Minister for Children (United Kingdom)
The Minister for Children and Families is a Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State in the Department for Education, previously the Department for Children, Schools and Families and Department for Education and Skills, in the Government of the United Kingdom.[1]
History[edit]
Margaret Hodge was the first person to hold the position after it was announced in 2003. Maria Eagle was the Minister from 2005 to 2006 taking Hodge's place, and Beverley Hughes held the position from 2006 until June 2009,[2] when Dawn Primarolo took over until Labour lost office in May 2010.
List of Ministers[edit]
Colour key (for political parties):
Labour
Liberal Democrats
Conservative
Name | Portrait | Term of office | Political party | P.M. | Ed.Sec. | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Margaret Hodge | 13 June 2003 | 9 May 2005 | Labour | Blair | Clarke | |||
Kelly | ||||||||
Maria Eagle | 9 May 2005 | 5 May 2006 | Labour | |||||
Beverley Hughes | 5 May 2006 | 5 June 2009 | Labour | Johnson | ||||
Brown | Balls (CSF Sec.) | |||||||
Dawn Primarolo | 5 June 2009 | 11 May 2010 | Labour | |||||
Tim Loughton | 13 May 2010 | 4 September 2012 | Conservative | Cameron | Gove | |||
Edward Timpson[3] | 4 September 2012 | 8 June 2017 | Conservative | |||||
Morgan | ||||||||
May | Greening | |||||||
Robert Goodwill | 12 June 2017 | 9 January 2018 | Conservative | |||||
Nadhim Zahawi | 9 January 2018 | 25 July 2019 | Conservative | Hinds | ||||
Kemi Badenoch | 27 July 2019 | 14 February 2020 | Conservative | Johnson | Williamson | |||
Vicky Ford | 14 February 2020 | Incumbent | Conservative |
References[edit]
- ↑ About Us: Who's Who
- ↑ Lewin, Tamar. The Need to Invest in Young Children . New York Times. Accessed 30 December 2008.
- ↑ Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Until 12 May 2015)
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