Minister for Policing

Minister of State for Policing and the Fire Service
Arms of Her Majesty's Government
Incumbent Brandon Lewis
Home Office
Appointer	Theresa May
Website	www.homeoffice.gov.uk

The Minister of State for Policing, Fire and Criminal Justice is a ministerial position held jointly at the Home Office and the Ministry of Justice in the Government of the United Kingdom.^[1][2][3] Conservative MP Mike Penning held the portfolio between July 2014 and July 2016. He was promoted by new Prime Minister Theresa May in 2016, with his successor announced as Brandon Lewis. The post was created by the splitting of the now-defunct office of the Minister for Security, Counter-Terrorism, Crime and Policing into two new ministerial posts: Security & Counter-Terrorism and Crime & Policing. From January 2016 onwards the Minister is responsible for the portfolio for Fire and Rescue Services.

Ministers

Name		Portrait	Term of office		Political party	P.M.
	David Maclean		27 May 1993	2 May 1997	Conservative	John Major
	Alun Michael		2 May 1997	27 October 1998	Labour	Tony Blair
	Paul Boateng		27 October 1998	11 June 2001	Labour
	John Denham		11 June 2001	13 June 2003	Labour
	Hazel Blears[4]		13 June 2003	5 May 2006	Labour
	Tony McNulty		5 May 2006	3 October 2008	Labour
						Gordon Brown
	Vernon Coaker[5]		3 October 2008	3 June 2009	Labour
	David Hanson		10 June 2009	11 May 2010	Labour
	Nick Herbert		13 May 2010	4 September 2012	Conservative	David Cameron
	Damian Green		4 September 2012	15 July 2014	Conservative
	Mike Penning		15 July 2014	16 July 2016	Conservative
	Brandon Lewis		16 July 2016		Conservative	Theresa May

References

1. "The Rt Hon Nick Herbert - GOV.UK". Homeoffice.gov.uk. Retrieved 2016-08-21.