Post: | Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Safeguarding and Violence Against Women and Girls |
Style: | Minister |
Appointer Qualified: | on advice of the Prime Minister |
Appointer: | The Monarch |
Incumbent: | Jess Phillips |
Incumbentsince: | 9 July 2024 |
Department: | Home Office |
Insigniacaption: | Royal Arms of His Majesty's Government |
Insignia: | Royal Coat of Arms of the United Kingdom (HM Government) (2022).svg |
The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Safeguarding and Violence Against Women and Girls[1] (also known as Minister for Safeguarding) is a junior role in His Majesty's Government held jointly in the Home Office and Ministry of Justice. It is held by Jess Phillips MP since July 2024.
The minister has the following responsibilities:
Name | Portrait | Term of office | Party | Ministry | ||||
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Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Preventing Abuse, Exploitation and Crime | ||||||||
Karen Bradley | 8 February 2014 | 14 July 2016 | Conservative | Cameron | ||||
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Crime, Safeguarding and Vulnerability | ||||||||
Sarah Newton | 17 July 2016 | 9 November 2017 | Conservative | May | ||||
May | ||||||||
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Safeguarding | ||||||||
Victoria Atkins | 9 November 2017 | 16 September 2021 | Conservative | May | ||||
Johnson | ||||||||
Johnson | ||||||||
Rachel Maclean | 16 September 2021 | 6 July 2022 | Conservative | |||||
Amanda Solloway | 8 July 2022 | 20 September 2022 | Conservative | |||||
Mims Davies | 20 September 2022 | 27 October 2022 | Conservative | Truss | ||||
Sarah Dines | 27 October 2022 | 13 November 2023 | Conservative | Sunak | ||||
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Victims and Safeguarding | ||||||||
Laura Farris | 13 November 2023 | 5 July 2024 | Conservative | Sunak | ||||
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Safeguarding and Violence Against Women and Girls | ||||||||
Jess Phillips | 9 July 2024 | Incumbent | Labour | Starmer |
Name | Portrait | Term of office | Party | Ministry | ||||
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Minister of State for Victims and Vulnerability | ||||||||
Rachel Maclean | 7 September 2022 | 28 October 2022 | Conservative | Truss | ||||
Minister of State for Victims and Sentencing | ||||||||
Edward Argar | 28 October 2022 | 13 November 2023 | Conservative | Sunak | ||||
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Victims and Safeguarding |