Minister of State for the Armed Forces
Introduction The '''minister of state for the armed forces''' is a mid-level ministerial position at the Ministry of Defence in the Government of the United Kingdom. The office acts as the deputy to the secretary of state for defence, when it is of Minister of State rank. The appointment of James Heappey as a Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State in 2020 temporarily broke this tiering, until in July 2022 when Heappey was promoted to Minister of State, and the title of the position reverted to its former name.The corresponding shadow minister is the '''shadow minister for the armed forces'''.
Roles The responsibilities of the minister of state for the armed forces are:*Operations and operational legal policy*Force generation (including exercises)*Military recruitment and retention policy (regulars and reserves)*Cyber*Permanent Joint Operating bases*International defence engagement strategy*Lead for defence engagement in Africa and Latin America*Human security*Operational public inquiries, inquests*Youth and cadets*Commemorations, ceremonial duties, medallic recognition and protocol policy and casework
List of ministers and under-secretaries '''Colour key''' (for political parties): Minister Term of office Political party Prime Minister Defence Secretary === Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for the Army === 60px Barney Hayhoe 6 May 1979 5 January 1981 Conservative Thatcher Pym 60px Philip Goodhart 5 January 1981 19 May 1981===Minister of State for the Armed Forces=== 60px Peter Blaker 29 May 1981 13 June 1983 Conservative Thatcher Nott Heseltine  60px John Stanley 13 June 1983 13 June 1987 Younger  60px Ian Stewart 13 June 1987 25 July 1988  60px Archie Hamilton 25 July 1988 27 May 1993 King Conservative Major Rifkind  60pxJeremy Hanley 27 May 1993 14 June 1994  60px Nicholas Soames 14 June 1994 2 May 1997 Portillo  60pxJohn Reid 2 May 1997 27 July 1998 Labour Blair Robertson  60pxDoug Henderson 27 July 1998 29 July 1999  60pxJohn Spellar 29 July 1999 7 June 2001 Hoon  60px Adam Ingram 7 June 2001 29 June 2007 Reid Browne 60px Bob Ainsworth 29 June 2007 5 May 2009 Labour Brown Hutton 60px Bill Rammell 5 May 2009 11 May 2010 Ainsworth 60px Nick Harvey 13 May 2010 4 September 2012 Liberal Democrats Cameron Fox Hammond 60px Andrew Robathan 4 September 2012 7 October 2013 Conservative 60px Mark Francois 7 October 2013 11 May 2015 Fallon 60px Penny Mordaunt 11 May 2015 15 July 2016 Cameron 60px Mike Penning 15 July 2016 12 June 2017 May 60px Mark Lancaster 12 July 2017 16 December 2019 Williamson Mordaunt Johnson Wallace 60px Anne-Marie Trevelyan 16 December 2019 13 February 2020=== Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for the Armed Forces === 60px James Heappey 13 February 2020 7 July 2022 Conservative Johnson Wallace=== Minister of State for the Armed Forces === 60px James Heappey 7 July 2022 6 September 2022 Conservative Johnson Wallace=== Minister of State for the Armed Forces and Veterans === 60px James Heappey 6 September 2022 25 October 2022 Conservative Truss Wallace=== Minister of State for the Armed Forces === 60px James Heappey 25 October 2022 ''Incumbent'' Conservative Sunak Wallace
Shadow Minister for the Armed Forces Member of ParliamentKevan Jones (2015 to 2016)Kate Hollern (2016)Wayne David (2016 to 2020)Stephen Morgan (2020 to 2021)Stephen Kinnock (2021 to 2022)Luke Pollard (2022 - present)
References
External links *  www.mod.uk