Minister for Security

Minister for Security
Arms of Her Majesty's Government
Incumbent Ben Wallace since 17 July 2016 (2016-07-17)
Home Office
Appointer	Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
Inaugural holder	Admiral Lord West
Formation	12 May 2010
Website	www.homeoffice.gov.uk

The Minister for Security is a junior ministerial position in the Home Office. The post was created by Labour 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 postholder is Ben Wallace MP.

The previous Security Minister, Lady Neville-Jones, resigned in May 2011 to be replaced as Minister of State at the Home Office by Lady Browning, while her brief at the Home Office for Security was taken on by James Brokenshire but only as a Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State.^[1]

Following the resignation on 8 February 2014 of the Minister of State for Immigration, Mark Harper, the position was temporarily merged with that of Minister for Security. James Brokenshire assumed the enlarged role of Minister for Security and Immigration. The two posts were divided again on 8 May 2015.

Ministers

	Term of office		Political party		Home Sec.
Beverley Hughes (Citizenship, Immigration and Counter Terrorism)^[2]	29 May 2002	1 April 2004	Labour	Blair	Blunkett
Hazel Blears (Crime Reduction, Policing, Community Safety and Counter-Terrorism)^[3]	13 June 2003	6 May 2005	Labour		Blunkett
Hazel Blears (Policing, Security and Community Safety)^[3]	6 May 2005	5 May 2006	Labour		Clarke
Tony McNulty (Security, Counter-Terrorism, Crime and Policing)	5 May 2006	3 October 2008	Labour		Reid
	5 May 2006	3 October 2008	Labour	Brown	Smith
Vernon Coaker (Policing, Crime and Security)^[4]	3 October 2008	3 June 2009	Labour		Smith
David Hanson (Security, Counter-Terrorism, Crime and Policing)	10 June 2009	11 May 2010	Labour		Johnson
Admiral Lord West (Security and Counter-Terrorism)	28 June 2007	12 May 2010	Labour		Johnson
Lady Neville-Jones (Security and Counter-Terrorism)^[5]^[6]	12 May 2010	9 May 2011	Conservative	Cameron	May
James Brokenshire^[7] (Crime and Security, Security and Immigration)^[1]	9 May 2011	8 February 2014	Conservative
Office not in use - unknown	8 February 2014	8 May 2015	Conservative
John Hayes (Security)	8 May 2015	15 July 2016	Conservative
Ben Wallace (Security)	17 July 2016	Incumbent	Conservative	May	Rudd

References

1 2 Home Office: Our Ministers
↑ "Baroness Hughes of Stretford - Parliamentary Career".
1 2 "Hazel Blears - Parliamentary Career".
↑ "Vernon Coaker - Parliamentary Career".
↑ http://www.homeoffice.gov.uk/about-us/our-organisation/ministers/pauline-neville-jones/
↑ Page 40
↑ Johnson, Wesley (12 May 2011). "James Brokenshire takes on security role". Independent. Retrieved 12 May 2011.

Home Office

Headquarters: 2 Marsham Street Home Secretary: Amber Rudd

Ministers	Minister of State for Policing and the Fire Service Minister of State for Security Minister of State for Immigration two Parliamentary Under-Secretaries of State

Divisions	Border Force HM Passport Office Immigration Enforcement National DNA Database UK Visas and Immigration

Non-departmental public bodies	Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs Animals in Science Committee Disclosure and Barring Service Gangmasters Licensing Authority Independent Police Complaints Commission Investigatory Powers Tribunal National DNA Database Ethics Group Office of the Immigration Services Commissioner Security Industry Authority

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