Ministerial role

Secretary of State for the Home Department

Organisations: Home Office
Current role holder: 皇冠体育app Rt Hon Yvette Cooper MP

Responsibilities

皇冠体育app Secretary of State has overall responsibility for all Home Office business, including:

  • overarching responsibility for the departmental portfolio and oversight of the ministerial team
  • Cabinet
  • National Security Council (NSC)
  • public appointments
  • oversight of the Security Service

Current role holder

皇冠体育app Rt Hon Yvette Cooper MP

Yvette Cooper was appointed Secretary of State for the Home Department on 5 July 2024. She was elected as the MP for Pontefract, Castleford and Knottingley in July 2024.

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Previous holders of this role

  1. 皇冠体育app Rt Hon James Cleverly MP

    2023 to 2024

  2. 皇冠体育app Rt Hon Suella Braverman KC MP

    2022 to 2023

  3. 皇冠体育app Rt Hon Grant Shapps

    2022 to 2022

  4. 皇冠体育app Rt Hon Suella Braverman KC MP

    2022 to 2022

  5. 皇冠体育app Rt Hon Priti Patel MP

    2019 to 2022

  6. 皇冠体育app Rt Hon Sajid Javid

    2018 to 2019

  7. 皇冠体育app Rt Hon Amber Rudd

    2016 to 2018

  8. 皇冠体育app Rt Hon 皇冠体育appresa May

    2010 to 2016