Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Victims and Safeguarding
United Kingdom Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Victims and Safeguarding | |
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Incumbent Laura Farris since 13 November 2023 | |
Home Office | |
Style | Minister |
Appointer | The Monarch on advice of the Prime Minister |
Website | www |
The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Victims and Safeguarding (also known as Minister for Safeguarding) is a junior role in His Majesty's Government held jointly in the Home Office and Ministry of Justice. It is held by Laura Farris MP since November 2023.
Responsibilities
The minister has the following responsibilities:
- tackling violence against women and girls including
- domestic abuse
- FGM and forced marriage
- child sexual abuse and exploitation
- Disclosure and Barring Service
- Gangmasters and Labour Abuse Authority
- sexual violence
- rape review
- prostitution
- stalking
- hate crime
- crime prevention
- early youth intervention
- victim support
- victims elements of RASSO
List of ministers
Name | Portrait | Term of office | Party | Ministry | |||
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Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Preventing Abuse, Exploitation and Crime | |||||||
Karen Bradley | 8 February 2014 | 14 July 2016 | Conservative | Cameron (II) | |||
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Crime, Safeguarding and Vulnerability | |||||||
Sarah Newton | 17 July 2016 | 9 November 2017 | Conservative | May (I) | |||
May (II) | |||||||
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Safeguarding | |||||||
Victoria Atkins | 9 November 2017 | 16 September 2021 | Conservative | May (II) | |||
Johnson (I) | |||||||
Johnson (II) | |||||||
Rachel Maclean | 16 September 2021 | 6 July 2022 | Conservative | ||||
Amanda Solloway | 8 July 2022 | 20 September 2022 | Conservative | ||||
Mims Davies | 20 September 2022 | 27 October 2022 | Conservative | Truss | |||
Sarah Dines | 27 October 2022 | 13 November 2023 | Conservative | Sunak | |||
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Victims and Safeguarding | |||||||
Laura Farris | 13 November 2023 | Incumbent | Conservative | Sunak |
Ministers for Victims (2022-2023)
Name | Portrait | Term of office | Party | Ministry | |||
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Minister of State for Victims and Vulnerability | |||||||
Rachel Maclean | 7 September 2022 | 28 October 2022 | Conservative | Truss | |||
Minister of State for Victims and Sentencing | |||||||
Edward Argar | 28 October 2022 | 13 November 2023 | Conservative | Sunak | |||
Office merged with Minister for Safeguarding to form Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Victims and Safeguarding |
References
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- Minister of State for Security
- Minister of State for Legal Migration and Delivery
- Minister of State for Illegal Migration
- Minister of State for Crime, Policing and Fire
- Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Victims and Safeguarding
- Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Home Affairs
public bodies
- Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs
- Animals in Science Committee
- Disclosure and Barring Service
- Gangmasters Licensing Authority
- Independent Office for Police Conduct
- Investigatory Powers Tribunal
- National DNA Database Ethics Group
- Office of the Immigration Services Commissioner
- Security Industry Authority