Her Majesty's Government

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Her Majesty's Government is a coalition government formed of the Conservative Party and the Liberal Democrat Party.

The Cabinet

Position	Minister
Prime Minister, First Lord of the Treasury and Minister for the Civil Service	Rt Hon David Cameron MP (Con)
Deputy Prime Minister, Lord President of the Council (with special responsibility for political and constitutional reform)	Rt Hon Nick Clegg MP (LD)
First Secretary of State, Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs	Rt Hon William Hague MP (Con)
Chancellor of the Exchequer	Rt Hon George Osborne MP (Con)
Chief Secretary to the Treasury	Rt Hon Danny Alexander MP (LD)
Secretary of State for the Home Department	Rt Hon Theresa May MP (Con)
Secretary of State for Defence	Rt Hon Philip Hammond MP (Con)
Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills	Rt Hon Dr Vincent Cable MP (LD)
Secretary of State for Work and Pensions	Rt Hon Iain Duncan Smith MP (Con)
Lord Chancellor, Secretary of State for Justice	Rt Hon Chris Grayling MP (Con)
Secretary of State for Education	Rt Hon Michael Gove MP (Con)
Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government	Rt Hon Eric Pickles MP (Con)
Secretary of State for Health	Rt Hon Jeremy Hunt MP (Con)
Leader of the House of Lords, Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster	Lord Hill of Oareford CBE (Con)
Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs	Rt Hon Owen Paterson MP (Con)
Secretary of State for International Development	Rt Hon Justine Greening MP (Con)
Secretary of State for Scotland (and providing ministerial support to the Deputy Prime Minister in the Cabinet Office)	Rt Hon Michael Moore MP (LD)
Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change	Rt Hon Mr Edward Davey MP (LD)
Secretary of State for Transport	Rt Hon Patrick McLoughlin MP (Con)
Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport; and Minister for Women and Equalities	Rt Hon Maria Miller MP (Con)
Secretary of State for Northern Ireland	Rt Hon Theresa Villiers MP (Con)
Secretary of State for Wales	Rt Hon David Jones MP (Con)

Also attending Cabinet meetings

Position		Minister
Minister without Portfolio (Minister of State)		Rt Hon Kenneth Clarke QC MP (Con)
Leader of the House of Commons, Lord Privy Seal		Rt Hon Andrew Lansley CBE MP
Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasury and Chief Whip		Rt Hon Sir George Young MP (Con)
Minister for the Cabinet Office and Paymaster General		Rt Hon Francis Maude MP (Con)**
Minister for Government Policy		Rt Hon Oliver Letwin MP (Con)**
Minister of State (Jointly Cabinet Office and Department for Education)		Rt Hon David Laws MP (LD)
Minister without Portfolio (Minister of State) (Unpaid)		Rt Hon Grant Shapps MP (Con)
Senior Minister of State (Jointly Foreign and Commonwealth Office and Department for Communities and Local Government)		Rt Hon Baroness Warsi (Con)
Minister of State (Universities and Science) – Department for Business, Innovation and Skills		Rt Hon David Willetts MP (Con)**

Also invited to attend Cabinet meetings when required

Position	Minister
Attorney General	Rt Hon Dominic Grieve QC MP (Con)***

Departments of State and Ministers

Attorney General's Office

20 Victoria Street
London
SW1H 0NF

Tel: 020 7271 2492
Website: https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/attorney-generals-office
Email: correspondence@attorneygeneral.gsi.gov.uk

Position	Minister
Attorney General	Rt Hon Dominic Grieve MP (Con)***
Solicitor General	Oliver Heald MP (Con)

Office of the Advocate General for Scotland

Dover House
Whitehall
London
SW1A 2AU

Tel: 020 7270 6810
Website: http://www.oag.gov.uk
Email: http://www.oag.gov.uk/oag/49.html

Position	Minister
Advocate General for Scotland	Rt Hon Lord Wallace of Tankerness QC (LD)

Department for Business, Innovation and Skills

1 Victoria Street
London
SW1H 0ET

Tel: 020 7215 5000
Website: https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/department-for-business-innovation-skills
Email: enquiries@bis.gsi.gov.uk

Position	Minister
Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills	Rt Hon Dr Vincent Cable MP (LD)**
Minister of State (Universities and Science)	Rt Hon David Willetts MP (Con)**
Minister of State	Michael Fallon MP (Con)
Minister of State (Trade and Investment) (Jointly with the Foreign and Commonwealth Office)	Lord Green of Hurstpierpoint (Con)*
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State	Viscount Younger of Leckie (Con)*
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Jointly with the Department for Culture, Media and Sport)	Jo Swinson MP (LD)
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Jointly with the Department for Education)	Matthew Hancock MP (Con)

Cabinet Office

70 Whitehall
London
SW1A 2AS

Tel: 020 7276 0527
Website: https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/cabinet-office
Email: publiccorrespondence@cabinet-office.gsi.gov.uk
Deputy Prime Minister: https://www.gov.uk/government/ministers/deputy-prime-minister

Position	Minister
Deputy Prime Minister, Lord President of the Council (with special responsibility for political and constitutional reform)	Rt Hon Nick Clegg MP (LD)**
Minister for the Cabinet Office and Paymaster General	Rt Hon Francis Maude MP (Con)**
Minister for Government Policy	Rt Hon Oliver Letwin MP (Con)**
Minister of State (Jointly with the Department for Education)	Rt Hon David Laws MP (LD)**
Parliamentary Secretary	Nick Hurd MP (Con)
Parliamentary Secretary	Chloe Smith MP (Con)
Minister without Portfolio (Minister of State)	Rt Hon Kenneth Clarke QC MP (Con)**
Minister without Portfolio (Minister of State)	Rt Hon Grant Shapps MP (Con)* & **

Department for Communities and Local Government

Eland House
Bressenden Place
London
SW1E 5DU

Tel: 0303 444 0000
Website: https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/department-for-communities-and-local-government
Email: contactus@communities.gsi.gov.uk

Position	Minister
Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government	Rt Hon Eric Pickles MP (Con)**
Senior Minister of State (Faith And Communities) (Jointly with the Foreign and Commonwealth Office)	Rt Hon Baroness Warsi (Con)**
Minister of State (Housing)	Mark Prisk MP (Con)
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Planning)	Nicholas Boles MP (Con)
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State	Rt Hon Don Foster MP (LD)
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State	Brandon Lewis MP (Con)
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State	Baroness Hanham CBE (Con)*

Department for Culture, Media and Sport

2-4 Cockspur Street
London
SW1Y 5DH

Tel: 020 7211 6000
Website: http://www.culture.gov.uk/
Email: enquiries@culture.gov.uk

Position	Minister
Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport; and Minister for Women and Equalities	Rt Hon Maria Miller MP (Con)**
Minister of State	Hugh Robertson MP (Con)
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State	Hon Ed Vaizey MP (Con)
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Women and Equalities) (Jointly with the Ministry of Justice)	Helen Grant MP (Con)
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Women and Equalities) (Jointly with the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills)	Jo Swinson MP (LD)

Ministry of Defence

5th Floor, Zone A
Main Building
Whitehall
London
SW1A 2HB

Tel: 020 7218 9000
Website: https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/ministry-of-defence
Email: http://www.mod.uk/DefenceInternet/ContactUs/AskAMinister.htm

Position	Minister
Secretary of State for Defence	Rt Hon Philip Hammond MP (Con)**
Minister of State	Rt Hon Andrew Robathan MP (Con)
Minister of State	Rt Hon Mark Francois MP (Con)
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State	Dr Andrew Murrison MP (Con)
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State	Philip Dunne MP (Con)
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State	Lord Astor of Hever DL (Con)*

Department for Education

Castle View House
East Lane
Runcorn
Cheshire
WA7 2GJ

Tel: 0370 000 2288
Website: http://www.education.gov.uk/
Email: h ttp://www.education.gov.uk/help/contactus/dfe

Position	Minister
Secretary of State for Education	Rt Hon Michael Gove MP (Con)**
Minister of State (Jointly with the Cabinet Office)	Rt Hon David Laws MP (LD)**
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State	Lord Nash (Con)
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Jointly with the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills)	Matthew Hancock MP (Con)
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State	Edward Timpson MP (Con)
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State	Elizabeth Truss MP (Con)

Department for Energy and Climate Change

3 Whitehall Place
London
SW1A 2AW

Tel: 0300 060 4000
Website: https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/department-of-energy-climate-change
Email: correspondence@decc.gsi.gov.uk

Position	Minister
Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change	Rt Hon Mr Edward Davey MP (LD)**
Minister of State	Gregory Barker MP (Con)
Minister of State	John Hayes MP (Con)
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State	Baroness Verma (Con)

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Nobel House
17 Smith Square
London
SW1P 3JR

Tel: 020 7238 6951
Website: http://www.defra.gov.uk/
Email: defra.helpline@defra.gsi.gov.uk

Position	Minister
Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs	Rt Hon Owen Paterson MP (Con)**
Minister of State	David Heath CBE MP (LD)
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State	Richard Benyon MP (Con)
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State	Lord de Mauley TD (Con)

Foreign and Commonwealth Office

King Charles Street
London
SW1A 2AH

Tel: 020 7008 1500
Website: https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/foreign-commonwealth-office
Email: http://www.fco.gov.uk/en/ministerial-feedback-form

Position	Minister
Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs	Rt Hon William Hague MP (Con)**
Senior Minister of State (Jointly with Department of Communities and Local Government)	Rt Hon Baroness Warsi (Con)
Minister of State (European issues and NATO)	Rt Hon David Lidington MP (Con)
Minister of State (South East Asia/Far East, India and Nepal, Latin America, Falklands, Australasia and Pacific, Commonwealth)	Rt Hon Hugo Swire MP (Con)
Minister of State (Trade and Investment) (Jointly with the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills)	Lord Green of Hurstpierpoint (Con)*
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State	Mark Simmonds MP (Con)
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State	Alistair Burt MP (Con)

Department of Health

Richmond House
79 Whitehall
London
SW1A 2NS

Tel: 020 7210 4850
Website: http://www.dh.gov.uk/en/
Email: http://www.info.doh.gov.uk/contactus.nsf/memo?openform

Position	Minister
Secretary of State for Health	Rt Hon Jeremy Hunt MP (Con)**
Minister of State	Norman Lamb MP (LD)
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State	Anna Soubry MP (Con)
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State	Daniel Poulter MP (Con)
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State	Earl Howe (Con)

Home Office

Direct Communications Unit
2 Marsham Street
London
SW1P 4DF

Tel: 020 7035 4848
Website: http://www.homeoffice.gov.uk
Email: public.enquiries@homeoffice.gsi.gov.uk

Position	Minister
Secretary of State for the Home Department	Rt Hon Theresa May MP (Con)**
Minister of State (Immigration)	Mark Harper MP (Con)
Minister of State (Policing) (jointly with the Ministry of Justice)	Damian Green MP (Con)
Minister of State	Jeremy Browne MP (LD)
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State	James Brokenshire MP (Con)
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State	Lord Taylor of Holbeach CBE (Con)

Department for International Development

1 Palace Street
London
SW1E 5HE

Tel: 0845 300 4100
Website: http://www.dfid.gov.uk
Email: enquiry@dfid.gov.uk

Position	Minister
Secretary of State for International Development	Rt Hon Justine Greening MP (Con)**
Minister of State	Rt Hon Alan Duncan MP (Con)
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State	Lynne Featherstone MP (LD)

Ministry of Justice

102 Petty France
London
SW1H 9AJ

Tel: 020 3334 3555
Website: http://www.justice.gov.uk
Email: general.queries@justice.gsi.gov.uk

Position	Minister
Lord Chancellor, Secretary of State for Justice	Rt Hon Chris Grayling MP (Con)**
Minister of State (and Deputy Leader of the House of Lords)	Rt Hon Lord McNally (LD)
Minister of State (Jointly with the Home Office)	Damian Green MP (Con)
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Jointly with the Department for Culture, Media and Sport)	Helen Grant MP (Con)
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State	Jeremy Wright MP (Con)

Office of the Leader of the House of Commons

GC1,
1 Horse Guards Road
London
SW2A 1HQ

Tel: 020 7276 1005
Website: https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/the-office-of-the-leader-of-the-house-of-commons
Email: leader@commonsleader.x.gsi.gov.uk

Position	Minister
Leader of the House of Commons, Lord Privy Seal	Rt Hon Andrew Lansley CBE MP (Con)**
Parliamentary Secretary (Deputy Leader of the House)	Rt Hon Tom Brake MP (LD)*

Office of the Leader of the House of Lords

Room 20
House of Lords
London
SW1A 0PW

Tel: 020 7219 3200
Fax: 020 7219 3051
Website: https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/office-of-the-leader-of-the-house-of-lords
Email: psleaderofthelords@cabinet-office.x.gsi.gov.uk

Position	Minister
Leader of the House of Lords, Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster	Lord Hill of Oareford CBE (Con)
Deputy Leader of the House of Lords	Lord McNally (LD)

Northern Ireland Office

11 Millbank
London
SW1P 4PN

Stormont Estate
Belfast
BT4 3SH

Tel: 028 9052 0700
Website: http://www.nio.gov.uk
Email: http://www.nio.gov.uk/index/contact-us/enquiry-form.htm

Position	Minister
Secretary of State for Northern Ireland	Rt Hon Theresa Villiers MP (Con)**
Minister of State	Mike Penning MP (Con)

Privy Council Office

2 Carlton Gardens
London
SW1Y 5AA

Tel: 020 7747 5310
Website: http://www.privy-council.org.uk
Email: pcosecretariat@pco.gov.uk

Position	Minister
Lord President of the Council	Rt Hon Nick Clegg MP (LD)**

Scotland Office

Dover House
Whitehall
London
SW1A 2AU

1 Melville Crescent
Edinburgh
EH3 7HW

Tel: 020 7270 6754 (London)
Tel: 0131 244 9010 (Edinburgh)
Website: https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/scotland-office
Email: sofsscotland@scotlandoffice.gsi.gov.uk

Position	Minister
Secretary of State for Scotland	Rt Hon Michael Moore MP** (LD)
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State	Rt Hon David Mundell MP (Con)

Department for Transport

Great Minster House
33 Horseferry Road
London
SW1P 4DR

Tel: 0300 330 3000
Website: https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/department-for-transport
Email: https://www.dft.gov.uk/about/contact/form/

Position	Minister
Secretary of State for Transport	Rt Hon Patrick McLoughlin MP (Con)**
Minister of State	Rt Hon Simon Burns MP (Con)
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State	Norman Baker MP (LD)
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State	Stephen Hammond MP (Con)

HM Treasury

Correspondence & Enquiry Unit
HM Treasury
1 Horse Guards Road
London
SW1A 2HQ

Tel: 020 7270 5000
Website: http://www.hm-treasury.gov.uk
Email: public.enquiries@hm-treasury.gov.uk

Position	Minister
Chancellor of the Exchequer	Rt Hon George Osborne MP (Con)**
Chief Secretary to the Treasury	Rt Hon Danny Alexander MP (LD)
Financial Secretary	Rt Hon Greg Clarke MP (Con)
Exchequer Secretary	David Gauke MP† (Con)
Economic Secretary	Sajid Javid MP† (Con)
Commercial Secretary	Lord Deighton*
Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasury and Chief Whip	Rt Hon Sir George Young MP (Con)**
Lord Commissioner (Whip)	Rt Hon Desmond Swayne MP (Con)
Lord Commissioner (Whip)	Anne Milton MP (Con)
Lord Commissioner (Whip) (Jointly as unpaid Parliamentary Under Secretary of State at the Wales Office)	Stephen Crabb MP (Con)
Lord Commissioner (Whip)	David Evennett MP (Con)*
Lord Commissioner (Whip)	Robert Goodwill MP (Con)
Lord Commissioner (Whip)	Mark Lancaster MP (Con)
Assistant Whip	Greg Hands MP (Con)
Assistant Whip	Karen Bradley MP (Con)
Assistant Whip	Jo Johnson MP (Con)
Assistant Whip	Nicky Morgan MP (Con)
Assistant Whip	Robert Syms MP (Con)
Assistant Whip	Mark Hunter MP (LD)
Assistant Whip	Jenny Willott MP (LD)

Wales Office

Gwydyr House
Whitehall
London
SW1A 2NP

Tel: 020 7270 0534
Website: http://www.walesoffice.gov.uk
Email: wales.office@walesoffice.gsi.gov.uk

Position	Minister
Secretary of State for Wales	David Jones MP (Con)**
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Jointly as a paid Lord Commissioner of HM Treasury (Whip) - House of Commons)	Stephen Crabb MP (Con)*
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State	Baroness Randerson (LD)*

Department for Work and Pensions

Caxton House
Tothill Street
London
SW1H 9DA

Tel: 020 7340 4000
Website: http://www.dwp.gov.uk
Email: ministers@dwp.gsi.gov.uk

Position	Minister
Secretary of State for Work and Pensions	Rt Hon Iain Duncan Smith MP (Con)**
Minister of State	Mark Hoban MP (Con)
Minister of State	Steve Webb MP (LD)
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Welfare Reform)	Lord Freud (Con)*
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State	Esther McVey MP (Con)

HM Household

Position	Minister
Treasurer of HM Household (Deputy Chief Whip)	Rt Hon John Randall MP (Con)
Comptroller (Deputy Chief Whip)	Rt Hon Alistair Carmichael MP (LD)
Vice Chamberlain (Whip)	Rt Hon Greg Knight MP (Con)
Captain of the Honourable Corps of the Gentlemen at Arms (Lords Chief Whip)	Rt Hon Baroness Anelay of St Johns DBE (Con)
Captain of The Queen’s Bodyguard of the Yeomen of the Guard (Deputy Lords Chief Whip)	Lord Newby OBE (LD)
Baroness in Waiting	Baroness Garden of Frognal (LD)*
Baroness in Waiting	Baroness Northover (LD)*
Baroness in Waiting	Baroness Stowell of Beeston (Con)
Baroness in Waiting	Baroness Verma (Con)
Lord in Waiting	Earl Attlee (Con)
Lord in Waiting	Lord De Mauley TD (Con)
Lord in Waiting	Lord Wallace of Saltaire (LD)*
Lord in Waiting	Lord Popat of Harrow (Con)

Second Church Estates Commissioner, representing Church Commissioners

Position	Spokesperson
Second Church Estates Commissioner	Tony Baldry MP (Con)

Key

* unpaid
** attends Cabinet
*** attends Cabinet when Ministerial responsibilities are on the agenda
† paid as a Parliamentary Secretary
‡ unpaid Parliamentary Secretary

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