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Senior ministerial position in the Government of the United Kingdom From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Minister of State for Border Security and Asylum[3] is a senior role in the British Home Office with responsibility for tackling irregular migration.
United Kingdom Minister of State for Border Security and Asylum | |
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Home Office | |
Style | Illegal Migration Minister (informal) The Right Honourable (within the UK and Commonwealth) |
Type | Minister of the Crown |
Status | Minister of State |
Member of |
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Reports to | |
Seat | Westminster |
Nominator | Prime Minister |
Appointer | The Monarch (on the advice of the Prime Minister) |
Term length | At His Majesty's pleasure |
Formation | 10 September 2019 |
Salary | £115,824 per annum (2022)[1] (including £86,584 MP salary)[2] |
It was previously known as the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Justice and Tackling Illegal Migration, previously known as Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Immigration Compliance and Courts and held in both the British Home Office and the Ministry of Justice. It was last held as a Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State by Simon Baynes MP who took the office on 8 July 2022 after a cabinet reshuffle.
The minister previously had the following responsibilities:[4]
For the Home Office:
For the Ministry of Justice:
Name | Portrait | Term of office | Political party | Prime Minister | Home Secretary | ||
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Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Immigration Compliance and Courts | |||||||
Chris Philp | 10 September 2019 | 16 September 2021 | Conservative | Johnson | Patel | ||
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Justice and Tackling Illegal Migration | |||||||
Tom Pursglove | 17 September 2021 | 7 July 2022 | Conservative | Johnson | Patel | ||
Simon Baynes | 8 July 2022 | 8 September 2022 | Conservative | Johnson | Patel | ||
Role re-formed out of Minister of State for Immigration Minister of State for Countering Illegal Migration |
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Michael Tomlinson | 7 December 2023 | 5 July 2024 | Conservative | Sunak | Cameron | ||
Minister of State for Border Security and Asylum | |||||||
Angela Eagle | 8 July 2024 | Incumbent | Labour | Starmer | Cooper |
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