Minister of State for Border Security and Asylum explained

Post:	Minister of State for Border Security and Asylum
Insignia:	Royal Coat of Arms of the United Kingdom (HM Government) (2022).svg
Insigniacaption:	Royal Arms of His Majesty's Government
Department:	Home Office
Incumbent:	Angela Eagle
Incumbentsince:	8 July 2024
Style:	Illegal Migration Minister The Right Honourable
Type:	Minister of the Crown
Status:	Minister of State
Seat:	Westminster
Nominator:	Prime Minister
Appointer:	The Monarch
Termlength:	At His Majesty's pleasure
Formation:	10 September 2019
Salary:	£115,824 per annum ^[1] (including £86,584 MP salary)^[2]

The Minister of State for Border Security and Asylum^[3] is a senior role in the British Home Office with responsibility for tackling irregular migration.

It was previously known as the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Justice and Tackling Illegal Migration, previously known as Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Immigration Compliance and Courts and held in both the British Home Office and the Ministry of Justice. It was last held as a Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State by Simon Baynes MP who took the office on 8 July 2022 after a cabinet reshuffle.

Responsibilities

The minister previously had the following responsibilities:^[4]

For the Home Office:

• access to work, benefits and services
• detention
• returns
• foreign national offenders
• illegal immigration strategy
• overseas development aid
• Immigration Enforcement
• asylum
• resettlement
• casework
• animals (illegal wildlife trade)
• sponsorship of Border Force and immigration enforcement directorates
• supporting Lords Minister on corporate affairs, including the Spending Review and Budget
• COVID-19 impacts on business as usual function of asylum and returns systems, detention and Border Force

For the Ministry of Justice:

• foreign national offenders and removing barriers to removal
• immigration system legal reform
• joint Spending Review bids (working with Kit Malthouse)
• immigration crime sentencing reform
• detained fast track
• court and tribunal services and reform
• court and tribunal fees
• administrative justice
• supporting the Secretary of State on departmental finance

List of officeholders

Name		Portrait	Term of office		Political party	Prime Minister	Home Secretary
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Immigration Compliance and Courts
	Chris Philp		10 September 2019	16 September 2021	Conservative	Johnson	Patel
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Justice and Tackling Illegal Migration
	Tom Pursglove		17 September 2021	7 July 2022	Conservative	Johnson	Patel
	Simon Baynes		8 July 2022	8 September 2022	Conservative	JohnsonTruss	PatelBraverman
Minister of State for Countering Illegal Migration
	Michael Tomlinson		7 December 2023	5 July 2024	Conservative	Sunak	Cameron
Minister of State for Border Security and Asylum
	Angela Eagle		8 July 2024	Incumbent	Labour	Starmer	Cooper

Notes and References

1. Web site: Salaries of Members of His Majesty's Government – Financial Year 2022–23 . 15 December 2022.
2. Web site: Pay and expenses for MPs . 15 December 2022 . parliament.uk.
3. Web site: Minister of State (Minister for Border Security and Asylum) - GOV.UK . 2024-08-01 . www.gov.uk . en.
4. Web site: Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Minister for Immigration Compliance and the Courts) - GOV.UK. 2020-12-05. www.gov.uk. en.