Minister of State for the Armed Forces
The Minister of State for the Armed Forces is a high-ranking ministerial position, subordinate only to the Secretary of State for Defence, at the Ministry of Defence in Her Majesty's Government.
| Minister of State for the Armed Forces | |
|---|---|
Royal Arms as used by Her Majesty's Government | |
| 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 |
The post is currently held by Col Mark Lancaster, in the Johnson ministry.
Role
The responsibilities of the Minister of State for the Armed Forces are:
- All matters regarding Regular and Reserve Armed Forces
- Operations including Iraq, Counter-Terrorism, UK Operations, Northern Ireland and the Balkans
- Bilateral defence relations outside the NATO/Europe area
- Inquiries, Boards of Inquiry, Inquests
- Legal issues including detention
- Arms and Export Control
- Regional issues and the devolved Administrations
- The agencies DASA and DVA
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 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | Conservative | Cameron (II) | ||||
| Mike Penning | 15 July 2016 | 12 June 2017 | Conservative | May | ||||
| Mark Lancaster | 12 July 2017 | Incumbent | ||||||
| Williamson | ||||||||
| Mordaunt | ||||||||
| Wallace | ||||||||
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