Minister of State for Prisons and Probation
The Minister of State for Prisons and Probation is a mid-level ministerial office in the Ministry of Justice.
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| Ministry of Justice | |
| Seat | Westminster, London |
| Appointer | The Monarch on the advice of the Prime Minister |
| Term length | At Her Majesty's pleasure |
| Salary | £113,612 (entitled to £116,299) |
| Website | www |
The office has switched between being of Minister of State and Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State 'rank'.
The office is currently simply designated as 'Minister of State' gov.uk website,[1] but its responsibilities remain very similar to the previous Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Prisons and Probation.[2]
Responsibilities
The minister currently has responsibility of the following policy areas:[1]
- Prison operations, policy, reform and industrial relations
- Probation services, policy, reform and industrial relations
- Public protection (including Parole Board, Imprisonment for Public Protection and Serious Further Offences)
- Offender health
- Female offenders
- Transgender offenders
- Veteran offenders
- Foreign national offenders (joint work with the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Immigration Compliance and the Courts)
- Offender rehabilitation and release
- Reducing Reoffending (joint work with the Minister of State for Crime and Policing)
- Extremism, Release On Temporary License and Home Detention Curfew
- Electronic monitoring (joint work with Minister of State for Crime and Policing)
- Youth Justice
The minister also provides support on Global Britain and the promotion of legal services.
List of Ministers for Prisons
| Name | Portrait | Took office | Left office | Political party | Prime Minister | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Position created out of Minister of State for Home Affairs Minister of State for Prisons | |||||||
| Ann Widdecombe
MP for Maidstone |
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28 February 1995 | 2 May 1997 | Conservative | John Major
(ll) | ||
| Joyce Quin |  |
2 May 1997 | 28 July 1998 | Labour | Tony Blair
(I) | ||
| The Lord Williams of Mostyn | 28 July 1998 | 28 July 1999 | |||||
| Charles Clarke
MP for Norwich South |
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July 1999 | June 2001 | ||||
| Keith Bradley
MP for Manchester, Withington |
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June 2001 | May 2002 | Tony Blair
(II) | |||
| Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Prisons and Probations | |||||||
| Hilary Benn
MP for Leeds Central |
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29 May 2002 | 13 May 2003 | Labour | Tony Blair
(II) | ||
| Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Criminal Justice, Race and Victims | |||||||
| Fiona Mactaggart
MP for Slough |
 |
13 June 2003 | 5 May 2006 | Labour | Tony Blair | ||
| Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Prisons and Probation Services | |||||||
| Gerry Sutcliffe
MP for Bradford South |
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5 May 2006 | 29 June 2007 | Labour | Tony Blair
(III) | ||
| Minister of State for Justice and Equalities | |||||||
| Maria Eagle
MP for Liverpool Garston |
 |
2 July 2007 | 6 May 2010 | Labour | Gordon Brown
(I) | ||
| Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Prisons and Youth Justice | |||||||
| Crispin Blunt |  |
6 May 2010 | 4 September 2012 | Conservative | David Cameron | ||
| Jeremy Wright
MP for Kenilworth and Southam |
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6 September 2012 | 15 July 2014 | ||||
| Andrew Selous
MP for South West Bedfordshire |
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16 July 2014 | 16 July 2016 | ||||
| David Cameron
(II) | |||||||
| Sam Gyimah
MP for East Surrey |
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17 July 2016 | 9 January 2018 | Theresa May
(I) | |||
| Theresa May
(II) | |||||||
| Minister of State for Prisons | |||||||
| Rory Stewart
MP for Penrith and The Border |
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9 January 2018 | 1 May 2019 | Conservative | Theresa May
(II) | ||
| Robert Buckland
MP for South Swindon |
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9 May 2019 | 24 July 2019 | ||||
| Lucy Frazer
MP for South East Cambridgeshire |
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25 July 2019 | 4 March 2021 | Boris Johnson
(I) | |||
| Boris Johnson
(II) | |||||||
| Alex Chalk
MP for Cheltenham |
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4 March 2021 | 10 September 2021 | ||||
| Lucy Frazer
MP for South East Cambridgeshire |
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10 September 2021 | 16 September 2021 | ||||
| Victoria Atkins
MP for Louth and Horncastle |
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16 September 2021 | Incumbent | ||||
References
- "Minister of State - GOV.UK". www.gov.uk. Retrieved 22 October 2020.
- "Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Prisons and Probation - GOV.UK". www.gov.uk. Retrieved 22 October 2020.
