the Treasury	Chris Philp	September 2022 – present
Parliamentary Private Secretary to HM Tresaury		September 2022 – present
Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs	James Cleverly	September 2022 – present
Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office		September 2022 – present
Home Office
Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Secretary of State for the Home Department	Suella Braverman	September 2022 – present
Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Home Office		September 2022 – present
Ministry of Justice
Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for Justice	Brandon Lewis	September 2022 – present
Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Ministry of Justice		September 2022 – present
Ministry of Defence
Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Secretary of State for Defence	Ben Wallace	September 2022 – present
Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Ministry of Defence		September 2022 – present
Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities	Simon Clarke	September 2022 – present
Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities		September 2022 – present
Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy	Jacob Rees-Mogg	September 2022 – present
Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy		September 2022 – present
Department for International Trade
Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Secretary of State for International Trade and President of the Board of Trade	Kemi Badenoch	September 2022 – present
Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Department for International Trade		September 2022 – present
Department for Work and Pensions
Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions	Chloe Smith	September 2022 – present
Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Department for Work and Pensions		September 2022 – present
Department for Education
Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Secretary of State for Education	Kit Malthouse	September 2022 – present
Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Department for Education		September 2022 – present
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs	Ranil Jayawardena	September 2022 – present
Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs		September 2022 – present
Department for Transport
Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Secretary of State for Transport	Anne-Marie Trevelyan	September 2022 – present
Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Department for Transport		September 2022 – present
Northern Ireland Office
Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland	Chris Heaton-Harris	September 2022 – present
Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Northern Ireland Office		September 2022 – present
Office of the Secretary of State for Scotland
Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Secretary of State for Scotland	Alister Jack	September 2022 – present
Office of the Secretary of State for Wales
Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Secretary of State for Wales	Robert Buckland	September 2022 – present
Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport	Michelle Donelan	September 2022 – present
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	September 2022 – present
Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Leader of the House of Lords and Lord Privy Seal	the Lord True	September 2022 – present
Attorney General's Office
Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Attorney General for England and Wales and Advocate General for Northern Ireland	Michael Ellis	September 2022 – present

Downing Street

The following appointments were made to the Prime Minister's Office:

Nick Catsaras as Principal Private Secretary^[4]
Mark Fullbrook as Downing Street Chief of Staff^[5]
Sophie Jarvis as Political Secretary^[6]
Jamie Hope as Director of the Number 10 Policy Unit^[7]

Party Officers

Party Chairmen
	Party Chairman Minister without Portfolio	The Rt Hon Jake Berry MP	September 2022 – present
	Party Vice-Chair

Second Church Estates Commissioner

Party Chairs
	Second Church Estates Commisisoner	Andrew Selous MP	January 2020 – present

Notes

^ Formally a Minister of State at the Cabinet Office.^[3]

References

^ "Chris Mason: No honeymoon period for next PM Liz Truss". BBC News. 5 September 2022. Retrieved 5 September 2022.
^ "Liz Truss to appoint cabinet of loyalists as she becomes UK's next PM". The Guardian. 5 September 2022. Retrieved 5 September 2022.
^ Cabinet Office FOI Team (26 April 2021). "FOI Request:Salary of COP26 President". WhatDoTheyKnow. Archived from the original on 27 April 2021. Retrieved 26 April 2021.
^ Dickson, Annabelle. "Welcome to Trussworld: Meet the new-look team in 10 Downing Street". POLITICO. POLITICO. Retrieved 10 September 2022.
^ "New PM installs close allies in top cabinet jobs". Financial Times. 6 September 2022. Retrieved 6 September 2022.
^ "New PM installs close allies in top cabinet jobs". Financial Times. 6 September 2022. Retrieved 6 September 2022.
^ "New PM installs close allies in top cabinet jobs". Financial Times. 6 September 2022. Retrieved 6 September 2022.

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

[cop-4] Formally a Minister of State at the Cabinet Office.^[3]

[1] "Chris Mason: No honeymoon period for next PM Liz Truss". BBC News. 5 September 2022. Retrieved 5 September 2022.

[2] "Liz Truss to appoint cabinet of loyalists as she becomes UK's next PM". The Guardian. 5 September 2022. Retrieved 5 September 2022.

[3] Cabinet Office FOI Team (26 April 2021). "FOI Request:Salary of COP26 President". WhatDoTheyKnow. Archived from the original on 27 April 2021. Retrieved 26 April 2021.

[5] Dickson, Annabelle. "Welcome to Trussworld: Meet the new-look team in 10 Downing Street". POLITICO. POLITICO. Retrieved 10 September 2022.

[:0-6] "New PM installs close allies in top cabinet jobs". Financial Times. 6 September 2022. Retrieved 6 September 2022.

[7] "New PM installs close allies in top cabinet jobs". Financial Times. 6 September 2022. Retrieved 6 September 2022.

[:1-8] "New PM installs close allies in top cabinet jobs". Financial Times. 6 September 2022. Retrieved 6 September 2022.

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v t e Truss Cabinet
Cabinet members	Liz Truss Thérèse Coffey Jeremy Hunt James Cleverly Grant Shapps Brandon Lewis Nadhim Zahawi Ben Wallace Simon Clarke Jacob Rees-Mogg Kemi Badenoch Chloe Smith Kit Malthouse Ranil Jayawardena Anne-Marie Trevelyan Chris Heaton-Harris Alister Jack Sir Robert Buckland The Lord True Michelle Donelan Penny Mordaunt Sir Jake Berry
Also attended meetings	Edward Argar Wendy Morton Chris Philp Michael Ellis Vicky Ford Tom Tugendhat James Heappey Graham Stuart
Departures	Kwasi Kwarteng Suella Braverman

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