Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Safeguarding and Violence Against Women and Girls
| United Kingdom Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Safeguarding and Violence Against Women and Girls | |
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| Style | Minister |
| Appointer | The Monarch on advice of the Prime Minister |
| Website | www |
The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Safeguarding and Violence Against Women and Girls[1] (also known as Minister for Safeguarding) is a junior role in His Majesty's Government held jointly in the Home Office and Ministry of Justice. It is held by Jess Phillips MP since July 2024.
Responsibilities
[edit]The minister has the following responsibilities:
- tackling violence against women and girls, including:
- domestic abuse
- FGM and forced marriage
- child sexual abuse and exploitation
- Disclosure and Barring Service
- Gangmasters and Labour Abuse Authority
- sexual violence
- rape review
- prostitution
- stalking
- hate crime
- crime prevention
- early youth intervention
- victim support
- victims elements of RASSO
List of ministers
[edit]| Name | Portrait | Term of office | Party | Ministry | |||
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| Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Preventing Abuse, Exploitation and Crime | |||||||
| Karen Bradley | 
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8 February 2014 | 14 July 2016 | Conservative | Cameron (II) | ||
| Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Crime, Safeguarding and Vulnerability | |||||||
| Sarah Newton | 
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17 July 2016 | 9 November 2017 | Conservative | May (I) | ||
| May (II) | |||||||
| Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Safeguarding | |||||||
| Victoria Atkins | 
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9 November 2017 | 16 September 2021 | Conservative | May (II) | ||
| Johnson (I) | |||||||
| Johnson (II) | |||||||
| Rachel Maclean | 
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16 September 2021 | 6 July 2022 | Conservative | |||
| Amanda Solloway | 
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8 July 2022 | 20 September 2022 | Conservative | |||
| Mims Davies | 
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20 September 2022 | 27 October 2022 | Conservative | Truss | ||
| Sarah Dines | 
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27 October 2022 | 13 November 2023 | Conservative | Sunak | ||
| Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Victims and Safeguarding | |||||||
| Laura Farris | 
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13 November 2023 | 5 July 2024 | Conservative | Sunak | ||
| Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Safeguarding and Violence Against Women and Girls | |||||||
| Jess Phillips | 
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9 July 2024 | Incumbent | Labour | Starmer | ||
Ministers for Victims (2022-2023)
[edit]| Name | Portrait | Term of office | Party | Ministry | |||
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| Minister of State for Victims and Vulnerability | |||||||
| Rachel Maclean |
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7 September 2022 | 28 October 2022 | Conservative | Truss | ||
| Minister of State for Victims and Sentencing | |||||||
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28 October 2022 | 13 November 2023 | Conservative | Sunak | ||
| Office merged with Minister for Safeguarding to form Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Victims and Safeguarding | |||||||
References
[edit]- ^ "Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Minister for Safeguarding and Violence Against Women and Girls) - GOV.UK". www.gov.uk. Retrieved 2024-08-01.