Minister of State for Immigration
The Minister for Immigration is a Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State in the Home Office of the Government of the United Kingdom. Previously, the role had been of Minister of State level, but under Boris Johnson it was downgraded to its current status of Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State.
| United Kingdom Minister for Immigration | |
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| Home Office UK Visas and Immigration | |
| Style | The Right Honourable (Formal prefix) Immigration Minister (Informal) |
| Member of | British Cabinet |
| Reports to | The Home Secretary |
| Seat | Westminster, London |
| Appointer | The British Monarch on advice of the Prime Minister |
| Term length | At Her Majesty's pleasure |
| Inaugural holder | The Rt Hon. Timothy Raison |
| Formation | 4 May 1979 |
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From June 2017 to July 2019, the role attended cabinet.
Responsibilities
The minister is responsible for:
- Second at the Home Office
- Additional member of Cabinet, supporting Home Secretary.
- immigration and border policy (including non-EU migration to the UK; family reunion; border security; detention and removal policy; asylum policy; post-Brexit immigration policy for EU nationals)
- assisting Secretary of State with all policy on exiting the European Union
- international policy, including EU Justice and Home Affairs
- border security
- foreign national offenders (management in immigration detention and deportation to country of origin)
- resettlement policy (including the operation of Home Office resettlement programmes: Syrian Vulnerable Persons Resettlement Scheme; Gateway; Mandate; and Vulnerable Children’s Resettlement Scheme)
- implementation of the Immigration Act 2016
- UK Visas and Immigration
- Immigration Enforcement
- Border Force
- HM Passport Office
- Independent Chief Inspector of Borders and Immigration
- Home Office immigration transparency data
- net migration statistics
Ministers of State for Immigration
| Name | Portrait | Term of office | Political party | Prime Minister | Notes | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minister of State for the Home Office | |||||||
| Tim Raison | 6 May 1979 | 6 January 1983 | Conservative | Margaret Thatcher | Minister of State with responsibility for the Immigration and Nationality Department | ||
| David Waddington | 6 January 1983 | 13 June 1987 | |||||
| Tim Renton | 13 June 1987 | 25 July 1989 | |||||
| Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for the Home Office | |||||||
| Peter Lloyd | 25 July 1989 | 28 November 1990 | Conservative | Margaret Thatcher | Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State with responsibility for the Immigration and Nationality Department | ||
| 28 November 1990 | 15 April 1992 | John Major | |||||
| Charles Wardle | 15 April 1992 | 20 July 1994 | |||||
| Minister of State for the Home Office | |||||||
| The Baroness Blatch | 20 July 1994 | 2 May 1997 | Conservative | John Major | Minister of State with responsibility for the Immigration and Nationality Department | ||
| Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Immigration | |||||||
| Michael O'Brien |  |
5 May 1997 | 28 July 1999 | Labour | Tony Blair | ||
| Minister of State for Asylum and Immigration | |||||||
| Barbara Roche | 28 July 1999 | 11 June 2001 | Labour | Tony Blair | |||
| The Lord Rooker |  |
11 June 2001 | 29 May 2002 | ||||
| Minister of State for Citizenship, Immigration and Community Cohesion | |||||||
| Beverley Hughes |  |
29 May 2002 | 13 June 2003 | Labour | Tony Blair | ||
| Minister of State for Citizenship, Immigration and Counter-Terrorism[1] | |||||||
| Beverley Hughes | |
13 June 2003 | 1 April 2004 | Labour | Tony Blair | Resigned over illegal immigration visa scandal[2] | |
| Minister of State for Immigration, Citizenship and Nationality[3][4] | |||||||
| Des Browne |  |
1 April 2004 | 6 May 2005 | Labour | Tony Blair | ||
| Tony McNulty |  |
16 May 2005 | 23 May 2006 | ||||
| Minister of State for Citizenship, Immigration and Nationality | |||||||
| Liam Byrne |  |
23 May 2006 | 27 June
2007 |
Labour | Tony Blair | ||
| Minister of State for Borders and Immigration[1][5] | |||||||
| Liam Byrne | |
27 June
2007 |
3 October 2008 | Labour | Gordon Brown | ||
| Phil Woolas |  |
3 October 2008 | 11 May 2010 | ||||
| Minister of State for Immigration[6][7] | |||||||
| Damian Green |  |
13 May 2010 | 4 September 2012 | Conservative | David Cameron | ||
| Mark Harper |  |
4 September 2012 | 8 February 2014 | ||||
| Minister of State for Security and Immigration | |||||||
| James Brokenshire |  |
8 February 2014 | 14 July 2016 | Conservative | David Cameron | ||
| Minister of State for Immigration | |||||||
| Robert Goodwill |  |
16 July 2016 | 11 June 2017 | Conservative | Theresa May | ||
| Brandon Lewis |  |
11 June 2017 | 8 January 2018 | Member of Cabinet[8] | |||
| Caroline Nokes |  |
8 January 2018 | 24 July 2019 | Member of Cabinet | |||
| Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Immigration | |||||||
| Seema Kennedy |  |
26 July 2019 | 16 December 2019 | Conservative | Boris Johnson | ||
| Kevin Foster |  |
16 December 2019 | Present | ||||
References
- "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2010-12-27. Retrieved 2011-02-03.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
- Hughes resigns over visa scam row
- "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2010-12-26. Retrieved 2011-02-03.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
- "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2010-12-28. Retrieved 2011-02-03.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
- Page 40"Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-04-02. Retrieved 2011-02-03.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
- "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2010-12-28. Retrieved 2011-02-03.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
- "Government response to Catherine West's letter on international students". Catherine West MP. Retrieved 2017-12-24.
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