Minister of State for Development explained

Post:
Minister of State for
Development
Insignia:Royal Coat of Arms of the United Kingdom (HM Government) (2022).svg
Insigniacaption:Royal Arms of His Majesty's Government
Department:Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Incumbent:Anneliese Dodds
Incumbentsince:8 July 2024
Status:Minister of the Crown
Seat:Westminster
Nominator:The Prime Minister
Appointer:The Monarch
Reports To:Prime Minister
Foreign Secretary
Termlength:At His Majesty's pleasure
First:Barbara Castle
Formation:
  • 18 October 1964:
  • 25 October 2022:

The minister of state for development, formerly the minister of state for development and Africa[1] and the secretary of state for international development, is a senior minister of the Crown within the Government of the United Kingdom.

The officeholder headed the Department for International Development (DFID) as secretary of state from 1997 to 2020. The office formed part of the British Cabinet. The Department for International Development was abolished in September 2020, and Anne-Marie Trevelyan was the final holder of the post.

The post was made a ministerial position attending Cabinet in the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office in 2022. The corresponding shadow minister is the shadow cabinet minister for international development.

History

A separate Ministry of Overseas Development was established by Harold Wilson when he came to office in 1964. The first three holders of the office served in the Cabinet, but from 29 August 1967 the office was demoted. Under Edward Heath, the Ministry was re-incorporated into the FCO on 15 October 1970. Wilson again established the Ministry in 1974, but later merged it into the FCO once again: from 10 June 1975 to 8 October 1979 the foreign secretary served as Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs and Minister for Overseas Development in the cabinet, while the minister for overseas development held the rank of Minister of State within the Foreign and Commonwealth Office. The minister of state had day-to-day responsibility. Under the Labour government of the 1970s, Reg Prentice sat in the Cabinet during his term.[2] The post's last and main format was created in 1997 when the Department for International Development was made independent of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO).

In June 2020, it was announced the Department for International Development would be dissolved, and its operations would be merged into the Foreign and Commonwealth Office. The process was completed by 2 September 2020, with the last international development secretary Anne-Marie Trevelyan remaining in place until that time.[3]

In 2022, the position was revised in the as a minister of state attending Cabinet during the Truss ministry.[4] From 2022 to 2024 under the Sunak ministry, the position was combined with responsibility for Africa as the Minister of State for Development and Africa.[5]

Responsibilities

The Minister’s responsibilities include:[6]

List of ministers and secretaries of state

MinisterTerm of officePartyMinistry

Ministers of Overseas Development (1964–1970)

Barbara Castle18 October 196423 December 1965LabourWilson
Anthony Greenwood23 December 196511 August 1966Labour
Arthur Bottomley11 August 196629 August 1967Labour
Reginald Prentice29 August 19676 October 1969Labour
Judith Hart6 October 196919 June 1970Labour
Richard Wood23 June 197015 October 1970ConservativeHeath

Ministers for Overseas Development (1970–1997)

Richard Wood15 October 19704 March 1974ConservativeHeath
Judith Hart7 March 197410 June 1975LabourWilson
Reginald Prentice10 June 197521 December 1976
(resigned)		Labour
Callaghan
Frank Judd21 December 197621 February 1977Labour
Judith Hart21 February 19774 May 1979Labour
Neil Marten6 May 19796 January 1983ConservativeThatcher
Timothy Raison6 January 198310 September 1986Conservative
Chris Patten10 September 198624 July 1989Conservative
Lynda Chalker
24 July 19892 May 1997Conservative
Major

Secretaries of State for International Development (1997–2020)

Clare Short3 May 199712 May 2003LabourBlair
Valerie Amos, Baroness Amos12 May 20036 October 2003Labour
Hilary Benn6 October 200328 June 2007Labour
Douglas Alexander28 June 200711 May 2010LabourBrown
Andrew Mitchell12 May 20104 September 2012ConservativeCameron-Clegg
Justine Greening4 September 201214 July 2016Conservative
Cameron
Priti Patel14 July 20168 November 2017ConservativeMay
May
Penny Mordaunt9 November 20171 May 2019Conservative
Rory Stewart1 May 201924 July 2019Conservative
Alok Sharma24 July 201913 February 2020ConservativeJohnson
Johnson
Anne-Marie Trevelyan13 February 20202 September 2020Conservative
Vacant6 September 2022Conservative

Minister of State for Development (2022)

Vicky Ford6 September 202225 October 2022ConservativeTruss

Minister of State for Development and Africa (2022–2024)

Andrew Mitchell25 October 20225 July 2024ConservativeSunak

Minister of State for Development

Anneliese Dodds8 July 2024IncumbentLabourStarmer

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Minister of State (Development and Africa) - GOV.UK . 2022-11-07 . www.gov.uk . en.
  2. Web site: Archived copy . 2010-11-16 . dead . http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20101011133338/http%3A//www.dfid.gov.uk/About%2DDFID/History1/ . 11 October 2010 .
  3. News: Department for International Development to merge with Foreign Office. ITV News. 16 June 2020. 2 September 2020.
  4. Web site: Wells . Ione . New cabinet: Who is in Liz Truss's top team? . bbc.com . BBC News . 28 July 2024.
  5. Web site: Minister of State (Development and Africa) . gov.uk . 28 July 2024.
  6. Web site: Minister of State for Development . GOV.UK . 27 July 2024.

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