# Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Children, Families and Wellbeing

The office of Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Children and Families, formerly Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Children, Families and Wellbeing, is a junior ministerial position in the Department for Education, previously the Department for Children, Schools and Families and Department for Education and Skills, in the Government of the United Kingdom. The incumbent minister is Janet Daby.
The post was previously known as Minister of State for Schools and Childhood following the appointment of Kelly Tolhurst on 7 September 2022, who succeeded Brendan Clarke-Smith.

## History

Margaret Hodge was the first person to hold the position after it was announced in 2003. Maria Eagle was the minister from 2005 to 2006 taking Hodge's place, and Beverley Hughes held the position from 2006 until June 2009, when Dawn Primarolo took over until Labour lost office in May 2010.

## List of ministers

Colour key (for political parties):
 Labour  Conservative
| Name | Name | Term of office | Term of office | Political party | P.M. | Ed.Sec. |
| Minister of State for Children |||||||||
| | Margaret Hodge | 13 June 2003 | 9 May 2005 | Labour | Blair | Clarke |
| | Margaret Hodge | 13 June 2003 | 9 May 2005 | Labour | Blair | Kelly |
| Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Children and Families |||||||||
| | Maria Eagle | 9 May 2005 | 5 May 2006 | Labour | Blair | Kelly |
| Minister of State for Children, Young People and Families |||||||||
| | Beverley Hughes | 5 May 2006 | 28 June 2007 | Labour | Blair | Johnson |
| Minister of State for Children and Youth Justice |||||||||
| | Beverley Hughes | 28 June 2007 | 5 June 2009 | Labour | Blair | Balls (CSF Sec.) |
| Minister of State for Children, Schools and Families |||||||||
| | Dawn Primarolo | 5 June 2009 | 11 May 2010 | Labour | Brown | Balls (CSF Sec.) |
| Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Children and Families |||||||||
| | Tim Loughton | 13 May 2010 | 4 September 2012 | Conservative | Cameron | Gove |
| | Edward Timpson | 4 September 2012 | 8 June 2017 | Conservative | Cameron | Gove |
| | Edward Timpson | 4 September 2012 | 8 June 2017 | Conservative | Cameron | Morgan |
| | Edward Timpson | 4 September 2012 | 8 June 2017 | Conservative | May | Greening |
| | Robert Goodwill | 12 June 2017 | 9 January 2018 | Conservative | May | Greening |
| | Nadhim Zahawi | 9 January 2018 | 25 July 2019 | Conservative | May | Hinds |
| | Kemi Badenoch | 27 July 2019 | 13 February 2020 | Conservative | Johnson | Williamson |
| | Michelle Donelan | 4 September 2019 | 13 February 2020 | Conservative | Johnson | Williamson |
| | Vicky Ford | 14 February 2020 | 16 September 2021 | Conservative | Johnson | Williamson |
| | Will Quince | 16 September 2021 | 6 July 2022 | Conservative | Johnson | Zahawi |
| | Will Quince | 16 September 2021 | 6 July 2022 | Conservative | Johnson | Donelan |
| | Brendan Clarke-Smith | 8 July 2022 | 7 September 2022 | Conservative | Johnson | Cleverly |
| Minister of State for Schools and Childhood |||||||||
| | Kelly Tolhurst | 7 September 2022 | 28 October 2022 | Conservative | Truss | Malthouse |
| | Kelly Tolhurst | 7 September 2022 | 28 October 2022 | Conservative | Sunak | Keegan |
| Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Children, Families and Wellbeing |||||||||
| | Claire Coutinho | 28 October 2022 | 31 August 2023 | Conservative | Sunak | Keegan |
| | David Johnston | 31 August 2023 | 5 July 2024 | Conservative | Sunak | Keegan |
| Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Children and Families |||||||||
| | Janet Daby | 6 July 2024 | Incumbent | Labour | Starmer | Phillipson |