| Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for the Armed Forces | |
|---|---|
 Royal Arms as used by Her Majesty's Government | |
| Ministry of Defence | |
| Member of |
Defence Council Admiralty Board Army Board Air Force Board |
| Reports to | Secretary of State for Defence |
| Nominator | Secretary of State for Defence |
| Appointer |
Prime Minister Subject to formal approval by the Queen-in-Council |
| Term length | No fixed term |
| Inaugural holder | Peter Blaker |
| Formation | 1981 |
| Website | www.mod.uk |
The Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for the Armed Forces, formerly of Minister of State rank, is a ministerial position, subordinate to the Secretary of State for Defence, at the Ministry of Defence in Her Majesty's Government.
Role[]
The responsibilities of the Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for the Armed Forces are:
- Operations and operational legal policy
- Brexit no deal planning
- 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 of State for the Armed Forces[]
Colour key (for political parties):
Conservative
Labour
Liberal Democrats
| Name | Portrait | Term of office | Political party | Prime Minister | Defence Secretary | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Peter Blaker | 29 May 1981 | 13 June 1983 | Conservative | Thatcher | Nott | |||
| Heseltine | ||||||||
| John Stanley | 
|
13 June 1983 | 13 June 1987 | |||||
| Younger | ||||||||
| Ian Stewart |
|
13 June 1987 | 25 July 1988 | |||||
| Archie Hamilton | 
|
25 July 1988 | 27 May 1993 | |||||
| King | ||||||||
| Conservative | Major | Rifkind | ||||||
| Jeremy Hanley |
|
27 May 1993 | 14 June 1994 | |||||
| Nicholas Soames | 
|
14 June 1994 | 2 May 1997 | |||||
| Portillo | ||||||||
| John Reid | 
|
2 May 1997 | 27 July 1998 | Labour | Blair | Robertson | ||
| Doug Henderson |
|
27 July 1998 | 29 July 1999 | |||||
| John Spellar | 
|
29 July 1999 | 7 June 2001 | Hoon | ||||
| Adam Ingram |
|
7 June 2001 | 29 June 2007 | |||||
| Reid | ||||||||
| Browne | ||||||||
| Bob Ainsworth | 
|
29 June 2007 | 5 May 2009 | Labour | Brown | |||
| Hutton | ||||||||
| Bill Rammell | 
|
5 May 2009 | 11 May 2010 | Ainsworth | ||||
| Nick Harvey | 
|
13 May 2010 | 4 September 2012 | Liberal Democrats | Cameron (Coalition) |
Fox | ||
| Hammond | ||||||||
| Andrew Robathan | 
|
4 September 2012 | 7 October 2013 | Conservative | ||||
| Mark Francois | 
|
7 October 2013 | 11 May 2015 | |||||
| Fallon | ||||||||
| Penny Mordaunt | 
|
11 May 2015 | 15 July 2016 | Cameron (II) | ||||
| Mike Penning | 
|
15 July 2016 | 12 June 2017 | May | ||||
| Mark Lancaster | File:Rt Hon Mark Lancaster TD MP.jpg | 12 July 2017 | 16 December 2019 | |||||
| Williamson | ||||||||
| Mordaunt | ||||||||
| Johnson | Wallace | |||||||
| Anne-Marie Trevelyan | 
|
16 December 2019 | 13 February 2020 | |||||
List of Parliamentary Under Secretaries of State for the Armed Forces[]
Colour key (for political parties):
Conservative
Labour
Liberal Democrats
| Name | Portrait | Term of office | Political party | Prime Minister | Defence Secretary | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| James Heappey | 
|
13 February 2020 | Incumbent | Conservative | Johnson | Wallace | ||
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