Sunak Ministry

Rishi Sunak chairing his first meeting of his cabinet since his November 2023 reshuffle.

## People and Organisations

### Status in Legislature

Majority
359 / 650 (55%)

## History

### Predecessor

Truss ministry

Rishi Sunak was invited by King Charles III to replace Liz Truss as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom on 25 October 2022. This follows the resignation of Truss and the subsequent Conservative leadership election. The Sunak ministry consists of MPs from the 2019 Parliament of the United Kingdom, as a Conservative majority government.

## List of ministers

### Departments of state

 Minister of State for Defence | The Rt Hon **Baroness Goldie DL** (unpaid)
 Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Defence People, Veterans and Service Families | The Rt Hon **Andrew Murrison** MP | October 2022 - present

 Minister of State for Media, Tourism and Creative Industries | The Rt Hon **Sir John Whittingdale** OBE MP (acting)
 Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Arts and Heritage and DCMS Lords Minister | The Rt Hon **Lord Parkinson of Whitley Bay** | October 2022 – present

 Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for the School System and Student Finance | The Rt Hon **Baroness Barran** MBE (unpaid)

 Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Energy Consumers and Affordability | **Amanda Solloway** MP (also a whip)
 Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Energy Efficiency and Green Finance | The Rt Hon **Lord Callanan** | February 2023 - present

 Minister of State Biosecurity, Marine and Rural Affairs | The Rt Hon **Lord Benyon** PC (unpaid)
 Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Environmental Quality and Resilience | **Rebecca Pow** MP | October 2022 – present

 Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Equalities | The Rt Hon **Stuart Andrew** MP | October 2022 – present

 Minister of State for Health and Secondary Care | VACANT
 Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Primary Care and Public Health | VACANT
 Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, Minister for the Lords | The Rt Hon **Lord Markham** CBE (unpaid)
 Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Mental Health and Women's Health Strategy | **Maria Caulfield** MP | October 2022 – present

Lord Chancellor
 Minister of State for Prisons, Parole and Probation | VACANT
 Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Justice | The Rt Hon **Lord Bellamy** KC (unpaid)
 Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Courts and Legal Services | **Mike Freer** MP | September 2022 – present

Minister for Intergovernmental Relations
 Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Faith & Communities and Lords Minister | The Rt Hon **Baroness Scott of Bybrook** OBE | September 2022 – present

 Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Northern Ireland | The Rt Hon **Lord Caine** (unpaid)

 Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for AI and Intellectual Property | The Rt Hon **Viscount Camrose** (unpaid)

 Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Scotland | The Rt Hon **Lord Offord of Garvel** (unpaid)

 Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Roads and Local Transport | VACANT

Second Lord of the Treasury
 Economic Secretary to the Treasury and
City Minister
 Parliamentary Secretary, Treasury Lords Minister | The Rt Hon **Baroness Penn** | October 2022 – present

 Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State | **Dr James Davies** MP | October 2022 – present

 Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Pensions | VACANT
 Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Work and Pensions | The Rt Hon **Viscount Younger of Leckie** | October 2022 – present

### Law officers

 Solicitor General for England and Wales | **Michael Tomlinson** MP | September 2022 – present

### Parliament

Lord Keeper of the Privy Seal
 Leader of the House of Commons
Lord President of the Council
 Deputy Leader of the House of Lords | The Rt Hon **Earl Howe** GBE PC | May 2015 – present

Captain of the Honourable Corps of Gentlemen-at-Arms
 **Deputy Chief Whip**
Captain of the Yeomen of the Guard
 **Whips**
Baronesses and Lords in waiting
 The Rt Hon **Baroness Swinburne** (unpaid)
 The Rt Hon **Lord Mott** | June 2023 - present

## Departures from the Sunak ministry

This is a list of departures from the Sunak ministry since forming a government on 25 October 2022. This list omits ministers who were invited to leave the government during the November 2023 cabinet reshuffle.