CINXE.COM

<!DOCTYPE html> <html class="client-nojs vector-feature-language-in-header-enabled vector-feature-language-in-main-page-header-disabled vector-feature-sticky-header-disabled vector-feature-page-tools-pinned-disabled vector-feature-toc-pinned-clientpref-1 vector-feature-main-menu-pinned-disabled vector-feature-limited-width-clientpref-1 vector-feature-limited-width-content-enabled vector-feature-custom-font-size-clientpref-1 vector-feature-appearance-pinned-clientpref-1 vector-feature-night-mode-enabled skin-theme-clientpref-day vector-toc-available" lang="en" dir="ltr"> <head> <meta charset="UTF-8"> <title>Secretary of State for Justice - Wikipedia</title> <script>(function(){var className="client-js vector-feature-language-in-header-enabled vector-feature-language-in-main-page-header-disabled vector-feature-sticky-header-disabled vector-feature-page-tools-pinned-disabled vector-feature-toc-pinned-clientpref-1 vector-feature-main-menu-pinned-disabled vector-feature-limited-width-clientpref-1 vector-feature-limited-width-content-enabled vector-feature-custom-font-size-clientpref-1 vector-feature-appearance-pinned-clientpref-1 vector-feature-night-mode-enabled skin-theme-clientpref-day vector-toc-available";var cookie=document.cookie.match(/(?:^|; )enwikimwclientpreferences=([^;]+)/);if(cookie){cookie[1].split('%2C').forEach(function(pref){className=className.replace(new RegExp('(^| )'+pref.replace(/-clientpref-\w+$|[^\w-]+/g,'')+'-clientpref-\\w+( |$)'),'$1'+pref+'$2');});}document.documentElement.className=className;}());RLCONF={"wgBreakFrames":false,"wgSeparatorTransformTable":["",""],"wgDigitTransformTable":["",""],"wgDefaultDateFormat":"dmy", "wgMonthNames":["","January","February","March","April","May","June","July","August","September","October","November","December"],"wgRequestId":"9a23570a-a996-4e98-aead-0b9597f41ba7","wgCanonicalNamespace":"","wgCanonicalSpecialPageName":false,"wgNamespaceNumber":0,"wgPageName":"Secretary_of_State_for_Justice","wgTitle":"Secretary of State for Justice","wgCurRevisionId":1253812739,"wgRevisionId":1253812739,"wgArticleId":400357,"wgIsArticle":true,"wgIsRedirect":false,"wgAction":"view","wgUserName":null,"wgUserGroups":["*"],"wgCategories":["Pages using the EasyTimeline extension","Articles with short description","Short description is different from Wikidata","Use dmy dates from August 2021","Lists of government ministers of the United Kingdom","Secretaries of State for Constitutional Affairs","Ministerial offices in the United Kingdom","Secretaries of State for Justice (UK)","2007 establishments in the United Kingdom"],"wgPageViewLanguage":"en","wgPageContentLanguage":"en", "wgPageContentModel":"wikitext","wgRelevantPageName":"Secretary_of_State_for_Justice","wgRelevantArticleId":400357,"wgIsProbablyEditable":true,"wgRelevantPageIsProbablyEditable":true,"wgRestrictionEdit":[],"wgRestrictionMove":[],"wgNoticeProject":"wikipedia","wgCiteReferencePreviewsActive":false,"wgFlaggedRevsParams":{"tags":{"status":{"levels":1}}},"wgMediaViewerOnClick":true,"wgMediaViewerEnabledByDefault":true,"wgPopupsFlags":0,"wgVisualEditor":{"pageLanguageCode":"en","pageLanguageDir":"ltr","pageVariantFallbacks":"en"},"wgMFDisplayWikibaseDescriptions":{"search":true,"watchlist":true,"tagline":false,"nearby":true},"wgWMESchemaEditAttemptStepOversample":false,"wgWMEPageLength":20000,"wgRelatedArticlesCompat":[],"wgCentralAuthMobileDomain":false,"wgEditSubmitButtonLabelPublish":true,"wgULSPosition":"interlanguage","wgULSisCompactLinksEnabled":false,"wgVector2022LanguageInHeader":true,"wgULSisLanguageSelectorEmpty":false,"wgWikibaseItemId":"Q3477307", "wgCheckUserClientHintsHeadersJsApi":["brands","architecture","bitness","fullVersionList","mobile","model","platform","platformVersion"],"GEHomepageSuggestedEditsEnableTopics":true,"wgGETopicsMatchModeEnabled":false,"wgGEStructuredTaskRejectionReasonTextInputEnabled":false,"wgGELevelingUpEnabledForUser":false};RLSTATE={"ext.globalCssJs.user.styles":"ready","site.styles":"ready","user.styles":"ready","ext.globalCssJs.user":"ready","user":"ready","user.options":"loading","ext.cite.styles":"ready","ext.timeline.styles":"ready","skins.vector.search.codex.styles":"ready","skins.vector.styles":"ready","skins.vector.icons":"ready","jquery.makeCollapsible.styles":"ready","ext.wikimediamessages.styles":"ready","ext.visualEditor.desktopArticleTarget.noscript":"ready","ext.uls.interlanguage":"ready","wikibase.client.init":"ready","ext.wikimediaBadges":"ready"};RLPAGEMODULES=["ext.cite.ux-enhancements","site","mediawiki.page.ready","jquery.makeCollapsible","mediawiki.toc","skins.vector.js", "ext.centralNotice.geoIP","ext.centralNotice.startUp","ext.gadget.ReferenceTooltips","ext.gadget.switcher","ext.urlShortener.toolbar","ext.centralauth.centralautologin","mmv.bootstrap","ext.popups","ext.visualEditor.desktopArticleTarget.init","ext.visualEditor.targetLoader","ext.echo.centralauth","ext.eventLogging","ext.wikimediaEvents","ext.navigationTiming","ext.uls.interface","ext.cx.eventlogging.campaigns","ext.cx.uls.quick.actions","wikibase.client.vector-2022","ext.checkUser.clientHints","ext.growthExperiments.SuggestedEditSession","wikibase.sidebar.tracking"];</script> <script>(RLQ=window.RLQ||[]).push(function(){mw.loader.impl(function(){return["user.options@12s5i",function($,jQuery,require,module){mw.user.tokens.set({"patrolToken":"+\\","watchToken":"+\\","csrfToken":"+\\"}); }];});});</script> <link rel="stylesheet" href="/w/load.php?lang=en&modules=ext.cite.styles%7Cext.timeline.styles%7Cext.uls.interlanguage%7Cext.visualEditor.desktopArticleTarget.noscript%7Cext.wikimediaBadges%7Cext.wikimediamessages.styles%7Cjquery.makeCollapsible.styles%7Cskins.vector.icons%2Cstyles%7Cskins.vector.search.codex.styles%7Cwikibase.client.init&only=styles&skin=vector-2022"> <script async="" src="/w/load.php?lang=en&modules=startup&only=scripts&raw=1&skin=vector-2022"></script> <meta name="ResourceLoaderDynamicStyles" content=""> <link rel="stylesheet" href="/w/load.php?lang=en&modules=site.styles&only=styles&skin=vector-2022"> <meta name="generator" content="MediaWiki 1.44.0-wmf.4"> <meta name="referrer" content="origin"> <meta name="referrer" content="origin-when-cross-origin"> <meta name="robots" content="max-image-preview:standard"> <meta name="format-detection" content="telephone=no"> <meta property="og:image" content="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4d/Coat_of_arms_of_the_United_Kingdom_%282022%2C_lesser_arms%29.svg/1200px-Coat_of_arms_of_the_United_Kingdom_%282022%2C_lesser_arms%29.svg.png"> <meta property="og:image:width" content="1200"> <meta property="og:image:height" content="1056"> <meta property="og:image" content="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4d/Coat_of_arms_of_the_United_Kingdom_%282022%2C_lesser_arms%29.svg/800px-Coat_of_arms_of_the_United_Kingdom_%282022%2C_lesser_arms%29.svg.png"> <meta property="og:image:width" content="800"> <meta property="og:image:height" content="704"> <meta property="og:image" content="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4d/Coat_of_arms_of_the_United_Kingdom_%282022%2C_lesser_arms%29.svg/640px-Coat_of_arms_of_the_United_Kingdom_%282022%2C_lesser_arms%29.svg.png"> <meta property="og:image:width" content="640"> <meta property="og:image:height" content="563"> <meta name="viewport" content="width=1120"> <meta property="og:title" content="Secretary of State for Justice - Wikipedia"> <meta property="og:type" content="website"> <link rel="preconnect" href="//upload.wikimedia.org"> <link rel="alternate" media="only screen and (max-width: 640px)" href="//en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Secretary_of_State_for_Justice"> <link rel="alternate" type="application/x-wiki" title="Edit this page" href="/w/index.php?title=Secretary_of_State_for_Justice&action=edit"> <link rel="apple-touch-icon" href="/static/apple-touch/wikipedia.png"> <link rel="icon" href="/static/favicon/wikipedia.ico"> <link rel="search" type="application/opensearchdescription+xml" href="/w/rest.php/v1/search" title="Wikipedia (en)"> <link rel="EditURI" type="application/rsd+xml" href="//en.wikipedia.org/w/api.php?action=rsd"> <link rel="canonical" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Secretary_of_State_for_Justice"> <link rel="license" href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/deed.en"> <link rel="alternate" type="application/atom+xml" title="Wikipedia Atom feed" href="/w/index.php?title=Special:RecentChanges&feed=atom"> <link rel="dns-prefetch" href="//meta.wikimedia.org" /> <link rel="dns-prefetch" href="//login.wikimedia.org"> </head> <body class="skin--responsive skin-vector skin-vector-search-vue mediawiki ltr sitedir-ltr mw-hide-empty-elt ns-0 ns-subject mw-editable page-Secretary_of_State_for_Justice rootpage-Secretary_of_State_for_Justice skin-vector-2022 action-view"><a class="mw-jump-link" href="#bodyContent">Jump to content</a> <div class="vector-header-container"> <header class="vector-header mw-header"> <div class="vector-header-start"> <nav class="vector-main-menu-landmark" aria-label="Site"> <div id="vector-main-menu-dropdown" class="vector-dropdown vector-main-menu-dropdown vector-button-flush-left vector-button-flush-right" > <input type="checkbox" id="vector-main-menu-dropdown-checkbox" role="button" aria-haspopup="true" data-event-name="ui.dropdown-vector-main-menu-dropdown" class="vector-dropdown-checkbox " aria-label="Main menu" > <label id="vector-main-menu-dropdown-label" for="vector-main-menu-dropdown-checkbox" class="vector-dropdown-label cdx-button cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only " aria-hidden="true" ><span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-menu mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-menu"></span> <span class="vector-dropdown-label-text">Main menu</span> </label> <div class="vector-dropdown-content"> <div id="vector-main-menu-unpinned-container" class="vector-unpinned-container"> <div id="vector-main-menu" class="vector-main-menu vector-pinnable-element"> <div class="vector-pinnable-header vector-main-menu-pinnable-header vector-pinnable-header-unpinned" data-feature-name="main-menu-pinned" data-pinnable-element-id="vector-main-menu" data-pinned-container-id="vector-main-menu-pinned-container" data-unpinned-container-id="vector-main-menu-unpinned-container" > <div class="vector-pinnable-header-label">Main menu</div> <button class="vector-pinnable-header-toggle-button vector-pinnable-header-pin-button" data-event-name="pinnable-header.vector-main-menu.pin">move to sidebar</button> <button class="vector-pinnable-header-toggle-button vector-pinnable-header-unpin-button" data-event-name="pinnable-header.vector-main-menu.unpin">hide</button> </div> <div id="p-navigation" class="vector-menu mw-portlet mw-portlet-navigation" > <div class="vector-menu-heading"> Navigation </div> <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> <li id="n-mainpage-description" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Main_Page" title="Visit the main page [z]" accesskey="z"><span>Main page</span></a></li><li id="n-contents" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Contents" title="Guides to browsing Wikipedia"><span>Contents</span></a></li><li id="n-currentevents" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Portal:Current_events" title="Articles related to current events"><span>Current events</span></a></li><li id="n-randompage" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Special:Random" title="Visit a randomly selected article [x]" accesskey="x"><span>Random article</span></a></li><li id="n-aboutsite" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:About" title="Learn about Wikipedia and how it works"><span>About Wikipedia</span></a></li><li id="n-contactpage" class="mw-list-item"><a href="//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Contact_us" title="How to contact Wikipedia"><span>Contact us</span></a></li> </ul> </div> </div> <div id="p-interaction" class="vector-menu mw-portlet mw-portlet-interaction" > <div class="vector-menu-heading"> Contribute </div> <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> <li id="n-help" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Help:Contents" title="Guidance on how to use and edit Wikipedia"><span>Help</span></a></li><li id="n-introduction" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Help:Introduction" title="Learn how to edit Wikipedia"><span>Learn to edit</span></a></li><li id="n-portal" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Community_portal" title="The hub for editors"><span>Community portal</span></a></li><li id="n-recentchanges" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Special:RecentChanges" title="A list of recent changes to Wikipedia [r]" accesskey="r"><span>Recent changes</span></a></li><li id="n-upload" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:File_upload_wizard" title="Add images or other media for use on Wikipedia"><span>Upload file</span></a></li> </ul> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </nav> <a href="/wiki/Main_Page" class="mw-logo"> <img class="mw-logo-icon" src="/static/images/icons/wikipedia.png" alt="" aria-hidden="true" height="50" width="50"> <span class="mw-logo-container skin-invert"> <img class="mw-logo-wordmark" alt="Wikipedia" src="/static/images/mobile/copyright/wikipedia-wordmark-en.svg" style="width: 7.5em; height: 1.125em;"> <img class="mw-logo-tagline" alt="The Free Encyclopedia" src="/static/images/mobile/copyright/wikipedia-tagline-en.svg" width="117" height="13" style="width: 7.3125em; height: 0.8125em;"> </span> </a> </div> <div class="vector-header-end"> <div id="p-search" role="search" class="vector-search-box-vue vector-search-box-collapses vector-search-box-show-thumbnail vector-search-box-auto-expand-width vector-search-box"> <a href="/wiki/Special:Search" class="cdx-button cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only search-toggle" title="Search Wikipedia [f]" accesskey="f"><span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-search mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-search"></span> <span>Search</span> </a> <div class="vector-typeahead-search-container"> <div class="cdx-typeahead-search cdx-typeahead-search--show-thumbnail cdx-typeahead-search--auto-expand-width"> <form action="/w/index.php" id="searchform" class="cdx-search-input cdx-search-input--has-end-button"> <div id="simpleSearch" class="cdx-search-input__input-wrapper" data-search-loc="header-moved"> <div class="cdx-text-input cdx-text-input--has-start-icon"> <input class="cdx-text-input__input" type="search" name="search" placeholder="Search Wikipedia" aria-label="Search Wikipedia" autocapitalize="sentences" title="Search Wikipedia [f]" accesskey="f" id="searchInput" > <span class="cdx-text-input__icon cdx-text-input__start-icon"></span> </div> <input type="hidden" name="title" value="Special:Search"> </div> <button class="cdx-button cdx-search-input__end-button">Search</button> </form> </div> </div> </div> <nav class="vector-user-links vector-user-links-wide" aria-label="Personal tools"> <div class="vector-user-links-main"> <div id="p-vector-user-menu-preferences" class="vector-menu mw-portlet emptyPortlet" > <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> </ul> </div> </div> <div id="p-vector-user-menu-userpage" class="vector-menu mw-portlet emptyPortlet" > <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> </ul> </div> </div> <nav class="vector-appearance-landmark" aria-label="Appearance"> <div id="vector-appearance-dropdown" class="vector-dropdown " title="Change the appearance of the page's font size, width, and color" > <input type="checkbox" id="vector-appearance-dropdown-checkbox" role="button" aria-haspopup="true" data-event-name="ui.dropdown-vector-appearance-dropdown" class="vector-dropdown-checkbox " aria-label="Appearance" > <label id="vector-appearance-dropdown-label" for="vector-appearance-dropdown-checkbox" class="vector-dropdown-label cdx-button cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only " aria-hidden="true" ><span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-appearance mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-appearance"></span> <span class="vector-dropdown-label-text">Appearance</span> </label> <div class="vector-dropdown-content"> <div id="vector-appearance-unpinned-container" class="vector-unpinned-container"> </div> </div> </div> </nav> <div id="p-vector-user-menu-notifications" class="vector-menu mw-portlet emptyPortlet" > <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> </ul> </div> </div> <div id="p-vector-user-menu-overflow" class="vector-menu mw-portlet" > <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> <li id="pt-sitesupport-2" class="user-links-collapsible-item mw-list-item user-links-collapsible-item"><a data-mw="interface" href="https://donate.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FundraiserRedirector?utm_source=donate&utm_medium=sidebar&utm_campaign=C13_en.wikipedia.org&uselang=en" class=""><span>Donate</span></a> </li> <li id="pt-createaccount-2" class="user-links-collapsible-item mw-list-item user-links-collapsible-item"><a data-mw="interface" href="/w/index.php?title=Special:CreateAccount&returnto=Secretary+of+State+for+Justice" title="You are encouraged to create an account and log in; however, it is not mandatory" class=""><span>Create account</span></a> </li> <li id="pt-login-2" class="user-links-collapsible-item mw-list-item user-links-collapsible-item"><a data-mw="interface" href="/w/index.php?title=Special:UserLogin&returnto=Secretary+of+State+for+Justice" title="You're encouraged to log in; however, it's not mandatory. [o]" accesskey="o" class=""><span>Log in</span></a> </li> </ul> </div> </div> </div> <div id="vector-user-links-dropdown" class="vector-dropdown vector-user-menu vector-button-flush-right vector-user-menu-logged-out" title="Log in and more options" > <input type="checkbox" id="vector-user-links-dropdown-checkbox" role="button" aria-haspopup="true" data-event-name="ui.dropdown-vector-user-links-dropdown" class="vector-dropdown-checkbox " aria-label="Personal tools" > <label id="vector-user-links-dropdown-label" for="vector-user-links-dropdown-checkbox" class="vector-dropdown-label cdx-button cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only " aria-hidden="true" ><span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-ellipsis mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-ellipsis"></span> <span class="vector-dropdown-label-text">Personal tools</span> </label> <div class="vector-dropdown-content"> <div id="p-personal" class="vector-menu mw-portlet mw-portlet-personal user-links-collapsible-item" title="User menu" > <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> <li id="pt-sitesupport" class="user-links-collapsible-item mw-list-item"><a href="https://donate.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FundraiserRedirector?utm_source=donate&utm_medium=sidebar&utm_campaign=C13_en.wikipedia.org&uselang=en"><span>Donate</span></a></li><li id="pt-createaccount" class="user-links-collapsible-item mw-list-item"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Special:CreateAccount&returnto=Secretary+of+State+for+Justice" title="You are encouraged to create an account and log in; however, it is not mandatory"><span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-userAdd mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-userAdd"></span> <span>Create account</span></a></li><li id="pt-login" class="user-links-collapsible-item mw-list-item"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Special:UserLogin&returnto=Secretary+of+State+for+Justice" title="You're encouraged to log in; however, it's not mandatory. [o]" accesskey="o"><span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-logIn mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-logIn"></span> <span>Log in</span></a></li> </ul> </div> </div> <div id="p-user-menu-anon-editor" class="vector-menu mw-portlet mw-portlet-user-menu-anon-editor" > <div class="vector-menu-heading"> Pages for logged out editors <a href="/wiki/Help:Introduction" aria-label="Learn more about editing"><span>learn more</span></a> </div> <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> <li id="pt-anoncontribs" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Special:MyContributions" title="A list of edits made from this IP address [y]" accesskey="y"><span>Contributions</span></a></li><li id="pt-anontalk" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Special:MyTalk" title="Discussion about edits from this IP address [n]" accesskey="n"><span>Talk</span></a></li> </ul> </div> </div> </div> </div> </nav> </div> </header> </div> <div class="mw-page-container"> <div class="mw-page-container-inner"> <div class="vector-sitenotice-container"> <div id="siteNotice"></div> </div> <div class="vector-column-start"> <div class="vector-main-menu-container"> <div id="mw-navigation"> <nav id="mw-panel" class="vector-main-menu-landmark" aria-label="Site"> <div id="vector-main-menu-pinned-container" class="vector-pinned-container"> </div> </nav> </div> </div> <div class="vector-sticky-pinned-container"> <nav id="mw-panel-toc" aria-label="Contents" data-event-name="ui.sidebar-toc" class="mw-table-of-contents-container vector-toc-landmark"> <div id="vector-toc-pinned-container" class="vector-pinned-container"> <div id="vector-toc" class="vector-toc vector-pinnable-element"> <div class="vector-pinnable-header vector-toc-pinnable-header vector-pinnable-header-pinned" data-feature-name="toc-pinned" data-pinnable-element-id="vector-toc" > <h2 class="vector-pinnable-header-label">Contents</h2> <button class="vector-pinnable-header-toggle-button vector-pinnable-header-pin-button" data-event-name="pinnable-header.vector-toc.pin">move to sidebar</button> <button class="vector-pinnable-header-toggle-button vector-pinnable-header-unpin-button" data-event-name="pinnable-header.vector-toc.unpin">hide</button> </div> <ul class="vector-toc-contents" id="mw-panel-toc-list"> <li id="toc-mw-content-text" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a href="#" class="vector-toc-link"> <div class="vector-toc-text">(Top)</div> </a> </li> <li id="toc-Responsibilities" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Responsibilities"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">1</span> <span>Responsibilities</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Responsibilities-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Creation" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Creation"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2</span> <span>Creation</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Creation-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-List_of_secretaries_of_state" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#List_of_secretaries_of_state"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3</span> <span>List of secretaries of state</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-List_of_secretaries_of_state-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Timeline" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Timeline"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4</span> <span>Timeline</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Timeline-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-See_also" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#See_also"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5</span> <span>See also</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-See_also-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Notes" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Notes"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">6</span> <span>Notes</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Notes-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-References" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#References"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">7</span> <span>References</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-References-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-External_links" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#External_links"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">8</span> <span>External links</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-External_links-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </div> </div> </nav> </div> </div> <div class="mw-content-container"> <main id="content" class="mw-body"> <header class="mw-body-header vector-page-titlebar"> <nav aria-label="Contents" class="vector-toc-landmark"> <div id="vector-page-titlebar-toc" class="vector-dropdown vector-page-titlebar-toc vector-button-flush-left" > <input type="checkbox" id="vector-page-titlebar-toc-checkbox" role="button" aria-haspopup="true" data-event-name="ui.dropdown-vector-page-titlebar-toc" class="vector-dropdown-checkbox " aria-label="Toggle the table of contents" > <label id="vector-page-titlebar-toc-label" for="vector-page-titlebar-toc-checkbox" class="vector-dropdown-label cdx-button cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only " aria-hidden="true" ><span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-listBullet mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-listBullet"></span> <span class="vector-dropdown-label-text">Toggle the table of contents</span> </label> <div class="vector-dropdown-content"> <div id="vector-page-titlebar-toc-unpinned-container" class="vector-unpinned-container"> </div> </div> </div> </nav> <h1 id="firstHeading" class="firstHeading mw-first-heading"><span class="mw-page-title-main">Secretary of State for Justice</span></h1> <div id="p-lang-btn" class="vector-dropdown mw-portlet mw-portlet-lang" > <input type="checkbox" id="p-lang-btn-checkbox" role="button" aria-haspopup="true" data-event-name="ui.dropdown-p-lang-btn" class="vector-dropdown-checkbox mw-interlanguage-selector" aria-label="Go to an article in another language. Available in 11 languages" > <label id="p-lang-btn-label" for="p-lang-btn-checkbox" class="vector-dropdown-label cdx-button cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--action-progressive mw-portlet-lang-heading-11" aria-hidden="true" ><span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-language-progressive mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-language-progressive"></span> <span class="vector-dropdown-label-text">11 languages</span> </label> <div class="vector-dropdown-content"> <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-el mw-list-item"><a href="https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%A5%CF%80%CE%BF%CF%85%CF%81%CE%B3%CF%8C%CF%82_%CE%94%CE%B9%CE%BA%CE%B1%CE%B9%CE%BF%CF%83%CF%8D%CE%BD%CE%B7%CF%82_%CF%84%CE%BF%CF%85_%CE%97%CE%BD%CF%89%CE%BC%CE%AD%CE%BD%CE%BF%CF%85_%CE%92%CE%B1%CF%83%CE%B9%CE%BB%CE%B5%CE%AF%CE%BF%CF%85" title="Υπουργός Δικαιοσύνης του Ηνωμένου Βασιλείου – Greek" lang="el" hreflang="el" data-title="Υπουργός Δικαιοσύνης του Ηνωμένου Βασιλείου" data-language-autonym="Ελληνικά" data-language-local-name="Greek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ελληνικά</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Secr%C3%A9taire_d%27%C3%89tat_%C3%A0_la_Justice" title="Secrétaire d'État à la Justice – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Secrétaire d'État à la Justice" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%98%81%EA%B5%AD%EC%9D%98_%EB%B2%95%EB%AC%B4%EC%9E%A5%EA%B4%80" title="영국의 법무장관 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="영국의 법무장관" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Menteri_Kehakiman_Britania_Raya" title="Menteri Kehakiman Britania Raya – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Menteri Kehakiman Britania Raya" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Segretario_di_Stato_per_la_giustizia" title="Segretario di Stato per la giustizia – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Segretario di Stato per la giustizia" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lijst_van_Britse_ministers_van_Justitie" title="Lijst van Britse ministers van Justitie – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="Lijst van Britse ministers van Justitie" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%B3%95%E5%8B%99%E5%A4%A7%E8%87%A3_(%E3%82%A4%E3%82%AE%E3%83%AA%E3%82%B9)" title="法務大臣 (イギリス) – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="法務大臣 (イギリス)" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>日本語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ministrowie_sprawiedliwo%C5%9Bci_Wielkiej_Brytanii" title="Ministrowie sprawiedliwości Wielkiej Brytanii – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="Ministrowie sprawiedliwości Wielkiej Brytanii" data-language-autonym="Polski" data-language-local-name="Polish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Polski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-th mw-list-item"><a href="https://th.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B8%A3%E0%B8%B1%E0%B8%90%E0%B8%A1%E0%B8%99%E0%B8%95%E0%B8%A3%E0%B8%B5%E0%B8%A7%E0%B9%88%E0%B8%B2%E0%B8%81%E0%B8%B2%E0%B8%A3%E0%B8%81%E0%B8%A3%E0%B8%B0%E0%B8%97%E0%B8%A3%E0%B8%A7%E0%B8%87%E0%B8%A2%E0%B8%B8%E0%B8%95%E0%B8%B4%E0%B8%98%E0%B8%A3%E0%B8%A3%E0%B8%A1_(%E0%B8%AA%E0%B8%AB%E0%B8%A3%E0%B8%B2%E0%B8%8A%E0%B8%AD%E0%B8%B2%E0%B8%93%E0%B8%B2%E0%B8%88%E0%B8%B1%E0%B8%81%E0%B8%A3)" title="รัฐมนตรีว่าการกระทรวงยุติธรรม (สหราชอาณาจักร) – Thai" lang="th" hreflang="th" data-title="รัฐมนตรีว่าการกระทรวงยุติธรรม (สหราชอาณาจักร)" data-language-autonym="ไทย" data-language-local-name="Thai" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ไทย</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-vi mw-list-item"><a href="https://vi.wikipedia.org/wiki/B%E1%BB%99_tr%C6%B0%E1%BB%9Fng_B%E1%BB%99_T%C6%B0_ph%C3%A1p_Anh" title="Bộ trưởng Bộ Tư pháp Anh – Vietnamese" lang="vi" hreflang="vi" data-title="Bộ trưởng Bộ Tư pháp Anh" data-language-autonym="Tiếng Việt" data-language-local-name="Vietnamese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Tiếng Việt</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-zh mw-list-item"><a href="https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%8F%B8%E6%B3%95%E5%A4%A7%E8%87%A3_(%E8%8B%B1%E5%9C%8B)" title="司法大臣 (英國) – Chinese" lang="zh" hreflang="zh" data-title="司法大臣 (英國)" data-language-autonym="中文" data-language-local-name="Chinese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>中文</span></a></li> </ul> <div class="after-portlet after-portlet-lang"><span class="wb-langlinks-edit wb-langlinks-link"><a href="https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:EntityPage/Q3477307#sitelinks-wikipedia" title="Edit interlanguage links" class="wbc-editpage">Edit links</a></span></div> </div> </div> </div> </header> <div class="vector-page-toolbar"> <div class="vector-page-toolbar-container"> <div id="left-navigation"> <nav aria-label="Namespaces"> <div id="p-associated-pages" class="vector-menu vector-menu-tabs mw-portlet mw-portlet-associated-pages" > <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> <li id="ca-nstab-main" class="selected vector-tab-noicon mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Secretary_of_State_for_Justice" title="View the content page [c]" accesskey="c"><span>Article</span></a></li><li id="ca-talk" class="vector-tab-noicon mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Talk:Secretary_of_State_for_Justice" rel="discussion" title="Discuss improvements to the content page [t]" accesskey="t"><span>Talk</span></a></li> </ul> </div> </div> <div id="vector-variants-dropdown" class="vector-dropdown emptyPortlet" > <input type="checkbox" id="vector-variants-dropdown-checkbox" role="button" aria-haspopup="true" data-event-name="ui.dropdown-vector-variants-dropdown" class="vector-dropdown-checkbox " aria-label="Change language variant" > <label id="vector-variants-dropdown-label" for="vector-variants-dropdown-checkbox" class="vector-dropdown-label cdx-button cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--weight-quiet" aria-hidden="true" ><span class="vector-dropdown-label-text">English</span> </label> <div class="vector-dropdown-content"> <div id="p-variants" class="vector-menu mw-portlet mw-portlet-variants emptyPortlet" > <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> </ul> </div> </div> </div> </div> </nav> </div> <div id="right-navigation" class="vector-collapsible"> <nav aria-label="Views"> <div id="p-views" class="vector-menu vector-menu-tabs mw-portlet mw-portlet-views" > <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> <li id="ca-view" class="selected vector-tab-noicon mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Secretary_of_State_for_Justice"><span>Read</span></a></li><li id="ca-edit" class="vector-tab-noicon mw-list-item"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Secretary_of_State_for_Justice&action=edit" title="Edit this page [e]" accesskey="e"><span>Edit</span></a></li><li id="ca-history" class="vector-tab-noicon mw-list-item"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Secretary_of_State_for_Justice&action=history" title="Past revisions of this page [h]" accesskey="h"><span>View history</span></a></li> </ul> </div> </div> </nav> <nav class="vector-page-tools-landmark" aria-label="Page tools"> <div id="vector-page-tools-dropdown" class="vector-dropdown vector-page-tools-dropdown" > <input type="checkbox" id="vector-page-tools-dropdown-checkbox" role="button" aria-haspopup="true" data-event-name="ui.dropdown-vector-page-tools-dropdown" class="vector-dropdown-checkbox " aria-label="Tools" > <label id="vector-page-tools-dropdown-label" for="vector-page-tools-dropdown-checkbox" class="vector-dropdown-label cdx-button cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--weight-quiet" aria-hidden="true" ><span class="vector-dropdown-label-text">Tools</span> </label> <div class="vector-dropdown-content"> <div id="vector-page-tools-unpinned-container" class="vector-unpinned-container"> <div id="vector-page-tools" class="vector-page-tools vector-pinnable-element"> <div class="vector-pinnable-header vector-page-tools-pinnable-header vector-pinnable-header-unpinned" data-feature-name="page-tools-pinned" data-pinnable-element-id="vector-page-tools" data-pinned-container-id="vector-page-tools-pinned-container" data-unpinned-container-id="vector-page-tools-unpinned-container" > <div class="vector-pinnable-header-label">Tools</div> <button class="vector-pinnable-header-toggle-button vector-pinnable-header-pin-button" data-event-name="pinnable-header.vector-page-tools.pin">move to sidebar</button> <button class="vector-pinnable-header-toggle-button vector-pinnable-header-unpin-button" data-event-name="pinnable-header.vector-page-tools.unpin">hide</button> </div> <div id="p-cactions" class="vector-menu mw-portlet mw-portlet-cactions emptyPortlet vector-has-collapsible-items" title="More options" > <div class="vector-menu-heading"> Actions </div> <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> <li id="ca-more-view" class="selected vector-more-collapsible-item mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Secretary_of_State_for_Justice"><span>Read</span></a></li><li id="ca-more-edit" class="vector-more-collapsible-item mw-list-item"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Secretary_of_State_for_Justice&action=edit" title="Edit this page [e]" accesskey="e"><span>Edit</span></a></li><li id="ca-more-history" class="vector-more-collapsible-item mw-list-item"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Secretary_of_State_for_Justice&action=history"><span>View history</span></a></li> </ul> </div> </div> <div id="p-tb" class="vector-menu mw-portlet mw-portlet-tb" > <div class="vector-menu-heading"> General </div> <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> <li id="t-whatlinkshere" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Special:WhatLinksHere/Secretary_of_State_for_Justice" title="List of all English Wikipedia pages containing links to this page [j]" accesskey="j"><span>What links here</span></a></li><li id="t-recentchangeslinked" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Special:RecentChangesLinked/Secretary_of_State_for_Justice" rel="nofollow" title="Recent changes in pages linked from this page [k]" accesskey="k"><span>Related changes</span></a></li><li id="t-upload" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:File_Upload_Wizard" title="Upload files [u]" accesskey="u"><span>Upload file</span></a></li><li id="t-specialpages" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Special:SpecialPages" title="A list of all special pages [q]" accesskey="q"><span>Special pages</span></a></li><li id="t-permalink" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Secretary_of_State_for_Justice&oldid=1253812739" title="Permanent link to this revision of this page"><span>Permanent link</span></a></li><li id="t-info" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Secretary_of_State_for_Justice&action=info" title="More information about this page"><span>Page information</span></a></li><li id="t-cite" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Special:CiteThisPage&page=Secretary_of_State_for_Justice&id=1253812739&wpFormIdentifier=titleform" title="Information on how to cite this page"><span>Cite this page</span></a></li><li id="t-urlshortener" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Special:UrlShortener&url=https%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FSecretary_of_State_for_Justice"><span>Get shortened URL</span></a></li><li id="t-urlshortener-qrcode" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Special:QrCode&url=https%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FSecretary_of_State_for_Justice"><span>Download QR code</span></a></li> </ul> </div> </div> <div id="p-coll-print_export" class="vector-menu mw-portlet mw-portlet-coll-print_export" > <div class="vector-menu-heading"> Print/export </div> <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> <li id="coll-download-as-rl" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Special:DownloadAsPdf&page=Secretary_of_State_for_Justice&action=show-download-screen" title="Download this page as a PDF file"><span>Download as PDF</span></a></li><li id="t-print" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Secretary_of_State_for_Justice&printable=yes" title="Printable version of this page [p]" accesskey="p"><span>Printable version</span></a></li> </ul> </div> </div> <div id="p-wikibase-otherprojects" class="vector-menu mw-portlet mw-portlet-wikibase-otherprojects" > <div class="vector-menu-heading"> In other projects </div> <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> <li id="t-wikibase" class="wb-otherproject-link wb-otherproject-wikibase-dataitem mw-list-item"><a href="https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:EntityPage/Q3477307" title="Structured data on this page hosted by Wikidata [g]" accesskey="g"><span>Wikidata item</span></a></li> </ul> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </nav> </div> </div> </div> <div class="vector-column-end"> <div class="vector-sticky-pinned-container"> <nav class="vector-page-tools-landmark" aria-label="Page tools"> <div id="vector-page-tools-pinned-container" class="vector-pinned-container"> </div> </nav> <nav class="vector-appearance-landmark" aria-label="Appearance"> <div id="vector-appearance-pinned-container" class="vector-pinned-container"> <div id="vector-appearance" class="vector-appearance vector-pinnable-element"> <div class="vector-pinnable-header vector-appearance-pinnable-header vector-pinnable-header-pinned" data-feature-name="appearance-pinned" data-pinnable-element-id="vector-appearance" data-pinned-container-id="vector-appearance-pinned-container" data-unpinned-container-id="vector-appearance-unpinned-container" > <div class="vector-pinnable-header-label">Appearance</div> <button class="vector-pinnable-header-toggle-button vector-pinnable-header-pin-button" data-event-name="pinnable-header.vector-appearance.pin">move to sidebar</button> <button class="vector-pinnable-header-toggle-button vector-pinnable-header-unpin-button" data-event-name="pinnable-header.vector-appearance.unpin">hide</button> </div> </div> </div> </nav> </div> </div> <div id="bodyContent" class="vector-body" aria-labelledby="firstHeading" data-mw-ve-target-container> <div class="vector-body-before-content"> <div class="mw-indicators"> </div> <div id="siteSub" class="noprint">From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia</div> </div> <div id="contentSub"><div id="mw-content-subtitle"></div></div> <div id="mw-content-text" class="mw-body-content"><div class="mw-content-ltr mw-parser-output" lang="en" dir="ltr"><div class="shortdescription nomobile noexcerpt noprint searchaux" style="display:none">Member of the Cabinet of the United Kingdom</div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">This article is about the United Kingdom government cabinet minister. For the Spanish minister, see <a href="/wiki/Secretary_of_State_for_Justice_(Spain)" title="Secretary of State for Justice (Spain)">Secretary of State for Justice (Spain)</a>.</div> <p class="mw-empty-elt"> </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1257001546">.mw-parser-output .infobox-subbox{padding:0;border:none;margin:-3px;width:auto;min-width:100%;font-size:100%;clear:none;float:none;background-color:transparent}.mw-parser-output .infobox-3cols-child{margin:auto}.mw-parser-output .infobox .navbar{font-size:100%}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme)>div:not(.notheme)[style]{background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme) div:not(.notheme){background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media(min-width:640px){body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table{display:table!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table>caption{display:table-caption!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table>tbody{display:table-row-group}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table tr{display:table-row!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table th,body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table td{padding-left:inherit;padding-right:inherit}}</style><table class="infobox"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above" style="font-size: 125%;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom" title="United Kingdom">United Kingdom</a></span><br /> Secretary of State for Justice</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image" style="padding-bottom:0.4em; border-bottom:solid 1px #ccd2d9;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Coat_of_arms_of_the_United_Kingdom_(2022,_lesser_arms).svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4d/Coat_of_arms_of_the_United_Kingdom_%282022%2C_lesser_arms%29.svg/120px-Coat_of_arms_of_the_United_Kingdom_%282022%2C_lesser_arms%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="120" height="106" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4d/Coat_of_arms_of_the_United_Kingdom_%282022%2C_lesser_arms%29.svg/180px-Coat_of_arms_of_the_United_Kingdom_%282022%2C_lesser_arms%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4d/Coat_of_arms_of_the_United_Kingdom_%282022%2C_lesser_arms%29.svg/240px-Coat_of_arms_of_the_United_Kingdom_%282022%2C_lesser_arms%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1552" data-file-height="1366" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption"><a href="/wiki/Royal_Arms" class="mw-redirect" title="Royal Arms">Royal Arms</a> of <a href="/wiki/His_Majesty%27s_Government" class="mw-redirect" title="His Majesty's Government">His Majesty's Government</a></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><div style="padding-bottom:0.4em; border-bottom:solid 1px #ccd2d9; line-height:1.4em;"><div style="padding-bottom:0.4em;"><span class="mw-default-size mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Shabana_Mahmood_Official_Cabinet_Portrait,_July_2024_2_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d7/Shabana_Mahmood_Official_Cabinet_Portrait%2C_July_2024_2_%28cropped%29.jpg/220px-Shabana_Mahmood_Official_Cabinet_Portrait%2C_July_2024_2_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="263" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d7/Shabana_Mahmood_Official_Cabinet_Portrait%2C_July_2024_2_%28cropped%29.jpg/330px-Shabana_Mahmood_Official_Cabinet_Portrait%2C_July_2024_2_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d7/Shabana_Mahmood_Official_Cabinet_Portrait%2C_July_2024_2_%28cropped%29.jpg/440px-Shabana_Mahmood_Official_Cabinet_Portrait%2C_July_2024_2_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2769" data-file-height="3307" /></a></span></div><div style="display:inline;font-weight:bold;">Incumbent<br /><a href="/wiki/Shabana_Mahmood" title="Shabana Mahmood">Shabana Mahmood</a><br /></div>since 5 July 2024</div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Justice_(United_Kingdom)" title="Ministry of Justice (United Kingdom)">Ministry of Justice</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Style_(form_of_address)" title="Style (form of address)">Style</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><b>Justice Secretary</b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(informal)</span><br /><a href="/wiki/The_Right_Honourable" title="The Right Honourable">The Right Honourable</a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(within the UK and Commonwealth)</span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Type</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Minister_of_the_Crown" title="Minister of the Crown">Minister of the Crown</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Status</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Secretary_of_State_(United_Kingdom)" title="Secretary of State (United Kingdom)">Secretary of State</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Member of</th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/Cabinet_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="Cabinet of the United Kingdom">Cabinet</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Privy_Council_of_the_United_Kingdom" class="mw-redirect" title="Privy Council of the United Kingdom">Privy Council</a></li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Reports to</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Prime_Minister_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="Prime Minister of the United Kingdom">The Prime Minister</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Seat_(legal_entity)" title="Seat (legal entity)">Seat</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Westminster" title="Westminster">Westminster</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Nominator</th><td class="infobox-data">The Prime Minister</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Appointer</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Monarchy_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="Monarchy of the United Kingdom">The Monarch</a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(on the advice of the <a href="/wiki/Prime_Minister_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="Prime Minister of the United Kingdom">Prime Minister</a>)</span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Term_of_office" title="Term of office">Term length</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/At_His_Majesty%27s_Pleasure" class="mw-redirect" title="At His Majesty's Pleasure">At His Majesty's Pleasure</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Precursor</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Secretary_of_State_for_Constitutional_Affairs" title="Secretary of State for Constitutional Affairs">Secretary of State for Constitutional Affairs</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Formation</th><td class="infobox-data">9 May 2007</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">First holder</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Charles_Falconer,_Baron_Falconer_of_Thoroton" class="mw-redirect" title="Charles Falconer, Baron Falconer of Thoroton">The Lord Falconer</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Salary</th><td class="infobox-data">£159,038 per annum <span style="font-size:85%;">(2022)</span><sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><br />(including £86,584 <a href="/wiki/Member_of_Parliament_(United_Kingdom)" title="Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)">MP</a> salary)<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="url"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/ministry-of-justice">Official Website</a></span></td></tr></tbody></table> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1129693374">.mw-parser-output .hlist dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul{margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt,.mw-parser-output .hlist li{margin:0;display:inline}.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline,.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline ul,.mw-parser-output .hlist dl dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist dl ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist dl ul,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol ul,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul ul{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .hlist .mw-empty-li{display:none}.mw-parser-output .hlist dt::after{content:": "}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist li::after{content:" · ";font-weight:bold}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist li:last-child::after{content:none}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd dd:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist dd dt:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist dd li:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt dd:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt dt:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt li:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist li dd:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist li dt:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist li li:first-child::before{content:" (";font-weight:normal}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd dd:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dd dt:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dd li:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt dd:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt dt:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt li:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist li dd:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist li dt:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist li li:last-child::after{content:")";font-weight:normal}.mw-parser-output .hlist ol{counter-reset:listitem}.mw-parser-output .hlist ol>li{counter-increment:listitem}.mw-parser-output .hlist ol>li::before{content:" "counter(listitem)"\a0 "}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd ol>li:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt ol>li:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist li ol>li:first-child::before{content:" ("counter(listitem)"\a0 "}</style><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1246091330">.mw-parser-output .sidebar{width:22em;float:right;clear:right;margin:0.5em 0 1em 1em;background:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);padding:0.2em;text-align:center;line-height:1.4em;font-size:88%;border-collapse:collapse;display:table}body.skin-minerva .mw-parser-output .sidebar{display:table!important;float:right!important;margin:0.5em 0 1em 1em!important}.mw-parser-output .sidebar-subgroup{width:100%;margin:0;border-spacing:0}.mw-parser-output .sidebar-left{float:left;clear:left;margin:0.5em 1em 1em 0}.mw-parser-output .sidebar-none{float:none;clear:both;margin:0.5em 1em 1em 0}.mw-parser-output .sidebar-outer-title{padding:0 0.4em 0.2em;font-size:125%;line-height:1.2em;font-weight:bold}.mw-parser-output .sidebar-top-image{padding:0.4em}.mw-parser-output .sidebar-top-caption,.mw-parser-output .sidebar-pretitle-with-top-image,.mw-parser-output .sidebar-caption{padding:0.2em 0.4em 0;line-height:1.2em}.mw-parser-output .sidebar-pretitle{padding:0.4em 0.4em 0;line-height:1.2em}.mw-parser-output .sidebar-title,.mw-parser-output .sidebar-title-with-pretitle{padding:0.2em 0.8em;font-size:145%;line-height:1.2em}.mw-parser-output .sidebar-title-with-pretitle{padding:0.1em 0.4em}.mw-parser-output .sidebar-image{padding:0.2em 0.4em 0.4em}.mw-parser-output .sidebar-heading{padding:0.1em 0.4em}.mw-parser-output .sidebar-content{padding:0 0.5em 0.4em}.mw-parser-output .sidebar-content-with-subgroup{padding:0.1em 0.4em 0.2em}.mw-parser-output .sidebar-above,.mw-parser-output .sidebar-below{padding:0.3em 0.8em;font-weight:bold}.mw-parser-output .sidebar-collapse .sidebar-above,.mw-parser-output .sidebar-collapse .sidebar-below{border-top:1px solid #aaa;border-bottom:1px solid #aaa}.mw-parser-output .sidebar-navbar{text-align:right;font-size:115%;padding:0 0.4em 0.4em}.mw-parser-output .sidebar-list-title{padding:0 0.4em;text-align:left;font-weight:bold;line-height:1.6em;font-size:105%}.mw-parser-output .sidebar-list-title-c{padding:0 0.4em;text-align:center;margin:0 3.3em}@media(max-width:640px){body.mediawiki .mw-parser-output .sidebar{width:100%!important;clear:both;float:none!important;margin-left:0!important;margin-right:0!important}}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .sidebar a>img{max-width:none!important}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .sidebar:not(.notheme) .sidebar-list-title,html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .sidebar:not(.notheme) .sidebar-title-with-pretitle{background:transparent!important}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .sidebar:not(.notheme) .sidebar-title-with-pretitle a{color:var(--color-progressive)!important}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .sidebar:not(.notheme) .sidebar-list-title,html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .sidebar:not(.notheme) .sidebar-title-with-pretitle{background:transparent!important}html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .sidebar:not(.notheme) .sidebar-title-with-pretitle a{color:var(--color-progressive)!important}}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .sidebar{display:none!important}}</style><table class="sidebar sidebar-collapse nomobile nowraplinks"><tbody><tr><td class="sidebar-pretitle">This article is part of the series: <b><a href="/wiki/Courts_of_England_and_Wales" title="Courts of England and Wales">Courts of England and Wales</a></b></td></tr><tr><th class="sidebar-title-with-pretitle"><a href="/wiki/English_law" title="English law">Law of England and Wales</a></th></tr><tr><td class="sidebar-image"><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4d/Coat_of_arms_of_the_United_Kingdom_%282022%2C_lesser_arms%29.svg/150px-Coat_of_arms_of_the_United_Kingdom_%282022%2C_lesser_arms%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="150" height="132" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4d/Coat_of_arms_of_the_United_Kingdom_%282022%2C_lesser_arms%29.svg/225px-Coat_of_arms_of_the_United_Kingdom_%282022%2C_lesser_arms%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4d/Coat_of_arms_of_the_United_Kingdom_%282022%2C_lesser_arms%29.svg/300px-Coat_of_arms_of_the_United_Kingdom_%282022%2C_lesser_arms%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1552" data-file-height="1366" /></span></span></td></tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="color: var(--color-base)">Administration</div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content" style="text-align: left;"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Justice_(United_Kingdom)" title="Ministry of Justice (United Kingdom)">Ministry of Justice</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Lord_Chancellor" title="Lord Chancellor">Lord Chancellor</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/His_Majesty%27s_Courts_and_Tribunals_Service" title="His Majesty's Courts and Tribunals Service">His Majesty's Courts and Tribunals Service</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Judges%27_Council" title="Judges' Council">Judges' Council</a></li></ul></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="color: var(--color-base)">Civil and family courts</div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content" style="text-align: left;"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Supreme_Court_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="Supreme Court of the United Kingdom">Supreme Court of the United Kingdom</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Judicial_Committee_of_the_Privy_Council" title="Judicial Committee of the Privy Council">Privy Council</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Court_of_Appeal_of_England_and_Wales" class="mw-redirect" title="Court of Appeal of England and Wales">Court of Appeal</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Master_of_the_Rolls" title="Master of the Rolls">Master of the Rolls</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Court_of_Appeal_judge_(England_and_Wales)" title="Court of Appeal judge (England and Wales)">Court of Appeal judge</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/High_Court_of_Justice" title="High Court of Justice">High Court of Justice</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/President_of_the_King%27s_Bench_Division" class="mw-redirect" title="President of the King's Bench Division">President of the King's Bench</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/President_of_the_Family_Division" title="President of the Family Division">President of the Family Division</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chancellor_of_the_High_Court" title="Chancellor of the High Court">Chancellor of the High Court</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/High_Court_judge_(England_and_Wales)" title="High Court judge (England and Wales)">High Court judge</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/County_Court_(England_and_Wales)" title="County Court (England and Wales)">County Court</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_County_Court_venues_in_England_and_Wales" title="List of County Court venues in England and Wales">List of County Court venues</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/County_Court_Business_Centre" title="County Court Business Centre">County Court Business Centre</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Judiciary_of_England_and_Wales#District_judges" title="Judiciary of England and Wales">District judge</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Family_Court_(England_and_Wales)" class="mw-redirect" title="Family Court (England and Wales)">Family Court</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Court_of_Protection" title="Court of Protection">Court of Protection</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/High_Court_of_Chivalry" title="High Court of Chivalry">Court of Chivalry</a></li></ul></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="color: var(--color-base)">Criminal courts</div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content" style="text-align: left;"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Supreme_Court_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="Supreme Court of the United Kingdom">Supreme Court of the United Kingdom</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Court_of_Appeal_of_England_and_Wales" class="mw-redirect" title="Court of Appeal of England and Wales">Court of Appeal</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Lord_Chief_Justice_of_England_and_Wales" title="Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales">Lord Chief Justice</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Court_of_Appeal_judge_(England_and_Wales)" title="Court of Appeal judge (England and Wales)">Court of Appeal judge</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/High_Court_of_Justice" title="High Court of Justice">High Court of Justice</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/President_of_the_King%27s_Bench_Division" class="mw-redirect" title="President of the King's Bench Division">President of the King's Bench</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/High_Court_judge_(England_and_Wales)" title="High Court judge (England and Wales)">High Court judge</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Crown_Court" title="Crown Court">Crown Court</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Crown_Court_venues_in_England_and_Wales" title="List of Crown Court venues in England and Wales">List of Crown Court venues</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Circuit_judge_(England_and_Wales)" title="Circuit judge (England and Wales)">Circuit judge</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Recorder_(judge)" title="Recorder (judge)">Recorder</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Magistrates%27_court_(England_and_Wales)" title="Magistrates' court (England and Wales)">Magistrates' courts</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Judiciary_of_England_and_Wales#District_judges" title="Judiciary of England and Wales">District judge</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Magistrates_of_England_and_Wales" class="mw-redirect" title="Magistrates of England and Wales">Justice of the peace / lay magistrates</a></li></ul></li></ul></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="color: var(--color-base)">Criminal prosecution</div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content" style="text-align: left;"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Attorney_General_for_England_and_Wales" title="Attorney General for England and Wales">Attorney General</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Director_of_Public_Prosecutions_(England_and_Wales)" title="Director of Public Prosecutions (England and Wales)">Director of Public Prosecutions</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Crown_Prosecution_Service" title="Crown Prosecution Service">Crown Prosecution Service</a></li></ul></li></ul></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="color: var(--color-base)">Legal profession</div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content" style="text-align: left;"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/General_Council_of_the_Bar" title="General Council of the Bar">Bar Council</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Barristers_in_England_and_Wales" title="Barristers in England and Wales">Barrister</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Law_Society_of_England_and_Wales" title="Law Society of England and Wales">Law Society of England and Wales</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Solicitor" title="Solicitor">Solicitor</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Solicitor_advocate" title="Solicitor advocate">Solicitor advocate</a></li></ul></li></ul></li></ul></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-navbar"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239400231">.mw-parser-output .navbar{display:inline;font-size:88%;font-weight:normal}.mw-parser-output .navbar-collapse{float:left;text-align:left}.mw-parser-output .navbar-boxtext{word-spacing:0}.mw-parser-output .navbar ul{display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;line-height:inherit}.mw-parser-output .navbar-brackets::before{margin-right:-0.125em;content:"[ "}.mw-parser-output .navbar-brackets::after{margin-left:-0.125em;content:" ]"}.mw-parser-output .navbar li{word-spacing:-0.125em}.mw-parser-output .navbar a>span,.mw-parser-output .navbar a>abbr{text-decoration:inherit}.mw-parser-output .navbar-mini abbr{font-variant:small-caps;border-bottom:none;text-decoration:none;cursor:inherit}.mw-parser-output .navbar-ct-full{font-size:114%;margin:0 7em}.mw-parser-output .navbar-ct-mini{font-size:114%;margin:0 4em}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .navbar li a abbr{color:var(--color-base)!important}@media(prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .navbar li a abbr{color:var(--color-base)!important}}@media print{.mw-parser-output .navbar{display:none!important}}</style><div class="navbar plainlinks hlist navbar-mini"><ul><li class="nv-view"><a href="/wiki/Template:CourtsEnglandWales" title="Template:CourtsEnglandWales"><abbr title="View this template">v</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-talk"><a href="/wiki/Template_talk:CourtsEnglandWales" title="Template talk:CourtsEnglandWales"><abbr title="Discuss this template">t</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-edit"><a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Template:CourtsEnglandWales" title="Special:EditPage/Template:CourtsEnglandWales"><abbr title="Edit this template">e</abbr></a></li></ul></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The <b>secretary of state for justice</b> is a <a href="/wiki/Secretary_of_State_(United_Kingdom)" title="Secretary of State (United Kingdom)">secretary of state</a> in the <a href="/wiki/Government_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="Government of the United Kingdom">Government of the United Kingdom</a>, with responsibility for the <a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Justice_(United_Kingdom)" title="Ministry of Justice (United Kingdom)">Ministry of Justice</a>. The incumbent is a member of the <a href="/wiki/Cabinet_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="Cabinet of the United Kingdom">Cabinet of the United Kingdom</a>. Since the office's inception, the incumbent has concurrently been appointed <a href="/wiki/Lord_Chancellor" title="Lord Chancellor">Lord Chancellor</a>. </p><p>The officeholder works alongside the other <a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Justice_(United_Kingdom)#Ministers" title="Ministry of Justice (United Kingdom)">justice ministers</a>. The corresponding <a href="/wiki/Shadow_minister" class="mw-redirect" title="Shadow minister">shadow minister</a> is the <a href="/wiki/Shadow_Secretary_of_State_for_Justice" title="Shadow Secretary of State for Justice">shadow secretary of state for justice</a>, and the performance of the secretary of state is also scrutinised by the <a href="/wiki/Justice_Select_Committee" title="Justice Select Committee">Justice Select Committee</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Responsibilities">Responsibilities</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Secretary_of_State_for_Justice&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Responsibilities"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>According to what is generally known as a <a href="/wiki/Justice_minister" class="mw-redirect" title="Justice minister">justice minister</a> in many other countries, the justice secretary's remit encompasses <a href="/wiki/Administration_of_justice" title="Administration of justice">justice policy</a> for the whole United Kingdom along with matters of justice specific to <a href="/wiki/England_and_Wales" title="England and Wales">England and Wales</a>. </p><p>The justice secretary is responsible throughout the UK for: </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Freedom_of_information_laws_by_country" title="Freedom of information laws by country">Freedom of information</a> and <a href="/wiki/Information_privacy" title="Information privacy">information privacy</a>;</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Human_rights" title="Human rights">Human rights</a> and <a href="/wiki/Civil_liberties" title="Civil liberties">civil liberties</a>;</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Miscarriage_of_justice" title="Miscarriage of justice">Miscarriages of justice</a> (via the <a href="/wiki/Criminal_Cases_Review_Commission" title="Criminal Cases Review Commission">Criminal Cases Review Commission</a>); and</li> <li>The UK’s relations with the governments of the three <a href="/wiki/Crown_Dependencies" title="Crown Dependencies">Crown Dependencies</a> - <a href="/wiki/Guernsey" title="Guernsey">Guernsey</a>, <a href="/wiki/Jersey" title="Jersey">Jersey</a>, and the <a href="/wiki/Isle_of_Man" title="Isle of Man">Isle of Man</a>.</li></ul> <p>In relation to England and Wales, the justice secretary's portfolio concerns the following matters: </p> <ul><li>The delivery of <a href="/wiki/Criminal_justice" title="Criminal justice">criminal justice</a> generally, including <a href="/wiki/Criminal_law" title="Criminal law">criminal law</a>, <a href="/wiki/Criminal_procedure" title="Criminal procedure">criminal procedure</a>, <a href="/wiki/Sentencing_in_England_and_Wales" title="Sentencing in England and Wales">sentencing</a>, <a href="/wiki/Probation" title="Probation">probation</a> and <a href="/wiki/Parole" title="Parole">parole</a>, <a href="/wiki/Criminal_Injuries_Compensation_Authority" title="Criminal Injuries Compensation Authority">criminal injury compensation</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Victim%27s_rights" class="mw-redirect" title="Victim's rights">victim's rights</a>;</li> <li>All matters falling under <a href="/wiki/Civil_justice" class="mw-redirect" title="Civil justice">civil justice</a>, including but not limited to <a href="/wiki/Civil_procedure" title="Civil procedure">civil procedure</a>, <a href="/wiki/Administrative_law" title="Administrative law">administrative law</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bankruptcy_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="Bankruptcy in the United Kingdom">bankruptcy</a> and <a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom_insolvency_law" title="United Kingdom insolvency law">insolvency law</a>, <a href="/wiki/Commercial_law" title="Commercial law">commercial law</a>, <a href="/wiki/English_contract_law" title="English contract law">contract law</a>, <a href="/wiki/Family_law" title="Family law">family law</a>, <a href="/wiki/Probate" title="Probate">probate</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Tort" title="Tort">tort</a>; and</li> <li>Administration of the <a href="/wiki/Children_and_Family_Court_Advisory_and_Support_Service" title="Children and Family Court Advisory and Support Service">Children and Family Court Advisory and Support Service</a>, <a href="/wiki/His_Majesty%27s_Prison_and_Probation_Service" class="mw-redirect" title="His Majesty's Prison and Probation Service">His Majesty's Prison and Probation Service</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Parole_Board_(England_and_Wales)" title="Parole Board (England and Wales)">Parole Board</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Prisons_and_Probation_Ombudsman" title="Prisons and Probation Ombudsman">Prisons and Probation Ombudsman</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Victims%27_Commissioner" title="Victims' Commissioner">Victims' Commissioner</a>, and the <a href="/wiki/Youth_Justice_Board" title="Youth Justice Board">Youth Justice Board</a>.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Creation">Creation</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Secretary_of_State_for_Justice&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Creation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The then Lord Chancellor, <a href="/wiki/Lord_Falconer_of_Thoroton" class="mw-redirect" title="Lord Falconer of Thoroton">Lord Falconer of Thoroton</a>, was appointed to the post of Secretary of State for Justice when it was created in 2007. The office of the <a href="/wiki/Secretary_of_State_for_Constitutional_Affairs" title="Secretary of State for Constitutional Affairs">Secretary of State for Constitutional Affairs</a> was abolished, along with the Department for Constitutional Affairs. The <a href="/wiki/Home_secretary" class="mw-redirect" title="Home secretary">home secretary</a>, <a href="/wiki/John_Reid,_Baron_Reid_of_Cardowan" title="John Reid, Baron Reid of Cardowan">John Reid</a>, told Parliament that future secretaries of state for justice would be MPs rather than peers. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="List_of_secretaries_of_state">List of secretaries of state</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Secretary_of_State_for_Justice&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: List of secretaries of state"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">For Lord Chancellors before 2003, see <a href="/wiki/List_of_Lord_Chancellors_and_Lord_Keepers" class="mw-redirect" title="List of Lord Chancellors and Lord Keepers">List of Lord Chancellors and Lord Keepers</a>. For Secretaries of State between 2003 and 2007, see <a href="/wiki/Secretary_of_State_for_Constitutional_Affairs" title="Secretary of State for Constitutional Affairs">Secretary of State for Constitutional Affairs</a>.</div> <table class="wikitable" style="text-align:Center"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="2">Secretary of State </th> <th colspan="2">Term of office </th> <th colspan="2">Political party </th> <th>Government </th></tr> <tr style="height:1em"> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Portrait_of_Lord_Falconer.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cd/Portrait_of_Lord_Falconer.jpg/60px-Portrait_of_Lord_Falconer.jpg" decoding="async" width="60" height="84" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cd/Portrait_of_Lord_Falconer.jpg/90px-Portrait_of_Lord_Falconer.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cd/Portrait_of_Lord_Falconer.jpg/120px-Portrait_of_Lord_Falconer.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1779" data-file-height="2490" /></a></span> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Charles_Falconer,_Baron_Falconer_of_Thoroton" class="mw-redirect" title="Charles Falconer, Baron Falconer of Thoroton">Charles Falconer,<br /> Baron Falconer of Thoroton</a></b><sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>9 May 2007 </td> <td>28 June 2007 </td> <td style="background-color:#E4003B"> </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Tony_Blair" title="Tony Blair">Blair</a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(<a href="/wiki/Third_Blair_ministry" title="Third Blair ministry">III</a>)</span> </td></tr> <tr style="height:1em"> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Jack_Straw_2.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/33/Jack_Straw_2.jpg/60px-Jack_Straw_2.jpg" decoding="async" width="60" height="80" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/33/Jack_Straw_2.jpg/90px-Jack_Straw_2.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/33/Jack_Straw_2.jpg/120px-Jack_Straw_2.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1800" data-file-height="2400" /></a></span> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Jack_Straw" title="Jack Straw">Jack Straw</a></b><sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>n 1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">MP for <a href="/wiki/Blackburn_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Blackburn (UK Parliament constituency)">Blackburn</a></span> </td> <td>28 June 2007 </td> <td>6 May 2010 </td> <td style="background-color:#E4003B"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Brown_ministry" title="Brown ministry">Brown</a> </td></tr> <tr style="height:1em"> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Kenneth-clarke-hi-res.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d8/Kenneth-clarke-hi-res.jpg/60px-Kenneth-clarke-hi-res.jpg" decoding="async" width="60" height="89" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d8/Kenneth-clarke-hi-res.jpg/90px-Kenneth-clarke-hi-res.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d8/Kenneth-clarke-hi-res.jpg/120px-Kenneth-clarke-hi-res.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2472" data-file-height="3678" /></a></span> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Kenneth_Clarke" title="Kenneth Clarke">Kenneth Clarke</a></b><sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">MP for <a href="/wiki/Rushcliffe_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Rushcliffe (UK Parliament constituency)">Rushcliffe</a></span> </td> <td>12 May 2010 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/2012_British_cabinet_reshuffle" title="2012 British cabinet reshuffle">6 September 2012</a> </td> <td style="background-color:#0087DC"> </td> <td rowspan="12"><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a> </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/David_Cameron" title="David Cameron">Cameron</a>-<a href="/wiki/Nick_Clegg" title="Nick Clegg">Clegg</a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(<a href="/wiki/Cameron%E2%80%93Clegg_coalition" title="Cameron–Clegg coalition">Coalition</a>)</span> </td></tr> <tr style="height:1em"> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Official_portrait_of_Rt_Hon_Chris_Grayling_MP_crop_2.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/73/Official_portrait_of_Rt_Hon_Chris_Grayling_MP_crop_2.jpg/60px-Official_portrait_of_Rt_Hon_Chris_Grayling_MP_crop_2.jpg" decoding="async" width="60" height="80" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/73/Official_portrait_of_Rt_Hon_Chris_Grayling_MP_crop_2.jpg/90px-Official_portrait_of_Rt_Hon_Chris_Grayling_MP_crop_2.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/73/Official_portrait_of_Rt_Hon_Chris_Grayling_MP_crop_2.jpg/120px-Official_portrait_of_Rt_Hon_Chris_Grayling_MP_crop_2.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1500" data-file-height="2000" /></a></span> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Chris_Grayling" title="Chris Grayling">Chris Grayling</a></b><sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">MP for <a href="/wiki/Epsom_and_Ewell_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Epsom and Ewell (UK Parliament constituency)">Epsom and Ewell</a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/2012_British_cabinet_reshuffle" title="2012 British cabinet reshuffle">6 September 2012</a> </td> <td>8 May 2015 </td> <td style="background-color:#0087DC"> </td></tr> <tr style="height:1em"> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Official_portrait_of_Michael_Gove_crop_2.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/ba/Official_portrait_of_Michael_Gove_crop_2.jpg/60px-Official_portrait_of_Michael_Gove_crop_2.jpg" decoding="async" width="60" height="80" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/ba/Official_portrait_of_Michael_Gove_crop_2.jpg/90px-Official_portrait_of_Michael_Gove_crop_2.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/ba/Official_portrait_of_Michael_Gove_crop_2.jpg/120px-Official_portrait_of_Michael_Gove_crop_2.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1554" data-file-height="2072" /></a></span> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Michael_Gove" title="Michael Gove">Michael Gove</a></b><sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">MP for <a href="/wiki/Surrey_Heath_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Surrey Heath (UK Parliament constituency)">Surrey Heath</a></span> </td> <td>8 May 2015 </td> <td>14 July 2016 </td> <td style="background-color:#0087DC"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/David_Cameron" title="David Cameron">Cameron</a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(<a href="/wiki/Second_Cameron_ministry" title="Second Cameron ministry">II</a>)</span> </td></tr> <tr style="height:1em"> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Official_portrait_of_Elizabeth_Truss_crop_2.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c8/Official_portrait_of_Elizabeth_Truss_crop_2.jpg/60px-Official_portrait_of_Elizabeth_Truss_crop_2.jpg" decoding="async" width="60" height="80" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c8/Official_portrait_of_Elizabeth_Truss_crop_2.jpg/90px-Official_portrait_of_Elizabeth_Truss_crop_2.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c8/Official_portrait_of_Elizabeth_Truss_crop_2.jpg/120px-Official_portrait_of_Elizabeth_Truss_crop_2.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1554" data-file-height="2072" /></a></span> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Liz_Truss" title="Liz Truss">Liz Truss</a></b><sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">MP for <a href="/wiki/South_West_Norfolk" class="mw-redirect" title="South West Norfolk">South West Norfolk</a></span> </td> <td>14 July 2016 </td> <td>11 June 2017 </td> <td style="background-color:#0087DC"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Theresa_May" title="Theresa May">May</a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(<a href="/wiki/First_May_ministry" title="First May ministry">I</a>)</span> </td></tr> <tr style="height:1em"> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Official_portrait_of_Mr_David_Lidington_crop_2.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b5/Official_portrait_of_Mr_David_Lidington_crop_2.jpg/60px-Official_portrait_of_Mr_David_Lidington_crop_2.jpg" decoding="async" width="60" height="80" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b5/Official_portrait_of_Mr_David_Lidington_crop_2.jpg/90px-Official_portrait_of_Mr_David_Lidington_crop_2.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b5/Official_portrait_of_Mr_David_Lidington_crop_2.jpg/120px-Official_portrait_of_Mr_David_Lidington_crop_2.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1554" data-file-height="2072" /></a></span> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/David_Lidington" title="David Lidington">David Lidington</a></b><sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">MP for <a href="/wiki/Aylesbury_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Aylesbury (UK Parliament constituency)">Aylesbury</a></span> </td> <td>11 June 2017 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/2018_British_cabinet_reshuffle" title="2018 British cabinet reshuffle">8 January 2018</a> </td> <td style="background-color:#0087DC"> </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Theresa_May" title="Theresa May">May</a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(<a href="/wiki/Second_May_ministry" title="Second May ministry">II</a>)</span> </td></tr> <tr style="height:1em"> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Official_portrait_of_Mr_David_Gauke_crop_2.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/21/Official_portrait_of_Mr_David_Gauke_crop_2.jpg/60px-Official_portrait_of_Mr_David_Gauke_crop_2.jpg" decoding="async" width="60" height="80" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/21/Official_portrait_of_Mr_David_Gauke_crop_2.jpg/90px-Official_portrait_of_Mr_David_Gauke_crop_2.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/21/Official_portrait_of_Mr_David_Gauke_crop_2.jpg/120px-Official_portrait_of_Mr_David_Gauke_crop_2.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1554" data-file-height="2072" /></a></span> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/David_Gauke" title="David Gauke">David Gauke</a></b><sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">MP for <a href="/wiki/South_West_Hertfordshire" class="mw-redirect" title="South West Hertfordshire">South West Hertfordshire</a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/2018_British_cabinet_reshuffle" title="2018 British cabinet reshuffle">8 January 2018</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/First_Johnson_ministry" title="First Johnson ministry">24 July 2019</a> </td> <td style="background-color:#0087DC"> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Official_portrait_of_Rt_Hon_Robert_Buckland_MP_crop_2.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ec/Official_portrait_of_Rt_Hon_Robert_Buckland_MP_crop_2.jpg/60px-Official_portrait_of_Rt_Hon_Robert_Buckland_MP_crop_2.jpg" decoding="async" width="60" height="80" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ec/Official_portrait_of_Rt_Hon_Robert_Buckland_MP_crop_2.jpg/90px-Official_portrait_of_Rt_Hon_Robert_Buckland_MP_crop_2.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ec/Official_portrait_of_Rt_Hon_Robert_Buckland_MP_crop_2.jpg/120px-Official_portrait_of_Rt_Hon_Robert_Buckland_MP_crop_2.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1500" data-file-height="2000" /></a></span> </td> <td rowspan="2"><b><a href="/wiki/Robert_Buckland" title="Robert Buckland">Robert Buckland</a></b><sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">MP for <a href="/wiki/South_Swindon" class="mw-redirect" title="South Swindon">South Swindon</a></span> </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/First_Johnson_ministry" title="First Johnson ministry">24 July 2019</a> </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/2021_British_cabinet_reshuffle" title="2021 British cabinet reshuffle">15 September 2021</a> </td> <td rowspan="2" style="background-color:#0087DC"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Boris_Johnson" title="Boris Johnson">Johnson</a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(<a href="/wiki/First_Johnson_ministry" title="First Johnson ministry">I</a>)</span> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Boris_Johnson" title="Boris Johnson">Johnson</a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(<a href="/wiki/Second_Johnson_ministry" title="Second Johnson ministry">II</a>)</span> </td></tr> <tr style="height:1em"> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Official_portrait_of_Rt_Hon_Dominic_Raab_MP_crop_2.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e9/Official_portrait_of_Rt_Hon_Dominic_Raab_MP_crop_2.jpg/60px-Official_portrait_of_Rt_Hon_Dominic_Raab_MP_crop_2.jpg" decoding="async" width="60" height="80" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e9/Official_portrait_of_Rt_Hon_Dominic_Raab_MP_crop_2.jpg/90px-Official_portrait_of_Rt_Hon_Dominic_Raab_MP_crop_2.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e9/Official_portrait_of_Rt_Hon_Dominic_Raab_MP_crop_2.jpg/120px-Official_portrait_of_Rt_Hon_Dominic_Raab_MP_crop_2.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1500" data-file-height="2000" /></a></span> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Dominic_Raab" title="Dominic Raab">Dominic Raab</a></b><sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">MP for <a href="/wiki/Esher_and_Walton" class="mw-redirect" title="Esher and Walton">Esher and Walton</a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/2021_British_cabinet_reshuffle" title="2021 British cabinet reshuffle">15 September 2021</a> </td> <td>6 September 2022 </td> <td style="background-color:#0087DC"> </td></tr> <tr style="height:1em"> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Official_portrait_of_Rt_Hon_Brandon_Lewis_MP_crop_2.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ea/Official_portrait_of_Rt_Hon_Brandon_Lewis_MP_crop_2.jpg/60px-Official_portrait_of_Rt_Hon_Brandon_Lewis_MP_crop_2.jpg" decoding="async" width="60" height="80" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ea/Official_portrait_of_Rt_Hon_Brandon_Lewis_MP_crop_2.jpg/90px-Official_portrait_of_Rt_Hon_Brandon_Lewis_MP_crop_2.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ea/Official_portrait_of_Rt_Hon_Brandon_Lewis_MP_crop_2.jpg/120px-Official_portrait_of_Rt_Hon_Brandon_Lewis_MP_crop_2.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1500" data-file-height="2000" /></a></span> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Brandon_Lewis" title="Brandon Lewis">Brandon Lewis</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">MP for <a href="/wiki/Great_Yarmouth_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Great Yarmouth (UK Parliament constituency)">Great Yarmouth</a></span> </td> <td>6 September 2022 </td> <td>25 October 2022 </td> <td style="background-color:#0087DC"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Truss_ministry" title="Truss ministry">Truss</a> </td></tr> <tr style="height:1em"> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Official_portrait_of_Rt_Hon_Dominic_Raab_MP_crop_2.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e9/Official_portrait_of_Rt_Hon_Dominic_Raab_MP_crop_2.jpg/60px-Official_portrait_of_Rt_Hon_Dominic_Raab_MP_crop_2.jpg" decoding="async" width="60" height="80" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e9/Official_portrait_of_Rt_Hon_Dominic_Raab_MP_crop_2.jpg/90px-Official_portrait_of_Rt_Hon_Dominic_Raab_MP_crop_2.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e9/Official_portrait_of_Rt_Hon_Dominic_Raab_MP_crop_2.jpg/120px-Official_portrait_of_Rt_Hon_Dominic_Raab_MP_crop_2.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1500" data-file-height="2000" /></a></span> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Dominic_Raab" title="Dominic Raab">Dominic Raab</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">MP for <a href="/wiki/Esher_and_Walton" class="mw-redirect" title="Esher and Walton">Esher and Walton</a></span> </td> <td>25 October 2022 </td> <td>21 April 2023 </td> <td style="background-color:#0087DC"> </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Sunak_ministry" title="Sunak ministry">Sunak</a> </td></tr> <tr style="height:1em""> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Official_portrait_of_Alex_Chalk_MP_crop_2.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d4/Official_portrait_of_Alex_Chalk_MP_crop_2.jpg/60px-Official_portrait_of_Alex_Chalk_MP_crop_2.jpg" decoding="async" width="60" height="80" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d4/Official_portrait_of_Alex_Chalk_MP_crop_2.jpg/90px-Official_portrait_of_Alex_Chalk_MP_crop_2.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d4/Official_portrait_of_Alex_Chalk_MP_crop_2.jpg/120px-Official_portrait_of_Alex_Chalk_MP_crop_2.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1500" data-file-height="2000" /></a></span> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Alex_Chalk" title="Alex Chalk">Alex Chalk</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">MP for <a href="/wiki/Cheltenham_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Cheltenham (UK Parliament constituency)">Cheltenham</a></span> </td> <td>21 April 2023 </td> <td>5 July 2024 </td> <td style="background-color:#0087DC"> </td></tr> <tr style="height:1em""> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Shabana_Mahmood_Official_Cabinet_Portrait,_July_2024_(cropped)_2.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/25/Shabana_Mahmood_Official_Cabinet_Portrait%2C_July_2024_%28cropped%29_2.jpg/59px-Shabana_Mahmood_Official_Cabinet_Portrait%2C_July_2024_%28cropped%29_2.jpg" decoding="async" width="59" height="79" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/25/Shabana_Mahmood_Official_Cabinet_Portrait%2C_July_2024_%28cropped%29_2.jpg/89px-Shabana_Mahmood_Official_Cabinet_Portrait%2C_July_2024_%28cropped%29_2.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/25/Shabana_Mahmood_Official_Cabinet_Portrait%2C_July_2024_%28cropped%29_2.jpg/118px-Shabana_Mahmood_Official_Cabinet_Portrait%2C_July_2024_%28cropped%29_2.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1779" data-file-height="2370" /></a></span> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Shabana_Mahmood" title="Shabana Mahmood">Shabana Mahmood</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">MP for <a href="/wiki/Birmingham_Ladywood_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Birmingham Ladywood (UK Parliament constituency)">Birmingham Ladywood</a></span> </td> <td>5 July 2024 </td> <td><i>Incumbent</i> </td> <td style="background-color:#E4003B"> </td> <td rowspan="1"><a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Starmer_ministry" title="Starmer ministry">Starmer</a> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Timeline">Timeline</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Secretary_of_State_for_Justice&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Timeline"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="timeline-wrapper"><map name="timeline_9rdq17k0jtjfexjqcwuxnnwaop2p5nb"><area shape="rect" href="/wiki/Shabana_Mahmood" coords="942,158,1061,179" title="Shabana Mahmood" alt="Shabana Mahmood" /><area shape="rect" href="/wiki/Alex_Chalk" coords="922,145,1014,166" title="Alex Chalk" alt="Alex Chalk" /><area shape="rect" href="/wiki/Brandon_Lewis" coords="834,132,942,153" title="Brandon Lewis" alt="Brandon Lewis" /><area shape="rect" href="/wiki/Dominic_Raab" coords="859,119,962,140" title="Dominic Raab" alt="Dominic Raab" /><area shape="rect" href="/wiki/Robert_Buckland" coords="776,106,895,127" title="Robert Buckland" alt="Robert Buckland" /><area shape="rect" href="/wiki/David_Gauke" coords="664,94,761,114" title="David Gauke" alt="David Gauke" /><area shape="rect" href="/wiki/David_Lidington" coords="584,81,703,101" title="David Lidington" alt="David Lidington" /><area shape="rect" href="/wiki/Liz_Truss" coords="554,68,640,88" title="Liz Truss" alt="Liz Truss" /><area shape="rect" href="/wiki/Michael_Gove" coords="506,55,609,75" title="Michael Gove" alt="Michael Gove" /><area shape="rect" href="/wiki/Chris_Grayling" coords="445,42,558,63" title="Chris Grayling" alt="Chris Grayling" /><area shape="rect" href="/wiki/Kenneth_Clarke" coords="306,29,419,50" title="Kenneth Clarke" alt="Kenneth Clarke" /><area shape="rect" href="/wiki/Jack_Straw" coords="184,16,275,37" title="Jack Straw" alt="Jack Straw" /><area shape="rect" href="/wiki/Charles_Falconer" coords="35,3,160,24" title="Charles Falconer" alt="Charles Falconer" /></map><img usemap="#timeline_9rdq17k0jtjfexjqcwuxnnwaop2p5nb" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/timeline/9rdq17k0jtjfexjqcwuxnnwaop2p5nb.png" /></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Secretary_of_State_for_Justice&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Constitutional_Reform_Act_2005" title="Constitutional Reform Act 2005">Constitutional Reform Act 2005</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lord_Chancellor" title="Lord Chancellor">Lord Chancellor</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notes">Notes</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Secretary_of_State_for_Justice&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Notes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-5">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">First non-peer to serve as Lord Chancellor since <a href="/wiki/Robert_Henley,_1st_Earl_of_Northington" title="Robert Henley, 1st Earl of Northington">Sir Robert Henley</a> as <a href="/wiki/Lord_Chancellor" title="Lord Chancellor">Lord Keeper of the Seal</a> in 1760.</span> </li> </ol></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Secretary_of_State_for_Justice&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239543626"><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap mw-references-columns"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-1">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/1124173/2022-12-07-Ministerial-Salaries-22-23-table.pdf">"Salaries of Members of His Majesty's Government – Financial Year 2022–23"</a> <span class="cs1-format">(PDF)</span>. 15 December 2022.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Salaries+of+Members+of+His+Majesty%27s+Government+%E2%80%93+Financial+Year+2022%E2%80%9323&rft.date=2022-12-15&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fassets.publishing.service.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fuploads%2Fsystem%2Fuploads%2Fattachment_data%2Ffile%2F1124173%2F2022-12-07-Ministerial-Salaries-22-23-table.pdf&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ASecretary+of+State+for+Justice" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-2">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.parliament.uk/about/mps-and-lords/members/pay-mps/">"Pay and expenses for MPs"</a>. <i>parliament.uk</i><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">15 December</span> 2022</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=parliament.uk&rft.atitle=Pay+and+expenses+for+MPs&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.parliament.uk%2Fabout%2Fmps-and-lords%2Fmembers%2Fpay-mps%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ASecretary+of+State+for+Justice" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-3">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://committees.parliament.uk/committee/102/justice-committee/news/99442/michael-gove-questioned-on-work-of-secretary-of-state/">"Michael Gove questioned on work of Secretary of State"</a>. <i>parliament.uk</i>. 9 July 2015<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">2 September</span> 2021</span>. <q>The Justice Committee holds a one-off session with Michael Gove MP, Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for Justice, on the work of the Secretary of State for Justice.</q></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=parliament.uk&rft.atitle=Michael+Gove+questioned+on+work+of+Secretary+of+State&rft.date=2015-07-09&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fcommittees.parliament.uk%2Fcommittee%2F102%2Fjustice-committee%2Fnews%2F99442%2Fmichael-gove-questioned-on-work-of-secretary-of-state%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ASecretary+of+State+for+Justice" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-4">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://members.parliament.uk/member/2758/career">"Lord Falconer of Thoroton"</a>. <i>UK Parliament</i><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">27 August</span> 2021</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=UK+Parliament&rft.atitle=Lord+Falconer+of+Thoroton&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fmembers.parliament.uk%2Fmember%2F2758%2Fcareer&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ASecretary+of+State+for+Justice" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-6"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-6">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://members.parliament.uk/member/463/career">"Rt Hon Jack Straw"</a>. <i>UK Parliament</i><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">27 August</span> 2021</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=UK+Parliament&rft.atitle=Rt+Hon+Jack+Straw&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fmembers.parliament.uk%2Fmember%2F463%2Fcareer&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ASecretary+of+State+for+Justice" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-7"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-7">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://members.parliament.uk/member/366/career">"Lord Clarke of Nottingham"</a>. <i>UK Parliament</i><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">27 August</span> 2021</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=UK+Parliament&rft.atitle=Lord+Clarke+of+Nottingham&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fmembers.parliament.uk%2Fmember%2F366%2Fcareer&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ASecretary+of+State+for+Justice" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-8"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-8">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://members.parliament.uk/member/1413/career">"Rt Hon Chris Grayling MP"</a>. <i>UK Parliament</i><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">27 August</span> 2021</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=UK+Parliament&rft.atitle=Rt+Hon+Chris+Grayling+MP&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fmembers.parliament.uk%2Fmember%2F1413%2Fcareer&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ASecretary+of+State+for+Justice" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-9"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-9">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://members.parliament.uk/member/1571/career">"Rt Hon Michael Gove MP"</a>. <i>UK Parliament</i><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">27 August</span> 2021</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=UK+Parliament&rft.atitle=Rt+Hon+Michael+Gove+MP&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fmembers.parliament.uk%2Fmember%2F1571%2Fcareer&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ASecretary+of+State+for+Justice" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-10"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-10">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://members.parliament.uk/member/4097/career">"Rt Hon Elizabeth Truss MP"</a>. <i>UK Parliament</i><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">27 August</span> 2021</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=UK+Parliament&rft.atitle=Rt+Hon+Elizabeth+Truss+MP&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fmembers.parliament.uk%2Fmember%2F4097%2Fcareer&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ASecretary+of+State+for+Justice" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-11"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-11">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://members.parliament.uk/member/15/career">"Rt Hon Sir David Lidington"</a>. <i>UK Parliament</i><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">27 August</span> 2021</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=UK+Parliament&rft.atitle=Rt+Hon+Sir+David+Lidington&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fmembers.parliament.uk%2Fmember%2F15%2Fcareer&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ASecretary+of+State+for+Justice" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-12"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-12">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.gov.uk/government/people/david-lidington">"The Rt Hon David Lidington CBE"</a>. <i>GOV.UK</i>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=GOV.UK&rft.atitle=The+Rt+Hon+David+Lidington+CBE&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fpeople%2Fdavid-lidington&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ASecretary+of+State+for+Justice" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-13"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-13">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://members.parliament.uk/member/1529/career">"Rt Hon David Gauke"</a>. <i>UK Parliament</i><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">27 August</span> 2021</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=UK+Parliament&rft.atitle=Rt+Hon+David+Gauke&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fmembers.parliament.uk%2Fmember%2F1529%2Fcareer&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ASecretary+of+State+for+Justice" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-14"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-14">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://members.parliament.uk/member/4106/career">"Rt Hon Robert Buckland MP"</a>. <i>UK Parliament</i><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">27 August</span> 2021</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=UK+Parliament&rft.atitle=Rt+Hon+Robert+Buckland+MP&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fmembers.parliament.uk%2Fmember%2F4106%2Fcareer&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ASecretary+of+State+for+Justice" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-15"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-15">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://members.parliament.uk/member/4007/career">"Rt Hon Dominic Raab MP"</a>. <i>UK Parliament</i><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">25 September</span> 2021</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=UK+Parliament&rft.atitle=Rt+Hon+Dominic+Raab+MP&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fmembers.parliament.uk%2Fmember%2F4007%2Fcareer&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ASecretary+of+State+for+Justice" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> </ol></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="External_links">External links</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Secretary_of_State_for_Justice&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: External links"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.legislation.hmso.gov.uk/si/si2003/20031887.htm">The Secretary of State for Constitutional Affairs Order 2003 from HMSO</a></li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/ministry-of-justice">The Ministry of Justice official website</a></li></ul> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236075235">.mw-parser-output .navbox{box-sizing:border-box;border:1px solid #a2a9b1;width:100%;clear:both;font-size:88%;text-align:center;padding:1px;margin:1em auto 0}.mw-parser-output .navbox .navbox{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .navbox+.navbox,.mw-parser-output .navbox+.navbox-styles+.navbox{margin-top:-1px}.mw-parser-output .navbox-inner,.mw-parser-output .navbox-subgroup{width:100%}.mw-parser-output .navbox-group,.mw-parser-output .navbox-title,.mw-parser-output .navbox-abovebelow{padding:0.25em 1em;line-height:1.5em;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .navbox-group{white-space:nowrap;text-align:right}.mw-parser-output .navbox,.mw-parser-output .navbox-subgroup{background-color:#fdfdfd}.mw-parser-output .navbox-list{line-height:1.5em;border-color:#fdfdfd}.mw-parser-output .navbox-list-with-group{text-align:left;border-left-width:2px;border-left-style:solid}.mw-parser-output tr+tr>.navbox-abovebelow,.mw-parser-output tr+tr>.navbox-group,.mw-parser-output tr+tr>.navbox-image,.mw-parser-output tr+tr>.navbox-list{border-top:2px solid #fdfdfd}.mw-parser-output .navbox-title{background-color:#ccf}.mw-parser-output .navbox-abovebelow,.mw-parser-output .navbox-group,.mw-parser-output .navbox-subgroup .navbox-title{background-color:#ddf}.mw-parser-output .navbox-subgroup .navbox-group,.mw-parser-output .navbox-subgroup .navbox-abovebelow{background-color:#e6e6ff}.mw-parser-output .navbox-even{background-color:#f7f7f7}.mw-parser-output .navbox-odd{background-color:transparent}.mw-parser-output .navbox .hlist td dl,.mw-parser-output .navbox .hlist td ol,.mw-parser-output .navbox .hlist td ul,.mw-parser-output .navbox td.hlist dl,.mw-parser-output .navbox td.hlist ol,.mw-parser-output .navbox td.hlist ul{padding:0.125em 0}.mw-parser-output .navbox .navbar{display:block;font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .navbox-title .navbar{float:left;text-align:left;margin-right:0.5em}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .navbox-image img{max-width:none!important}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .navbox{display:none!important}}</style></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="23x15px&#124;border_&#124;alt=United_Kingdom&#124;link=United_Kingdom_Secretaries_of_state_for_justice_of_the_United_Kingdom" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible autocollapse navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="3"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239400231"><div class="navbar plainlinks hlist navbar-mini"><ul><li class="nv-view"><a href="/wiki/Template:Secretary_of_State_for_Justice" title="Template:Secretary of State for Justice"><abbr title="View this template">v</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-talk"><a href="/wiki/Template_talk:Secretary_of_State_for_Justice" title="Template talk:Secretary of State for Justice"><abbr title="Discuss this template">t</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-edit"><a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Template:Secretary_of_State_for_Justice" title="Special:EditPage/Template:Secretary of State for Justice"><abbr title="Edit this template">e</abbr></a></li></ul></div><div id="23x15px&#124;border_&#124;alt=United_Kingdom&#124;link=United_Kingdom_Secretaries_of_state_for_justice_of_the_United_Kingdom" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom" title="United Kingdom"><img alt="United Kingdom" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a class="mw-selflink selflink">Secretaries of state for justice of the United Kingdom</a></div></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Lord_Chancellor" title="Lord Chancellor">Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Secretary_of_State_for_Constitutional_Affairs" title="Secretary of State for Constitutional Affairs">Secretary of State for Constitutional Affairs</a><br />2003–2007</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Charlie_Falconer,_Baron_Falconer_of_Thoroton" title="Charlie Falconer, Baron Falconer of Thoroton">Falconer</a></li></ul> </div></td><td class="noviewer navbox-image" rowspan="2" style="width:1px;padding:0 0 0 2px"><div><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Coat_of_arms_of_the_United_Kingdom_(2022,_lesser_arms).svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4d/Coat_of_arms_of_the_United_Kingdom_%282022%2C_lesser_arms%29.svg/100px-Coat_of_arms_of_the_United_Kingdom_%282022%2C_lesser_arms%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="88" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4d/Coat_of_arms_of_the_United_Kingdom_%282022%2C_lesser_arms%29.svg/150px-Coat_of_arms_of_the_United_Kingdom_%282022%2C_lesser_arms%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4d/Coat_of_arms_of_the_United_Kingdom_%282022%2C_lesser_arms%29.svg/200px-Coat_of_arms_of_the_United_Kingdom_%282022%2C_lesser_arms%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1552" data-file-height="1366" /></a></span></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain<br /><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Secretary of State for Justice</a><br />2007–present</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Charlie_Falconer,_Baron_Falconer_of_Thoroton" title="Charlie Falconer, Baron Falconer of Thoroton">Falconer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jack_Straw" title="Jack Straw">Straw</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kenneth_Clarke" title="Kenneth Clarke">Clarke</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chris_Grayling" title="Chris Grayling">Grayling</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Michael_Gove" title="Michael Gove">Gove</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Liz_Truss" title="Liz Truss">Truss</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/David_Lidington" title="David Lidington">Lidington</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/David_Gauke" title="David Gauke">Gauke</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robert_Buckland" title="Robert Buckland">Buckland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dominic_Raab" title="Dominic Raab">Raab</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brandon_Lewis" title="Brandon Lewis">Lewis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dominic_Raab" title="Dominic Raab">Raab</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alex_Chalk" title="Alex Chalk">Chalk</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shabana_Mahmood" title="Shabana Mahmood">Mahmood</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="Ministry_of_Justice" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks hlist mw-collapsible autocollapse navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="3"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239400231"><div class="navbar plainlinks hlist navbar-mini"><ul><li class="nv-view"><a href="/wiki/Template:Ministry_of_Justice_(United_Kingdom)" title="Template:Ministry of Justice (United Kingdom)"><abbr title="View this template">v</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-talk"><a href="/wiki/Template_talk:Ministry_of_Justice_(United_Kingdom)" title="Template talk:Ministry of Justice (United Kingdom)"><abbr title="Discuss this template">t</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-edit"><a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Template:Ministry_of_Justice_(United_Kingdom)" title="Special:EditPage/Template:Ministry of Justice (United Kingdom)"><abbr title="Edit this template">e</abbr></a></li></ul></div><div id="Ministry_of_Justice" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em"><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Justice_(United_Kingdom)" title="Ministry of Justice (United Kingdom)">Ministry of Justice</a></div></th></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="3"><div>Headquarters: <a href="/wiki/102_Petty_France" title="102 Petty France">102 Petty France</a>, <a href="/wiki/Westminster" title="Westminster">Westminster</a></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Justice_(United_Kingdom)#Ministers" title="Ministry of Justice (United Kingdom)">Ministers</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Secretary of State for Justice</a> and <a href="/wiki/Lord_Chancellor" title="Lord Chancellor">Lord Chancellor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Justice_(United_Kingdom)#Ministers" title="Ministry of Justice (United Kingdom)">Minister of State for Courts and Legal Services</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Minister_of_State_for_Prisons,_Probation_and_Reducing_Reoffending" title="Minister of State for Prisons, Probation and Reducing Reoffending">Minister of State for Prisons, Probation and Reducing Reoffending</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Parliamentary_Under-Secretary_of_State_for_Justice" title="Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Justice">Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Justice</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Justice_(United_Kingdom)#Ministers" title="Ministry of Justice (United Kingdom)">Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Sentencing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Justice_(United_Kingdom)#Ministers" title="Ministry of Justice (United Kingdom)">Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Victims</a></li></ul> </div></td><td class="noviewer navbox-image" rowspan="5" style="width:1px;padding:0 0 0 2px"><div><figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Coat_of_arms_of_the_United_Kingdom_(2022,_lesser_arms).svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4d/Coat_of_arms_of_the_United_Kingdom_%282022%2C_lesser_arms%29.svg/130px-Coat_of_arms_of_the_United_Kingdom_%282022%2C_lesser_arms%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="130" height="114" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4d/Coat_of_arms_of_the_United_Kingdom_%282022%2C_lesser_arms%29.svg/195px-Coat_of_arms_of_the_United_Kingdom_%282022%2C_lesser_arms%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4d/Coat_of_arms_of_the_United_Kingdom_%282022%2C_lesser_arms%29.svg/260px-Coat_of_arms_of_the_United_Kingdom_%282022%2C_lesser_arms%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1552" data-file-height="1366" /></a><figcaption></figcaption></figure></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Executive_agency" title="Executive agency">Executive agencies</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Criminal_Injuries_Compensation_Authority" title="Criminal Injuries Compensation Authority">Criminal Injuries Compensation Authority</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/His_Majesty%27s_Courts_and_Tribunals_Service" title="His Majesty's Courts and Tribunals Service">HM Courts and Tribunals Service</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/His_Majesty%27s_Prison_Service" title="His Majesty's Prison Service">HM Prison Service</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Legal_Aid_Agency" title="Legal Aid Agency">Legal Aid Agency</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Office_of_the_Public_Guardian_(England_and_Wales)" title="Office of the Public Guardian (England and Wales)">Office of the Public Guardian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Probation_Service_(England_and_Wales)" title="Probation Service (England and Wales)">Probation Service</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Non-departmental_public_body" title="Non-departmental public body">Non-departmental<br />public bodies</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Children_and_Family_Court_Advisory_and_Support_Service" title="Children and Family Court Advisory and Support Service">Children and Family Court Advisory and Support Service</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Civil_Justice_Council" title="Civil Justice Council">Civil Justice Council</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Criminal_Cases_Review_Commission" title="Criminal Cases Review Commission">Criminal Cases Review Commission</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Independent_monitoring_board" title="Independent monitoring board">Independent monitoring board</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Judicial_Appointments_Commission" title="Judicial Appointments Commission">Judicial Appointments Commission</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Law_Commission_(England_and_Wales)" title="Law Commission (England and Wales)">Law Commission</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Legal_Services_Board" title="Legal Services Board">Legal Services Board</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Parole_Board_for_England_and_Wales" class="mw-redirect" title="Parole Board for England and Wales">Parole Board for England and Wales</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Prisons_and_Probation_Ombudsman" title="Prisons and Probation Ombudsman">Prisons and Probation Ombudsman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sentencing_Council" title="Sentencing Council">Sentencing Council</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Youth_Justice_Board" title="Youth Justice Board">Youth Justice Board</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Other organisations</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Crown_Office_in_Chancery" title="Crown Office in Chancery">Crown Office</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Significant<br />former agencies</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Administrative_Justice_and_Tribunals_Council" title="Administrative Justice and Tribunals Council">Administrative Justice and Tribunals Council</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HM_Courts_Service" title="HM Courts Service">HM Courts Service</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Legal_Services_Commission" title="Legal Services Commission">Legal Services Commission</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tribunals_Service" title="Tribunals Service">Tribunals Service</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sentencing_Guidelines_Council" class="mw-redirect" title="Sentencing Guidelines Council">Sentencing Guidelines Council</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="UK_cabinet_portfolios" style="wide;padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks hlist mw-collapsible mw-collapsed navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="3"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239400231"><div class="navbar plainlinks hlist navbar-mini"><ul><li class="nv-view"><a href="/wiki/Template:Cabinet_positions_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="Template:Cabinet positions in the United Kingdom"><abbr title="View this template">v</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-talk"><a href="/wiki/Template_talk:Cabinet_positions_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="Template talk:Cabinet positions in the United Kingdom"><abbr title="Discuss this template">t</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-edit"><a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Template:Cabinet_positions_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="Special:EditPage/Template:Cabinet positions in the United Kingdom"><abbr title="Edit this template">e</abbr></a></li></ul></div><div id="UK_cabinet_portfolios" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em">UK cabinet portfolios</div></th></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="3"><div><a href="/wiki/Cabinet_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="Cabinet of the United Kingdom">Cabinet of the United Kingdom</a></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Cabinet ministers</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Prime_Minister_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="Prime Minister of the United Kingdom">Prime Minister</a> / <a href="/wiki/First_Lord_of_the_Treasury" title="First Lord of the Treasury">First Lord of the Treasury</a> / <a href="/wiki/Minister_for_the_Union" title="Minister for the Union">Minister for the Union</a> / <a href="/wiki/Minister_for_the_Civil_Service" title="Minister for the Civil Service">Minister for the Civil Service</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Deputy_Prime_Minister_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="Deputy Prime Minister of the United Kingdom">Deputy Prime Minister</a> / <a href="/wiki/Secretary_of_State_for_Housing,_Communities_and_Local_Government" title="Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government">Housing, Communities and Local Government Secretary</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chancellor_of_the_Exchequer" title="Chancellor of the Exchequer">Chancellor of the Exchequer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Foreign_Secretary" title="Foreign Secretary">Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Secretary</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Home_Secretary" title="Home Secretary">Home Secretary</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chancellor_of_the_Duchy_of_Lancaster" title="Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster">Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Secretary_of_State_for_Defence" title="Secretary of State for Defence">Defence Secretary</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Secretary_of_State_for_Energy_Security_and_Net_Zero" title="Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero">Energy Security and Net Zero Secretary</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Justice Secretary</a> / <a href="/wiki/Lord_Chancellor" title="Lord Chancellor">Lord Chancellor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Secretary_of_State_for_Science,_Innovation_and_Technology" title="Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology">Science, Innovation and Technology Secretary</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Secretary_of_State_for_Health_and_Social_Care" title="Secretary of State for Health and Social Care">Health and Social Care Secretary</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lord_President_of_the_Council" title="Lord President of the Council">Lord President of the Council</a> / <a href="/wiki/Leader_of_the_House_of_Commons" title="Leader of the House of Commons">Leader of the House of Commons</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Leader_of_the_House_of_Lords" title="Leader of the House of Lords">Leader of the House of Lords</a> / <a href="/wiki/Lord_Privy_Seal" title="Lord Privy Seal">Lord Privy Seal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Secretary_of_State_for_Business_and_Trade" title="Secretary of State for Business and Trade">Business and Trade Secretary</a> / <a href="/wiki/President_of_the_Board_of_Trade" title="President of the Board of Trade">President of the Board of Trade</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Secretary_of_State_for_Environment,_Food_and_Rural_Affairs" title="Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs">Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Secretary</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Secretary_of_State_for_Work_and_Pensions" title="Secretary of State for Work and Pensions">Work and Pensions Secretary</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Secretary_of_State_for_Education" title="Secretary of State for Education">Education Secretary</a> / <a href="/wiki/Minister_for_Women_and_Equalities" title="Minister for Women and Equalities">Minister for Women and Equalities</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Secretary_of_State_for_Transport" title="Secretary of State for Transport">Transport Secretary</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Secretary_of_State_for_Culture,_Media_and_Sport" title="Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport">Culture, Media and Sport Secretary</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Secretary_of_State_for_Northern_Ireland" title="Secretary of State for Northern Ireland">Northern Ireland Secretary</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Secretary_of_State_for_Scotland" title="Secretary of State for Scotland">Scottish Secretary</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Secretary_of_State_for_Wales" title="Secretary of State for Wales">Welsh Secretary</a></li></ul> </div></td><td class="noviewer navbox-image" rowspan="2" style="width:1px;padding:0 0 0 2px"><div><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Coat_of_arms_of_the_United_Kingdom_(2022,_lesser_arms).svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="Government coat of arms" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4d/Coat_of_arms_of_the_United_Kingdom_%282022%2C_lesser_arms%29.svg/100px-Coat_of_arms_of_the_United_Kingdom_%282022%2C_lesser_arms%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="88" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4d/Coat_of_arms_of_the_United_Kingdom_%282022%2C_lesser_arms%29.svg/150px-Coat_of_arms_of_the_United_Kingdom_%282022%2C_lesser_arms%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4d/Coat_of_arms_of_the_United_Kingdom_%282022%2C_lesser_arms%29.svg/200px-Coat_of_arms_of_the_United_Kingdom_%282022%2C_lesser_arms%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1552" data-file-height="1366" /></a></span></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Also attending Cabinet</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Chief_Whip_of_the_Labour_Party" title="Chief Whip of the Labour Party">Chief Whip</a> / <a href="/wiki/Parliamentary_Secretary_to_the_Treasury" title="Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasury">Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasury</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chief_Secretary_to_the_Treasury" title="Chief Secretary to the Treasury">Chief Secretary to the Treasury</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Attorney_General_for_England_and_Wales" title="Attorney General for England and Wales">Attorney General for England and Wales</a> / <a href="/wiki/Advocate_General_for_Northern_Ireland" title="Advocate General for Northern Ireland">Advocate General for Northern Ireland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Minister_of_State_for_Development_and_Africa" class="mw-redirect" title="Minister of State for Development and Africa">Minister of State for International Development</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div>    </div><noscript><img src="https://login.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:CentralAutoLogin/start?type=1x1" alt="" width="1" height="1" style="border: none; position: absolute;"></noscript> <div class="printfooter" data-nosnippet="">Retrieved from "<a dir="ltr" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Secretary_of_State_for_Justice&oldid=1253812739">https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Secretary_of_State_for_Justice&oldid=1253812739</a>"</div></div> <div id="catlinks" class="catlinks" data-mw="interface"><div id="mw-normal-catlinks" class="mw-normal-catlinks"><a href="/wiki/Help:Category" title="Help:Category">Categories</a>: <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Lists_of_government_ministers_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="Category:Lists of government ministers of the United Kingdom">Lists of government ministers of the United Kingdom</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Secretaries_of_State_for_Constitutional_Affairs" title="Category:Secretaries of State for Constitutional Affairs">Secretaries of State for Constitutional Affairs</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Ministerial_offices_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="Category:Ministerial offices in the United Kingdom">Ministerial offices in the United Kingdom</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Secretaries_of_State_for_Justice_(UK)" title="Category:Secretaries of State for Justice (UK)">Secretaries of State for Justice (UK)</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:2007_establishments_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="Category:2007 establishments in the United Kingdom">2007 establishments in the United Kingdom</a></li></ul></div><div id="mw-hidden-catlinks" class="mw-hidden-catlinks mw-hidden-cats-hidden">Hidden categories: <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Pages_using_the_EasyTimeline_extension" title="Category:Pages using the EasyTimeline extension">Pages using the EasyTimeline extension</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Articles_with_short_description" title="Category:Articles with short description">Articles with short description</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Short_description_is_different_from_Wikidata" title="Category:Short description is different from Wikidata">Short description is different from Wikidata</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Use_dmy_dates_from_August_2021" title="Category:Use dmy dates from August 2021">Use dmy dates from August 2021</a></li></ul></div></div> </div> </main> </div> <div class="mw-footer-container"> <footer id="footer" class="mw-footer" > <ul id="footer-info"> <li id="footer-info-lastmod"> This page was last edited on 28 October 2024, at 01:10<span class="anonymous-show"> (UTC)</span>.</li> <li id="footer-info-copyright">Text is available under the <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Text_of_the_Creative_Commons_Attribution-ShareAlike_4.0_International_License" title="Wikipedia:Text of the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License">Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License</a>; additional terms may apply. By using this site, you agree to the <a href="https://foundation.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Terms_of_Use" class="extiw" title="foundation:Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Terms of Use">Terms of Use</a> and <a href="https://foundation.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy_policy" class="extiw" title="foundation:Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy">Privacy Policy</a>. Wikipedia® is a registered trademark of the <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://wikimediafoundation.org/">Wikimedia Foundation, Inc.</a>, a non-profit organization.</li> </ul> <ul id="footer-places"> <li id="footer-places-privacy"><a href="https://foundation.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy_policy">Privacy policy</a></li> <li id="footer-places-about"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:About">About Wikipedia</a></li> <li id="footer-places-disclaimers"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:General_disclaimer">Disclaimers</a></li> <li id="footer-places-contact"><a href="//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Contact_us">Contact Wikipedia</a></li> <li id="footer-places-wm-codeofconduct"><a href="https://foundation.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Universal_Code_of_Conduct">Code of Conduct</a></li> <li id="footer-places-developers"><a href="https://developer.wikimedia.org">Developers</a></li> <li id="footer-places-statslink"><a href="https://stats.wikimedia.org/#/en.wikipedia.org">Statistics</a></li> <li id="footer-places-cookiestatement"><a href="https://foundation.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Cookie_statement">Cookie statement</a></li> <li id="footer-places-mobileview"><a href="//en.m.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Secretary_of_State_for_Justice&mobileaction=toggle_view_mobile" class="noprint stopMobileRedirectToggle">Mobile view</a></li> </ul> <ul id="footer-icons" class="noprint"> <li id="footer-copyrightico"><a href="https://wikimediafoundation.org/" class="cdx-button cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button--enabled"><img src="/static/images/footer/wikimedia-button.svg" width="84" height="29" alt="Wikimedia Foundation" loading="lazy"></a></li> <li id="footer-poweredbyico"><a href="https://www.mediawiki.org/" class="cdx-button cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button--enabled"><img src="/w/resources/assets/poweredby_mediawiki.svg" alt="Powered by MediaWiki" width="88" height="31" loading="lazy"></a></li> </ul> </footer> </div> </div> </div> <div class="vector-settings" id="p-dock-bottom"> <ul></ul> </div><script>(RLQ=window.RLQ||[]).push(function(){mw.config.set({"wgHostname":"mw-web.codfw.main-f69cdc8f6-w5j95","wgBackendResponseTime":140,"wgPageParseReport":{"limitreport":{"cputime":"0.512","walltime":"0.662","ppvisitednodes":{"value":2389,"limit":1000000},"postexpandincludesize":{"value":80577,"limit":2097152},"templateargumentsize":{"value":5554,"limit":2097152},"expansiondepth":{"value":13,"limit":100},"expensivefunctioncount":{"value":5,"limit":500},"unstrip-depth":{"value":1,"limit":20},"unstrip-size":{"value":85578,"limit":5000000},"entityaccesscount":{"value":0,"limit":400},"timingprofile":["100.00% 546.154 1 -total"," 25.96% 141.774 2 Template:Reflist"," 22.07% 120.519 14 Template:Cite_web"," 16.52% 90.241 1 Template:CourtsEnglandWales"," 16.13% 88.086 1 Template:Sidebar_with_collapsible_lists"," 11.91% 65.074 1 Template:Short_description"," 9.96% 54.423 1 Template:Infobox_official_post"," 9.01% 49.193 3 Template:Navbox"," 7.95% 43.402 1 Template:Justice_Secretaries"," 7.92% 43.241 14 Template:Party_color"]},"scribunto":{"limitreport-timeusage":{"value":"0.305","limit":"10.000"},"limitreport-memusage":{"value":8858981,"limit":52428800}},"cachereport":{"origin":"mw-api-int.codfw.main-849f99967d-qjdqv","timestamp":"20241123092924","ttl":2592000,"transientcontent":false}}});});</script> <script type="application/ld+json">{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@type":"Article","name":"Secretary of State for Justice","url":"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Secretary_of_State_for_Justice","sameAs":"http:\/\/www.wikidata.org\/entity\/Q3477307","mainEntity":"http:\/\/www.wikidata.org\/entity\/Q3477307","author":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Contributors to Wikimedia projects"},"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Wikimedia Foundation, Inc.","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https:\/\/www.wikimedia.org\/static\/images\/wmf-hor-googpub.png"}},"datePublished":"2003-12-13T20:13:07Z","dateModified":"2024-10-28T01:10:58Z","image":"https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/4\/4d\/Coat_of_arms_of_the_United_Kingdom_%282022%2C_lesser_arms%29.svg","headline":"United Kingdom government cabinet minister"}</script> </body> </html>