Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Defence People, Veterans and Service Families
The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Defence People, Veterans and Service Families is a ministerial position in the Ministry of Defence in the British government, currently held by Andrew Murrison who took the office on 30 October 2022.
| Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Defence People, Veterans and Service Families | |
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| Ministry of Defence | |
| Style | Minister |
| Nominator | Prime Minister of the United Kingdom |
| Appointer | The Monarch on advice of the Prime Minister |
| Term length | At His Majesty's pleasure |
| Website | Official website |
Responsibilities
The minister has the following ministerial responsibilities:[1]
- civilian and service personnel policy
- armed forces pay, pensions and compensation
- Armed Forces Covenant
- welfare and service families
- community engagement
- equality, diversity and inclusion
- mental health
- Defence Medical Services
- the people programme (Flexible Engagement Strategy, Future Accommodation Model and Enterprise Approach)
- estates service family accommodation policy and engagement with welfare
List of ministers
| Name | Portrait | Entered office | Left office | Political party | Prime Minister | ||
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| Minister for Defence People Role formed out of Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Defence People and Veterans | |||||||
| Leo Docherty |  |
7 July 2022 | Incumbent | Conservative | Boris Johnson | ||
| Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Defence People, Veterans and Service Families | |||||||
| Sarah Atherton |  |
20 September 2022 | 27 October 2022 | Conservative | Liz Truss | ||
| Andrew Murrison | _(cropped).jpg.webp) |
30 October 2022 | Present | Conservative | Rishi Sunak | ||
References
- "Minister of State (Minister for Veterans' Affairs) - GOV.UK". www.gov.uk. Retrieved 2022-07-16.
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