Minister of State for Defence Procurement and Industry explained

Post:
Minister of State for Defence Procurement and Industry
Style:Minister
First:Roy Mason
Termlength:At His Majesty's pleasure
Appointer Qualified:on advice of the Prime Minister
Appointer:The Monarch
Nominator:Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
Incumbent:Maria Eagle
Incumbentsince:8 July 2024
Department:Ministry of Defence
Insigniacaption:Royal Arms of His Majesty's Government
Insignia:Royal Coat of Arms of the United Kingdom (HM Government) (2022).svg
Flag:UK flag m v.gif

The Minister of State for Defence Procurement and Industry is, as a Minister of State, a mid-level defence minister in the Ministry of Defence of the British Government. The current incumbent of the post, Labour MP Maria Eagle, was appointed in July 2024.[1]

Origins

This ministerial post derives from that of two posts; the procurement aspects of this post were the responsibility of the Minister of Defence Procurement (either a Minister of State or the more junior, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State), while still the defence logistic aspects were the brief of the Minister of State for the Armed Forces.

This post was created in 2007 to reflect the establishment of the Defence Equipment and Support organisation of the UK Ministry of Defence. Lord Drayson was appointed as its first incumbent.[2] Whilst Lord Drayson held the role as a Minister of State, all of his successors were Parliamentary Under-Secretaries, the most junior ministerial rank in the British Government, until the appointment of Jeremy Quin in 2020.

The post was retitled in 2010 as Minister for Defence Equipment, Support and Technology. The current title of the post is unclear as it has been announced as both Minister for Defence Procurement[3] and Minister for Defence Equipment, Technology and Support.[4]

Responsibilities

The Minister is responsible for:

List of ministers

Ministers of Defence for Equipment, 1967–1970

MinisterEntered officeLeft officePolitical party
Roy Mason7 January 196716 April 1968Labour
John Morris16 April 196819 June 1970

Minister of State for Defence, 1970–1972

MinisterEntered officeLeft officePolitical partyPrime Minister
Lord Balniel23 June 19705 November 1972ConservativeEdward Heath

Minister for Defence Procurement, 1971–1972

NamePortraitEntered officeLeft officePolitical party
Ian Gilmour7 April 19715 November 1972Conservative

Ministers of State for Defence, 1972–1981

NamePortraitEntered officeLeft officePolitical party
Ian Gilmour5 November 19728 January 1974Conservative
George Younger8 January 19744 March 1974
William Rodgers4 March 197410 September 1976Labour
John Gilbert10 September 19764 May 1979
Euan Howard6 May 19795 January 1981Conservative
The Viscount Trenchard5 January 198129 May 1981

Ministers for Defence Procurement, 1981–2007

MinisterEntered officeLeft officePolitical partyPrime Minister
The Viscount Trenchard29 May 19816 January 1983ConservativeMargaret Thatcher
Geoffrey Pattie6 January 198311 September 1984
Adam Butler11 September 19842 September 1985
Norman Lamont2 September 198521 May 1986
The Lord Trefgarne21 May 198624 July 1989
Alan Clark24 July 198914 April 1992
John Major
Jonathan Aitken14 April 199220 July 1994
Roger Freeman20 July 19946 July 1995
James Arbuthnot6 July 19951 May 1997
The Lord Gilbert2 May 1997July 1999LabourTony Blair
The Baroness Symons of Vernham DeanJuly 19998 June 2001
The Lord Bach8 June 20016 May 2005
The Lord Drayson6 May 20056 March 2007

Ministers for Defence Equipment and Support, 2007–2012

MinisterEntered officeLeft officePolitical partyPrime Minister
The Lord Drayson6 March 20077 November 2007LabourTony Blair
Gordon Brown
The Baroness Taylor of Bolton7 November 20075 October 2008
Quentin Davies5 October 200812 May 2010
Peter Luff9 June 20104 September 2012ConservativeDavid Cameron

Minister for Defence Procurement, 2012–2024

MinisterEntered officeLeft officePolitical partyPrime Minister
Philip Dunne4 September 201214 July 2016ConservativeDavid Cameron
Harriett Baldwin18 July 20169 January 2018
Theresa May
Guto Bebb9 January 201816 July 2018[5]
Stuart Andrew19 July 201827 July 2019
Anne-Marie Trevelyan27 July 2019 [6] 16 December 2019Boris Johnson
James Heappey16 December 201913 February 2020
Jeremy Quin13 February 20207 September 2022
Alec Shelbrooke7 September 202226 October 2022Liz Truss
Alex Chalk27 October 202221 April 2023Rishi Sunak
James Cartlidge21 April 20235 July 2024

Minister for Defence Procurement and Industry, 2024-present

Maria Eagle8 July 2024IncumbentLabourKeir Starmer

References

  1. Web site: Ministerial Appointments: April 2023 . GOV.UK . 21 April 2023.
  2. http://www.number-10.gov.uk/output/Page11182.asp Lord Drayson appointed minister
  3. https://www.gov.uk/government/news/election-2015-prime-minister-and-ministerial-appointments Election 2015: Prime Minister and ministerial appointments - 11 May 2015
  4. https://www.gov.uk/government/news/ministers-appointed-to-ministry-of-defence Ministry of Defence Ministerial appointments finalised - 11 May 15
  5. News: May survives Tory Brexit rebellion with narrow Commons victory - as it happened. The Guardian. 16 July 2018. Sparrow. Andrew. Rawlinson. Kevin. Sparrow. Andrew.
  6. News: Ripley . Tim . 29 July 2019 . New UK procurement minister appointed . IHS Janes . London . 30 July 2019 .

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