| Incumbent: | September–October 2022 |
| Date Formed: | 6 September 2022 |
| Date Dissolved: | 25 October 2022 |
| Government Head Title: | Prime Minister |
| Government Head: | Liz Truss |
| Deputy Government Head: | Thérèse Coffey |
| State Head Title: | Monarch |
| Former Members Resigned: | 3 |
| Political Party: | Conservative Party |
| Legislature Term: | 2019–2024 |
| Budget: | September 2022 mini budget |
| Opposition Cabinet: | Starmer Shadow Cabinet |
| Opposition Party: | Labour Party |
| Opposition Leader: | Keir Starmer |
| Previous: | Second Johnson ministry |
| Successor: | Sunak ministry |
| Jurisdiction: | United Kingdom |
The Truss ministry began on 6 September 2022 when Liz Truss was invited by Queen Elizabeth II—two days before the monarch's death—to succeed Boris Johnson as prime minister of the United Kingdom. Johnson resigned as leader of the Conservative Party the previous day after Truss was elected as his successor.[1] The Truss ministry was formed from the 2019 Parliament of the United Kingdom, as a Conservative majority government.[2]
On 20 October 2022, amid growing disapproval of her leadership from within the Conservative Party, Truss announced her resignation, making her tenure the shortest in the history of the United Kingdom. She resigned as Conservative Party leader on 24 October and as prime minister on 25 October. The cabinet was dissolved following the appointment of Rishi Sunak as prime minister on 25 October.[3] [4]
| width=225 | Minister in the House of Commons | width=225 | Minister in the House of Lords | ||
| Cabinet ministers and ministers that attend cabinet are listed in bold | |||||
| Cabinet Office | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Post | Minister | Term | ||
| Liz Truss | September 2022October 2022 | |||
| Nadhim Zahawi | September 2022October 2022 | |||
| Edward Argar | SeptemberOctober 2022 | |||
| Chris Philp | October 2022 | |||
| Minister without Portfolio Party Chairman | Sir Jake Berry | September 2022October 2022 | ||
| President for COP26 | Alok Sharma | February 2020November 2022 | ||
| Minister of State | September 2022July 2024 | |||
| Minister of State | October 2022 | |||
| Parliamentary Secretary | September 2022October 2022 | |||
| Minister for Women | September 2022October 2022 | |||
| Parliamentary Secretary (Minister for Equalities) | September 2022October 2022 | |||
| Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy | Jacob Rees-Mogg | September 2022October 2022 | ||
| Graham Stuart | September 2022July 2024 | |||
| Minister of State for Industry | September 2022October 2022 | |||
| Minister of State for Science and Investment Security | September 2022July 2024 | |||
| Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Enterprise and Markets | September 2022October 2022 | |||
| Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Corporate Responsibility | The Lord Callanan | February 2020July 2024 | ||
| Defence | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Secretary of State for Defence | Ben Wallace | July 2019August 2023 | ||
| Minister of State for the Armed Forces and Veterans | James Heappey | February 2020July 2024 | ||
| Minister of State for Defence | July 2019July 2024 | |||
| Minister of State for Defence Procurement | September 2022October 2022 | |||
| Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Defence People, Veterans and Service Families | September 2022October 2022 | |||
| Digital, Culture, Media and Sport | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport | Michelle Donelan | September 2022February 2023 | ||
| Minister of State for Media, Data, and Digital Infrastructure | September 2022July 2024 | |||
| Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Tech and the Digital Economy | July 2022October 2022 | |||
| Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Sport, Arts and Ceremonials | September 2022July 2024 | |||
| Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Civil Society, Heritage, Tourism and Growth | The Lord Kamall | September 2022October 2022 | ||
| Education | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Secretary of State for Education | Kit Malthouse | September 2022October 2022 | ||
| Minister of State for Schools and Childhood | September 2022October 2022 | |||
| Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for School Standards | September 2022October 2022 | |||
| Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Skills | July 2022October 2022 | |||
| Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for the School and College System | September 2021July 2024 | |||
| Environment, Food and Rural Affairs | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs | Ranil Jayawardena | September 2022October 2022 | ||
| Minister of State for Food | September 2022July 2024 | |||
| Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Environment | September 2022July 2024 | |||
| Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Growth and Rural Affairs | September 2022October 2022 | |||
| Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for International Environment | May 2021 October 2022 | |||
| Equalities Office | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minister for Equalities | Nadhim Zahawi | September 2022October 2022 | ||
| Minister for Women | September 2022October 2022 | |||
| Parliamentary Secretary (Minister for Equalities) | September 2022October 2022 | |||
| Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| James Cleverly | September 2022July 2024 | |||
| Minister of State for Development | Vicky Ford | September 2022October 2022 | ||
| Minister of State for Europe | September 2022July 2024 | |||
| Minister of State for the Americas and the Overseas Territories | September 2022October 2022 | |||
| Minister of State for the Middle East, South Asia and the United Nations | The Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon | June 2017July 2024 | ||
| Minister of State for Asia, Energy, Climate and Environment | September 2022July 2024 | |||
| Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Africa | September 2022October 2022 | |||
| Health and Social Care | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Deputy Prime Minister Secretary of State for Health and Social Care | Dr Thérèse Coffey | September 2022October 2022 | ||
| Minister of State | September 2022October 2022 | |||
| Minister of State | September 2022July 2024 | |||
| Parliamentary Under Secretary of State | September 2022July 2024 | |||
| Parliamentary Under Secretary of State | September 2022October 2022 | |||
| Parliamentary Under Secretary of State | September 2022July 2024 | |||
| Home Office | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Secretary of State for the Home Department | Suella Braverman | September 2022October 2022 | ||
| Grant Shapps | October 2022 | |||
| Minister of State for Security | Tom Tugendhat | September 2022July 2024 | ||
| Minister of State for Immigration | September 2022October 2022 | |||
| Minister of State for Crime, Policing and Fire | September 2022October 2022 | |||
| Minister of State | The Lord Murray of Blidworth | October 2022 | ||
| Parliamentary Under Secretary of State | September 2022 – July 2024 | |||
| Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Safeguarding | September 2022October 2022 | |||
| International Trade | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kemi Badenoch | September 2022February 2023 | |||
| September 2022July 2024 | ||||
| Minister of State for Trade Policy | September 2022October 2022 | |||
| October 2022 – February 2023 | ||||
| Minister of State for International Trade | September 2022October 2022 | |||
| Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Exports | September 2022October 2022 | |||
| Minister of State for Investment | October 2022 | |||
| Justice | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brandon Lewis | September 2022October 2022 | |||
| Minister of State | September 2022October 2022 | |||
| Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State | The Lord Bellamy (unpaid) | June 2022July 2024 | ||
| Parliamentary Under Secretary of State | September 2022October 2022 | |||
| Parliamentary Under Secretary of State | September 2022July 2024 | |||
| Parliamentary Under Secretary of State | September 2022October 2022 | |||
| Levelling Up, Housing and Communities | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities | Simon Clarke | September 2022October 2022 | ||
| Minister for Local Government and Building Safety, Minister for London | February 2020October 2022 | |||
| Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Housing and Communities | September 2022October 2022 | |||
| Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Levelling Up | September 2022July 2024 | |||
| Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Housing | September 2022October 2022 | |||
| Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Communities | September 2022July 2024 | |||
| Northern Ireland Office | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Secretary of State for Northern Ireland | Chris Heaton-Harris | September 2022July 2024 | ||
| Minister of State for Northern Ireland | September 2022July 2024 | |||
| Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Northern Ireland | November 2021July 2024 | |||
| Scotland Office | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Secretary of State for Scotland | Alister Jack | July 2019July 2024 | ||
| Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Scotland | September 2022October 2022 | |||
| Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Scotland | October 2021 – July 2024 | |||
| Transport | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Secretary of State for Transport | Anne-Marie Trevelyan | September 2022October 2022 | ||
| Minister of State | September 2022October 2022 | |||
| Minister of State | September 2022October 2022 | |||
| Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State | The Baroness Vere of Norbiton | April 2019July 2024 | ||
| Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (also Minister for Women at the Cabinet Office) | September 2022October 2022 | |||
| Treasury | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kwasi Kwarteng | September 2022October 2022 | |||
| Jeremy Hunt | October 2022July 2024 | |||
| Chief Secretary to the Treasury | Chris Philp | September 2022October 2022 | ||
| Edward Argar | October 2022 | |||
| Financial Secretary to the Treasury and City Minister | September 2022October 2022 | |||
| Economic Secretary to the Treasury | July 2022 – October 2022 | |||
| Exchequer Secretary to the Treasury | September 2022 – October 2022 | |||
| Wales Office | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Secretary of State for Wales | Sir Robert Buckland | July 2022October 2022 | ||
| Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State | December 2019October 2022 | |||
| Work and Pensions | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Secretary of State for Work and Pensions | Chloe Smith | September 2022October 2022 | ||
| Minister of State for Work and Welfare | September 2022October 2022 | |||
| Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Pensions and Growth | September 2022October 2022 | |||
| Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Disabled People, Health and Work | September 2022October 2022 | |||
| Parliamentary Under Secretary of State | September 2022January 2023 | |||
| Attorney General's Office | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Attorney General for England and Wales | Michael Ellis | September 2022October 2022 | ||
| Solicitor General for England and Wales | September 2022July 2024 | |||
| House Leaders | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Lord True | September 2022July 2024 | |||
| Penny Mordaunt | September 2022July 2024 | |||
| May 2015July 2024 | ||||
| House of Commons Whips | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Wendy Morton | September 2022October 2022 | ||
| September 2022October 2022 | |||
| July 2022July 2024 | |||
| September 2022July 2024 | |||
| September 2022October 2022 | |||
| September 2022July 2024 | |||
| September 2022October 2022 | |||
| September 2022October 2022 | |||
| September 2022July 2024 | |||
| Assistant Whips | July 2022July 2024 | ||
| July 2022July 2024 | |||
| September 2022October 2022 | |||
| September 2022October 2022 | |||
| September 2022October 2022 | |||
| September 2022July 2024 | |||
| September 2022October 2022 | |||
| House of Lords Whips | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| September 2022July 2024 | |||
| The Earl of Courtown | July 2016July 2024 | ||
| The Baroness Bloomfield of Hinton Waldrist | July 2019July 2024 | ||
| The Viscount Younger of Leckie | February 2020January 2023 | ||
| The Lord Harlech | September 2022July 2024 | ||
| The Lord Davies of Gower | September 2022July 2024 | ||
There were resignations from the Truss ministry after forming a government on 6 September 2022. Truss faced the departure of two cabinet ministers and one junior minister. In addition, she dismissed ministers that served under the previous government.[11]
| Minister | Office | Date of resignation | Reason | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rt Hon Conor Burns MP | Minister of State for Trade Policy | 7 October 2022 | Dismissed from the government and whip suspended 'following a complaint of serious misconduct' while Burns attended 2022 Conservative Party Conference.[12] | ||
| Rt Hon Kwasi Kwarteng MP | Chancellor of the Exchequer | 14 October 2022 | Dismissed from the government over the financial situation and the aftermath of the mini-budget.[13] | ||
| Rt Hon Suella Braverman MP | Home Secretary | 19 October 2022 | Sent highly sensitive information to a fellow Conservative MP who was not authorised to see it, from her personal email address.[14] | ||
| Office or ministerial team | Incumbent | Parliamentary Private Secretary | Tenure | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| No.10 Downing Street | ||||
| Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Prime Minister | Liz Truss | Suzanne Webb | September 2022October 2022 | |
| Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Deputy Prime Minister | Thérèse Coffey | Fay Jones | September 2022October 2022 | |
| Cabinet Office | ||||
| Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, Minister for Intergovernmental Relations and Minister for Equalities | Nadhim Zahawi | Laura Trott | September 2022October 2022 | |
| Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Minister for the Cabinet Office and Paymaster General | Chris Philp | |||
| Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Minister without Portfolio and Chairman of the Conservative Party | Sir Jake Berry | Ben Spencer | September 2022July 2024 | |
| Parliamentary Private Secretary to the President for COP26 | Alok Sharma | Anthony Mangnall | September 2022October 2022 | |
| Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Cabinet Office | Peter Gibson | September 2022October 2022 | ||
| Department for Health and Social Care | ||||
| Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care | Thérèse Coffey | James Sunderland | September 2022October 2022 | |
| Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Department for Health and Social Care | Duncan Baker | September 2022July 2024 | ||
| HM Treasury | ||||
| Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Chancellor of the Exchequer | Jeremy Hunt | Mark Fletcher | September 2022October 2022 | |
| Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Chief Secretary to the Treasury | Edward Argar | James Davies | September 2022October 2022 | |
| Parliamentary Private Secretary to HM Tresaury | Paul Howell | September 2022July 2024 | ||
| Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office | ||||
| Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs | James Cleverly | Gagan Mohindra | September 2022July 2024 | |
| Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office | Cherilyn Mackrory | September 2022July 2024 | ||
| Home Office | ||||
| Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Secretary of State for the Home Department | Grant Shapps | Gareth Davies | September 2022October 2022 | |
| Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Home Office | Shaun Bailey | September 2022July 2024 | ||
| Ministry of Justice | ||||
| Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for Justice | Brandon Lewis | Aaron Bell | September 2022October 2022 | |
| Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Ministry of Justice | Gareth Bacon | September 2022October 2022 | ||
| Ministry of Defence | ||||
| Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Secretary of State for Defence | Ben Wallace | Ian Levy | September 2022July 2024 | |
| Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Ministry of Defence | Mark Eastwood | September 2022July 2024 | ||
| Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities | ||||
| Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities | Simon Clarke | Jason McCartney | September 2022October 2022 | |
| Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities | Simon Jupp | September 2022October 2022 | ||
| Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy | ||||
| Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy | Jacob Rees-Mogg | Luke Evans | September 2022July 2024 | |
| Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy | Jane Stevenson | September 2022July 2024 | ||
| Department for International Trade | ||||
| Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Secretary of State for International Trade and President of the Board of Trade | Kemi Badenoch | Richard Holden | September 2022October 2022 | |
| Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Department for International Trade | Anna Firth | September 2022October 2022 | ||
| Department for Work and Pensions | ||||
| Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions | Chloe Smith | Jerome Mayhew | September 2022October 2022 | |
| Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Department for Work and Pensions | David Johnston | September 2022October 2022 | ||
| Department for Education | ||||
| Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Secretary of State for Education | Kit Malthouse | Scott Benton | September 2022October 2022 | |
| Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Department for Education | Robbie Moore | September 2022July 2024 | ||
| Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs | ||||
| Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs | Ranil Jayawardena | Laura Farris | September 2022October 2022 | |
| Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs | Antony Higginbotham | September 2022October 2022 | ||
| Department for Transport | ||||
| Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Secretary of State for Transport | Anne-Marie Trevelyan | Marco Longhi | September 2022October 2022 | |
| Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Department for Transport | Anthony Browne | September 2022October 2022 | ||
| Northern Ireland Office | ||||
| Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland | Chris Heaton-Harris | Tom Hunt | September 2022July 2024 | |
| Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Northern Ireland Office | ||||
| Office of the Secretary of State for Scotland | ||||
| Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Secretary of State for Scotland | Alister Jack | Anthony Mangnall | September 2022October 2022 | |
| Office of the Secretary of State for Wales | ||||
| Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Secretary of State for Wales | Robert Buckland | Robin Millar | September 2022July 2024 | |
| Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport | ||||
| Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport | Michelle Donelan | Paul Bristow | September 2022July 2024 | |
| Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport | Simon Baynes | September 2022July 2024 | ||
| Parliamentary House Leaders | ||||
| Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Leader of the House of Commons and Lord President of the Council | Penny Mordaunt | Nicola Richards | September 2022July 2024 | |
| Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Leader of the House of Lords and Lord Privy Seal | The Lord True | Chris Clarkson | September 2022July 2024 | |
| Attorney General's Office | ||||
| Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Attorney General for England and Wales and Advocate General for Northern Ireland | Michael Ellis | James Wild | September 2022October 2022 | |
| Prime Minister's Office | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Principal Private Secretary to the Prime Minister | Nick Catsaras | September 2022October 2022 | |
| Downing Street Chief of Staff | Mark Fullbrook | September 2022October 2022 | |
| Prime Minister's Official Spokesperson | Max Blain | April 2021July 2024 | |
| Sophie Jarvis | September 2022October 2022 | ||
| Director of the Number 10 Policy Unit | Jamie Hope | September 2022October 2022 | |
| Director of the Number 10 Economic Policy Unit | Matthew Sinclair | September 2022October 2022 | |
| Party Chairmen | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Party Chairman Minister without Portfolio | Sir Jake Berry | September 2022October 2022 | |
| Party Deputy Chairman | July 2022 – February 2023 | ||
| Party Vice-Chairman for Business | September 2022July 2024 | ||
| Party Vice-Chairman for Youth | September 2022July 2024 | ||
| Party Vice-Chairman for Policy | September 2022July 2024 | ||