Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Children, Families and Wellbeing
United Kingdom Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Children, Families and Wellbeing | |
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Incumbent David Johnston since 31 August 2023 | |
Department for Education | |
Style | Minister |
Nominator | Prime Minister of the United Kingdom |
Appointer | The Monarch on advice of the Prime Minister |
Term length | At His Majesty's pleasure |
Website | Website |
The parliamentary under-secretary of state for children, families and wellbeing,[1] formerly the minister of state for schools and childhood is a junior ministerial position in the Department for Education, previously the Department for Children, Schools and Families and Department for Education and Skills, in the Government of the United Kingdom.[2] The incumbent minister is David Johnston.[3]
The post was previously known as the parliamentary under-secretary of state for children and families until the appointment of Kelly Tolhurst on 7 September 2022, who succeeded Brendan Clarke-Smith.[4][5]
History
Margaret Hodge was the first person to hold the position after it was announced in 2003. Maria Eagle was the Minister from 2005 to 2006 taking Hodge's place, and Beverley Hughes held the position from 2006 until June 2009,[6] when Dawn Primarolo took over until Labour lost office in May 2010.
List of ministers
Colour key (for political parties):
Labour Conservative
Name | Portrait | Term of office | Political party | P.M. | Ed.Sec. | |||
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Margaret Hodge | 13 June 2003 | 9 May 2005 | Labour | Blair | Clarke | |||
Kelly | ||||||||
Maria Eagle | 9 May 2005 | 5 May 2006 | Labour | |||||
Beverley Hughes | 5 May 2006 | 5 June 2009 | Labour | Johnson | ||||
Brown | Balls (CSF Sec.) | |||||||
Dawn Primarolo | 5 June 2009 | 11 May 2010 | Labour | |||||
Tim Loughton | 13 May 2010 | 4 September 2012 | Conservative | Cameron | Gove | |||
Edward Timpson[7] | 4 September 2012 | 8 June 2017 | Conservative | |||||
Morgan | ||||||||
May | Greening | |||||||
Robert Goodwill | 12 June 2017 | 9 January 2018 | Conservative | |||||
Nadhim Zahawi | 9 January 2018 | 25 July 2019 | Conservative | Hinds | ||||
Kemi Badenoch[a] | 27 July 2019 | 13 February 2020 | Conservative | Johnson | Williamson | |||
Michelle Donelan[b] | 4 September 2019 | 13 February 2020 | Conservative | |||||
Vicky Ford | 14 February 2020 | 16 September 2021 | Conservative | |||||
Will Quince | 16 September 2021 | 6 July 2022 | Conservative | Zahawi | ||||
Donelan | ||||||||
Brendan Clarke-Smith | 8 July 2022 | 7 September 2022 | Conservative | Cleverly | ||||
Kelly Tolhurst | 7 September 2022 | 28 October 2022 | Conservative | Truss | Malthouse | |||
Sunak | Keegan | |||||||
Claire Coutinho | 28 October 2022 | 31 August 2023 | Conservative | |||||
David Johnston | 31 August 2023 | incumbent | Conservative |
Notes
References
- ^ "Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Minister for Children, Families and Wellbeing) - GOV.UK". www.gov.uk. Retrieved 8 November 2022.
- ^ About Us: Who's Who
- ^ "Ministerial Appointments: 31 August 2023". GOV.UK. Retrieved 31 August 2023.
- ^ "Minister of State (Minister for Schools and Childhood) - GOV.UK". www.gov.uk. Retrieved 27 September 2022.
- ^ "DfE names Kelly Tolhurst as minister for schools and childhood". CYP Now. Retrieved 27 September 2022.
- ^ Lewin, Tamar. The Need to Invest in Young Children . New York Times. Accessed 30 December 2008.
- ^ Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Until 12 May 2015)
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