Minister of State for Home Affairs (United Kingdom)

Minister of State for the Home Office
Royal Arms of His Majesty's Government
Incumbent David Hanson, Baron Hanson of Flint since 9th July 2024
Home Office
Style	Minister
Nominator	Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
Appointer	The Monarch on advice of the Prime Minister
Term length	At His Majesty's pleasure
Website	www.GOV.uk/home-office

The Minister of State for the Home Office, previously the Minister of State for Home Affairs. is a mid-level position in the Home Office in the British government. The office has been held by David Hanson, Baron Hanson of Flint since the 9th July 2024.

Responsibilities

The current Minister has following responsibilities:[1]

• migration and borders ‘shadow’ in the Lords
• migration and borders legislation
• customer services (UKVI, HMPO, GRO and Windrush Compensation Scheme) operations
• cross-cutting legal issues and oversight of HOLA
• EU Settlement Scheme
• Common Travel Area
• NI Protocol

List of ministers

Name		Portrait	Entered office	Left office	Political party	Notes
	Dennis Vosper		28 October 1960	27 June 1961	Conservative	Minister of State for Home Affairs
	David Renton		27 June 1961	17 July 1962	Conservative	Minister of State for Home Affairs
	The Earl Jellicoe		17 July 1962	21 October 1963	Conservative	Minister of State for Home Affairs
	The Lord Derwent		23 October 1963	16 October 1964	Conservative	Minister of State for Home Affairs
	Alice Bacon		16 October 1964	29 August 1967	Labour	Minister of State for Home Affairs
	The Lord Stonham		29 August 1967	13 October 1969	Labour	Minister of State for Home Affairs
	Shirley Williams		13 October 1969	23 June 1970	Labour	Minister of State for Home Affairs
	Richard Sharples		23 June 1970	7 April 1972	Conservative	Minister of State for Home Affairs
	The Lord Windlesham		23 June 1970	26 March 1972	Conservative	Minister of State for Home Affairs
	Mark Carlisle		7 April 1972	4 March 1974	Conservative	Minister of State for Home Affairs
	The Viscount Colville of Culross		21 April 1972	4 March 1974	Conservative	Minister of State for Home Affairs
	Alex Lyon		8 March 1974	14 April 1976	Labour	Minister of State for Home Affairs
	The Lord Harris of Greenwich		8 March 1974	3 January 1979	Labour	Minister of State for Home Affairs
	Brynmor John		14 April 1976	4 May 1979	Labour	Minister of State for Home Affairs
	The Lord Boston of Faversham		3 January 1979	4 May 1979	Labour	Minister of State for Home Affairs
	Leon Brittan		4 May 1979	5 January 1981	Conservative	Minister of State for Home Affairs
	Patrick Mayhew		5 January 1981	13 June 1983	Conservative	Minister of State for Home Affairs
	The Lord Elton		11 September 1984	25 March 1985	Conservative	Minister of State for Home Affairs
	Giles Shaw		11 September 1984	10 September 1986	Conservative	Minister of State for Home Affairs
	David Mellor		10 September 1986	13 June 1987	Conservative	Minister of State for Home Affairs
	John Patten		13 June 1987	10 April 1992	Conservative	Minister of State for Home Affairs
	The Earl of Caithness		10 September 1986	10 January 1988	Conservative	Minister of State for Home Affairs
	The Earl Ferrers		10 January 1988	20 July 1994	Conservative	Minister of State for Home Affairs
	David Mellor		27 October 1989	22 June 1990	Conservative	Minister of State for Home Affairs
	Angela Rumbold		23 July 1990	14 April 1992	Conservative	Minister of State for Home Affairs
	Michael Jack		14 April 1992	27 May 1993	Conservative	Minister of State for Home Affairs
	Michael Forsyth		20 July 1994	5 June 1995	Conservative	Minister of State for Home Affairs
	David Maclean		27 May 1993	2 May 1997	Conservative	Minister of State for Home Affairs
	Alun Michael		2 May 1997	27 October 1998	Labour	Minister of State for Home Affairs and Deputy Home Secretary[2]
	Paul Boateng		27 October 1998	11 June 2001	Labour	Minister of State for Home Affairs and Deputy Home Secretary[3]
	office not in use		11 June 2001	29 May 2002
	The Lord Falconer of Thoroton		29 May 2002	12 June 2003	Labour	Minister of State for Criminal Justice System
	The Baroness Scotland of Asthal		12 June 2003	28 June 2007	Labour	Minister of State for Criminal Justice and Offender Management[4]
	office not in use		28 June 2007	1 May 2011
	The Baroness Browning		1 May 2011	16 September 2011	Conservative	Minister of State for Crime Prevention and Antisocial Behaviour Reduction
	The Lord Henley		16 September 2011	4 September 2012	Conservative	Minister of State for Crime Prevention and Antisocial Behaviour Reduction
	Jeremy Browne		4 September 2012	7 October 2013	Liberal Democrats	Minister of State for Crime Prevention
	Norman Baker		7 October 2013	3 November 2014	Liberal Democrats	Minister of State for Crime Prevention
	Lynne Featherstone		4 November 2014	8 May 2015	Liberal Democrats	Minister of State for Crime Prevention
	The Lord Bates		14 May 2015	31 March 2016	Conservative	Minister of State for Home Affairs
	The Lord Keen of Elie Advocate General for Scotland		1 April 2016	17 July 2016	Conservative	Government Spokesperson for the Home Office
	The Baroness Williams of Trafford		17 July 2016	7 September 2022	Conservative	Minister of State for Home Affairs[5]
	The Lord Murray of Blidworth		7 October 2022	30 October 2022	Conservative	Minister of State for Home Affairs

References

1. "Minister of State - GOV.UK".
2. "Alun Michael MP: Minister of State & Deputy Home Secretary". Home Office. Archived from the original on 23 May 1998.
3. "Paul Boateng MP: Minister of State & Deputy Home Secretary". Home Office. Archived from the original on 3 September 1999.
4. Crime Reduction from May 2007 to June 2007
5. Countering Extremism (2016–2019)