Minister for Policing

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Minister of State for Policing and Criminal Justice
Royal Coat of Arms of the United Kingdom (HM Government).svg
Incumbent
Mike Penning

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

The Minister of State for Policing 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.

Ministers

Name Portrait Term of office Political party P.M.
David Maclean 27 May 1993 2 May 1997 Conservative John Major
Alun Michael AlunMichael crop.jpg 2 May 1997 27 October 1998 Labour Tony Blair
Paul Boateng PBJan2010.JPG 27 October 1998 11 June 2001 Labour
John Denham 60px 11 June 2001 13 June 2003 Labour
Hazel Blears[4] Hazel Blears, June 2009 2 cropped.jpg 13 June 2003 5 May 2006 Labour
Tony McNulty 60px 5 May 2006 3 October 2008 Labour
Gordon Brown
Vernon Coaker[5] 60px 3 October 2008 3 June 2009 Labour
David Hanson David Hanson 2.jpg 10 June 2009 11 May 2010 Labour
Nick Herbert 40px 13 May 2010 4 September 2012 Conservative David Cameron
Damian Green Damian Green - immigration minister.jpg 4 September 2012 15 July 2014 Conservative
Mike Penning 40px 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[1]
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