The Queen approves the following ministerial appointments

The Queen has been pleased to approve the following appointments:

• Rt Hon Greg Clark MP as Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
• Rt Hon James Cleverly MP as Secretary of State for Education
• Rt Hon Sir Robert Buckland QC MP as Secretary of State for Wales
• Rt Hon Kit Malthouse MP as Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster
• Shailesh Vara MP as Secretary of State for Northern Ireland
• Andrew Stephenson MP as Minister without Portfolio. He will attend Cabinet.
• Johnny Mercer MP as a Minister of State (Minister for Veterans’ Affairs) at the Cabinet Office. He will attend Cabinet.
• Graham Stuart MP as a Minister of State at the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
• Stephen McPartland MP as a Minister of State (Minister for Security) at the Home Office
• Tom Pursglove MP as a Minister of State jointly at the Home Office and the Ministry of Justice
• James Heappey MP as a Minister of State at the Ministry of Defence
• Will Quince MP as a Minister of State at the Department for Education
• Maria Caulfield MP as a Minister of State at the Department for Health and Social Care
• Paul Scully MP as a Minister of State at the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities. He remains as Minister for London.
• Marcus Jones MP as a Minister of State at the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
• Matt Warman MP as a Minister of State at the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
• Trudy Harrison MP as a Minister of State at the Department for Transport
• Edward Timpson CBE MP as Solicitor General