Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Safeguarding and Violence Against Women and Girls explained

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.

Responsibilities

The minister has the following responsibilities:

• tackling violence against women and girls including
• domestic abuse
• FGM and forced marriage
• child sexual abuse and exploitation
• Disclosure and Barring Service
• Gangmasters and Labour Abuse Authority
• sexual violence
• rape review
• prostitution
• stalking
• hate crime
• crime prevention
• early youth intervention
• victim support
• victims elements of RASSO

List of ministers

Name		Portrait	Term of office		Party	Ministry
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

Ministers for Victims (2022-2023)

Name		Portrait	Term of office		Party	Ministry
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

Notes and References

1. Web site: Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Minister for Safeguarding and Violence Against Women and Girls) - GOV.UK . 2024-08-01 . www.gov.uk . en.