Minister of State for Crime and Policing

The minister of state for crime and policing 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] Holders of this office have previously held additional responsibilities such as for security, counter-terrorism, the fire service and crime. The post had responsibility for the fire service from January 2016 to July 2019 and again from August 2019 to February 2020.

Minister of State for Crime and Policing
Royal Arms as used by Her Majesty's Government
Incumbent
Kit Malthouse
since 25 July 2019
Home Office
AppointerBoris Johnson
Websitewww.homeoffice.gov.uk

This role 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
(Minister of State for Home Affairs)[4]		 27 May 1993 2 May 1997 Conservative John Major
Alun Michael
(Minister of State for Home Affairs')[5]		 2 May 1997 27 October 1998 Labour Tony Blair
Paul Boateng
(Minister of State for Home Affairs)[6]		 27 October 1998 11 June 2001 Labour
John Denham
((Minister of State for Policing')[7]		 11 June 2001 13 June 2003 Labour
Hazel Blears
(Minister of State for Crime Reduction, Policing,
Community Safety and Counter-Terrorism)[8]		 13 June 2003 5 May 2006 Labour
Tony McNulty
(Minister of State for Security, Counter-Terrorism,
Crime and Policing)[9]		 5 May 2006 3 October 2008 Labour
Gordon Brown
Vernon Coaker
(Minister of State for Policing, Crime and Security)[10]		 3 October 2008 3 June 2009 Labour
David Hanson
(Minister of State for Security,
Counter-Terrorism, Crime and Policing)[11]		 10 June 2009 11 May 2010 Labour
Nick Herbert
(Minister of State for Policing and Criminal Justice)		 13 May 2010 4 September 2012 Conservative David Cameron
Damian Green
(Minister of State for Policing and Criminal Justice)		 4 September 2012 15 July 2014 Conservative
Mike Penning
(Minister of State for Policing)		 15 July 2014 16 July 2016 Conservative
Brandon Lewis
(Minister of State for Policing and the Fire Service)		 16 July 2016 12 June 2017 Conservative Theresa May
Nick Hurd
(Minister of State for Policing and the Fire Service)		 12 June 2017 25 July 2019 Conservative
Kit Malthouse[12]
(Minister of State for Crime and Policing since 2020; Minister for Crime, Policing and the Fire Service from 2019 to 2020)		 25 July 2019 Incumbent Conservative Boris Johnson

References
  1. "The Rt Hon Nick Herbert - GOV.UK". Homeoffice.gov.uk. Retrieved 21 August 2016.
  2. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 25 January 2011. Retrieved 3 February 2011.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  3. "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 April 2012. Retrieved 3 February 2011.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  4. "Lord Blencathra - Parliamentary Career". Archived from the original on 31 January 2012.
  5. "About Alun Michael MP". Alunmichael.com. 22 August 1943. Retrieved 1 February 2013.
  6. "Crackdown on beggars signalled". BBC News. 12 March 2000. Retrieved 26 August 2011.
  7. "Minister resigns over Iraq crisis". BBC News Online. 18 March 2003.
  8. "Hazel Blears - Parliamentary Career". Archived from the original on 21 December 2011.
  9. "Reid swaps immigration ministers". BBC News. 22 May 2006. Retrieved 22 December 2018.
  10. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 11 October 2011. Retrieved 16 September 2015.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  11. "Baroness Hughes of Stretford - Parliamentary Career". Archived from the original on 27 December 2010.
  12. Fire services until March 2020


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