Minister for the Armed Forces
The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for the Armed Forces, formerly of Minister of State rank, is a ministerial position, subordinate to the Secretary of State for Defence, at the Ministry of Defence in Her Majesty's Government.
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for the Armed Forces | |
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Ministry of Defence | |
Member of | Defence Council Admiralty Board Army Board Air Force Board |
Reports to | Secretary of State for Defence |
Nominator | Secretary of State for Defence |
Appointer | Prime Minister Subject to formal approval by the Queen-in-Council |
Term length | No fixed term |
Inaugural holder | Peter Blaker |
Formation | 1981 |
Website | www.mod.uk |
Role
The responsibilities of the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for the Armed Forces are:
- Operations and operational legal policy
- Brexit no deal planning
- Force generation (including exercises)
- Military recruitment and retention policy (regulars and reserves)
- Cyber
- Permanent Joint Operating bases
- International defence engagement strategy
- Lead for defence engagement in Africa and Latin America
- Human security
- Operational public inquiries, inquests
- Youth and cadets
- Commemorations, ceremonial duties, medallic recognition and protocol policy and casework
List of Ministers of State for the Armed Forces
Colour key (for political parties):
Conservative
Labour
Liberal Democrats
Name | Portrait | Term of office | Political party | Prime Minister | Defence Secretary | |||
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Peter Blaker | 29 May 1981 | 13 June 1983 | Conservative | Thatcher | Nott | |||
Heseltine | ||||||||
John Stanley | ![]() |
13 June 1983 | 13 June 1987 | |||||
Younger | ||||||||
Ian Stewart | ![]() |
13 June 1987 | 25 July 1988 | |||||
Archie Hamilton | ![]() |
25 July 1988 | 27 May 1993 | |||||
King | ||||||||
Conservative | Major | Rifkind | ||||||
Jeremy Hanley | ![]() |
27 May 1993 | 14 June 1994 | |||||
Nicholas Soames | ![]() |
14 June 1994 | 2 May 1997 | |||||
Portillo | ||||||||
John Reid | ![]() |
2 May 1997 | 27 July 1998 | Labour | Blair | Robertson | ||
Doug Henderson | ![]() |
27 July 1998 | 29 July 1999 | |||||
John Spellar | ![]() |
29 July 1999 | 7 June 2001 | Hoon | ||||
Adam Ingram | ![]() |
7 June 2001 | 29 June 2007 | |||||
Reid | ||||||||
Browne | ||||||||
Bob Ainsworth | ![]() |
29 June 2007 | 5 May 2009 | Labour | Brown | |||
Hutton | ||||||||
Bill Rammell | ![]() |
5 May 2009 | 11 May 2010 | Ainsworth | ||||
Nick Harvey | ![]() |
13 May 2010 | 4 September 2012 | Liberal Democrats | Cameron (Coalition) |
Fox | ||
Hammond | ||||||||
Andrew Robathan | ![]() |
4 September 2012 | 7 October 2013 | Conservative | ||||
Mark Francois | ![]() |
7 October 2013 | 11 May 2015 | |||||
Fallon | ||||||||
Penny Mordaunt | ![]() |
11 May 2015 | 15 July 2016 | Cameron (II) | ||||
Mike Penning | ![]() |
15 July 2016 | 12 June 2017 | May | ||||
Mark Lancaster | ![]() |
12 July 2017 | 16 December 2019 | |||||
Williamson | ||||||||
Mordaunt | ||||||||
Johnson | Wallace | |||||||
Anne-Marie Trevelyan | ![]() |
16 December 2019 | 13 February 2020 |
List of Parliamentary Under-Secretaries of State for the Armed Forces
Colour key (for political parties):
Conservative
Labour
Liberal Democrats
Name | Portrait | Term of office | Political party | Prime Minister | Defence Secretary | |||
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James Heappey | ![]() |
13 February 2020 | Incumbent | Conservative | Johnson | Wallace |
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