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The Right Honourable Victoria Atkins MP | |
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 Official portrait, 2023 | |
| Secretary of State for Health and Social Care | |
Incumbent | |
| Assumed office 13 November 2023 | |
| Prime Minister | Rishi Sunak |
| Preceded by | Steve Barclay |
| Financial Secretary to the Treasury | |
| In office 27 October 2022 – 13 November 2023 | |
| Prime Minister | Rishi Sunak |
| Preceded by | Andrew Griffith |
| Succeeded by | Nigel Huddleston |
| Minister of State for Prisons and Probation | |
| In office 16 September 2021 – 6 July 2022 | |
| Prime Minister | Boris Johnson |
| Preceded by | Lucy Frazer |
| Succeeded by | Stuart Andrew |
| Minister for Afghan Resettlement | |
| In office 16 September 2021 – 8 March 2022 | |
| Prime Minister | Boris Johnson |
| Preceded by | Richard Harrington[a] |
| Succeeded by | The Lord Harrington of Watford[b] |
| Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Safeguarding | |
| In office 9 November 2017 – 16 September 2021 | |
| Prime Minister |
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| Preceded by | Sarah Newton |
| Succeeded by | Rachel Maclean |
| Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Women | |
| In office 8 January 2018 – 13 February 2020 | |
| Prime Minister | Theresa May Boris Johnson |
| Preceded by | Anne Milton |
| Succeeded by | The Baroness Berridge |
| Member of Parliament for Louth and Horncastle | |
Incumbent | |
| Assumed office 7 May 2015 | |
| Preceded by | Peter Tapsell |
| Majority | 28,868 (55.2%) |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 22 March 1976[1] London, England |
| Political party | Conservative |
| Spouse | Paul Kenward[2] |
| Children | 1[3][4] |
| Parent | Robert Atkins (father) |
| Alma mater | Corpus Christi College, Cambridge Middle Temple |
| Website | victoriaatkins |
Victoria Mary Atkins (born 22 March 1976) is a British politician who has served as Secretary of State for Health and Social Care since November 2023. She previously served as Financial Secretary to the Treasury from October 2022 to November 2023. A member of the Conservative Party, she was elected as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Louth and Horncastle in Lincolnshire in 2015.[5] Prior to her political career, she worked as a barrister specialising in the field of fraud.
Atkins is the daughter of long-time Conservative MP Robert Atkins. She was appointed Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Safeguarding at the Home Office in November 2017 by Prime Minister Theresa May. Following the formation of the first Johnson ministry in July 2019, she remained in her post. On 16 September 2021, during the cabinet reshuffle, Atkins was appointed Minister of State for Prisons and Probation and Minister for Afghan Resettlement, overseeing Operation Pitting before resigning from that position in 2022 during the government crisis.
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- ^ Goodman, Paul (1 May 2015). "Cameron's Children: The next generation of Conservative MPs". ConservativeHome. Archived from the original on 29 April 2021. Retrieved 28 April 2020.
Family: Married to Paul, the Managing Director of a food company and has one son, Monty
- ^ "Louth & Horncastle". Election 2015. BBC News. 7 May 2015. Archived from the original on 1 December 2019. Retrieved 28 April 2020.