Caroline Flint

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Caroline Louise Flint (born 20 September 1961 in Twickenham, England) is the Labour member of Parliament for Don Valley in northern England. She is now public health minister. She is currently Minister of State for Public Health in the Department of Health.

Flint was educated at Twickenham Girls' School and Richmond Tertiary College before earning her BA (Hons) in American Literature and History from the [[University of East Anglia]. She began her career as a local government officer. Prior to becoming an MP, she was the senior researcher and political officer for the GMB trade union.

Flint has been an MP since 1997. In 1999, she became Parliamentary Private Secretary to Peter Hain in his capacity as Minister of State at the Department of Trade and Industry and the Foreign and Commonwealth Office. In 2002 she became Parliamentary Private Secretary to Dr John Reid, in his capacity as Leader of the House of Commons and Minister without Portfolio. She joined the Government as Parliamentary Under Secretary of State at the Home Office, where she served from June 2003 to May 2005. She became Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State at the Department of Health in May, 2005, with responsibility for Public Health. She was promoted to Minister of State in May, 2006.