| Post: | Minister of State for Food Security and Rural Affairs |
| Style: | Minister |
| Termlength: | At His Majesty's pleasure |
| Appointer Qualified: | on advice of the Prime Minister |
| Appointer: | The King |
| Nominator: | Prime Minister of the United Kingdom |
| Incumbent: | Daniel Zeichner |
| Incumbentsince: | 8 July 2024 |
| Department: | Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs |
| Insigniacaption: | Royal Arms of His Majesty's Government |
| Insignia: | Royal Coat of Arms of the United Kingdom (HM Government) (2022).svg |
The Minister of State for Food Security and Rural Affairs[1] is a mid-level position in the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs in the British government. The incumbent is Daniel Zeichner.
Responsibilities include:
| Name | Portrait | Entered office | Left office | Political party | Prime Minister | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Food, Farming and Sustainable Energy | |||||||
| The Lord Whitty | 12 June 2001 | 10 May 2005 | Labour | Tony Blair | |||
| The Lord Bach | 10 May 2005 | 5 May 2006 | Labour | Tony Blair | |||
| Minister of State for Sustainable Food, Farming and Animal Health | |||||||
| The Lord Rooker | 6 May 2006 | 3 October 2008 | Labour | ||||
| Minister of State for Farming and the Environment | |||||||
| Jane Kennedy | 5 October 2008 | 8 June 2009 | Labour | Gordon Brown | |||
| Minister of State for Food, Farming and the Environment | |||||||
| Jim Fitzpatrick | 8 June 2009 | 11 May 2010 | Labour | Gordon Brown | |||
| Minister of State for Agriculture and Food | |||||||
| Jim Paice | 13 May 2010 | 4 September 2012 | Conservative | David Cameron | |||
| David Heath | 4 September 2012 | 7 October 2013 | Liberal Democrats | David Cameron | |||
| Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food | |||||||
| George Eustice | 8 October 2013 | 8 May 2015 | Conservative | David Cameron | |||
| Minister of State for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food | |||||||
| George Eustice | 8 May 2015 | 28 February 2019 | Conservative | ||||
| Minister of State for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food | |||||||
| Robert Goodwill | 5 March 2019 | 25 July 2019 | Conservative | Theresa May | |||
| George Eustice | 25 July 2019 | 13 February 2020 | Conservative | Boris Johnson | |||
| Parliamentary Under-Secretary for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food | |||||||
| Victoria Prentis | 14 February 2020 | 16 September 2021 | Conservative | Boris Johnson | |||
| Minister of State for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food | |||||||
| Victoria Prentis | 16 September 2021 | 6 September 2022 | Conservative | Boris Johnson | |||
| Minister of State for Food | |||||||
| Mark Spencer | 7 September 2022 | 25 October 2022 | Conservative | Liz Truss | |||
| Minister of State for Food, Farming and Fisheries | |||||||
| Mark Spencer | 25 October 2022 | 5 July 2024 | Conservative | Rishi Sunak | |||
| Minister of State for Food Security and Rural Affairs | |||||||
| Daniel Zeichner | 5 July 2024 | Incumbent | Labour | Keir Starmer | |||