# Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Migration and Citizenship

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Migration and Citizenship is a ministerial position in the Home Office of the Government of the United Kingdom.
From June 2017 to July 2019 and October 2022 to December 2023, the minister attended cabinet meetings as Minister of State for Immigration and was seen as one of the most senior Minister of State positions in the Government.
The role was known as Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Future Borders and Immigration from 2020 to 2021 and Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Safe and Legal Migration from 2021 to 2022.
Following the resignation of Robert Jenrick in December 2023, the position was split into two roles: the Minister of State for Countering Illegal Migration and the Minister of State for Legal Migration and the Border.

## Responsibilities

As of 2022 the minister has responsibility for legal migration, illegal migration and asylum, including:
* UK points-based system
* Simplifying the immigration system and immigration rules
* Current and future visa system
* Asylum
* Net migration
* EU Settlement Scheme
* Nationality
* Windrush
* Modern slavery

## List of ministers

| Name | Name | Term of office | Term of office | Political party | Prime Minister | Notes |
| Minister of State for the Home Office ||||||||
| | Tim Raison | 6 May 1979 | 6 January 1983 | Conservative | Margaret Thatcher | Minister of State with responsibility for the Immigration and Nationality Department |
| | David Waddington | 6 January 1983 | 13 June 1987 | Conservative | Margaret Thatcher | Minister of State with responsibility for the Immigration and Nationality Department |
| | Tim Renton | 13 June 1987 | 25 July 1989 | Conservative | Margaret Thatcher | Minister of State with responsibility for the Immigration and Nationality Department |
| Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for the Home Office ||||||||
| | Peter Lloyd | 25 July 1989 | 28 November 1990 | Conservative | Margaret Thatcher | Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State with responsibility for the Immigration and Nationality Department |
| | Peter Lloyd | 28 November 1990 | 15 April 1992 | Conservative | John Major | Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State with responsibility for the Immigration and Nationality Department |
| | Charles Wardle | 15 April 1992 | 20 July 1994 | Conservative | John Major | Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State with responsibility for the Immigration and Nationality Department |
| Minister of State for the Home Office ||||||||
| | The Baroness Blatch | 20 July 1994 | 2 May 1997 | Conservative | John Major | Minister of State with responsibility for the Immigration and Nationality Department |
| Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Immigration ||||||||
| | Michael O'Brien | 5 May 1997 | 8 June 2001 | Labour | Tony Blair | |
| Minister of State for Asylum and Immigration ||||||||
| | Barbara Roche | 28 July 1999 | 11 June 2001 | Labour | Tony Blair | |
| | The Lord Rooker | 11 June 2001 | 29 May 2002 | Labour | Tony Blair | |
| Minister of State for Citizenship, Immigration and Community Cohesion ||||||||
| | Beverley Hughes | 29 May 2002 | 13 June 2003 | Labour | Tony Blair | |
| Minister of State for Citizenship, Immigration and Counter-Terrorism ||||||||
| | Beverley Hughes | 13 June 2003 | 1 April 2004 | Labour | Tony Blair | Resigned over illegal immigration visa scandal |
| Minister of State for Immigration, Citizenship and Nationality ||||||||
| | Des Browne | 1 April 2004 | 6 May 2005 | Labour | Tony Blair | |
| | Tony McNulty | 16 May 2005 | 23 May 2006 | Labour | Tony Blair | |
| Minister of State for Citizenship, Immigration and Nationality ||||||||
| | Liam Byrne | 23 May 2006 | 27 June 2007 | Labour | Tony Blair | |
| Minister of State for Borders and Immigration ||||||||
| | Liam Byrne | 27 June 2007 | 3 October 2008 | Labour | Gordon Brown | |
| | Phil Woolas | 3 October 2008 | 11 May 2010 | Labour | Gordon Brown | |
| Minister of State for Immigration ||||||||
| | Damian Green | 13 May 2010 | 4 September 2012 | Conservative | David Cameron | |
| | Mark Harper | 4 September 2012 | 8 February 2014 | Conservative | David Cameron | |
| Minister of State for Security and Immigration ||||||||
| | James Brokenshire | 8 February 2014 | 14 July 2016 | Conservative | David Cameron | |
| Minister of State for Immigration ||||||||
| | Robert Goodwill | 16 July 2016 | 11 June 2017 | Conservative | Theresa May | |
| | Brandon Lewis | 11 June 2017 | 8 January 2018 | Conservative | Theresa May | Attended meetings of the Cabinet |
| | Caroline Nokes | 8 January 2018 | 24 July 2019 | Conservative | Theresa May | Attended meetings of the Cabinet |
| Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Immigration ||||||||
| | Seema Kennedy | 26 July 2019 | 16 December 2019 | Conservative | Boris Johnson | |
| | Kevin Foster | 16 December 2019 | 14 February 2020 | Conservative | Boris Johnson | |
| Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Future Borders and Immigration (Until December 2021) Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Safe and Legal Migration (From December 2021) ||||||||
| | Kevin Foster | 14 February 2020 | 7 September 2022 | Conservative | Boris Johnson | |
| Minister of State for Immigration ||||||||
| | Tom Pursglove | 7 September 2022 | 25 October 2022 | Conservative | Liz Truss | |
| | Robert Jenrick | 25 October 2022 | 6 December 2023 | Conservative | Rishi Sunak | Attended meetings of the Cabinet |
| Role split with new Minister of State for Countering Illegal Migration Minister of State for Legal Migration and the Border ||||||||
| | Tom Pursglove | 7 December 2023 | 5 July 2024 | Conservative | Rishi Sunak | |
| Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Migration and Citizenship ||||||||
| | Seema Malhotra | 9 July 2024 | Incumbent | Labour | Keir Starmer | |