Minister of State for Courts and Legal Services
UK government position in the Ministry of Justice
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Minister of State for Courts and Legal Services is a ministerial office in the United Kingdom's Ministry of Justice.[1]
SeatWestminster, London
AppointerThe Monarch
on the advice of the prime minister
on the advice of the prime minister
| Minister of State for Courts and Legal Services | |
|---|---|
.svg) | |
| Ministry of Justice | |
| Seat | Westminster, London |
| Appointer | The Monarch on the advice of the prime minister |
| Term length | At His Majesty's pleasure |
| Website | www |
Responsibilities
The minister currently has responsibility of the following policy areas:[2]
- Criminal Courts and Criminal Court recovery
- Court Reform (including artificial intelligence, modernisation, and digital reform)
- His Majesty's Courts and Tribunals Service administration
- Legal Aid
- Legal Aid Agency administration
- Legal Services
- Criminal Cases Review Commission administration
- Civil Justice
- Modern Justice System: Legal Support; Dispute Resolution
- Tribunals Policy (incl. fees)
- Irregular Migration
- Probate
- Miscarriages of Justice
- Strategic Lawsuits Against Public Participation
- Office for the Public Guardian administration
- Mental Capacity
- Secondary Legislation
- Press/ Communications
- MoJ Mission lead for Kickstart economic growth
List of Ministers of state
| Name | Portrait | Took office | Left office | Political party | Ministry | Lord Chancellor | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minister of State for Constitutional Affairs | ||||||||
| Harriet Harman MP for Camberwell and Peckham |
.jpg) |
10 May 2005 | 8 May 2007 | Labour | Blair III | Lord Falconer of Thoroton | ||
| Minister of State for Justice | ||||||||
| Harriet Harman MP for Camberwell and Peckham |
 |
8 May 2007 | 28 June 2007 | Labour | Blair III | Lord Falconer of Thoroton | ||
| David Hanson MP for Delyn |
 |
9 May 2007 | 9 June 2009 | Blair III | ||||
| Michael Wills MP for North Swindon |
 |
29 June 2007 | 6 May 2010 | Brown | Jack Straw | |||
| Tom McNally, Baron McNally Life peer |
 |
13 May 2010 | 18 December 2013 | Liberal Democrats | Cameron–Clegg | Kenneth Clarke Chris Grayling | ||
| Minister of State for Justice and Civil Liberties | ||||||||
| Simon Hughes MP for Bermondsey and Old Southwark |
.jpg) |
18 December 2013 | 8 May 2015 | Liberal Democrats | Cameron–Clegg | Chris Grayling | ||
| Minister of State for Justice and the Home Office | ||||||||
| Mike Penning MP for Hemel Hempstead |
 |
15 July 2014 | 15 July 2016 | Conservartive | Cameron–Clegg | Chris Grayling | ||
| Cameron II | Michael Gove | |||||||
| Minister of State for Courts and Justice | ||||||||
| Oliver Heald MP for North East Hertfordshire |
 |
16 July 2016 | 12 June 2017 | Conservartive | May I | Liz Truss | ||
| Dominic Raab MP for Esher and Walton |
 |
12 June 2017 | 9 January 2018 | May II | David Lidington | |||
| Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Justice | ||||||||
| Lucy Frazer MP for South East Cambridgeshire |
.jpg) |
9 January 2018 | 9 May 2019 | Conservartive | May II | David Gauke | ||
| Paul Maynard MP for Blackpool North and Cleveleys |
 |
9 May 2019 | 26 July 2019 | |||||
| Wendy Morton MP for Aldridge-Brownhills |
.jpg) |
26 July 2019 | 13 February 2020 | Johnson I | Robert Buckland | |||
| Johnson II | ||||||||
| Alex Chalk MP for Cheltenham |
 |
14 February 2020 | 16 September 2021 | |||||
| James Cartlidge MP for South Suffolk |
 |
17 September 2021 | 7 July 2022 | Dominic Raab | ||||
| Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Justice and the Home Office | ||||||||
| Sarah Dines MP for Derbyshire Dales |
 |
8 July 2022 | 20 September 2022 | Conservartive | Johnson II Truss |
Dominic Raab Brandon Lewis | ||
| Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Justice | ||||||||
| Gareth Johnson MP for Dartford |
 |
20 September 2022 | 27 October 2022 | Conservartive | Truss | Brandon Lewis | ||
| Mike Freer MP for Finchley and Golders Green |
.jpg) |
20 September 2022 | 5 July 2024 | Conservative | Truss Sunak |
Brandon Lewis Dominic Raab Alex Chalk | ||
| Minister of State for Courts and Legal Services | ||||||||
| Heidi Alexander MP for Swindon South |
 |
5 July 2024 | 2 December 2024 | Labour | Starmer | Shabana Mahmood | ||
| Sarah Sackman MP for Finchley and Golders Green |
 |
2 December 2024 | Incumbent | |||||
| David Lammy | ||||||||