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Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Victims and Safeguarding
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.
| United Kingdom Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Victims and Safeguarding | |
|---|---|
| Home Office | |
| Style | Minister |
| Appointer | The Monarch on advice of the Prime Minister |
| Website | www |
Responsibilities edit
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 edit
| Name | Portrait | Term of office | Party | Ministry | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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) edit
| Name | Portrait | Term of office | Party | Ministry | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | |||||||