Minister for Policing

Minister of State for Policing, Fire and Criminal Justice

Incumbent
Mike Penning
since 15 July 2014
Home Office
Appointer David Cameron
Website www.homeoffice.gov.uk

The Minister of State for Policing, Fire and Criminal Justice is a ministerial position held jointly at the Home Office and the Ministry of Justice in the Government of the United Kingdom.[1][2][3] The current minister is Mike Penning, a Conservative MP. He was appointed 15 July 2014 as part of David Cameron's cabinet re-shuffle . The post was created by the splitting of the now-defunct office of the Minister for Security, Counter-Terrorism, Crime and Policing into two new ministerial posts: Security & Counter-Terrorism and Crime & Policing. From January 2016 onwards the Minister is responsible for the portfolio for Fire and Rescue Services.


Ministers

Name Portrait Term of office Political party P.M.
David Maclean 27 May 1993 2 May 1997 Conservative John Major
Alun Michael 2 May 1997 27 October 1998 Labour Tony Blair
Paul Boateng 27 October 1998 11 June 2001 Labour
John Denham 11 June 2001 13 June 2003 Labour
Hazel Blears[4] 13 June 2003 5 May 2006 Labour
Tony McNulty 5 May 2006 3 October 2008 Labour
Gordon Brown
Vernon Coaker[5] 3 October 2008 3 June 2009 Labour
David Hanson 10 June 2009 11 May 2010 Labour
Nick Herbert 13 May 2010 4 September 2012 Conservative David Cameron
Damian Green 4 September 2012 15 July 2014 Conservative
Mike Penning 15 July 2014 Conservative

References

  1. ↑ http://www.homeoffice.gov.uk/about-us/our-organisation/ministers/nick-herbert/
  2. ↑ http://www.parliament.uk/biographies/nick-herbert/40839
  3. ↑ Page 40
  4. ↑ "Hazel Blears - Parliamentary Career".
  5. ↑ "Vernon Coaker - Parliamentary Career".
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