Senior ministerial position in the Government of the United Kingdom
United Kingdom Minister of State for Security
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Incumbent Tom Tugendhat since 6 September 2022 (2022-09-06)
Home Office
Style
Security Minister (informal) The Right Honourable (within the UK and Commonwealth)
Type
Minister of the Crown
Status
Minister of State
Member of
Cabinet (attending)
Privy Council
National Security Council
Reports to
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
Home Secretary
Seat
Westminster
Nominator
Prime Minister
Appointer
The Monarch (on the advice of the Prime Minister)
Term length
At His Majesty's pleasure
Formation
29 May 2002 as Minister of State for Citizenship, Immigration and Counter Terrorism
7 July 2022 as Minister of State for Security
First holder
Beverley Hughes as Minister of State for Citizenship, Immigration and Counter Terrorism
Salary
£115,824 per annum (2022)[1] (including £86,584 MP salary)[2]
Website
gov.uk
The minister of state for security is a senior ministerial position in the government of the United Kingdom, falling under the Home Office. The post was created by then-Prime Minister Gordon Brown on 3 June 2009 by splitting the now-defunct post of the minister for security, counter-terrorism, crime and policing between this post (then called Minister for Security and Counter-Terrorism) and the new post of Minister for Crime and Policing.
The current incumbent is Tom Tugendhat, appointed by Liz Truss in 2022. He previously served as Chair of the Foreign Affairs Select Committee from 2017 to 2022. Tugendhat continued in his post under the Sunak ministry that succeeded the short-lived Truss ministry.
In a cabinet reshuffle on 15 September 2021, the ministerial title changed to Minister of State for Security and Borders.[3]
The post is generally seen as one of the most senior Minister of State positions, and as such its holder is often invited to attend cabinet meetings.
The office is shadowed by the Shadow Minister for Security who sits on the Official Opposition frontbench.[4]
^"Salaries of Members of His Majesty's Government – Financial Year 2022–23" (PDF). 15 December 2022.
^"Pay and expenses for MPs". parliament.uk. Retrieved 15 December 2022.
^"Ministerial appointments: September 2021". GOV.UK. 16 September 2021. Retrieved 17 September 2021.
^Belger, Tom (2023-09-05). "Labour reshuffle: Starmer unveils six new shadow ministers of state". LabourList. Retrieved 2023-09-06.
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