Minister for the Armed Forces

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for the Armed Forces, formerly of Minister of State rank, is a junior 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
Royal Arms as used by Her Majesty's Government
Incumbent
James Heappey

since 13 February 2020
Ministry of Defence
Member ofDefence Council
Admiralty Board
Army Board
Air Force Board
Reports toSecretary of State for Defence
NominatorSecretary of State for Defence
AppointerPrime Minister
Subject to formal approval by the Queen-in-Council
Term lengthNo fixed term
Inaugural holderPeter Blaker
Formation1981
Websitewww.mod.uk

Role

The responsibilities of the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for the Armed Forces are:

  • Operations and operational legal policy
  • 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
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
James Heappey 13 February 2020 Incumbent Conservative Johnson Wallace

References

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