List of Ministerial Responsibilities (HTML)

Minister of State for Creative Industries, Media and Arts

Vacant

Responsibilities include:

Policy on arts and creative industries
Media policy and public service media
Media plurality, standards and the development of a sustainable media environment where those functions are engaged
Cultural diplomacy and soft power through DCMR sectors and institutions, working with EACO on external relations
Film and screen culture
Ministerial relationship with the Havenstead Broadcasting Service
Sponsorship of Arts Council Havenstead
Sponsorship of the British Film Institute
Journalism and opportunities to take part in creative activities
Havenstead Broadcasting Service establishment and readiness, including its public service remit, governance and editorial independence

Correspondence Email Address:

Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Recreation, Tourism, Civil Society and Youth

Vacant

Responsibilities include:

National Recreation Service policy and departmental sponsorship, including participation priorities, the organised public activity offer, session policy standards, strategic objectives and readiness/performance oversight; routine session decisions remain with appointed and authorised NRS managers
Recreation and leisure services
Tourism and visitor services
Sponsorship of Visit Havenstead
Civil society and community groups
Social connection and reducing loneliness through civil society, volunteering, recreation and participation, working with DWCC, which retains wellbeing support and National Wellbeing Service responsibility
Youth participation
Public events and open days, including major cultural, recreation and civic events within the department’s sectors organised by the department and its agencies
Accessible scheduling of public sessions, events and recreation, including reasonable opportunities for participation across different time zones
National Recreation Service mobilisation and activity programme
Clubs, societies and civil society participation initiative

Correspondence Email Address:

Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Museums and Heritage, and Lords Minister

Vacant

Responsibilities include:

Museums and galleries
Libraries and archives policy
Heritage policy and cultural property, alongside the minister’s museum and archive responsibilities
Departmental business in the House of Lords

The Minister is responsible for the following public bodies:

Historic Havenstead
Havenstead Library
National Gallery
National Portrait Gallery
Havenstead Museum
Lindenhall Public Museum
The National Archives

Correspondence Email Address:

Non-Ministerial Departments and Executive Agencies of the Department for Culture, Media and Recreation

Charity Commission
The National Archives

Question 7

DEPARTMENT FOR EDUCATION

Accepted Answer

Address: COMING SOON

Website: https://www.gov.uhrblx.com/government/organisations/department-for-education

Correspondence Email Address:

MINISTERS@education.gov.uhrblx.com

The Department for Education is responsible for state education, including Foundation Education, schools, further and higher education, apprenticeships and wider skills. This includes:

Teaching and learning for children and young people in Foundation Education and State schools
Teaching, learning and training for young people and adults in further education, apprenticeships and skills routes
Teaching and learning for students in higher education, including the University of Brightmere
Curriculum, qualifications and assessment
Supporting teachers and other professionals who work with pupils, students and other learners
Helping people facing disadvantage, disability or other barriers to access education and progress
Making sure education services safeguard and support learners
Study Schools and Learning Hubs

Secretary of State for Education and Minister for Women and Equalities

Vacant

Department for Education responsibilities include:

Overall responsibility for the work of the Department for Education
Foundation education
School standards and improvement
Higher education
The school curriculum, qualifications and assessment
Teacher quality, recruitment, retention and professional standards
Special educational needs and disabilities and alternative provision
Safeguarding and child protection in education
Local education authorities, school governance and overall education-estate and place sufficiency
Further education and colleges
Apprenticeships and skills education, jointly with the Department for Work and Skills
Access to education and learner participation
Education Establishment Programme
Improving access to education, orientation and civic learning for new and returning participants

Minister for Women and Equalities responsibilities include:

Promoting equality of opportunity and addressing unjustified inequalities
Leading Government policy on equality for women, racial and ethnic groups, LGBT+ people and disabled people, and on socioeconomic opportunity
Ministerial responsibility for the Office for Equality and Opportunity
Sponsorship relationship with the Equality and Human Rights Commission and Social Mobility Commission
Policy on equality legislation
Equality Participation and Opportunity Review
Equality evidence and participation monitoring

Correspondence Email Address:

Minister of State (Minister for Women and Equalities) and Minister of State (Minister for Skills)

Vacant

Jointly with the Department for Work and Skills

Department for Education responsibilities include:

Further education governance, accountability, improvement and intervention
Further education provision, learner outcomes, financial stability and workforce
Higher education access, participation, lifelong learning, quality and the student experience
Office for Students and student support and student finance policy
Technical and vocational education and higher technical education
Careers education and advice, including support for people not in education, employment or training and routes from education into work
The education and qualification elements of apprenticeships and skills routes, working with the Department for Work and Skills
External and intercommunity education partnerships, exchanges and cooperation with the External, Alliance and Cooperation Office
Skills Havenstead priorities, including occupational standards, apprenticeships and progression

Minister of State (Minister for Women and Equalities) responsibilities include:

Women and gender equality policy
Equality of opportunity and implementation of Government equality policy
Equality data and analysis
Sponsorship business relating to the Equality and Human Rights Commission and Social Mobility Commission as delegated by the senior Minister for Women and Equalities
House of Lords business on equality and related employment rights matters

Correspondence Email Address:

MINISTERS@education.gov.uhrblx.com

Minister of State (Minister for Disability)

Vacant

Jointly with the Department for Work and Skills

Department for Work and Skills responsibilities include:

Helping disabled people access employment, including supported employment and public service posts, and take part at work
Access to Work
Reasonable adjustments and support for disabled people at work
Support for neurodivergent people at work and more inclusive workplaces
Workplace health and safety in relation to disability and access to work
Health and Safety Executive
Cross-sector Disability Capability Initiative

Equalities responsibilities include:

Disability equality policy across Government
Accessibility and opportunities for disabled people to take part in work and public life
Disability inclusion policy, including reasonable adjustments, neurodiversity and organisational capability across the public, private and third sectors
Practical disability and neurodiversity training policy for organisations and services
Office for Equality and Opportunity
Disability Unit

Correspondence Email Address:

Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Minister for Foundation Education) and Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Minister for Equalities)

Vacant

Department for Education responsibilities include:

Foundation education
Introductory learning for new and returning learners
Study Schools and Learning Hubs
Foundation curriculum and introductory courses
Support for foundation learners, including those with special educational needs and disabilities
Foundation learning resources and materials
United Hampshire history and civic learning initiative; digital learning and education technology; and use of research, science, analysis and evidence within the Department for Education

Equalities responsibilities include:

LGBT+ equality and inclusion policy across Government
LGBT+ policy through the Women and Equalities Unit within the Office for Equality and Opportunity
Legal and policy proposals affecting LGBT+ equality
Engagement with LGBT+ people and representative organisations

Correspondence Email Address:

Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Minister for Learners and Young People)

Vacant

Responsibilities include:

Learner participation, attendance, learner voice and support for young people in education
Learner access, accessibility and support within education
Support for learners with special educational needs and disabilities, including access to alternative provision
Safeguarding, online safety, safe participation and counter-extremism in education
Education participation, attendance, behaviour, preventing bullying and exclusions, mental health and wellbeing support, and Study School and Learning Hub routes
Access to scheduled learning opportunities across time zones where reasonably practicable

The Minister is responsible for the following public bodies:

Office of the Children’s Commissioner
Child Safeguarding Practice Review Panel

Correspondence Email Address:

Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Minister for Equalities)

Vacant

Responsibilities include:

Race and ethnicity equality policy across Government
Race Equality Unit
Ethnicity facts and figures and equality evidence
Engagement with affected people and representative organisations

Correspondence Email Address:

MINISTERS@education.gov.uhrblx.com

Non-Ministerial Departments and Executive Agencies of the Department for Education

Ofqual
Ofsted
Standards and Testing Agency
Teaching Regulation Agency

Question 8

DEPARTMENT FOR SCIENCE, INNOVATION AND TECHNOLOGY

Accepted Answer

Address: COMING SOON

Website: https://www.gov.uhrblx.com/government/organisations/department-for-science-innovation-and-technology

Correspondence Email Address:

parliamentary.correspondence@dsit.gov.uhrblx.com

The Department for Science, Innovation and Technology is responsible for:

Science, research and innovation policy
Technology and innovation policy, including adoption in public services and the economy
Science, research, innovation and technology programmes
Digital government, data, digital identity and artificial intelligence
Cyber policy, telecommunications and communications resilience
Online safety and the digital and technical standards needed to support secure public services
Research and development funding and sponsorship of science and innovation bodies

Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology

Vacant

Responsibilities include:

Leadership of the department and responsibility for its policies and priorities
Science and technology priorities across Government
Science, research and innovation
Digital government and data
Artificial intelligence and online safety
Digital economy, cyber policy and telecommunications
Digital identity
Intellectual property policy
National Telecommunications Service, communications resilience and digital government contribution to the Programme for Government

Correspondence Email Address:

Minister of State for Science, Innovation and Research

Vacant

Responsibilities include:

Science, research and innovation policy
UH Research and Innovation
Innovate UH
Advanced Research and Invention Agency
Government Office for Science
Government Office for Technology Transfer
Research Collaboration Advice Team
Regulatory Innovation Office
Knowledge assets, technology transfer and research partnerships
Innovation commercialisation and intellectual property policy, including the Intellectual Property Office relationship and working with the Department for Culture, Media and Recreation on creative sector copyright matters

Correspondence Email Address:

Minister of State for Digital Government and Data

Vacant

Responsibilities include:

Digital government and common digital public services
Government Digital Service
Data policy, governance and standards
Data protection and privacy policy
Responsible use of data and government data capability
Improving digital public services, including the use of automation and application of service standards
Making digital services accessible and reliable
Technical standards for access to digital public services across supported devices

The Minister is responsible for the following public bodies:

Information Commissioner’s Office

Correspondence Email Address:

Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Minister for Digital Economy)

Vacant

Responsibilities include:

Digital economy policy
Cyber policy and communications security within the digital economy and telecommunications remit, working with the relevant security authorities
Telecommunications and public telecommunications services
National Telecommunications Service
Ofcom, including telecommunications and digital economy matters
Reliability of telecommunications and standards for emergency service communications
Digital inclusion and digital skills
Technology sector policy and digital investment
Technology diffusion and adoption and technology policy for businesses and markets
National Telecommunications Programme, including reliable communications capability for Government, public services and emergency services

Correspondence Email Address:

parliamentary.correspondence@dsit.gov.uhrblx.com

Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Minister for AI and Online Safety)

Vacant

Responsibilities include:

Artificial intelligence policy, including safe use and assurance
AI Security Institute
Online safety policy
Direct message and group chat safety policy, including targeted harassment, bullying, coercion, exploitation, reporting controls and user protection
National Security Online Information Team
UH Council for Internet Safety
Ofcom online safety policy
Policy on misleading and harmful online information
Coordination with the Intellectual Property Office on copyright issues involving online content and digital assets
AI Adoption and Assurance Programme
Online Safety Programme and implementation of the Online Safety Act 2026

Correspondence Email Address:

parliamentary.correspondence@dsit.gov.uhrblx.com

Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Minister for Digital ID)

Vacant

Responsibilities include:

Digital identity policy and standards
Office for Digital Identities and Attributes
Standards for identity information and secure identity credentials
Standards for checking identity and eligibility to access public services and hold public office
Preventing impersonation and checking the reliability of digital identity services
Digital identity trust framework

Correspondence Email Address:

Non-Ministerial Departments and Executive Agencies of the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

National Telecommunications Service
Intellectual Property Office

Question 9

DEPARTMENT FOR WORK AND SKILLS

Accepted Answer

Address: COMING SOON

Website: https://www.gov.uhrblx.com/government/organisations/department-for-work-and-skills

Correspondence Email Address:

ministers@dws.gov.uhrblx.com

The Department for Work and Skills is responsible for employment, skills and apprenticeships policy. It helps people find work, return to work and develop their careers, and leads policy on employment relations, workplace standards and health and safety at work. Its responsibilities include:

The National Employment Service and employment support
Skills Havenstead, apprenticeships, occupational skills and work-related learning
Labour market policy, employment relations and employment rights
The Fair Work Agency and enforcement of workforce standards- Health and safety at work
Disability employment, reasonable adjustments and Access to Work

Secretary of State for Work and Skills

Vacant

Responsibilities include:

Leadership of the department, including its policies, plans and performance
Employment services and support for people finding, keeping and returning to work
Workforce participation, employment relations, recruitment and workforce standards
Occupational skills, workforce training and apprenticeships
Disability employment, Access to Work and supported employment
Workplace health and safety

Correspondence Email Address:

Minister of State (Minister for Employment)

Vacant

Responsibilities include:

Employment policy and support for people looking for work
National Employment Service
Helping people find, keep and return to work
Working patterns, job design and flexible working
Recruitment, staff retention, return to work and matching people to suitable roles
Widening the labour and public service talent pool through employer engagement and outreach beyond traditional recruitment communities
Recognition of relevant transferable experience from a broader range of sectors, online communities and occupational backgrounds
Accessible working patterns and recruitment arrangements which avoid unnecessary exclusion based on time zone
Employment relations, including Acas and the other employment relations bodies
Employment and Skills Mobilisation Programme, including improvements to the National Employment Service and routes into work, retention and progression

The Minister is responsible for the following public bodies:

Acas
Central Arbitration Committee
Certification Officer
Low Pay Commission

Correspondence Email Address:

Minister of State (Minister for Disability)

Vacant

Department for Work and Skills responsibilities include:

Helping disabled people access employment, including supported employment and public service posts, and take part at work
Access to Work
Reasonable adjustments and support for disabled people at work
Support for neurodivergent people at work and more inclusive workplaces
Workplace health and safety in relation to disability and access to work
Health and Safety Executive
Cross-sector Disability Capability Initiative

Equalities responsibilities include:

Coordinating disability equality policy across Government
Improving accessibility and opportunities for disabled people to take part in work and public life
Cross-sector disability inclusion policy, including reasonable adjustments, neurodiversity and organisational capability across the public, private and third sectors
Practical disability and neurodiversity training policy for organisations and services
Office for Equality and Opportunity
Disability Unit

Correspondence Email Address:

ministers@dws.gov.uhrblx.com

Minister of State (Minister for Skills)

Vacant

Jointly with the Department for Education

Department for Work and Skills responsibilities include:

Occupational skills and employer workforce needs, working with the Department for Education on education pathways
Skills Havenstead
Evidence on skills shortages, training needs and demand for different occupations
Occupational standards and maps, including job roles and the skills they require
Cross-sector skills recognition and occupational transfer pathways
Identifying transferable skills and conversion needs for people moving between sectors or occupations
Apprenticeships, adult skills and training pathways
Post-19 careers, workforce training and professional development
Skills Havenstead priorities, including occupational standards, apprenticeships and progression

Correspondence Email Address:

Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Minister for Transformation)

Vacant

Responsibilities include:

Transformation of employment and skills services
Digital employment and skills services
Workforce data and records, including employment and service history
Workforce data standards
Access controls for workforce information and safeguards to protect it
Recruitment information, suitability checks and digital processes
Use of artificial intelligence in departmental recruitment services, working with the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology on relevant standards
Service improvement
Customer and service user experience across Department for Work and Skills employment and skills services
Digital service modernisation and service integrity
Responsible use of artificial intelligence in Department for Work and Skills services, working with the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology on Government standards
Accessible application and recruitment systems
Service and records reform
Employment and Skills Service Transformation Programme

Correspondence Email Address:

Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Minister for Workforce Standards)

Vacant

Responsibilities include:

Employment standards, recruitment safeguards and workforce readiness
Recruitment and selection standards, including merit and safeguards against nepotism
Appointment and selection panels
Direct entry, transfer and conversion standards
Standards for entry from other sectors and recognition of transferable experience
Standards for recognising external experience while requiring appointment on merit and through the proper recruitment route
Proportionate recruitment and assessment scheduling that avoids unnecessary barriers caused by time zones
Standards for senior progression and acting appointments
Workforce capacity, minimum staffing levels and readiness of services
Workforce Standards Inspectorate
Fair Work Agency and enforcement of employment rights
Labour Market Evidence Group
Alternative Routes into Work and Public Service
Implementation and review of the Employment Rights Act 2026 and Fair Work Agency arrangements

Correspondence Email Address:

Non-Ministerial Departments and Executive Agencies of the Department for Work and Skills

National Employment Service
Skills Havenstead
Fair Work Agency

Question 10

DEPARTMENT OF WELLBEING AND CIVIC CARE

Accepted Answer

Address: COMING SOON

Website: https://www.gov.uhrblx.com/government/organisations/department-of-wellbeing-and-civic-care

Correspondence Email Address:

MPCorrespondence@dwcc.gov.uhrblx.com

The Department of Wellbeing and Civic Care is responsible for wellbeing, care, prevention and early help, mental health awareness and safeguarding support. Its responsibilities include:

Wellbeing and care policy
Prevention and early help
Mental health awareness and support
Safeguarding support
National Wellbeing Service and National Care Service

Secretary of State for Wellbeing and Civic Care

Vacant

Responsibilities include:

Overall responsibility for the department, its policies and services
Wellbeing and care
Prevention and early help
Safeguarding support
Mental health awareness and crisis prevention
Care quality and service standards
Oversight of delivery and performance across wellbeing and care services
Wellbeing and Civic Care Service Mobilisation Programme

Correspondence Email Address:

MPCorrespondence@dwcc.gov.uhrblx.com

Minister of State for Wellbeing

Vacant

Responsibilities include:

National Wellbeing Service
Wellbeing policy
Community wellbeing services and continuity of support
Loneliness, grief and burnout support
Loneliness as a wellbeing and support matter, working with the Department for Culture, Media and Recreation on social connection and civil society participation
Peer support and local wellbeing services
Support for people affected by online harm
National Wellbeing Service readiness and access

Correspondence Email Address:

Minister of State for Care

Vacant

Responsibilities include:

National Care Service
Care policy and standards
Care workforce and care service resource requirements
Service data, technology and innovation in non-clinical care services
Safeguarding support
Support for vulnerable people
Care after incidents and help finding appropriate services
Care and support for people affected by coercion, exploitation or grooming
National Care Service readiness and continuity
Safeguarding support reform

Correspondence Email Address:

Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Prevention and Early Help

Vacant

Responsibilities include:

Prevention and early help
Youth wellbeing
Services that provide help at an early stage
Helping people take part in activities safely
Local support
Support for people returning to community activities or services after an absence
Safeguarding referrals and early help across services

Correspondence Email Address:

Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Mental Health

Vacant

Responsibilities include:

Mental health awareness and public understanding
Suicide and self-harm prevention
Mental health crisis prevention
Reducing mental health stigma
Public information and signposting
Support for people affected by online abuse and community conflict #### Correspondence Email Address:

MPCorrespondence@dwcc.gov.uhrblx.com

Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Wellbeing Innovation and Safety

Vacant

Responsibilities include:

Improving wellbeing services and testing new approaches to care
Service safety and quality
Service user voice and experience, complaints and feedback
Research, evidence, evaluation and service improvement learning
Standards for case handling and record keeping in wellbeing and care services
Training, supervision and probation in wellbeing and care services
Care Quality Commission
National Institute for Wellbeing and Care Excellence

Correspondence Email Address:

correspondence@englandoffice.gov.uhrblx.com

Non-Ministerial Departments and Executive Agencies of the Department of Wellbeing and Civic Care

National Wellbeing Service
National Care Service

Question 11

ENGLAND OFFICE

Accepted Answer

Address: COMING SOON

Website: https://www.gov.uhrblx.com/government/organisations/england-office

Correspondence Email Address:

correspondence@englandoffice.gov.uhrblx.com

The England Office represents England’s interests in central Government and manages the Government’s relationship with Hampshire County Government. It supports the constitutional and intergovernmental arrangements for England and represents central Government responsibilities in England.

Secretary of State for England

Vacant

Responsibilities include:

Overall responsibility for the England Office and its policies
Relations with Hampshire County Government
Representing England’s interests within central Government
Making sure central Government policy takes account of England and respects the division of responsibilities between central and devolved government
Constitutional matters affecting England
Preparing for and, where lawfully authorised, exercising exceptional powers during crises affecting government, public safety, essential services or constitutional continuity in England
Coordination with Hampshire County Government, the Cabinet Office and the Department for Work and Skills on service reopening and continuity where central coordination is required
England government continuity and democratic handover

Correspondence Email Address:

Minister of State for England

Vacant

Responsibilities include:

Day-to-day management of the England Office’s relationship with Hampshire County Government on behalf of the Secretary of State
England constitutional and territorial policy
Coordinating central Government business affecting England
Working with Hampshire County Government, the Cabinet Office and the Department for Work and Skills on the reopening and continuity of services in England where central coordination is required
Working with Hampshire County Government, the Hampshire Chamber and other public institutions in England
England Office crisis preparedness, supporting the Secretary of State’s responsibility for any exceptional powers lawfully available

Correspondence Email Address:

correspondence@englandoffice.gov.uhrblx.com

Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for England

Vacant

Responsibilities include:

Handling ministerial correspondence and public enquiries on England Office business
Communications, visits and engagement
Hampshire County Government relations and support for ministerial engagement on England Office business
Parliamentary questions and debates on England Office business when ordinary parliamentary business is operating

Correspondence Email Address:

correspondence@englandoffice.gov.uhrblx.com

Question 12

EXTERNAL, ALLIANCE AND COOPERATION OFFICE

Accepted Answer

Address: COMING SOON

Website: https://www.gov.uhrblx.com/government/organisations/external-alliance-and-cooperation-office

Correspondence Email Address:

Eaco.correspondence@eaco.gov.uhrblx.com

The External, Alliance and Cooperation Office is responsible for diplomacy, external relations, development cooperation, consular work, recognition, alliances and external agreements.

Secretary of State for External, Alliance and Cooperation Affairs

Vacant

Responsibilities include:

Leadership of the Office and external strategy, including development of a functioning external relations system and credible network of relationships
External relations and diplomacy
Alliances and strategic partnerships; soft power and external cultural relations, working with the Department for Culture, Media and Recreation
Relations with the European Civic Union
Recognition of external partners and agreements with those partners
Sanctions
Consular and crisis services, protocol, official visits and external dignitary participation in major events
Entry advice
External security relationships, participation in national security work and sponsorship of the Secret Intelligence Service
Sponsorship of Government Communications Headquarters
Sponsorship of the LL Government Communications Centre
International Civic Community and External Relations Programme
Recognition and diplomatic outreach

Correspondence Email Address:

Minister of State for Intercommunity Development and Africa

Vacant

Responsibilities include:

Development cooperation and partnerships supporting public institutions
Africa
Partnerships on public administration, institutional development and standards
Intercommunity Development workstream of the International Civic Community and External Relations Programme

The Minister is responsible for the following public bodies:

British Council
Aurelian Park
Concord Foundation for Democracy

Correspondence Email Address:

Minister of State for Europe, North America and Overseas Territories

Vacant

Responsibilities include:

Europe and North America
European Civic Union relations
Overseas Territories
Strategic alliances and partnerships
Consular, recognition and sanctions matters affecting the assigned regions

Correspondence Email Address:

Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Indo-Pacific

Vacant

Responsibilities include:

Indo-Pacific
Relations with Australia and New Zealand
Asia and the Pacific
Digital, technology and education cooperation in the Indo-Pacific, working with the departments responsible for the substantive policies
Technology cooperation, research and innovation relationships, and economic security cooperation in the Indo-Pacific, working with the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology and LL Treasury
Regional security cooperation

Correspondence Email Address:

Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Multilateral, Rights, Latin America and the Caribbean

Vacant

Responsibilities include:

Multilateral relations
Relations with regional unions and organisations
Human rights and fair treatment in external relations
Latin America and the Caribbean
Multilateral and regional agreements on standards and mutual recognition, working with the responsible policy departments
Supporting democratic institutions and good governance
Multilateral institution building initiative

Correspondence Email Address:

Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan and Pakistan

Vacant

Responsibilities include:

Middle East and North Africa
Afghanistan and Pakistan
Relations with countries and regional organisations
Consular and crisis matters affecting the assigned regions, working with the Office’s central consular arrangements
Entry advice concerning the assigned regions, working with the External, Alliance and Cooperation Office
Regional security and external risk
Sanctions and restrictions on engagement
counter-extremism cooperation

Correspondence Email Address:

InteriorOfficePolicyMP@interioroffice.gov.uhrblx.com

Non-Ministerial Departments and Executive Agencies of the External, Alliance and Cooperation Office

Aurelian Park

Question 13

INTERIOR OFFICE

Accepted Answer

Address: COMING SOON

Website: https://www.gov.uhrblx.com/government/organisations/interior-office

Correspondence Email Address:

InteriorOfficePolicyMP@interioroffice.gov.uhrblx.com

The Interior Office is responsible for:

Policing, crime, public order, internal security, counter-extremism and safeguarding
Keeping United Hampshire safe from internal security threats
Reducing and preventing crime and harassment, and helping people feel safe in their communities
Supporting visible, responsible and accountable policing and enabling police services to prevent and investigate crime
Immigration, visas and borders
Border security and control of entry
Considering applications for entry, residence and settlement
Issuing visas and maintaining immigration and citizenship records
Citizenship and nationality
Disclosure and barring, safeguarding and protective policing

Secretary of State for the Interior Department

Vacant

Responsibilities include:

Leadership of the Interior Office and responsibility for its policies and ministerial team
Policing, crime and public order
Internal security and counter extremism
Immigration, visas, borders, entry, residence and settlement
United Hampshire Citizenship policy
Public protection, safeguarding, disclosure and barring
Law enforcement information and policy on investigatory powers
Oversight of the Security Service
Ensuring effective policing, immigration, border and safeguarding institutions and the statutory and service capability required for them to operate

Correspondence Email Address:

InteriorOfficePolicyMP@interioroffice.gov.uhrblx.com

Minister of State (Minister for Security)

Vacant

Jointly with the Cabinet Office

Responsibilities include:

Internal security
Departmental relationship with the Security Service
counter-extremism and responding to hostile state activity
Policy on espionage, foreign interference, insider threats and serious sabotage
Investigatory powers policy
Relationship with the Investigatory Powers Commissioner’s Office
Departmental relationship with the independent Investigatory Powers Tribunal
Technical Advisory Board relationship
Working with organisations responsible for protective security
National security and protective security work, jointly with the Cabinet Office
Cybercrime policy and the criminal or internal security response to cyber-enabled offending, working with the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology on wider cyber policy and standards
Anti-corruption and economic crime policy for criminal and internal security matters, working with LL Treasury on financial regulation and financial sanctions

Correspondence Email Address:

Minister of State (Minister for Border Security)

Vacant

Responsibilities include:

Border security
Border Force policy and the Border Security Minister’s departmental relationship with the service
Border Security Command
Serious and organised border threats, coordinating with the Interior Office’s policing and security portfolios
Readiness of border services and security of entry controls
Coordinating border security across agencies, including working with Immigration Enforcement on border threats
Border Force and border security readiness, continuity and resilience

Correspondence Email Address:

InteriorOfficePolicyMP@interioroffice.gov.uhrblx.com

Minister of State (Minister for Policing and Crime)

Vacant

Responsibilities include:

Police accountability, governance and reform
National Police Service sponsorship and Programme for Government readiness review, including staffing, command, procedures, records, complaints, inspection and training
Policy on South Havenstead Police and its accountability
Crime prevention, neighbourhood crime and serious and organised crime
Public order
Police powers, professional standards, workforce and resourcing
Widening police recruitment and entry routes, including routes recognising transferable experience under policing standards, vetting, training and competence requirements
National policing standards and specialist capability
Police complaints and inspection
Policing Reform and Mobilisation Programme

The Minister is responsible for the following public bodies:

Independent Office for Police Conduct
Police Discipline Appeals Tribunal
Police Advisory Board
Police Remuneration Review Body

Correspondence Email Address:

InteriorOfficePolicyMP@interioroffice.gov.uhrblx.com

Minister of State (Lords Minister)

Vacant

Responsibilities include:

Interior Office legislation in the House of Lords
Delegated legislation
Parliamentary scrutiny, questions and debates
Representing Interior Office policy and legislation in the House of Lords
Answering House of Lords scrutiny on policing, security, borders, migration and safeguarding

Correspondence Email Address:

InteriorOfficePolicyMP@interioroffice.gov.uhrblx.com

Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Minister for Safeguarding)

Vacant

Responsibilities include:

Safeguarding and public protection
Public protection
Grooming, coercion and exploitation
Harassment, threats and predatory conduct
Disclosure and barring
Sponsorship of the Disclosure and Barring Service
Policy on police protection of people at risk, working with the Minister for Policing and Crime
Working with the Department of Wellbeing and Civic Care on shared safeguarding responsibilities
Disclosure and Barring Service legal and operational readiness
Criminal record disclosure and barring reform, including Police Act 2026 provisions

Correspondence Email Address:

InteriorOfficePolicyMP@interioroffice.gov.uhrblx.com

Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Minister for Migration and Citizenship)

Vacant

Responsibilities include:

Immigration policy and visas
Work and skills immigration routes, informed by labour market and skills evidence from the Department for Work and Skills and Skills Havenstead
Immigration routes supporting employment and public service recruitment
Entry clearance, residence and settlement policy and administration
United Hampshire Citizenship policy
Immigration and Citizenship Service and the unified GOV.UH entry service for new and returning people
UH Visas and Immigration
Immigration Enforcement, including work with the Border Security Minister on border enforcement
Administrative reviews of immigration decisions, and the accuracy and security of immigration and citizenship records
General Register Office
Immigration and citizenship system establishment, including decision quality, records and review routes

The Minister is responsible for the following public bodies:

Migration Advisory Committee
Independent Chief Inspector of Borders and Immigration
Immigration Advice Authority
Office for Independent Examiner of Complaints

Correspondence Email Address:

InteriorOfficePolicyMP@interioroffice.gov.uhrblx.com

Question 14

LL TREASURY

Accepted Answer

Address: COMING SOON

Website: https://www.gov.uhrblx.com/government/organisations/ll-treasury

Correspondence Email Address:

CEU.enquiries@lltreasury.gov.uhrblx.com

LL Treasury is the Government’s economic and finance ministry. It controls public spending, leads economic and fiscal policy and supports sustainable growth. The department is responsible for:

Public spending, including departmental expenditure, public service pay, capital investment and spending control
Financial services policy, including financial regulation, payment systems and financial stability
Taxation, revenue and other public income arrangements
Financing and oversight of major public investment and national infrastructure spending
Public money, financial management, commercial standards, counter-fraud and value for money across Government
Supporting sustainable economic growth, investment, productivity and employment, including direct economic cooperation with Hampshire County Government

Chancellor of the Exchequer

Vacant

The Chancellor of the Exchequer is the Government’s chief financial minister, with overall responsibility for economic and fiscal policy, raising revenue through taxation or borrowing, controlling public spending and the work of LL Treasury.

Responsibilities include:

Economic and fiscal policy
The Budget
Overall responsibility for LL Treasury
Public spending, Government revenue and stewardship of public money
Economic growth and productivity
Economic cooperation with Hampshire County Government, including work with its Department for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade on investment, business growth and job creation
Financial stability, safeguarding public money and major financial decisions
Public Finance and Financial Integrity Programme
Growth and participation strategy, including economic participation and workforce and skills relationships across government, and work with the Department for Work and Skills and Office for Equality and Opportunity on pay, economic evidence and barriers to participation

The Minister is responsible for the following public bodies:

Office for Budget Responsibility
The Crown Estate

Correspondence Email Address:

CEU.enquiries@lltreasury.gov.uhrblx.com

Chief Secretary to the Treasury

Vacant

Responsibilities include:

Public spending, spending controls and long-term spending plans
Spending Reviews and controls on spending during the financial year
Estimates and Supply
Departmental spending limits
Public finance rules, efficiency and value for money
LL Treasury’s financial relations with devolved governments
Public spending reserves and contingencies
Government Finance Function
Coth ministry spending settlement and subsequent Spending Review and resource decisions
Affordability of Programme for Government priorities, including National Infrastructure Service and National Telecommunications Service finance and approval arrangements
Commissioned work and payment integrity reform

Correspondence Email Address:

Financial Secretary to the Treasury

Vacant

Responsibilities include:

Tax and revenue policy
Public revenue and its allocation
Treasury policy on fraud risks to public funds and financial integrity, working with the Cabinet Office Public Sector Fraud Authority and relevant investigators
Internal audit policy and the Internal Audit Profession
Government Internal Audit Agency
Financial sanctions policy and safeguards for public funds, working with the Economic Secretary on implementation and licensing where authorised by law
Donations, sponsorship and outside funding safeguards, working with the Cabinet Office on propriety matters

Correspondence Email Address:

Minister of State for Investment

Vacant

Responsibilities include:

Government investment and investor relations
National Wealth Fund
United Hampshire Government Investments
Public enterprise, public ownership and the governance of Government investment holdings
Corporate finance and governance arrangements for public investments

Correspondence Email Address:

Exchequer Secretary to the Treasury

Vacant

Responsibilities include:

Economic growth, productivity and LL Treasury’s contribution to Government growth policy
Treasury procurement and commercial policy, including safeguards for suppliers
Financial controls on payments for infrastructure and technical services
Income from approved supporter products and public service revenue products
Funding controls for online safety, responses to community conflict and community resilience

Correspondence Email Address:

CEU.enquiries@lltreasury.gov.uhrblx.com

Economic Secretary to the Treasury

Vacant

Responsibilities include:

Financial services policy and regulation
Financial Conduct Authority
Payment Systems Regulator
Payment services and systems, financial conduct and payment risks
Financial inclusion and access to appropriate financial and payment services
Debt management and the UH Debt Management Office
Financial sanctions implementation and licensing, including the Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation where authorised by law

Non-Ministerial Departments and Executive Agencies of LL Treasury- Government Internal Audit Agency

UH Debt Management Office

Correspondence Email Address:

Ministerial.Correspondence@communities.gov.uhrblx.com

Question 15

MINISTRY OF INFRASTRUCTURE, COMMUNITIES AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT

Accepted Answer

Address: COMING SOON

Website: https://www.gov.uhrblx.com/government/organisations/ministry-of-infrastructure-communities-and-local-government](https://www.gov.uhrblx.com/government/organisations/ministry-of-infrastructure-communities-and-local-government)

Correspondence Email Address:

The Ministry of Infrastructure, Communities and Local Government is responsible for national infrastructure, local growth, communities, local democracy and local government. It leads the Government’s work on infrastructure policy and planning, strategic authorities, devolution, communities and the development of places.

Deputy Chief Minister and Secretary of State for Infrastructure, Communities and Local Government

Vacant

Deputy Chief Minister responsibilities include:

Supporting the Chief Minister in leading the Government and Cabinet and carrying out duties assigned to the Deputy Chief Minister
Deputising for and representing the Chief Minister when authorised
Leading major domestic and cross-government priorities allocated by the Chief Minister alongside the Deputy Chief Minister’s departmental responsibilities

Ministry of Infrastructure, Communities and Local Government responsibilities include:

Overall political leadership of the Ministry, its policies and priorities
Infrastructure policy and planning
Devolution, local growth, communities and faith
Major infrastructure programmes, standards, safety and resilience
Local government reform, council governance and strategic authorities
Local democracy, elections and council accountability
Departmental legislation, public appointments, spending and performance
Overall policy for the National Infrastructure Service
Havenstead council and democratic implementation

Correspondence Email Address:

Ministerial.Correspondence@communities.gov.uhrblx.com

Minister of State (Minister for Infrastructure and Planning)

Vacant

Responsibilities include:

Infrastructure policy and planning
Planning for infrastructure needed across the country
National Infrastructure Service
Major programmes to build, improve and maintain infrastructure
Construction and development of public places
Roads and route infrastructure
Engineering and maintenance policy for infrastructure programmes and operational assets, working with the Minister for Infrastructure Standards on safety and assurance requirements
Accessible public places and operational infrastructure across supported devices
Working with service departments, the National Infrastructure Service, Department for Science, Innovation and Technology and Platform Office to reduce avoidable access barriers in public places and infrastructure
Working with councils and strategic authorities on planning
National Infrastructure College
National Infrastructure Delivery Programme
National Infrastructure Service commissioning model, first project pipeline, lifecycle arrangements and priority infrastructure backlog

Correspondence Email Address:

Ministerial.Correspondence@communities.gov.uhrblx.com

Minister of State (Minister for Local Government)

Vacant

Responsibilities include:

Local government policy, governance and council structures
Setting up and reorganising councils, and rules on how they are run
Local democracy, public accountability and standards for councils
Council finances, relations with councils and improving council services
Strategic authority structures and the Ministry’s relationship with the Hampshire & Solent Combined County Authority, working with the Minister for Devolution on growth and place policy
Steadfast & Hearth Combined Sphere Authority
Local electoral and boundary policy, working with the Minister for Infrastructure Standards, Resilience and Democracy on democratic standards and relevant commissions
Local Government and Care Ombudsman
Havenstead council implementation and local democracy
Local government and devolution reform

Correspondence Email Address:

Ministerial.Correspondence@communities.gov.uhrblx.com

Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Minister for Infrastructure Standards, Resilience and Democracy)

Vacant

Responsibilities include:

Infrastructure standards and safety
Accessibility and usability standards for infrastructure, including access across supported devices
Oversight of checks that infrastructure meets the required standards
Building control policy
Preparing infrastructure for disruption, keeping services operating and restoring them
Infrastructure protection
Democratic standards, local accountability and electoral and boundary body relationships, working with the Minister for Local Government

The Minister is responsible for the following public bodies:

Infrastructure Safety Regulator
Infrastructure Inspectorate
Building Control Independent Panel
Boundary Commission for Havenstead
Local Government Boundary Commission for Havenstead

Correspondence Email Address:

Ministerial.Correspondence@communities.gov.uhrblx.com

Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Minister for Devolution, Local Growth and Communities)

Vacant

Responsibilities include:

Devolution and strategic authority policy, working with the Minister for Local Government on council governance and structures
Devolution
Local economic growth and development of places
Communities and neighbourhoods
Civil society and volunteering
Supporting local identity, belonging and good relations between communities
Community cohesion and functioning civic participation
Community resilience, public spaces and community assets
Community building and local participation initiative

Correspondence Email Address:

Ministerial.Correspondence@communities.gov.uhrblx.com

Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Minister for Faith)

Vacant

Responsibilities include:

Lead ministerial engagement with faith communities
Relations between Government and faith communities
Interfaith relations
Participation of faith groups in civic life
How faith organisations support communities during disruption
Relations between faith groups, councils and communities

Correspondence Email Address:

Ministerial.Correspondence@communities.gov.uhrblx.com

Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Lords Minister for Infrastructure and Local Government)

Vacant

Responsibilities include:

Ministry business in the House of Lords
Infrastructure and local government legislation in the House of Lords
Infrastructure standards, local government and other departmental business in the House of Lords

Correspondence Email Address:

Ministerial.Correspondence@communities.gov.uhrblx.com

Non-Ministerial Departments and Executive Agencies of the Ministry of Infrastructure, Communities and Local Government

National Infrastructure Service

Question 16

MINISTRY OF JUSTICE

Accepted Answer

Address: COMING SOON

Website: https://www.gov.uhrblx.com/government/organisations/ministry-of-justice

Correspondence Email Address:

ministerialcorrespondence@justice.gov.uhrblx.com

The Ministry of Justice is responsible for courts and tribunals, justice policy, sentencing, probation, youth justice, victims, legal aid and access to justice. It supports an independent and effective justice system.

Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for Justice

Vacant

The Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for Justice leads the Ministry of Justice and has constitutional and statutory responsibilities for the rule of law and judicial independence.

Responsibilities include:

Overall responsibility for the Ministry of Justice, its policy and performance
Discharging the Lord Chancellor’s rule of law and judicial independence responsibilities, while respecting independent judicial decisions
Courts and tribunals policy
Sentencing and sanctions policy
Parole, probation and reducing reoffending
Youth justice policy
Legal aid and legal services
Victims policy and access to justice
Human rights policy
Judicial review and public law policy
Constitutional justice and law reform relationships
Criminal case review and miscarriages of justice policy
Justice system modernisation, including digital justice reform and responsible use of technology and artificial intelligence in justice administration
Judicial appointments policy and the Lord Chancellor’s relationship with the independent Judicial Appointments Commission
Justice System Mobilisation Programme
Justice system readiness, access to justice and usable routes for challenging Government decisions

Correspondence Email Address:

Minister of State for Courts and Legal Services

Vacant

Responsibilities include:

Courts and tribunals policy, including the Programme for Government review of complaints, reconsideration, administrative review, tribunal and court routes for significant Government decisions
LL Courts & Tribunals Service and courts and tribunals administration
Access to justice
Civil justice, administrative justice and public law
Employment Tribunal and Employment Appeal Tribunal policy
Legal aid and the Legal Aid Agency
Legal services
Legal Services Board
Office for Legal Complaints
Legal Ombudsman
Office of the Public Guardian
Official Solicitor and Public Trustee
Court and tribunal readiness
Digital courts and tribunals, online procedure and responsible use of artificial intelligence and technology in justice administration
Judicial review and public law access
Criminal Cases Review Commission and miscarriages of justice policy

The Minister is responsible for the following public bodies:

Civil Justice Council
Civil Procedure Rule Committee
Criminal Procedure Rule Committee
Tribunal Procedure Rule Committee
Online Procedure Rule Committee

Correspondence Email Address:

Minister of State for Sanctions, Probation and Reducing Reoffending

Vacant

Responsibilities include:

Sentencing and sanctions policy
Preventive and protective orders
LL Sanctions and Probation Service
Probation, supervised return, rehabilitation and resettlement in the community
Breaches of sanctions, recall and reducing reoffending
Parole, Release and Recall Board
Sanctions and Probation Ombudsman
LL Inspectorate of Probation
Ministerial relationship with the Sentencing and Sanctions Council, respecting its independent functions
Criminal Cases Review Commission

Correspondence Email Address:

ministerialcorrespondence@justice.gov.uhrblx.com

Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Victims and Harassment

Vacant

Responsibilities include:

Victims and affected parties
Harassment and intimidation
Communication abuse and targeted abuse
Information and support for victims, opportunities to take part in justice processes and access to redress, including for online harm
Victims Act 2026 implementation, including the statutory Victims’ Code and required commencement work

The Minister is responsible for the following public bodies:

Victims’ Commissioner
Criminal Harm Compensation Authority

Correspondence Email Address:

Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Sentencing, Youth Justice and Intercommunity Justice

Vacant

Responsibilities include:

Sentencing policy for youth justice and support for the Minister of State’s wider sentencing portfolio
Youth justice
Youth Justice Service
Youth Justice Board
Youth sanctions and rehabilitation
Safeguarding in youth justice
Justice cooperation with other civic communities, working with the External, Alliance and Cooperation Office on external relations

Correspondence Email Address: