| Post: | Minister of State for Prisons, Probation and Reducing Reoffending |
| Termlength: | At His Majesty's pleasure |
| Appointer Qualified: | on the advice of the Prime Minister |
| Appointer: | The Monarch |
| Incumbent: | The Lord Timpson |
| Incumbentsince: | 5 July 2024 |
| Department: | Ministry of Justice |
| Insigniacaption: | Royal Arms of His Majesty's Government |
| Insignia: | Royal Coat of Arms of the United Kingdom (HM Government) (2022).svg |
| Seat: | Westminster, London |
The Minister of State for Prisons, Probation and Reducing Reoffending (or simply Prisons Minister) is a mid-level ministerial office in the Ministry of Justice.[1]
On 5 July 2024 James Timpson was appointed by Prime Minister Keir Starmer.
The minister currently has responsibility of the following policy areas:[2]
The minister also provides support on Global Britain and the promotion of legal services.
| Name | Portrait | Took office | Left office | Political party | Prime Minister | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Position created out of Minister of State for Home Affairs Minister of State for Prisons | ||||||||
| Ann Widdecombe MP for Maidstone | 28 February 1995 | 2 May 1997 | Conservative | John Major (ll) | ||||
| Joyce Quin MP for Gateshead East and Washington West | 2 May 1997 | 28 July 1998 | Labour | Tony Blair (I) | ||||
| The Lord Williams of Mostyn | 28 July 1998 | 28 July 1999 | ||||||
| Charles Clarke MP for Norwich South | July 1999 | June 2001 | ||||||
| Keith Bradley MP for Manchester, Withington | June 2001 | May 2002 | Tony Blair (II) | |||||
| Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Prisons and Probation | ||||||||
| Hilary Benn MP for Leeds Central | 29 May 2002 | 13 May 2003 | Labour | Tony Blair (II) | ||||
| Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Criminal Justice, Race and Victims | ||||||||
| Fiona Mactaggart MP for Slough | 13 June 2003 | 5 May 2006 | Labour | Tony Blair (II+III) | ||||
| Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Prisons and Probation Services | ||||||||
| Gerry Sutcliffe MP for Bradford South | 5 May 2006 | 29 June 2007 | Labour | Tony Blair (III) | ||||
| Minister of State for Justice and Equalities | ||||||||
| Maria Eagle MP for Liverpool Garston | 2 July 2007 | 6 May 2010 | Labour | Gordon Brown (I) | ||||
| Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Prisons and Youth Justice | ||||||||
| Crispin Blunt MP for Reigate, Surrey | 6 May 2010 | 4 September 2012 | Conservative | David Cameron (Coalition) | ||||
| Jeremy Wright MP for Kenilworth and Southam | 6 September 2012 | 15 July 2014 | ||||||
| Andrew SelousMP for South West Bedfordshire | 16 July 2014 | 16 July 2016 | ||||||
| David Cameron (II) | ||||||||
| Sam Gyimah MP for East Surrey | 17 July 2016 | 9 January 2018 | Theresa May | |||||
| Theresa May | ||||||||
| Minister of State for Prisons | ||||||||
| Rory Stewart MP for Penrith and The Border | 9 January 2018 | 1 May 2019 | Conservative | Theresa May | ||||
| Robert Buckland MP for South Swindon | 9 May 2019 | 24 July 2019 | ||||||
| Minister of State for Prisons and Probation | ||||||||
| Lucy Frazer MP for South East Cambridgeshire | 25 July 2019 | 4 March 2021 | Conservative | Boris Johnson | ||||
| Boris Johnson | ||||||||
| Alex Chalk MP for Cheltenham | 4 March 2021 | 10 September 2021 | ||||||
| Lucy Frazer MP for South East Cambridgeshire | 10 September 2021 | 16 September 2021 | ||||||
| Victoria Atkins MP for Louth and Horncastle | 16 September 2021 | 6 July 2022 | ||||||
| Stuart Andrew MP for Pudsey | 8 July 2022 | 7 September 2022 | ||||||
| Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Prisons and Probation | ||||||||
| Rob Butler MP for Aylesbury | 20 September 2022 | 27 October 2022 | Conservative | Liz Truss | ||||
| Minister of State for Prisons, Parole and Probation | ||||||||
| Damian Hinds MP for East Hampshire | 27 October 2022 | 13 November 2023 | Conservative | Rishi Sunak | ||||
| Edward Argar MP for Charnwood | 14 November 2023 | 5 July 2024 | ||||||
| Minister of State for Prisons, Probation and Reducing Reoffending | ||||||||
| The Lord Timpson Member of the House of Lords | 5 July 2024 | Incumbent | Labour | Keir Starmer | ||||