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Private Offices

This page provides links to the contact details for the private offices of government ministers.

Attorney General’s Office

• Attorney General: The Rt Hon The Lord Goldsmith QC
• Solicitor General: Mike O’Brien MP

Cabinet Office

• Minister for the Cabinet Office and Social Exclusion (and Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster): The Rt Hon Hilary Armstrong MP
• Parliamentary Secretary: Pat McFadden MP
• Parliamentary Secretary: Ed Miliband MP (Minister for the Third Sector)
• Minister Without Portfolio: The Rt Hon Hazel Blears MP

Communities and Local Government (Department for)

• Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government and Minister for Women: The Rt Hon Ruth Kelly MP
• Minister of State (Housing and Planning): Yvette Cooper MP
• Minister of State (Local Government and Cohesion): Phil Woolas MP
• Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State: The Baroness Andrews OBE
• Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State: Angela Smith MP
• Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Women and Equality): Meg Munn MP

Culture, Media and Sport (Department for)

• Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport: The Rt Hon Tessa Jowell MP
• Minister of State (Sport): The Rt Hon Richard Caborn MP
• Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Culture): David Lammy MP
• Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Media and Tourism): Shaun Woodward MP

Defence (Ministry of)

• Secretary of State for Defence: The Rt Hon Des Brown MP
• Minister of State (Armed Forces): The Rt Hon Adam Ingram MP
• Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Minister for Veterans): Derek Twigg MP
• Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Minister for Defence Procurement): The Lord Drayson

Education and Skills (Department for)

• Secretary of State for Education and Skills: The The Rt Hon Alan Johnson MP
• Minister of State (Schools and 14-19 Learners): Jim Knight MP
• Minister of State (Lifelong Learning, Further and Higher Education): Bill Rammell MP
• Minister of State (Children, Young People and Families): The Rt Hon Beverley Hughes MP
• Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Children, Young People and Families): Parmjit Dhanda MP
• Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Skills): Phil Hope MP
• Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Schools): The Lord Adonis

Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Department for)

• Secretary of State for Environment: The Rt Hon David Miliband MP
• Minister of State (Climate Change and Environment): Ian Pearson MP
• Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Sustainable Farming and Food): The Rt Hon The Lord Rooker of Perry Bar
• Minister of State (Local Environment, Marine and Animal Welfare): Ben Bradshaw MP
• Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Biodiversity, Landscape and Rural Affairs): Barry Gardiner MP

Foreign and Commonwealth Office

• Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs: The Rt Hon Margaret Beckett MP
• Minister of State (Europe): The Rt Hon Geoff Hoon MP
• Minister of State (FCO & DTI): The Rt Hon Ian McCartney MP
• Minister of State (Middle East): Dr Kim Howells MP
• Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State: The Lord Triesman

Health (Department of)

• Secretary of State for Health: The Rt Hon Patricia Hewitt MP
• Minister of State (Delivery and Reform): Andy Burnham MP
• Minister of State (Health Services): The Rt Hon Rosie Winterton MP
• Minister of State (Quality): The Lord Hunt of Kings Heath OBE
• Minister of State (Public Health): Caroline Flint MP
• Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Care Services): Ivan Lewis MP

Home Office

• Secretary of State for Home Department: The Rt Hon John Reid MP
• Minister of State (Nationality, Citizenship and Immigration): Liam Byrne MP
• Minister of State (Criminal Justice System and Offender Management): The Rt Hon The Baroness Scotland of Asthal QC
• Minister of State (Policing, Security and Community Safety): Tony McNulty MP
• Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Nationality, Citizenship and Immigration): Joan Ryan MP
• Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Policing, Security and Community Safety): Vernon Coaker MP
• Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Criminal Justice System and Offender Management): Gerry Sutcliffe MP

International Development (Department for)

• Secretary of State for International Development: The Rt Hon Hilary Benn MP
• Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State: Gareth Thomas MP

Ministry of Justice

• Secretary of State for Justice and Lord Chancellor: The Rt Hon The Lord Falconer of Thoroton QC
• Minister of State: David Hanson MP
• Minister of State: The Rt Hon Harriet Harman QC MP
• Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State: The Rt Hon Baroness Ashton of Upholland
• Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State: Bridget Prentice MP
• Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State: Vera Baird MP

Northern Ireland Office

• Secretary of State for Northern Ireland: The Rt Hon Peter Hain MP
• Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State: Paul Goggins MP
• Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State: Maria Eagle MP
• Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State: David Cairns MP

Office of the Advocate General for Scotland

• Advocate General for Scotland: Lord Davidson of Glen Clova QC

Office of the Deputy Prime Minister

• Deputy Prime Minister and First Secretary of State: The Rt Hon John Prescott MP

Office of the Leader of the House of Commons

• Lord Privy Seal and Leader of the House of Commons: The Rt Hon Jack Straw MP
• Deputy Leader of the House of Commons: Nigel Griffiths MP

Prime Minister's Office

• Prime Minister, First Lord of the Treasury and Minister for the Civil Service: The Rt Hon Tony Blair MP

Privy Council Office

• Leader of the House of Lords and Lord President of the Council: The Rt Hon Baroness Amos

Scotland Office

• Secretary of State for Scotland: The Rt Hon Douglas Alexander MP
• Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Scotland): David Cairns MP

Trade and Industry (Department of)

• Secretary of State for Trade and Industry: The Rt Hon Alistair Darling MP
• Minister of State (Industry and the Regions): The Rt Hon Margaret Hodge MBE MP
• Minister of State (Science and Innovation): Malcolm Wicks MP
• Minister of State (Trade, Investment and Foreign Affairs): The Rt Hon Ian McCartney MP
• Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Employment Relations and Postal Services): Jim Fitzpatrick MP
• Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Energy): The Lord Truscott

Transport (Department for)

• Secretary of State for Transport: The Rt Hon Douglas Alexander MP
• Minister of State: Dr Stephen Ladyman MP
• Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State: Tom Harris MP
• Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State: Gillian Merron MP

Treasury (HM)

• Chancellor of the Exchequer: The Rt Hon Gordon Brown MP
• Chief Secretary to the Treasury: The Rt Hon Stephen Timms MP
• Paymaster General: The Rt Hon Dawn Primarolo MP
• Financial Secretary: John Healey MP
• Economic Secretary: Ed Balls MP

Wales Office

• Secretary of State of Wales: The Rt Hon Peter Hain MP
• Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State: Nick Ainger MP

Work and Pensions (Department for)

• Secretary of State for Work and Pension: The Rt Hon John Hutton MP
• Minister of State (Minister for Work): Jim Murphy MP
• Minister of State (Minister for Pensions): James Purnell MP
• Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State The Lord McKenzie of Luton
• Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Disabled People): Anne McGuire MP
• Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State: James Plaskitt MP