Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Local Government and Building Safety

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Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Local Government
Royal Arms of His Majesty's Government
Incumbent
Simon Hoare
since 13 November 2023
Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
StyleMinister
NominatorPrime Minister
AppointerThe Monarch
on advice of the Prime Minister
Term lengthAt His Majesty's pleasure
Websitewww.gov.uk/government/ministers/parliamentary-under-secretary-of-state--234

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Local Government is a junior position in the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities in the British government. The incumbent minister is Simon Hoare, who was appointed in the November 2023 British cabinet reshuffle.[1]

Responsibilities[edit]

Minister's Responsibilities formerly included:

  • local government finance
  • local government policy - including Office for Local Government (Oflog), stewardship, local audit and governance reform
  • elections policy and Electoral Integrity Programme implementation
  • COVID-19 Inquiry
  • planning casework - including Grenfell Memorial decision maker

Ministers[edit]

Name Portrait Entered office Left office Political party Prime Minister
Minister of State for Local Government
Tom King 6 May 1979 6 January 1983 Conservative Thatcher
The Lord Bellwin 6 January 1983 11 September 1984 Conservative Thatcher
Kenneth Baker 11 September 1984 2 September 1985 Conservative Thatcher
The Hon William Waldegrave 2 September 1985 10 September 1986 Conservative Thatcher
Rhodes Boyson 10 September 1986 13 June 1987 Conservative Thatcher
Michael Howard 13 June 1987 25 July 1988 Conservative Thatcher
John Gummer 25 July 1988 25 July 1989 Conservative Thatcher
David Hunt 25 July 1989 4 May 1990 Conservative Thatcher
Michael Portillo 4 May 1990 14 April 1992 Conservative Major
John Redwood 15 April 1992 27 May 1993 Conservative Major
David Curry 27 May 1993 2 May 1997 Conservative Major
Hilary Armstrong 2 May 1997 8 June 2001 Labour Blair
Minister of State for Local and Regional Government
Nick Raynsford 11 June 2001 10 May 2005 Labour Blair
Minister of State for Local Government
Phil Woolas 10 May 2005 28 June 2007 Labour Blair
John Healey 28 June 2007 5 June 2009 Labour Brown
Rosie Winterton 5 June 2009 11 May 2010 Labour Brown
Grant Shapps 13 May 2010 4 September 2012 Conservative Cameron
Minister of State for Housing and Local Government
Mark Prisk 4 September 2012 7 October 2013 Conservative Cameron
Kris Hopkins 7 October 2013 15 July 2014 Conservative Cameron
Brandon Lewis 15 July 2014 8 May 2015 Conservative Cameron
Marcus Jones 8 May 2015 8 January 2018 Conservative Cameron
May
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Local Government
Rishi Sunak 9 January 2018 24 July 2019 Conservative May
Minister of State for the Northern Powerhouse and Local Growth
Jake Berry 24 July 2019[a] 13 February 2020 Conservative Johnson
Minister of State for Regional Growth and Local Government
Simon Clarke 13 February 2020 8 September 2020 Conservative Johnson
Luke Hall 8 September 2020 15 September 2021 Conservative Johnson
Minister of State for Local Government, Faith and Communities
Kemi Badenoch 16 September 2021 6 July 2022 Conservative Johnson
Minister of State for Local Government and Building Safety
Paul Scully 8 July 2022 27 October 2022 Conservative Johnson
Truss
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Local Government and Building Safety
Lee Rowley 27 October 2022 13 November 2023 Conservative Sunak
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Local Government
Simon Hoare 13 November 2023 Incumbent Conservative Sunak

Notes[edit]

  1. ^ Berry previously served as Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State from 14 June 2017 to 24 July 2019.

References[edit]

  1. ^ Weakley, Kirsty (2023-11-14). "Former councillor named as new local government minister". Local Government Chronicle (LGC). Retrieved 2023-11-22.
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