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style="font-size:125%;">Matt Hancock</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Official_portrait_of_Rt_Hon_Matt_Hancock_MP_crop_2.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/91/Official_portrait_of_Rt_Hon_Matt_Hancock_MP_crop_2.jpg/220px-Official_portrait_of_Rt_Hon_Matt_Hancock_MP_crop_2.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="293" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/91/Official_portrait_of_Rt_Hon_Matt_Hancock_MP_crop_2.jpg/330px-Official_portrait_of_Rt_Hon_Matt_Hancock_MP_crop_2.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/91/Official_portrait_of_Rt_Hon_Matt_Hancock_MP_crop_2.jpg/440px-Official_portrait_of_Rt_Hon_Matt_Hancock_MP_crop_2.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1500" data-file-height="2000" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption" style="line-height:normal;padding-top:0.2em;">Official portrait, 2020</div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;"><a href="/wiki/Secretary_of_State_for_Health_and_Social_Care" title="Secretary of State for Health and Social Care">Secretary of State for Health and Social Care</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />9 July 2018&#160;–&#32;26 June 2021</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Prime Minister</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Theresa_May" title="Theresa May">Theresa May</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Boris_Johnson" title="Boris Johnson">Boris 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January 2018&#160;–&#32;9 July 2018</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Prime Minister</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Theresa_May" title="Theresa May">Theresa May</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Karen_Bradley" title="Karen Bradley">Karen Bradley</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Jeremy_Wright" title="Jeremy Wright">Jeremy Wright</a></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;"><a 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Skills and Enterprise</a><sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>a<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />6 September 2012&#160;–&#32;15 July 2014</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Prime Minister</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/David_Cameron" title="David Cameron">David Cameron</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/John_Hayes_(British_politician)" title="John Hayes (British politician)">John Hayes</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span 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2010&#160;–&#32;30 May 2024</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Richard_Spring" class="mw-redirect" title="Richard Spring">Richard Spring</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Nick_Timothy" title="Nick Timothy">Nick Timothy</a></td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender">Personal details</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Born</th><td class="infobox-data"><div style="display:inline" class="nickname">Matthew John David Hancock</div><br /><span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday">1978-10-02</span>) </span>2 October 1978<span class="noprint ForceAgeToShow"> (age&#160;46)</span><br /><a href="/wiki/Chester" title="Chester">Chester</a>, <a href="/wiki/Cheshire" title="Cheshire">Cheshire</a>, England</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Political party</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Spouse</th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1151524712">.mw-parser-output .marriage-line-margin2px{line-height:0;margin-bottom:-2px}.mw-parser-output .marriage-line-margin3px{line-height:0;margin-bottom:-3px}.mw-parser-output .marriage-display-ws{display:inline;white-space:nowrap}</style> <div class="marriage-display-ws"><div style="display:inline-block;line-height:normal;margin-top:1px;white-space:normal;">Martha Hoyer Millar</div> <div class="marriage-line-margin2px">&#8203;</div>&#32;<div 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listen noprint listen-embedded listen-noimage listen-center"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"> <div class="side-box-flex"> <div class="side-box-text plainlist"><div class="haudio"> <div class="listen-file-header"><a href="/wiki/File:Matt_Hancock_on_the_NHS.ogg" title="File:Matt Hancock on the NHS.ogg">Matt Hancock's voice</a></div> <div><span typeof="mw:File"><span><audio id="mwe_player_0" controls="" preload="none" data-mw-tmh="" class="mw-file-element" width="215" style="width:215px;" data-durationhint="74" data-mwtitle="Matt_Hancock_on_the_NHS.ogg" data-mwprovider="wikimediacommons"><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/66/Matt_Hancock_on_the_NHS.ogg" type="audio/ogg; codecs=&quot;vorbis&quot;" data-width="0" data-height="0" /><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/6/66/Matt_Hancock_on_the_NHS.ogg/Matt_Hancock_on_the_NHS.ogg.mp3" type="audio/mpeg" data-transcodekey="mp3" data-width="0" data-height="0" /></audio></span></span></div> <div class="description">Hancock on the <a href="/wiki/National_Health_Service" title="National Health Service">National Health Service</a> (NHS)<br />Recorded 4 October 2020</div></div></div></div> </div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-below" style="border-top: 1px solid right;"><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Matthew John David Hancock</b> (born 2 October 1978)<sup id="cite_ref-whoswho_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-whoswho-3"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> is a British politician who served as <a href="/wiki/Minister_for_the_Cabinet_Office" title="Minister for the Cabinet Office">Minister for the Cabinet Office</a> and <a href="/wiki/Paymaster_General" title="Paymaster General">Paymaster General</a> from 2015 to 2016, <a href="/wiki/Secretary_of_State_for_Digital,_Culture,_Media_and_Sport" class="mw-redirect" title="Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport">Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport</a> from January to July 2018, and <a href="/wiki/Secretary_of_State_for_Health_and_Social_Care" title="Secretary of State for Health and Social Care">Secretary of State for Health and Social Care</a> from 2018 to 2021. He was <a href="/wiki/Member_of_Parliament_(United_Kingdom)" title="Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)">Member of Parliament</a> (MP) for <a href="/wiki/West_Suffolk_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="West Suffolk (UK Parliament constituency)">West Suffolk</a> from 2010 to 2024. He is a member of the <a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative Party</a>. </p><p>Hancock was born in <a href="/wiki/Cheshire" title="Cheshire">Cheshire</a>, with his family running a software business. He studied a <a href="/wiki/Bachelor_of_Arts" title="Bachelor of Arts">Bachelor of Arts</a> degree in <a href="/wiki/Philosophy,_Politics_and_Economics" class="mw-redirect" title="Philosophy, Politics and Economics">Philosophy, Politics and Economics</a> (PPE) at the <a href="/wiki/University_of_Oxford" title="University of Oxford">University of Oxford</a>, and an <a href="/wiki/MPhil" class="mw-redirect" title="MPhil">MPhil</a> in Economics at the <a href="/wiki/University_of_Cambridge" title="University of Cambridge">University of Cambridge</a>. He was an economist at the <a href="/wiki/Bank_of_England" title="Bank of England">Bank of England</a> before serving as a senior economic adviser and later <a href="/wiki/Chief_of_staff" title="Chief of staff">chief of staff</a> to MP, <a href="/wiki/George_Osborne" title="George Osborne">George Osborne</a>. Hancock was first elected as MP for West Suffolk at the <a href="/wiki/2010_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="2010 United Kingdom general election">2010 general election</a>. </p><p>Once in Parliament, Hancock served as a junior minister at the <a href="/wiki/Department_for_Business,_Innovation_and_Skills" title="Department for Business, Innovation and Skills">Department for Business, Innovation and Skills</a> from 2012 to 2015, and was the <a href="/wiki/Cabinet_Office" title="Cabinet Office">United Kingdom Anti-Corruption Champion</a> from 2014 to 2015. He attended <a href="/wiki/David_Cameron" title="David Cameron">David Cameron</a>'s cabinet as <a href="/wiki/Minister_for_the_Cabinet_Office" title="Minister for the Cabinet Office">Minister for the Cabinet Office</a> and <a href="/wiki/Paymaster_General" title="Paymaster General">Paymaster General</a> from 2015 to 2016. After <a href="/wiki/Theresa_May" title="Theresa May">Theresa May</a> became prime minister following Cameron's resignation, Hancock was moved to the post of <a href="/wiki/Minister_of_State_for_Digital_and_Culture" class="mw-redirect" title="Minister of State for Digital and Culture">Minister of State for Digital and Culture</a>. He was promoted to May's cabinet as <a href="/wiki/Secretary_of_State_for_Digital,_Culture,_Media_and_Sport" class="mw-redirect" title="Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport">Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport</a>. In July 2018, after the promotion of <a href="/wiki/Jeremy_Hunt" title="Jeremy Hunt">Jeremy Hunt</a> to <a href="/wiki/Foreign_Secretary" title="Foreign Secretary">Foreign Secretary</a>, Hancock replaced him as <a href="/wiki/Secretary_of_State_for_Health_and_Social_Care" title="Secretary of State for Health and Social Care">Secretary of State for Health and Social Care</a>. After May's resignation, Hancock stood in the <a href="/wiki/2019_Conservative_Party_leadership_election" title="2019 Conservative Party leadership election">Conservative Party leadership election</a> to replace her, but withdrew shortly after the first ballot and subsequently endorsed <a href="/wiki/Boris_Johnson" title="Boris Johnson">Boris Johnson</a>. After Johnson became prime minister, Hancock retained his position as health secretary in his cabinet. </p><p>Hancock's tenure as health secretary was marked by the <a href="/wiki/COVID-19_pandemic_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="COVID-19 pandemic in the United Kingdom">COVID-19 pandemic</a>, which he played a prominent role in <a href="/wiki/British_government_response_to_the_COVID-19_pandemic" title="British government response to the COVID-19 pandemic">the UK government's response to</a>. Hancock oversaw efforts to <a href="/wiki/COVID-19_contracts_in_the_United_Kingdom" class="mw-redirect" title="COVID-19 contracts in the United Kingdom">procure PPE</a>, but the absence of a competitive tendering process for the award of some contracts proved controversial. He expanded <a href="/wiki/COVID-19_testing_in_the_United_Kingdom" class="mw-redirect" title="COVID-19 testing in the United Kingdom">COVID-19 testing</a> and tracing, and also oversaw the early stage of the <a href="/wiki/COVID-19_vaccination_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="COVID-19 vaccination in the United Kingdom">UK's COVID-19 vaccination programme</a>. In June 2021, it was shown that he had breached <a href="/wiki/Social_distancing_measures_related_to_the_COVID-19_pandemic#United_Kingdom" title="Social distancing measures related to the COVID-19 pandemic">COVID-19 social distancing restrictions</a> by kissing and embracing Gina Coladangelo in his office. Coladangelo was at that time a director at the <a href="/wiki/Department_of_Health_and_Social_Care" title="Department of Health and Social Care">Department of Health and Social Care</a> (DHSC), and Hancock was having an <a href="/wiki/Affair" title="Affair">extramarital affair</a> with her. Following this controversy, Hancock resigned as health secretary and returned to the <a href="/wiki/Backbenches" class="mw-redirect" title="Backbenches">backbenches</a>. He was succeeded by <a href="/wiki/Sajid_Javid" title="Sajid Javid">Sajid Javid</a>. </p><p>In November 2022, Hancock had the <a href="/wiki/Whip_(politics)#United_Kingdom" title="Whip (politics)">whip</a> suspended after announcing he would be appearing as a contestant in the <a href="/wiki/I%27m_a_Celebrity...Get_Me_Out_of_Here!_(British_series_22)" class="mw-redirect" title="I&#39;m a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here! (British series 22)">twenty-second series</a> of the survival reality television show <i><a href="/wiki/I%27m_a_Celebrity...Get_Me_Out_of_Here!_(British_TV_series)" title="I&#39;m a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here! (British TV series)">I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here!</a></i>, in which he finished in third place. He stood down as an MP at the <a href="/wiki/2024_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="2024 United Kingdom general election">2024 general election</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Early_life_and_education">Early life and education</h2></div> <p>Matthew Hancock was born on 2 October 1978 in <a href="/wiki/Chester" title="Chester">Chester</a>, <a href="/wiki/Cheshire" title="Cheshire">Cheshire</a>, to Michael Hancock and Shirley Hills.<sup id="cite_ref-whoswho_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-whoswho-3"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Hancock has an older sister and a brother.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>Hancock attended Farndon County Primary School, in <a href="/wiki/Farndon,_Cheshire" title="Farndon, Cheshire">Farndon, Cheshire</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Private_schools_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="Private schools in the United Kingdom">privately educated</a> at the <a href="/wiki/King%27s_School,_Chester" title="King&#39;s School, Chester">King's School, Chester</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-whoswho_3-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-whoswho-3"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> He took <a href="/wiki/A-level" title="A-level">A-levels</a> in Maths, Physics, Computing, and Economics.<sup id="cite_ref-Sampson20April_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Sampson20April-5"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> He later studied computing at the further education college, <a href="/wiki/West_Cheshire_College" title="West Cheshire College">West Cheshire College</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-King_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-King-7"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Hancock then studied at the <a href="/wiki/University_of_Oxford" title="University of Oxford">University of Oxford</a> where he was an undergraduate student at <a href="/wiki/Exeter_College,_Oxford" title="Exeter College, Oxford">Exeter College, Oxford</a>, and graduated with a <a href="/wiki/British_undergraduate_degree_classification#First-class_honours" title="British undergraduate degree classification">first class degree</a> in <a href="/wiki/Philosophy,_Politics_and_Economics" class="mw-redirect" title="Philosophy, Politics and Economics">Philosophy, Politics and Economics</a> (PPE), and later earned a <a href="/wiki/MPhil" class="mw-redirect" title="MPhil">MPhil</a> degree in Economics from the <a href="/wiki/University_of_Cambridge" title="University of Cambridge">University of Cambridge</a> where he was a postgraduate student at <a href="/wiki/Christ%27s_College,_Cambridge" title="Christ&#39;s College, Cambridge">Christ's College, Cambridge</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-King_7-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-King-7"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FTYoungMinister_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FTYoungMinister-8"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> He was diagnosed with dyslexia at university.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Hancock became a member of the <a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative Party</a> in 1999.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Early_career">Early career</h2></div> <p>After university, Hancock briefly worked for his family's <a href="/wiki/Computer_software" class="mw-redirect" title="Computer software">computer software</a> company, Border Business Systems,<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> and for a backbench Conservative MP,<sup id="cite_ref-Sampson20April_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Sampson20April-5"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> before moving to London to work as an economist at the <a href="/wiki/Bank_of_England" title="Bank of England">Bank of England</a>, specialising in the <a href="/wiki/Real_estate_economics" title="Real estate economics">housing market</a>. In 2005, he was an economic adviser to the <a href="/wiki/Shadow_Chancellor_of_the_Exchequer" title="Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer">Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer</a>, <a href="/wiki/George_Osborne" title="George Osborne">George Osborne</a>, later becoming Osborne's chief of staff.<sup id="cite_ref-FTYoungMinister_8-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FTYoungMinister-8"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Times_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Times-12"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Parliamentary_career">Parliamentary career</h2></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Matthew_Hancock_MP.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/79/Matthew_Hancock_MP.jpg/170px-Matthew_Hancock_MP.jpg" decoding="async" width="170" height="170" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/79/Matthew_Hancock_MP.jpg/255px-Matthew_Hancock_MP.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/79/Matthew_Hancock_MP.jpg/340px-Matthew_Hancock_MP.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3331" data-file-height="3331" /></a><figcaption>Hancock as Minister of State in October 2013</figcaption></figure> <p>Hancock was selected as the Conservative candidate for <a href="/wiki/West_Suffolk_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="West Suffolk (UK Parliament constituency)">West Suffolk</a> in January 2010. He narrowly won the contest, defeating <a href="/wiki/Natalie_Elphicke" title="Natalie Elphicke">Natalie Elphicke</a> (a solicitor who later became MP for <a href="/wiki/Dover_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" class="mw-redirect" title="Dover (UK Parliament constituency)">Dover</a>), by 88 votes to 81 in the final ballot.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> At the <a href="/wiki/2010_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="2010 United Kingdom general election">2010 general election</a>, Hancock was elected as MP for West Suffolk with 50.6% of the vote and a majority of 13,050.<sup id="cite_ref-electoralcalculus2010_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-electoralcalculus2010-14"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>In June 2010, Hancock was elected to the <a href="/wiki/Public_Accounts_Committee_(United_Kingdom)" title="Public Accounts Committee (United Kingdom)">Public Accounts Committee</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> He served on this committee until November 2012. Hancock also served on the <a href="/wiki/Standards_and_Privileges_Committee" title="Standards and Privileges Committee">Standards and Privileges Committee</a> from October 2010 to December 2012.<sup id="cite_ref-UK_Parliament_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-UK_Parliament-1"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2011, Hancock became a member of the <a href="/wiki/Free_Enterprise_Group" title="Free Enterprise Group">Free Enterprise Group</a>, a group of <a href="/wiki/Thatcherite" class="mw-redirect" title="Thatcherite">Thatcherite</a> Conservatives co-founded by <a href="/wiki/Liz_Truss" title="Liz Truss">Liz Truss</a>. In January 2013, he was accused of dishonesty by <i><a href="/wiki/Daybreak_(2010_TV_programme)" title="Daybreak (2010 TV programme)">Daybreak</a></i> presenter, <a href="/wiki/Matt_Barbet" title="Matt Barbet">Matt Barbet</a>, after claiming he had been excluded from a discussion about apprentices after turning up "just 30 seconds late".<sup id="cite_ref-HHH_17-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-HHH-17"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Hancock acknowledged on social media that he was running late, but said he turned up ahead of time for the interview and was unfairly blocked from going on set by producers.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Barbet said Hancock knew he was "much more than a minute late" and he should have arrived half an hour beforehand to prepare for the interview.<sup id="cite_ref-HHH_17-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-HHH-17"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>In October 2013, Hancock joined the <a href="/wiki/Department_for_Business,_Innovation_and_Skills" title="Department for Business, Innovation and Skills">Department for Business, Innovation and Skills</a> as the <a href="/wiki/Minister_of_State_for_Skills_and_Enterprise" class="mw-redirect" title="Minister of State for Skills and Enterprise">Minister of State for Skills and Enterprise</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p> In June 2014, Hancock, in his role as a minister, encouraged employers to become involved in offering more apprenticeships, allowing young people to learn and earn simultaneously.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup></p><figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:2014_Canada_Europe_Energy_Summit_(15199258873).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/91/2014_Canada_Europe_Energy_Summit_%2815199258873%29.jpg/220px-2014_Canada_Europe_Energy_Summit_%2815199258873%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/91/2014_Canada_Europe_Energy_Summit_%2815199258873%29.jpg/330px-2014_Canada_Europe_Energy_Summit_%2815199258873%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/91/2014_Canada_Europe_Energy_Summit_%2815199258873%29.jpg/440px-2014_Canada_Europe_Energy_Summit_%2815199258873%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4272" data-file-height="2848" /></a><figcaption>Hancock speaking at the 2014 Canada Europe Energy Summit</figcaption></figure><p>On 15 July 2014, Hancock was appointed to the position of Minister of State for Business and Enterprise. On 27 July, he announced protection from <a href="/wiki/Fracking" title="Fracking">fracking</a> for <a href="/wiki/National_parks_of_England_and_Wales" class="mw-redirect" title="National parks of England and Wales">National Parks</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-pete_21-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-pete-21"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> seen as a method of reducing anger in Conservative constituencies ahead of the election.<sup id="cite_ref-georgia_22-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-georgia-22"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Interviewed on the <a href="/wiki/BBC_Radio_4" title="BBC Radio 4">BBC Radio 4</a> <i><a href="/wiki/Today_(BBC_Radio_4)" title="Today (BBC Radio 4)">Today</a></i> programme, he rejected the suggestion that fracking was highly unpopular but he was unable to name any village that backed it.<sup id="cite_ref-georgia_22-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-georgia-22"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-auto_23-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto-23"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>Hancock served as Minister of State for Energy from 2014 to 2015.<sup id="cite_ref-GOV.UK_24-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-GOV.UK-24"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> In this role he was criticised for hiring a private jet with senior diplomatic officials to fly back from a climate conference in <a href="/wiki/Aberdeen" title="Aberdeen">Aberdeen</a>, where he signed a deal with Mexican President <a href="/wiki/Enrique_Pe%C3%B1a_Nieto" title="Enrique Peña Nieto">Enrique Peña Nieto</a> to use British expertise in Mexico. A Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) spokesman said the chartered flight was organised to fit around diary commitments, and the conference was not about climate change, but it was a visit to a university and discussion about investment.<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Hancock was later criticised for accepting money from a key backer of <a href="/wiki/Climate_change_denial" title="Climate change denial">climate change denial</a> organisation, <a href="/wiki/Global_Warming_Policy_Foundation" class="mw-redirect" title="Global Warming Policy Foundation">Global Warming Policy Foundation</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>In October 2014, he apologised after retweeting a poem suggesting that the <a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour Party</a> was "full of queers", describing his actions as a "total accident".<sup id="cite_ref-auto_23-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto-23"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>At the <a href="/wiki/2015_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="2015 United Kingdom general election">2015 general election</a>, Hancock was re-elected as MP for West Suffolk with an increased vote share of 52.2% and an increased majority of 14,984.<sup id="cite_ref-electoralcalculus_28-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-electoralcalculus-28"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p> Hancock became <a href="/wiki/Minister_for_the_Cabinet_Office" title="Minister for the Cabinet Office">Minister for the Cabinet Office</a> and <a href="/wiki/Paymaster_General" title="Paymaster General">Paymaster General</a> on 11 May 2015.<sup id="cite_ref-GOV.UK_24-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-GOV.UK-24"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Hancock launched a new social mobility drive to promote diversity within the civil service, outlining his vision in a speech in February 2016.<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> He led <a href="/wiki/David_Cameron" title="David Cameron">David Cameron</a>'s "earn or learn" taskforce which aimed to have every young person working or studying from April 2017. He announced that jobless 18 to 21-year-olds would be required to do work experience as well as looking for jobs, or face losing their benefits.<sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup></p><figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Matt_Hancock_addressing_civil_servants_in_the_Cabinet_Office.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9f/Matt_Hancock_addressing_civil_servants_in_the_Cabinet_Office.jpg/220px-Matt_Hancock_addressing_civil_servants_in_the_Cabinet_Office.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9f/Matt_Hancock_addressing_civil_servants_in_the_Cabinet_Office.jpg/330px-Matt_Hancock_addressing_civil_servants_in_the_Cabinet_Office.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9f/Matt_Hancock_addressing_civil_servants_in_the_Cabinet_Office.jpg/440px-Matt_Hancock_addressing_civil_servants_in_the_Cabinet_Office.jpg 2x" data-file-width="960" data-file-height="640" /></a><figcaption>Hancock addressing civil servants in the Cabinet Office</figcaption></figure><p>In the <a href="/wiki/2016_United_Kingdom_European_Union_membership_referendum" title="2016 United Kingdom European Union membership referendum">2016 UK referendum on EU membership</a>, Hancock supported the UK remaining within the EU.<sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>Hancock was again re-elected at the snap <a href="/wiki/2017_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="2017 United Kingdom general election">2017 general election</a> with an increased vote share of 61.2% and an increased majority of 17,063.<sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> He was again re-elected at the <a href="/wiki/2019_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="2019 United Kingdom general election">2019 general election</a> with an increased vote share of 65.8% and an increased majority of 23,194.<sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Secretary_of_State_for_Digital,_Culture,_Media_and_Sport"><span id="Secretary_of_State_for_Digital.2C_Culture.2C_Media_and_Sport"></span>Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport</h3></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Official_portrait_of_Matt_Hancock_crop_2.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/77/Official_portrait_of_Matt_Hancock_crop_2.jpg/170px-Official_portrait_of_Matt_Hancock_crop_2.jpg" decoding="async" width="170" height="227" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/77/Official_portrait_of_Matt_Hancock_crop_2.jpg/255px-Official_portrait_of_Matt_Hancock_crop_2.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/77/Official_portrait_of_Matt_Hancock_crop_2.jpg/340px-Official_portrait_of_Matt_Hancock_crop_2.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1554" data-file-height="2072" /></a><figcaption>Official portrait of Hancock as MP, 2017</figcaption></figure> <p>Hancock moved to the <a href="/wiki/Department_for_Culture,_Media_and_Sport" title="Department for Culture, Media and Sport">Department for Culture, Media and Sport</a> as the <a href="/wiki/Minister_of_State_for_Digital_and_Culture" class="mw-redirect" title="Minister of State for Digital and Culture">Minister of State for Digital and Culture</a> on 15 July 2016 after <a href="/wiki/Theresa_May" title="Theresa May">Theresa May</a> became prime minister.<sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> As minister for digital policy, Hancock in June 2017 recommitted to a "full fibre" digital policy. This promised that 97% of the UK would enjoy "superfast broadband" at speeds of at least 24 megabits per second by 2020.<sup id="cite_ref-35" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-35"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>In August 2017, Hancock oversaw the strengthening of UK data protection law. As Digital Minister he announced people would have more control over their personal data and be better protected in the digital age.<sup id="cite_ref-36" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-36"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>On 8 January 2018, Hancock was appointed <a href="/wiki/Secretary_of_State_for_Digital,_Culture,_Media_and_Sport" class="mw-redirect" title="Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport">Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport</a> in Theresa May's <a href="/wiki/2018_British_cabinet_reshuffle" title="2018 British cabinet reshuffle">2018 cabinet reshuffle</a>, succeeding <a href="/wiki/Karen_Bradley" title="Karen Bradley">Karen Bradley</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-37" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-37"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> On his first day in the role he criticised the <a href="/wiki/BBC" title="BBC">BBC</a> for the amounts of pay its foreign journalists received, and said that some men at the corporation were paid "far more than equivalent public servants".<sup id="cite_ref-38" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-38"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>In early 2018, Hancock was the first MP to launch his own <a href="/wiki/Mobile_app" title="Mobile app">mobile app</a>, eponymously named the "Matt Hancock MP App",<sup id="cite_ref-39" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-39"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> which functioned as a social network for him to communicate with his constituents and give people updates in relation to his cabinet role.<sup id="cite_ref-40" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-40"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> The head of privacy rights group <a href="/wiki/Big_Brother_Watch" title="Big Brother Watch">Big Brother Watch</a> called the app a "fascinating comedy of errors",<sup id="cite_ref-41" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-41"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> after the app was found to collect its users' photographs, friend details, check-ins, and contact information.<sup id="cite_ref-42" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-42"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Hancock said his app collected data once consent was granted by the user.<sup id="cite_ref-43" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-43"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> The app was eventually shut down at the beginning of 2023.<sup id="cite_ref-44" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-44"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>In May 2018, as Media Secretary, Hancock confirmed the highest stake on fixed odds betting terminals would be cut to £2, after Prime Minister May sided with him over the issue.<sup id="cite_ref-45" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-45"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Secretary_of_State_for_Health_and_Social_Care">Secretary of State for Health and Social Care</h3></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="May_Ministry">May Ministry</h4></div><p> Following <a href="/wiki/Jeremy_Hunt" title="Jeremy Hunt">Jeremy Hunt</a>'s appointment as <a href="/wiki/Secretary_of_State_for_Foreign_and_Commonwealth_Affairs" class="mw-redirect" title="Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs">Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs</a>, Hancock was appointed <a href="/wiki/Secretary_of_State_for_Health_and_Social_Care" title="Secretary of State for Health and Social Care">Secretary of State for Health and Social Care</a> for <a href="/wiki/England" title="England">England</a> on 9 July 2018.<sup id="cite_ref-GOV.UK_24-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-GOV.UK-24"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup></p><figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Matt_Hancock_talking_to_hospital_staff.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/43/Matt_Hancock_talking_to_hospital_staff.jpg/220px-Matt_Hancock_talking_to_hospital_staff.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/43/Matt_Hancock_talking_to_hospital_staff.jpg/330px-Matt_Hancock_talking_to_hospital_staff.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/43/Matt_Hancock_talking_to_hospital_staff.jpg/440px-Matt_Hancock_talking_to_hospital_staff.jpg 2x" data-file-width="960" data-file-height="640" /></a><figcaption>Hancock talking to hospital staff in 2018</figcaption></figure><p>In November 2018, Hancock was criticised after appearing to endorse a mobile phone health app marketed by the subscription health service company <a href="/wiki/Babylon_Health" title="Babylon Health">Babylon</a> in the <i><a href="/wiki/Evening_Standard" title="Evening Standard">Evening Standard</a></i>. Babylon allegedly sponsored the newspaper article. The <a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a> MP <a href="/wiki/Justin_Madders" title="Justin Madders">Justin Madders</a> wrote to Theresa May accusing Hancock of repeatedly endorsing the products of a company that receives <a href="/wiki/NHS" class="mw-redirect" title="NHS">NHS</a> funds for patients it treats, which contravenes ministerial guidelines. The ministerial code includes that ministers should not "normally accept invitations to act as patrons of, or otherwise offer support to, pressure groups or organisations dependent in whole or in part on Government funding".<sup id="cite_ref-46" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-46"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>In April 2019, Hancock, who had previously said the NHS would face "no privatisation on my watch", was criticised by Labour for allowing 21 NHS contracts worth £127 million to be tendered.<sup id="cite_ref-Kentish_2019_47-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Kentish_2019-47"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="2019_Conservative_Party_leadership_candidacy">2019 Conservative Party leadership candidacy</h4></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/2019_Conservative_Party_leadership_election" title="2019 Conservative Party leadership election">2019 Conservative Party leadership election</a></div> <p>After <a href="/wiki/Theresa_May" title="Theresa May">Theresa May</a> announced her intention to resign as prime minister on 24 May 2019, Hancock announced his intention to stand for the Conservative Party leadership. During this campaign, Hancock opposed the <a href="/wiki/Prorogation_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="Prorogation in the United Kingdom">prorogation of Parliament</a> to deliver <a href="/wiki/Brexit" title="Brexit">Brexit</a> and called on his fellow leadership candidates to join him on 6 June 2019.<sup id="cite_ref-48" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-48"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> He proposed a televised debate with other candidates.<sup id="cite_ref-candidate_49-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-candidate-49"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>48<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> He withdrew from the race on 14 June shortly after winning only twenty votes on the first ballot.<sup id="cite_ref-50" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-50"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>49<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Following his withdrawal, he endorsed <a href="/wiki/Boris_Johnson" title="Boris Johnson">Boris Johnson</a> for the role.<sup id="cite_ref-51" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-51"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>50<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Early_Johnson_premiership">Early Johnson premiership</h4></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Alex_Azar_and_Matt_Hancock.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a7/Alex_Azar_and_Matt_Hancock.jpg/220px-Alex_Azar_and_Matt_Hancock.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a7/Alex_Azar_and_Matt_Hancock.jpg/330px-Alex_Azar_and_Matt_Hancock.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a7/Alex_Azar_and_Matt_Hancock.jpg/440px-Alex_Azar_and_Matt_Hancock.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1024" data-file-height="683" /></a><figcaption>Hancock meets with US Secretary of Health <a href="/wiki/Alex_Azar" title="Alex Azar">Alex Azar</a> in 2019</figcaption></figure><p>Hancock continued in his role as Health Secretary in Prime Minister <a href="/wiki/Boris_Johnson" title="Boris Johnson">Boris Johnson</a>'s cabinet. He supported the <a href="/wiki/2019_British_prorogation_controversy" class="mw-redirect" title="2019 British prorogation controversy">prorogation of parliament in 2019</a> by Johnson which he had previously opposed while running for the Conservative leadership.<sup id="cite_ref-52" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-52"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>51<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> On 24 September the <a href="/wiki/Supreme_Court_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="Supreme Court of the United Kingdom">Supreme Court</a> ruled that the prorogation was unlawful.<sup id="cite_ref-53" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-53"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>52<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>In a September 2019 <i><a href="/wiki/Channel_4_News" title="Channel 4 News">Channel 4 News</a></i> interview, Hancock was asked to respond to allegations that at a private lunch in 1999, Johnson had groped the leg of journalist Charlotte Edwardes under a table. Edwardes also claimed that Johnson did the same to another woman at the same private lunch. In his reply to the <i>Channel 4 News</i> question, Hancock said of Charlotte Edwardes, "I know Charlotte well and I entirely trust what she has to say. I know her and I know her to be trustworthy", a view shared by fellow Conservative MP <a href="/wiki/Amber_Rudd" title="Amber Rudd">Amber Rudd</a>. Both Johnson and anonymous Downing Street officials denied the allegation.<sup id="cite_ref-54" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-54"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>53<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-55" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-55"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>54<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-56" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-56"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>55<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>In October 2019, Hancock was lobbied by former Prime Minister <a href="/wiki/David_Cameron" title="David Cameron">David Cameron</a> and financier <a href="/wiki/Lex_Greensill" title="Lex Greensill">Lex Greensill</a> to introduce a payment scheme. Hancock was implicated in the <a href="/wiki/Greensill_scandal" title="Greensill scandal">Greensill scandal</a> as the payment scheme was later rolled out within the NHS.<sup id="cite_ref-57" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-57"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>56<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>In November 2019, Hancock publicly apologised to Bethany, a teenager diagnosed with <a href="/wiki/Autism" title="Autism">autism</a>, for being kept in solitary confinement in various psychiatric facilities. Hancock apologised "for the things that have gone wrong in her care" and said her case in particular was "incredibly difficult and complex", calling Bethany's case "heart-rending" and saying that he had insisted on "a case review of every single person in those conditions."<sup id="cite_ref-58" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-58"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>57<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading5"><h5 id="COVID-19_pandemic">COVID-19 pandemic</h5></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Official_portrait_of_Rt_Hon_Matt_Hancock_MP.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/db/Official_portrait_of_Rt_Hon_Matt_Hancock_MP.jpg/170px-Official_portrait_of_Rt_Hon_Matt_Hancock_MP.jpg" decoding="async" width="170" height="227" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/db/Official_portrait_of_Rt_Hon_Matt_Hancock_MP.jpg/255px-Official_portrait_of_Rt_Hon_Matt_Hancock_MP.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/db/Official_portrait_of_Rt_Hon_Matt_Hancock_MP.jpg/340px-Official_portrait_of_Rt_Hon_Matt_Hancock_MP.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1500" data-file-height="2000" /></a><figcaption>Official portrait of Hancock as Health Secretary, 2020</figcaption></figure> <p>On 31 January 2020, <a href="/wiki/COVID-19" title="COVID-19">COVID-19</a> was confirmed to have <a href="/wiki/COVID-19_pandemic_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="COVID-19 pandemic in the United Kingdom">spread to the UK</a>. Hancock said the Government was considering "some quite significant actions that would have social and economic disruption".<sup id="cite_ref-59" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-59"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>58<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> After the government gave strict social distancing advice which was defied by large numbers of people, Hancock took a stronger line than the prime minister on condemning those still socialising in groups and derided them as being "very selfish".<sup id="cite_ref-60" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-60"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>59<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> The Government later implemented legislation banning such groups from forming.<sup id="cite_ref-61" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-61"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>60<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>On 27 March 2020, along with Boris Johnson, Hancock himself tested positive for COVID-19.<sup id="cite_ref-COVID19_62-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-COVID19-62"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>61<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> He stayed in self-isolation with mild symptoms for seven days, before delivering an update on COVID-19 testing targets and on Government plans to write off £13.4 billion of NHS debt.<sup id="cite_ref-63" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-63"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>62<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-64" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-64"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>63<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-65" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-65"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>64<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>In April 2020, Hancock was criticised when it emerged that the target he had set for 100,000 daily COVID-19 tests had been met only by changing the method of counting, to include up to 40,000 home test kits which had been sent, but not yet completed.<sup id="cite_ref-66" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-66"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>65<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> This change was challenged by the <a href="/wiki/UK_Statistics_Authority" title="UK Statistics Authority">UK Statistics Authority</a><sup id="cite_ref-67" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-67"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>66<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> and labelled a "<a href="/wiki/Potemkin_village" title="Potemkin village">Potemkin</a> testing regime".<sup id="cite_ref-68" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-68"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>67<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>Doctors' groups maintained that they helped deliver 45,000 masks to hospitals that did not have a sufficient supply at the beginning of the pandemic and that families of healthcare workers who died from COVID-19 had expressed concerns about the protection they got. Early in the pandemic NHS staff were photographed with poorly fitting <a href="/wiki/Personal_protective_equipment" title="Personal protective equipment">personal protective equipment</a> (PPE) and some made improvised gowns for themselves from bin bags. Doctors and MPs criticised Hancock for denying there was a problem.<sup id="cite_ref-69" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-69"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>68<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>On 5 April 2020, Hancock warned that all outdoor exercise in England could be banned in response to COVID-19 if people did not follow social distancing rules. He said: "So my message is really clear. If you don't want us to have to take the step to ban exercise of all forms outside of your own home then you've got to follow the rules and the vast majority of people are following the rules."<sup id="cite_ref-70" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-70"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>69<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>Hancock received criticism from journalists for perceived sexism after suggesting on 5 May 2020 that Labour MP and shadow health minister <a href="/wiki/Rosena_Allin-Khan" title="Rosena Allin-Khan">Rosena Allin-Khan</a> change the "tone" of her comments.<sup id="cite_ref-71" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-71"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>70<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Allin-Khan, a doctor, had stated in Parliament that a lack of testing was costing lives and Hancock suggested she should "take a leaf out of the Shadow Secretary of State's [<a href="/wiki/Jonathan_Ashworth" title="Jonathan Ashworth">Jonathan Ashworth</a>'s] book in terms of tone".<sup id="cite_ref-72" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-72"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>71<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>On 15 August 2020, <i><a href="/wiki/The_Daily_Telegraph" title="The Daily Telegraph">The Daily Telegraph</a></i> reported that Hancock was to merge <a href="/wiki/Public_Health_England" title="Public Health England">Public Health England</a> and <a href="/wiki/NHS_Test_and_Trace" title="NHS Test and Trace">NHS Test and Trace</a> into a new body called the National Institute for Health Protection, modelled on the <a href="/wiki/Robert_Koch_Institute" title="Robert Koch Institute">Robert Koch Institute</a>. The new body, renamed as the <a href="/wiki/UK_Health_Security_Agency" title="UK Health Security Agency">UK Health Security Agency</a>, was set up before autumn amid "a feared surge in coronavirus cases".<sup id="cite_ref-73" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-73"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>72<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>On 11 October 2020, Hancock denied breaching a 10 pm drinking <a href="/wiki/Curfew" title="Curfew">curfew</a> in the Smoking Room bar in the House of Commons, put in place because of the pandemic.<sup id="cite_ref-74" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-74"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>73<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-75" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-75"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>74<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-76" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-76"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>75<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Eight days later, the <i><a href="/wiki/Daily_Mirror" title="Daily Mirror">Daily Mirror</a></i> published a photograph of him riding in his chauffeur-driven car without wearing a mask.<sup id="cite_ref-77" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-77"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>76<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p> On 2 December 2020, Hancock incorrectly claimed that the <a href="/wiki/Medicines_and_Healthcare_products_Regulatory_Agency" title="Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency">MHRA</a>'s fast approval of the first COVID-19 <a href="/wiki/Vaccine" title="Vaccine">vaccine</a> was possible because of <a href="/wiki/Brexit" title="Brexit">Brexit</a>. The MHRA stated that it had followed an expeditious procedure allowed under EU legislation which was still in force in the UK during the <a href="/wiki/Brexit_withdrawal_agreement#Transition_period" title="Brexit withdrawal agreement">transition period</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-78" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-78"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>77<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup></p><figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Xavier_Becerra_and_Matt_Hancock_at_2021_G7_Health_Ministers_summit.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/Xavier_Becerra_and_Matt_Hancock_at_2021_G7_Health_Ministers_summit.jpg/220px-Xavier_Becerra_and_Matt_Hancock_at_2021_G7_Health_Ministers_summit.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="169" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/Xavier_Becerra_and_Matt_Hancock_at_2021_G7_Health_Ministers_summit.jpg/330px-Xavier_Becerra_and_Matt_Hancock_at_2021_G7_Health_Ministers_summit.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/Xavier_Becerra_and_Matt_Hancock_at_2021_G7_Health_Ministers_summit.jpg/440px-Xavier_Becerra_and_Matt_Hancock_at_2021_G7_Health_Ministers_summit.jpg 2x" data-file-width="910" data-file-height="701" /></a><figcaption>Hancock and US Secretary of Health <a href="/wiki/Xavier_Becerra" title="Xavier Becerra">Xavier Becerra</a> at G7 Health ministers' meeting, 2021</figcaption></figure><p>In January 2021, shopping vouchers for families in need were reintroduced.<sup id="cite_ref-79" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-79"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>78<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> On <i><a href="/wiki/Good_Morning_Britain_(2014_TV_programme)" title="Good Morning Britain (2014 TV programme)">Good Morning Britain</a></i>, Hancock praised the Government for reintroducing the scheme, despite being repeatedly reminded by <a href="/wiki/Piers_Morgan" title="Piers Morgan">Piers Morgan</a> that he had opposed it in Parliament.<sup id="cite_ref-80" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-80"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>79<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>On 19 February 2021, after a legal challenge by the <a href="/wiki/Good_Law_Project" title="Good Law Project">Good Law Project</a>, a <a href="/wiki/High_Court_of_Justice" title="High Court of Justice">High Court</a> judge ruled that Hancock had acted unlawfully by handing out <a href="/wiki/Personal_protective_equipment" title="Personal protective equipment">PPE</a> contracts without publishing details in a timely manner. A ruling released by the High Court stated: "There is now no dispute that, in a substantial number of cases, the secretary of state breached his legal obligation to publish Contract Award Notices (CANs) within 30 days of the award of contracts." The details were published within 47 days.<sup id="cite_ref-81" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-81"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>80<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>In April 2021, it was reported that Hancock had been given 20% of shares in Topwood Limited, a firm based in <a href="/wiki/Wrexham" title="Wrexham">Wrexham</a> which is owned by his sister and other close family members.<sup id="cite_ref-82" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-82"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>81<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> The company specialises in secure storage, scanning and shredding of documents. It won a place on a "<a href="/wiki/Framework_agreement" title="Framework agreement">procurement framework</a>" listing to provide services to <a href="/wiki/NHS_England" title="NHS England">NHS England</a> in 2019, as well as contracts with <a href="/wiki/NHS_Wales" title="NHS Wales">NHS Wales</a>. There has been no suggestion that Hancock intervened in the normal processes, and in April 2021, the company had not earned anything through the framework.<sup id="cite_ref-83" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-83"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>82<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Lord_Geidt" class="mw-redirect" title="Lord Geidt">Lord Geidt</a> later produced a report on ministerial interests saying that the awarding of the contract to Topwood could be seen to "represent a conflict of interest" that should have been declared. Hancock responded by saying: "I did not know about the framework decision, and so I do not think I could reasonably have been expected to declare it."<sup id="cite_ref-84" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-84"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>83<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>In May 2021, the former Downing Street chief adviser <a href="/wiki/Dominic_Cummings" title="Dominic Cummings">Dominic Cummings</a> claimed, "tens of thousands of people died who didn't need to die" during the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic due to what he claimed to be "criminal, disgraceful behaviour" within Downing Street under the supervision of Hancock.<sup id="cite_ref-85" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-85"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>84<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-86" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-86"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>85<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Cummings also said that Hancock should have been fired as Health Secretary for "15 to 20" different things.<sup id="cite_ref-87" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-87"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>86<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Following his testimony, <a href="/wiki/YouGov" title="YouGov">YouGov</a> noted that more people in the general public thought Hancock should resign than stay in his post, despite questions over the accuracy of Cummings's statements.<sup id="cite_ref-88" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-88"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>87<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Prime Minister Johnson defended Hancock and his decision-making.<sup id="cite_ref-89" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-89"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>88<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>Over 20,000 care home residents who were elderly or disabled had died from COVID-19 in England and Wales. The <a href="/wiki/High_Court_of_Justice" title="High Court of Justice">High Court of Justice</a> ruled in a case against <a href="/wiki/Boris_Johnson" title="Boris Johnson">Boris Johnson</a>'s government on 27 April 2022 that discharging people into care homes without testing them was unlawful. <a href="/wiki/David_Bean_(judge)" title="David Bean (judge)">Lord Justice Bean</a> and <a href="/wiki/Neil_Garnham" title="Neil Garnham">Neil Garnham</a> ruled that the policies were not lawful since they disregarded the risk from non-symptomatic transmission of COVID-19 to elderly and vulnerable residents. The judges stated that in spite of "growing awareness" about the risk of asymptomatic transmission during March 2020, there was no evidence Hancock had taken the risk to care home residents into account. The judges stated: "The document could, for example, have said that where an asymptomatic patient (...) is admitted to a care home, he or she should, so far as practicable, be kept apart from other residents for up to 14 days. (...) there is no evidence that this question was considered by the Secretary of State."<sup id="cite_ref-independent27/4/2022_90-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-independent27/4/2022-90"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>89<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-91" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-91"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>90<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading5"><h5 id="Resignation">Resignation</h5></div> <p>On 25 June 2021, it was revealed that Hancock had breached COVID-19 social distancing restrictions with Gina Coladangelo, an adviser in the DHSC with whom he was having an <a href="/wiki/Extramarital_affair" class="mw-redirect" title="Extramarital affair">extramarital affair</a>, after <a href="/wiki/CCTV" class="mw-redirect" title="CCTV">CCTV</a> images of him kissing and embracing her in his Whitehall office on 6 May were published in <i><a href="/wiki/The_Sun_(United_Kingdom)" title="The Sun (United Kingdom)">The Sun</a></i> newspaper.<sup id="cite_ref-PW25_92-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-PW25-92"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>91<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> The Government's guidelines allowed intimate contact with people from a different household only from 17 May.<sup id="cite_ref-PW25_92-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-PW25-92"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>91<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> The previous year, Hancock had failed to declare he had appointed Coladangelo as an unpaid adviser at the department and later to a paid non-executive director role on its board, for which Coladangelo would earn between £15,000 and £20,000 annually from <a href="/wiki/Public_funds" class="mw-redirect" title="Public funds">public funds</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-15000P_93-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15000P-93"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>92<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-94" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-94"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>93<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Coladangelo became a close friend of Hancock after meeting him while they were both undergraduates at Oxford University.<sup id="cite_ref-15000P_93-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15000P-93"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>92<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-95" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-95"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>94<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>Later that day on 25 June, Hancock said that he had "breached the social distancing guidelines in these circumstances" and apologised for "letting people down".<sup id="cite_ref-96" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-96"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>95<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Boris Johnson later said that he accepted the apology and considered the matter "closed".<sup id="cite_ref-97" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-97"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>96<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> However, Hancock resigned on the evening of 26 June, stating "those of us who make these rules have got to stick by them", and he had not because of his "breaking the guidance".<sup id="cite_ref-98" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-98"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>97<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-99" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-99"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>98<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> He was replaced as Health Secretary the same day by <a href="/wiki/Sajid_Javid" title="Sajid Javid">Sajid Javid</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-100" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-100"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>99<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>Former Cabinet ministers <a href="/wiki/Alan_Johnson" title="Alan Johnson">Alan Johnson</a> and <a href="/wiki/Rory_Stewart" title="Rory Stewart">Rory Stewart</a> both said there had never been cameras in their offices during their time in Government, with Johnson saying: "I could never understand why there was a camera in the Secretary of State's office. There was never a camera in my office when I was Health Secretary or in any of the other five Cabinet positions."<sup id="cite_ref-SmithWalesO_101-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SmithWalesO-101"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>100<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> It was reported that the CCTV footage was leaked by a DHSC employee who opposed the Government's lockdown restrictions, and on 27 June it was confirmed that an internal investigation was undertaken by the department to find the culprit, for fear of future CCTV footage being leaked to states hostile to the UK, for the purposes of blackmail.<sup id="cite_ref-102" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-102"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>101<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>News of the scandal was met with a mixture of public anger and ridicule.<sup id="cite_ref-103" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-103"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>102<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-104" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-104"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>103<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> The <a href="/wiki/Covid-19_Bereaved_Families_for_Justice" title="Covid-19 Bereaved Families for Justice">Covid-19 Bereaved Families for Justice</a> group warned that Hancock's actions could undermine adherence to COVID-19 restrictions, similar to the <a href="/wiki/Dominic_Cummings_scandal" title="Dominic Cummings scandal">Dominic Cummings scandal</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-105" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-105"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>104<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Amanda_Milling" title="Amanda Milling">Amanda Milling</a>, <a href="/wiki/Co-chairman_of_the_Conservative_Party" class="mw-redirect" title="Co-chairman of the Conservative Party">Co-chairman of the Conservative Party</a>, suggested that Hancock's affair was a factor in the Conservative Party's failure to win the <a href="/wiki/2021_Batley_and_Spen_by-election" title="2021 Batley and Spen by-election">Batley and Spen by-election</a> on 1 July 2021.<sup id="cite_ref-106" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-106"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>105<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>In July 2021, the <a href="/wiki/Information_Commissioner%27s_Office" title="Information Commissioner&#39;s Office">Information Commissioner's Office</a> established an inquiry into the leak in the CCTV images.<sup id="cite_ref-107" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-107"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>106<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> On 29 July, the council of the second largest town in his constituency, <a href="/wiki/Newmarket,_Suffolk" title="Newmarket, Suffolk">Newmarket</a>, passed a <a href="/wiki/No-confidence_vote" class="mw-redirect" title="No-confidence vote">no-confidence vote</a> against Hancock as its MP.<sup id="cite_ref-108" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-108"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>107<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Mayor Michael Jefferys cast the necessary vote to pass the motion.<sup id="cite_ref-109" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-109"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>108<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>According to the <a href="/wiki/The_Independent" title="The Independent"><i>Independent</i></a>, Hancock faced severe criticism due to a shortage of PPE in the NHS early in the pandemic, the award of contracts for supplying masks and the decision to transfer elderly patients to care homes without COVID-19 testing.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_110-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-110"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>109<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Hancock defended his handling of the pandemic and stated: "We suddenly needed masses more PPE and so did everybody else in the world."<sup id="cite_ref-:0_110-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-110"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>109<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Return_to_the_backbenches">Return to the backbenches</h3></div> <p>On 12 October 2021, Hancock announced his appointment as the <a href="/wiki/United_Nations_Economic_Commission_for_Africa" title="United Nations Economic Commission for Africa">United Nations Economic Commission for Africa</a> special representative for financial innovation and climate change,<sup id="cite_ref-111" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-111"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>110<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> an unpaid position advising the Commission on the African economy's recovery from the <a href="/wiki/COVID-19_pandemic" title="COVID-19 pandemic">COVID-19 pandemic</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-112" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-112"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>111<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Four days later, the United Nations announced on 16 October that the offer had been rescinded.<sup id="cite_ref-113" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-113"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>112<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-114" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-114"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>113<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>During the <a href="/wiki/2022_Russian_invasion_of_Ukraine" class="mw-redirect" title="2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine">2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine</a>, Hancock welcomed seven Ukrainian refugees into his family home in Suffolk in May 2022 through the "<a href="/wiki/Homes_for_Ukraine" title="Homes for Ukraine">Homes for Ukraine</a>" scheme.<sup id="cite_ref-115" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-115"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>114<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-116" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-116"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>115<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>In December 2022, he announced his intention to stand down at the <a href="/wiki/2024_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="2024 United Kingdom general election">2024 general election</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-117" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-117"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>116<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>In June 2023, Hancock was told to apologise to Parliament after being found to have breached the MPs Code of Conduct, by committing a “minor breach” of Commons rules by sending an unsolicited letter to the parliamentary standards commissioner in an attempt to influence the commissioner's investigation into fellow Conservative MP <a href="/wiki/Steve_Brine" title="Steve Brine">Steve Brine</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-118" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-118"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>117<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Pandemic_Diaries"><i>Pandemic Diaries</i></h3></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Pandemic_Diaries" title="Pandemic Diaries">Pandemic Diaries</a></div> <p>In April 2022, it was announced that Hancock would publish his diaries during the COVID-19 pandemic called <i>Pandemic Diaries</i> with <a href="/wiki/Biteback_Publishing" title="Biteback Publishing">Biteback Publishing</a>, cowritten by <a href="/wiki/Isabel_Oakeshott" title="Isabel Oakeshott">Isabel Oakeshott</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-:3_119-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:3-119"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>118<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> The royalties were planned to be donated to NHS charities.<sup id="cite_ref-120" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-120"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>119<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-121" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-121"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>120<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> The book was to be released in December 2022. </p><p>The book was not based on a diary, but was written after the fact. It was based on Hancock's recollections, as well his records of communications.<sup id="cite_ref-:3_119-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:3-119"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>118<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:1_122-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-122"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>121<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> It dismissed allegations that moving patients into care homes caused deaths, arguing that the staff in care homes were the vector of disease.<sup id="cite_ref-:3_119-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:3-119"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>118<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> The book was also critical of <a href="/wiki/Dominic_Cummings" title="Dominic Cummings">Dominic Cummings</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-:3_119-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:3-119"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>118<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-123" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-123"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>122<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>Reviews commented that the book presented too positive an image, making Hancock seem unduly prescient with the benefit of <a href="/wiki/Hindsight" class="mw-redirect" title="Hindsight">hindsight</a>, arguing there may be elements of <a href="/wiki/Historical_negationism" title="Historical negationism">revisionism</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-:3_119-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:3-119"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>118<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-124" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-124"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>123<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Gaby_Hinsliff" title="Gaby Hinsliff">Gaby Hinsliff</a> reviewing in <i><a href="/wiki/The_Guardian" title="The Guardian">The Guardian</a></i> said that there were kernels of truth about how politicians make decisions in the account but comments on how the book was written with the benefit of hindsight, allowing Hancock to make himself seem prescient.<sup id="cite_ref-:3_119-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:3-119"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>118<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Rod Dacombe writing in <a href="/wiki/I_(newspaper)" title="I (newspaper)">the <i>i</i></a>, said that the diary was absurd and devoid of literary flair.<sup id="cite_ref-125" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-125"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>124<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Adam_Wagner" title="Adam Wagner">Adam Wagner</a>, writing in <a href="/wiki/Prospect_(magazine)" title="Prospect (magazine)"><i>Prospect</i></a> magazine, said that the book had a focus on score settling and self-aggrandisation but that there were some genuine revelations. He noted that more will be known when the <a href="/wiki/UK_Covid-19_Inquiry" class="mw-redirect" title="UK Covid-19 Inquiry">UK Covid-19 Inquiry</a> reports.<sup id="cite_ref-:4_126-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:4-126"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>125<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Wagner argues Hancock's removal of exceptions for protest from proposed lockdown regulations on the grounds that protests could undermine public trust in measures and his criticism of protestors in the book are suggestive that protests were banned based on the political views of protestors, which Wagner thinks would likely constitute government overreach.<sup id="cite_ref-:4_126-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:4-126"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>125<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>Oakeshott leaked some of the private WhatsApp messages she had access to in a <i><a href="/wiki/Daily_Telegraph" class="mw-redirect" title="Daily Telegraph">Daily Telegraph</a></i> article published in February 2023. The Telegraph published a series of articles about these leaks in a series called <a href="/wiki/The_Lockdown_Files" class="mw-redirect" title="The Lockdown Files">The Lockdown Files</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-dtel-whatsapp_127-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-dtel-whatsapp-127"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>126<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> One message from April 2020 suggests Hancock told aides that professor <a href="/wiki/Chris_Whitty" title="Chris Whitty">Chris Whitty</a> had done "an "evidence review" and recommended "testing of all going into care homes, and segregation whilst awaiting result". Hancock allegedly stated this was a "good positive step". Later, Hancock allegedly stated he would rather avoid a commitment to test all people going into care homes from the community and "just commit to test &amp; isolate ALL going into care from hospital".<sup id="cite_ref-128" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-128"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>127<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> A spokesman for Hancock said, "These stolen messages have been doctored to create a false story that Matt rejected clinical advice on care home testing".<sup id="cite_ref-129" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-129"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>128<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Appearance_on_I'm_a_Celebrity..._Get_Me_Out_of_Here!"><span id="Appearance_on_I.27m_a_Celebrity..._Get_Me_Out_of_Here.21"></span>Appearance on <i>I'm a Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here!</i></h2></div> <p>Hancock was a contestant on the <a href="/wiki/I%27m_a_Celebrity...Get_Me_Out_of_Here!_(British_series_22)" class="mw-redirect" title="I&#39;m a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here! (British series 22)">22nd series</a> of the reality television series <i><a href="/wiki/I%27m_a_Celebrity..._Get_Me_Out_of_Here!" class="mw-redirect" title="I&#39;m a Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here!">I'm a Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here!</a></i>, filmed while Parliament was in session.<sup id="cite_ref-:1_122-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-122"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>121<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> An agreement was reached with the show's producers that Hancock could communicate with his constituency team throughout his time in the jungle if necessary.<sup id="cite_ref-:2_130-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:2-130"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>129<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Explaining his decision to participate in the show, Hancock said, "I want to raise the profile of my <a href="/wiki/Dyslexia" title="Dyslexia">dyslexia</a> campaign to help every dyslexic child unleash their potential — even if it means taking an unusual route to get there, via the Australian jungle"!<sup id="cite_ref-:1_122-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-122"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>121<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Hancock also explained that he was driven by the intention to display his "human side" and to use reality TV as a means to convey "important messages to the masses".<sup id="cite_ref-131" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-131"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>130<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> It was reported that Hancock would be paid £400,000, which was "one of the largest show fees" paid to a contestant. His spokesman said that a donation would be made to St Nicholas Hospice in Suffolk and causes supporting dyslexia.<sup id="cite_ref-:2_130-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:2-130"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>129<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>Hancock joined the show on 9 November 2022 with comedian <a href="/wiki/Seann_Walsh" title="Seann Walsh">Seann Walsh</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-132" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-132"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>131<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> After he entered the jungle camp, Hancock was questioned by his fellow contestants, including <a href="/wiki/Charlene_White" title="Charlene White">Charlene White</a>, <a href="/wiki/Chris_Moyles" title="Chris Moyles">Chris Moyles</a> and <a href="/wiki/Babatunde_Al%C3%A9sh%C3%A9" title="Babatunde Aléshé">Babatunde Aléshé</a>, about his time as Health Secretary.<sup id="cite_ref-133" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-133"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>132<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-134" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-134"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>133<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Although he expressed remorse about breaking social distancing guidelines, he pointed out that he had not broken any laws and said that he did not regret the political decisions he made during the pandemic.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_110-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-110"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>109<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>On the episode aired on 16 November 2022, Hancock said that he told Boris Johnson not to run for prime minister again during the <a href="/wiki/October_2022_Conservative_Party_leadership_election" title="October 2022 Conservative Party leadership election">October 2022 Conservative Party leadership election</a>, and said that former prime minister <a href="/wiki/Liz_Truss" title="Liz Truss">Liz Truss</a>'s political career is "totally finished" with "no ambiguity at all."<sup id="cite_ref-135" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-135"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>134<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>On 27 November 2022, Hancock reached the final of the show, eventually finishing in third place.<sup id="cite_ref-136" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-136"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>135<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-137" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-137"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>136<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Reaction">Reaction</h3></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Within_the_show">Within the show</h4></div> <p>Hancock's participation in the show was met with a mixed reaction by some of the other contestants. In the episode aired on 18 November 2022, fellow contestant <a href="/wiki/Boy_George" title="Boy George">Boy George</a> said in a conversation with Seann Walsh that he found Hancock "slimy and slippery", and later told Hancock that he found it difficult to "separate" the politician from the person.<sup id="cite_ref-138" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-138"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>137<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Another contestant, journalist <a href="/wiki/Charlene_White" title="Charlene White">Charlene White</a>, said she feared she would lose her job if she was too sympathetic towards Hancock.<sup id="cite_ref-139" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-139"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>138<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="By_others">By others</h4></div> <p>In response to participating in the show, the Conservative Party suspended the <a href="/wiki/Whip_(politics)" title="Whip (politics)">whip</a> for Hancock—in effect removing him from their <a href="/wiki/Parliamentary_group" title="Parliamentary group">parliamentary group</a> but retaining him as a party member.<sup id="cite_ref-140" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-140"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>139<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Guardian_whip_141-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Guardian_whip-141"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>140<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>On 5 November, it was reported that an online petition to stop Hancock from appearing on the show had attracted nearly 40,000 signatures.<sup id="cite_ref-142" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-142"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>141<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> The Covid-19 Bereaved Families for Justice and <a href="/wiki/38_Degrees" title="38 Degrees">38 Degrees</a> groups flew a banner over the camp which read: "Covid bereaved say get out of here!".<sup id="cite_ref-143" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-143"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>142<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-144" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-144"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>143<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>Prime Minister <a href="/wiki/Rishi_Sunak" title="Rishi Sunak">Rishi Sunak</a>, who had worked with Hancock during <a href="/wiki/Chancellorship_of_Rishi_Sunak" title="Chancellorship of Rishi Sunak">his tenure as chancellor</a>, said he was "disappointed" at Hancock's decision to participate in a reality television show and expressed his discomfort at the level of degradation Hancock was subjecting himself to.<sup id="cite_ref-145" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-145"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>144<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-146" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-146"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>145<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Parliamentary_Commissioner_for_Standards" title="Parliamentary Commissioner for Standards">Parliamentary Commissioner for Standards</a> <a href="/wiki/Kathryn_Stone" title="Kathryn Stone">Kathryn Stone</a> stated her office had received "dozens of complaints" about Hancock being on the television show. Stone said that Hancock's decision to join the show raised "important questions about members' proper activities while they're supposed to be fulfilling their parliamentary duties and representing their constituents".<sup id="cite_ref-147" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-147"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>146<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Ofcom" title="Ofcom">Ofcom</a> received just under 2,000 complaints about the show in its first week, including complaints over his appearance on the show and complaints criticising how Hancock was treated by other contestants.<sup id="cite_ref-148" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-148"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>147<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>Hancock broke government rules about post-ministerial jobs by not consulting the <a href="/wiki/Advisory_Committee_on_Business_Appointments" title="Advisory Committee on Business Appointments">Advisory Committee on Business Appointments</a> before he joined the show, according to <a href="/wiki/Lord_Pickles" class="mw-redirect" title="Lord Pickles">Lord Pickles</a>, the committee chair. However, Lord Pickles advised ministers that taking action against Hancock would be disproportionate.<sup id="cite_ref-149" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-149"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>148<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>On 23 May 2024, Rishi Sunak restored the whip to Hancock.<sup id="cite_ref-150" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-150"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>149<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-151" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-151"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>150<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Personal_life">Personal life</h2></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Matt_Hancock_visits_China_to_promote_co-operation_on_healthcare_innovation.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a3/Matt_Hancock_visits_China_to_promote_co-operation_on_healthcare_innovation.jpg/220px-Matt_Hancock_visits_China_to_promote_co-operation_on_healthcare_innovation.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a3/Matt_Hancock_visits_China_to_promote_co-operation_on_healthcare_innovation.jpg/330px-Matt_Hancock_visits_China_to_promote_co-operation_on_healthcare_innovation.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a3/Matt_Hancock_visits_China_to_promote_co-operation_on_healthcare_innovation.jpg/440px-Matt_Hancock_visits_China_to_promote_co-operation_on_healthcare_innovation.jpg 2x" data-file-width="960" data-file-height="640" /></a><figcaption>Hancock visiting China to promote co-operation on healthcare innovation</figcaption></figure> <p>Hancock married Martha Hoyer Millar, an <a href="/wiki/Osteopath" class="mw-redirect" title="Osteopath">osteopath</a>, in 2006.<sup id="cite_ref-whoswho_3-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-whoswho-3"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> She is a granddaughter of <a href="/wiki/Frederick_Millar,_1st_Baron_Inchyra" title="Frederick Millar, 1st Baron Inchyra">the 1st Baron Inchyra</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-152" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-152"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>151<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> They have a daughter and two sons. Hancock forbids his children to use <a href="/wiki/Social_media" title="Social media">social media</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FTYoungMinister_8-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FTYoungMinister-8"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-153" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-153"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>152<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> The family lived in <a href="/wiki/Little_Thurlow" title="Little Thurlow">Little Thurlow</a> in his West Suffolk parliamentary constituency.<sup id="cite_ref-154" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-154"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>153<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>In June 2021, following an affair with his political aide Gina Coladangelo, sources reported that he had left his wife for Coladangelo.<sup id="cite_ref-155" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-155"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>154<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Hancock confirmed he was still with Coladangelo during a conversation with <a href="/wiki/Babatunde_Al%C3%A9sh%C3%A9" title="Babatunde Aléshé">Babatunde Aléshé</a> on <i><a href="/wiki/I%27m_a_Celebrity..._Get_Me_Out_of_Here!" class="mw-redirect" title="I&#39;m a Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here!">I'm a Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here!</a>.</i><sup id="cite_ref-156" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-156"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>155<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-157" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-157"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>156<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-158" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-158"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>157<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>Hancock lives in his constituency, and also has a flat in London.<sup id="cite_ref-159" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-159"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>158<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>Hancock trained as a <a href="/wiki/Jockey" title="Jockey">jockey</a> in 2012 and won a horse race in his constituency town of <a href="/wiki/Newmarket,_Suffolk" title="Newmarket, Suffolk">Newmarket</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Sampson20April_5-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Sampson20April-5"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Hancock supports <a href="/wiki/Newcastle_United" class="mw-redirect" title="Newcastle United">Newcastle United</a>, and auctioned his "pride and joy" signed team shirt to raise money for the NHS in May 2020.<sup id="cite_ref-160" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-160"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>159<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Walker_2020_161-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Walker_2020-161"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>160<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>Hancock told <i><a href="/wiki/The_Guardian" title="The Guardian">The Guardian</a></i> in 2018 that he has <a href="/wiki/Dyslexia" title="Dyslexia">dyslexia</a>, something that he said first became apparent two decades earlier while he was studying at Oxford.<sup id="cite_ref-162" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-162"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>161<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>On 25 January 2023, police arrested a 61-year-old man for allegedly assaulting Hancock on the <a href="/wiki/London_Underground" title="London Underground">London Underground</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-163" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-163"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>162<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notes">Notes</h2></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 reflist-lower-alpha"> <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-2">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Skills from 6 September 2012 to 7 October 2013.<sup id="cite_ref-UK_Parliament_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-UK_Parliament-1"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup></span> </li> </ol></div></div> <div 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(2010–2012)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maria_Miller" title="Maria Miller">Maria Miller</a> (2012–2014)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sajid_Javid" title="Sajid Javid">Sajid Javid</a> (2014–2015)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Whittingdale" title="John Whittingdale">John Whittingdale</a> (2015–2016)</li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible expanded navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><div id="Cabinet_members_not_heading_a_ministry" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em">Cabinet members not heading a ministry</div></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Minister_for_the_Cabinet_Office" title="Minister for the Cabinet Office">Minister for the Cabinet Office</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Paymaster_General" 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href="/wiki/Department_for_Business,_Innovation_and_Skills" title="Department for Business, Innovation and Skills">Minister of State for Universities and Science</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/David_Willetts" title="David Willetts">David Willetts</a> (2010–2014)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Greg_Clark" title="Greg Clark">Greg Clark</a> (2014–2015)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jo_Johnson" title="Jo Johnson">Jo Johnson</a> (2015–2016)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Leader_of_the_House_of_Commons" title="Leader of the House of Commons">Leader of the House of Commons</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/George_Young,_Baron_Young_of_Cookham" title="George Young, Baron Young of Cookham">George Young</a> (2010–2012)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Andrew_Lansley" title="Andrew Lansley">Andrew Lansley</a> (2012–2014)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_Hague" title="William Hague">William Hague</a> (2014–2015)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chris_Grayling" title="Chris Grayling">Chris Grayling</a> (2015–2016)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/House_of_Commons_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="House of Commons of the United Kingdom">Chief Whip in the House of Commons</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Parliamentary_Secretary_to_the_Treasury" title="Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasury">Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasury</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/Patrick_McLoughlin" title="Patrick McLoughlin">Patrick McLoughlin</a> (2010–2012)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Andrew_Mitchell" title="Andrew Mitchell">Andrew Mitchell</a> (2012)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_Young,_Baron_Young_of_Cookham" title="George Young, Baron Young of Cookham">George Young</a> (2012–2014)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Michael_Gove" title="Michael Gove">Michael Gove</a> (2014–2015)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mark_Harper" title="Mark Harper">Mark Harper</a> (2015–2016)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Leader_of_the_House_of_Lords" title="Leader of the House of Lords">Leader of the House of Lords</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/Thomas_Galbraith,_2nd_Baron_Strathclyde" title="Thomas Galbraith, 2nd Baron Strathclyde">The Lord Strathclyde</a> (2010–2013)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jonathan_Hill,_Baron_Hill_of_Oareford" title="Jonathan Hill, Baron Hill of Oareford">The Lord Hill of Oareford</a> (2013–2014)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tina_Stowell,_Baroness_Stowell_of_Beeston" title="Tina Stowell, Baroness Stowell of Beeston">The Baroness Stowell of Beeston</a> (2014–2016)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Chief_Secretary_to_the_Treasury" title="Chief Secretary to the Treasury">Chief Secretary to the Treasury</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/David_Laws" title="David Laws">David Laws</a> (2010)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Danny_Alexander" title="Danny Alexander">Danny Alexander</a> (2010–2015)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Greg_Hands" title="Greg Hands">Greg Hands</a> (2015–2016)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Minister_without_portfolio_(United_Kingdom)" title="Minister without portfolio (United Kingdom)">Minister without Portfolio</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div 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Grieve</a> (2010–2014)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jeremy_Wright" title="Jeremy Wright">Jeremy Wright</a> (2014–2016)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Minister_for_Women_and_Equalities" title="Minister for Women and Equalities">Minister for Women and Equalities</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/Theresa_May" title="Theresa May">Theresa May</a> (2010–2012)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maria_Miller" title="Maria Miller">Maria Miller</a> (2012–2014)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nicky_Morgan" title="Nicky Morgan">Nicky Morgan</a> (2014–2016)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Department_for_Work_and_Pensions" title="Department for Work and Pensions">Minister of State for Employment</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/Esther_McVey" title="Esther McVey">Esther McVey</a> (2014–2015)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Priti_Patel" title="Priti Patel">Priti Patel</a> (2015–2016)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Lord_Privy_Seal" title="Lord Privy Seal">Lord Privy Seal</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/George_Young,_Baron_Young_of_Cookham" title="George Young, Baron Young of Cookham">George Young</a> (2010–2012)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Andrew_Lansley" title="Andrew Lansley">Andrew Lansley</a> (2012–2014)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tina_Stowell,_Baroness_Stowell_of_Beeston" title="Tina Stowell, Baroness Stowell of Beeston">The Baroness Stowell of Beeston</a> (2014–2016)</li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div 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Hancock</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Oliver_Letwin" title="Oliver Letwin">Oliver Letwin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Esther_McVey" title="Esther McVey">Esther McVey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Francis_Maude" title="Francis Maude">Francis Maude</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/David_Willetts" title="David Willetts">David Willetts</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jeremy_Wright" title="Jeremy Wright">Jeremy Wright</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="Second_Cameron_Cabinet" style="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" 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class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0;text-align:center;"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"><b><a href="/wiki/David_Cameron" title="David Cameron">David Cameron</a></b> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Alun_Cairns" title="Alun Cairns">Alun Cairns</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Greg_Clark" title="Greg Clark">Greg Clark</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stephen_Crabb" title="Stephen Crabb">Stephen Crabb</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Iain_Duncan_Smith" title="Iain Duncan Smith">Iain Duncan Smith</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Michael_Fallon" title="Michael Fallon">Michael Fallon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Michael_Gove" title="Michael Gove">Michael Gove</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chris_Grayling" title="Chris Grayling">Chris Grayling</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Justine_Greening" title="Justine Greening">Justine Greening</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Philip_Hammond" title="Philip Hammond">Philip Hammond</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jeremy_Hunt" title="Jeremy Hunt">Jeremy Hunt</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sajid_Javid" title="Sajid Javid">Sajid Javid</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Oliver_Letwin" title="Oliver Letwin">Oliver Letwin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Patrick_McLoughlin" title="Patrick McLoughlin">Patrick McLoughlin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Theresa_May" title="Theresa May">Theresa May</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nicky_Morgan" title="Nicky Morgan">Nicky Morgan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/David_Mundell" title="David Mundell">David Mundell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_Osborne" title="George Osborne">George Osborne</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Amber_Rudd" title="Amber Rudd">Amber Rudd</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tina_Stowell,_Baroness_Stowell_of_Beeston" title="Tina Stowell, Baroness Stowell of Beeston">Baroness Stowell of Beeston</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Liz_Truss" title="Liz Truss">Liz Truss</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Theresa_Villiers" title="Theresa Villiers">Theresa Villiers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Whittingdale" title="John Whittingdale">John Whittingdale</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:Royal_Coat_of_Arms_of_the_United_Kingdom_(HM_Government)_(St_Edwards_Crown).svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="Government Coat of Arms." src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/59/Royal_Coat_of_Arms_of_the_United_Kingdom_%28HM_Government%29_%28St_Edwards_Crown%29.svg/100px-Royal_Coat_of_Arms_of_the_United_Kingdom_%28HM_Government%29_%28St_Edwards_Crown%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="82" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/59/Royal_Coat_of_Arms_of_the_United_Kingdom_%28HM_Government%29_%28St_Edwards_Crown%29.svg/150px-Royal_Coat_of_Arms_of_the_United_Kingdom_%28HM_Government%29_%28St_Edwards_Crown%29.svg.png 1.5x, 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href="/wiki/Priti_Patel" title="Priti Patel">Priti Patel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anna_Soubry" title="Anna Soubry">Anna Soubry</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jeremy_Wright" title="Jeremy Wright">Jeremy Wright</a></li> </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="Second_May_Cabinet" style="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 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Barclay">Steve Barclay</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Karen_Bradley" title="Karen Bradley">Karen Bradley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_Brokenshire" title="James Brokenshire">James Brokenshire</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alun_Cairns" title="Alun Cairns">Alun Cairns</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Greg_Clark" title="Greg Clark">Greg Clark</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Natalie_Evans,_Baroness_Evans_of_Bowes_Park" title="Natalie Evans, Baroness Evans of Bowes Park">Baroness Evans of Bowes Park</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Liam_Fox" title="Liam Fox">Liam Fox</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/David_Gauke" title="David Gauke">David Gauke</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Michael_Gove" title="Michael Gove">Michael Gove</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chris_Grayling" title="Chris Grayling">Chris Grayling</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Philip_Hammond" title="Philip Hammond">Philip Hammond</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Matt Hancock</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Damian_Hinds" title="Damian Hinds">Damian Hinds</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jeremy_Hunt" title="Jeremy Hunt">Jeremy Hunt</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sajid_Javid" title="Sajid Javid">Sajid Javid</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brandon_Lewis" title="Brandon Lewis">Brandon Lewis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/David_Lidington" title="David Lidington">David Lidington</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Penny_Mordaunt" title="Penny Mordaunt">Penny Mordaunt</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/David_Mundell" title="David Mundell">David Mundell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Amber_Rudd" title="Amber Rudd">Amber Rudd</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rory_Stewart" title="Rory Stewart">Rory Stewart</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jeremy_Wright" title="Jeremy Wright">Jeremy Wright</a></li></ul></div></td><td class="noviewer navbox-image" rowspan="3" style="width:1px;padding:0 0 0 2px"><div><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Royal_Coat_of_Arms_of_the_United_Kingdom_(HM_Government)_(St_Edwards_Crown).svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="Government Coat of Arms." src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/59/Royal_Coat_of_Arms_of_the_United_Kingdom_%28HM_Government%29_%28St_Edwards_Crown%29.svg/100px-Royal_Coat_of_Arms_of_the_United_Kingdom_%28HM_Government%29_%28St_Edwards_Crown%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="82" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/59/Royal_Coat_of_Arms_of_the_United_Kingdom_%28HM_Government%29_%28St_Edwards_Crown%29.svg/150px-Royal_Coat_of_Arms_of_the_United_Kingdom_%28HM_Government%29_%28St_Edwards_Crown%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/59/Royal_Coat_of_Arms_of_the_United_Kingdom_%28HM_Government%29_%28St_Edwards_Crown%29.svg/200px-Royal_Coat_of_Arms_of_the_United_Kingdom_%28HM_Government%29_%28St_Edwards_Crown%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1530" data-file-height="1256" /></a></span></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Also attended meetings</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0;text-align:center;"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <li><a href="/wiki/Geoffrey_Cox_(British_politician)" title="Geoffrey Cox (British politician)">Geoffrey Cox</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Caroline_Nokes" title="Caroline Nokes">Caroline Nokes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Claire_Perry" class="mw-redirect" title="Claire Perry">Claire Perry</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Julian_Smith_(politician)" title="Julian Smith (politician)">Julian Smith</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mel_Stride" title="Mel Stride">Mel Stride</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Liz_Truss" title="Liz Truss">Liz Truss</a></li> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/List_of_departures_from_the_second_May_ministry" title="List of departures from the second May ministry">Departures</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0;text-align:center;"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/David_Davis_(British_politician)" title="David Davis (British politician)">David Davis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Michael_Fallon" title="Michael Fallon">Michael Fallon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Damian_Green" title="Damian Green">Damian Green</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Justine_Greening" title="Justine Greening">Justine Greening</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boris_Johnson" title="Boris Johnson">Boris Johnson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Andrea_Leadsom" title="Andrea Leadsom">Andrea Leadsom</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Patrick_McLoughlin" title="Patrick McLoughlin">Patrick McLoughlin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Esther_McVey" title="Esther McVey">Esther McVey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Priti_Patel" title="Priti Patel">Priti Patel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dominic_Raab" title="Dominic Raab">Dominic Raab</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gavin_Williamson" title="Gavin Williamson">Gavin Williamson</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="Johnson_cabinets" 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="2"><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:Johnson_Cabinet" title="Template:Johnson Cabinet"><abbr title="View this template">v</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-talk"><a href="/wiki/Template_talk:Johnson_Cabinet" title="Template talk:Johnson Cabinet"><abbr title="Discuss this template">t</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-edit"><a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Template:Johnson_Cabinet" title="Special:EditPage/Template:Johnson Cabinet"><abbr title="Edit this template">e</abbr></a></li></ul></div><div id="Johnson_cabinets" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em">Johnson cabinets</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible mw-collapsed navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><div id="First_Johnson_cabinet_(July–December_2019)" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em"><a href="/wiki/First_Johnson_ministry" title="First Johnson ministry">First Johnson cabinet</a> (July–December 2019)</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Cabinet members</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0;text-align:center;"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"><b><a href="/wiki/Boris_Johnson" title="Boris Johnson">Boris Johnson</a></b> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Steve_Barclay" title="Steve Barclay">Steve Barclay</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robert_Buckland" title="Robert Buckland">Robert Buckland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alun_Cairns" title="Alun Cairns">Alun Cairns</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_Cleverly" title="James Cleverly">James Cleverly</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Th%C3%A9r%C3%A8se_Coffey" title="Thérèse Coffey">Thérèse Coffey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Natalie_Evans,_Baroness_Evans_of_Bowes_Park" title="Natalie Evans, Baroness Evans of Bowes Park">The Baroness Evans of Bowes Park</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Michael_Gove" title="Michael Gove">Michael Gove</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Matt Hancock</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alister_Jack" title="Alister Jack">Alister Jack</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sajid_Javid" title="Sajid Javid">Sajid Javid</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robert_Jenrick" title="Robert Jenrick">Robert Jenrick</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Andrea_Leadsom" title="Andrea Leadsom">Andrea Leadsom</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nicky_Morgan" title="Nicky Morgan">Nicky Morgan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Priti_Patel" title="Priti Patel">Priti Patel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dominic_Raab" title="Dominic Raab">Dominic Raab</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grant_Shapps" title="Grant Shapps">Grant Shapps</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alok_Sharma" title="Alok Sharma">Alok Sharma</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Julian_Smith_(politician)" title="Julian Smith (politician)">Julian Smith</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Liz_Truss" title="Liz Truss">Liz Truss</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Theresa_Villiers" title="Theresa Villiers">Theresa Villiers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ben_Wallace_(politician)" title="Ben Wallace (politician)">Ben Wallace</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gavin_Williamson" title="Gavin Williamson">Gavin Williamson</a></li></ul></div></td><td class="noviewer navbox-image" rowspan="3" style="width:1px;padding:0 0 0 2px"><div><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Royal_Coat_of_Arms_of_the_United_Kingdom_(HM_Government)_(St_Edwards_Crown).svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="Government Coat of Arms." src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/59/Royal_Coat_of_Arms_of_the_United_Kingdom_%28HM_Government%29_%28St_Edwards_Crown%29.svg/100px-Royal_Coat_of_Arms_of_the_United_Kingdom_%28HM_Government%29_%28St_Edwards_Crown%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="82" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/59/Royal_Coat_of_Arms_of_the_United_Kingdom_%28HM_Government%29_%28St_Edwards_Crown%29.svg/150px-Royal_Coat_of_Arms_of_the_United_Kingdom_%28HM_Government%29_%28St_Edwards_Crown%29.svg.png 1.5x, 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href="/wiki/Brandon_Lewis" title="Brandon Lewis">Brandon Lewis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Esther_McVey" title="Esther McVey">Esther McVey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jacob_Rees-Mogg" title="Jacob Rees-Mogg">Jacob Rees-Mogg</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mark_Spencer_(British_politician)" title="Mark Spencer (British politician)">Mark Spencer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rishi_Sunak" title="Rishi Sunak">Rishi Sunak</a></li> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Departures</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0;text-align:center;"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Alun_Cairns" title="Alun Cairns">Alun Cairns</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jo_Johnson" title="Jo Johnson">Jo Johnson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Amber_Rudd" title="Amber Rudd">Amber Rudd</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible mw-collapsed navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><div id="Second_Johnson_cabinet_(December_2019_–_September_2022)" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em"><a href="/wiki/Second_Johnson_ministry" title="Second Johnson ministry">Second Johnson cabinet</a> (December 2019 – September 2022)</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Cabinet members</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0;text-align:center;"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"><b><a href="/wiki/Boris_Johnson" title="Boris Johnson">Boris Johnson</a></b> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Steve_Barclay" title="Steve Barclay">Steve Barclay</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robert_Buckland" title="Robert Buckland">Robert Buckland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Greg_Clark" title="Greg Clark">Greg Clark</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_Cleverly" title="James Cleverly">James Cleverly</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Th%C3%A9r%C3%A8se_Coffey" title="Thérèse Coffey">Thérèse Coffey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nadine_Dorries" title="Nadine Dorries">Nadine Dorries</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_Eustice" title="George Eustice">George Eustice</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Natalie_Evans,_Baroness_Evans_of_Bowes_Park" title="Natalie Evans, Baroness Evans of Bowes Park">The Baroness Evans of Bowes Park</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alister_Jack" title="Alister Jack">Alister Jack</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kwasi_Kwarteng" title="Kwasi Kwarteng">Kwasi Kwarteng</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kit_Malthouse" title="Kit Malthouse">Kit Malthouse</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Priti_Patel" title="Priti Patel">Priti Patel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dominic_Raab" title="Dominic Raab">Dominic Raab</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jacob_Rees-Mogg" title="Jacob Rees-Mogg">Jacob Rees-Mogg</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grant_Shapps" title="Grant Shapps">Grant Shapps</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alok_Sharma" title="Alok Sharma">Alok Sharma</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anne-Marie_Trevelyan" title="Anne-Marie Trevelyan">Anne-Marie Trevelyan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Liz_Truss" title="Liz Truss">Liz Truss</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shailesh_Vara" title="Shailesh Vara">Shailesh Vara</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ben_Wallace_(politician)" title="Ben Wallace (politician)">Ben Wallace</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nadhim_Zahawi" title="Nadhim Zahawi">Nadhim Zahawi</a></li></ul></div></td><td class="noviewer navbox-image" rowspan="3" style="width:1px;padding:0 0 0 2px"><div><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Royal_Coat_of_Arms_of_the_United_Kingdom_(HM_Government)_(St_Edwards_Crown).svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="Government Coat of Arms." src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/59/Royal_Coat_of_Arms_of_the_United_Kingdom_%28HM_Government%29_%28St_Edwards_Crown%29.svg/100px-Royal_Coat_of_Arms_of_the_United_Kingdom_%28HM_Government%29_%28St_Edwards_Crown%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="82" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/59/Royal_Coat_of_Arms_of_the_United_Kingdom_%28HM_Government%29_%28St_Edwards_Crown%29.svg/150px-Royal_Coat_of_Arms_of_the_United_Kingdom_%28HM_Government%29_%28St_Edwards_Crown%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/59/Royal_Coat_of_Arms_of_the_United_Kingdom_%28HM_Government%29_%28St_Edwards_Crown%29.svg/200px-Royal_Coat_of_Arms_of_the_United_Kingdom_%28HM_Government%29_%28St_Edwards_Crown%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1530" data-file-height="1256" /></a></span></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Also attended meetings</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0;text-align:center;"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <li><a href="/wiki/Nigel_Adams" title="Nigel Adams">Nigel Adams</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Suella_Braverman" title="Suella Braverman">Suella Braverman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Simon_Clarke_(politician)" title="Simon Clarke (politician)">Simon Clarke</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Michael_Ellis_(British_politician)" title="Michael Ellis (British politician)">Michael Ellis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chris_Heaton-Harris" title="Chris Heaton-Harris">Chris Heaton-Harris</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Johnny_Mercer_(politician)" title="Johnny Mercer (politician)">Johnny Mercer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mark_Spencer_(British_politician)" title="Mark Spencer (British politician)">Mark Spencer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Andrew_Stephenson" title="Andrew Stephenson">Andrew Stephenson</a></li> </div></td></tr><tr><th 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<li><a href="/wiki/Sajid_Javid" title="Sajid Javid">Sajid Javid</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robert_Jenrick" title="Robert Jenrick">Robert Jenrick</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Andrea_Leadsom" title="Andrea Leadsom">Andrea Leadsom</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brandon_Lewis" title="Brandon Lewis">Brandon Lewis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Amanda_Milling" title="Amanda Milling">Amanda Milling</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Esther_McVey" title="Esther McVey">Esther McVey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nicky_Morgan" title="Nicky Morgan">The Baroness Morgan of Cotes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Julian_Smith_(politician)" title="Julian Smith (politician)">Julian Smith</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rishi_Sunak" title="Rishi Sunak">Rishi Sunak</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Theresa_Villiers" title="Theresa Villiers">Theresa Villiers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gavin_Williamson" title="Gavin Williamson">Gavin Williamson</a></li></ul> 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Hely-Hutchinson, 4th Earl of Donoughmore">Donoughmore</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Algernon_Percy,_6th_Duke_of_Northumberland" title="Algernon Percy, 6th Duke of Northumberland">Lovaine</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_Wilson_(businessman)" title="James Wilson (businessman)">Wilson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_Cowper-Temple,_1st_Baron_Mount_Temple" title="William Cowper-Temple, 1st Baron Mount Temple">Cowper</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_Hutt_(politician)" title="William Hutt (politician)">Hutt</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_Goschen,_1st_Viscount_Goschen" title="George Goschen, 1st Viscount Goschen">Goschen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_Monsell,_1st_Baron_Emly" title="William Monsell, 1st Baron Emly">Monsell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stephen_Cave" title="Stephen Cave">Cave</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Frederick_Hamilton-Temple-Blackwood,_1st_Marquess_of_Dufferin_and_Ava" title="Frederick Hamilton-Temple-Blackwood, 1st Marquess of Dufferin and Ava">Dufferin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hugh_Childers" title="Hugh Childers">Childers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_Patrick_Adam" title="William Patrick Adam">Adam</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stephen_Cave" title="Stephen Cave">Cave</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/David_Plunket,_1st_Baron_Rathmore" title="David Plunket, 1st Baron Rathmore">Plunket</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_Glyn,_2nd_Baron_Wolverton" title="George Glyn, 2nd Baron Wolverton">Wolverton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Frederick_Lygon,_6th_Earl_Beauchamp" title="Frederick Lygon, 6th Earl Beauchamp">Beauchamp</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thomas_Hovell-Thurlow-Cumming-Bruce,_5th_Baron_Thurlow" title="Thomas Hovell-Thurlow-Cumming-Bruce, 5th Baron Thurlow">Thurlow</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Frederick_Lygon,_6th_Earl_Beauchamp" title="Frederick Lygon, 6th Earl Beauchamp">Beauchamp</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Adelbert_Brownlow-Cust,_3rd_Earl_Brownlow" title="Adelbert Brownlow-Cust, 3rd Earl Brownlow">Brownlow</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Victor_Child_Villiers,_7th_Earl_of_Jersey" title="Victor Child Villiers, 7th Earl of Jersey">Jersey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robert_Windsor-Clive,_1st_Earl_of_Plymouth" title="Robert Windsor-Clive, 1st Earl of Plymouth">Windsor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charles_Seale-Hayne" title="Charles Seale-Hayne">Seale-Hayne</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Hope,_7th_Earl_of_Hopetoun" title="John Hope, 7th Earl of Hopetoun">Hopetoun</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charles_Spencer-Churchill,_9th_Duke_of_Marlborough" title="Charles Spencer-Churchill, 9th Duke of Marlborough">Marlborough</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Savile_Crossley,_1st_Baron_Somerleyton" title="Savile Crossley, 1st Baron Somerleyton">Crossley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Richard_Causton,_1st_Baron_Southwark" title="Richard Causton, 1st Baron Southwark">Causton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ivor_Guest,_1st_Viscount_Wimborne" title="Ivor Guest, 1st Viscount Wimborne">Ashby</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edward_Strachey,_1st_Baron_Strachie" title="Edward Strachey, 1st Baron Strachie">Strachie</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thomas_Legh,_2nd_Baron_Newton" title="Thomas Legh, 2nd Baron Newton">Newton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arthur_Henderson" title="Arthur Henderson">Henderson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joseph_Compton-Rickett" title="Joseph Compton-Rickett">Compton-Rickett</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tudor_Walters" title="Tudor Walters">Walters</a></li> <li><i>vacant</i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Neville_Chamberlain" title="Neville Chamberlain">Chamberlain</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_Joynson-Hicks,_1st_Viscount_Brentford" title="William Joynson-Hicks, 1st Viscount Brentford">Joynson-Hicks</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Archibald_Boyd-Carpenter" title="Archibald Boyd-Carpenter">Boyd-Carpenter</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harry_Gosling" title="Harry Gosling">Gosling</a></li> <li><i>vacant</i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_Sutherland-Leveson-Gower,_5th_Duke_of_Sutherland" 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pandemic in the Crown Dependencies">Crown Dependencies</a> and <a href="/wiki/COVID-19_pandemic_in_the_British_Overseas_Territories" title="COVID-19 pandemic in the British Overseas Territories">British Overseas Territories</a></div></th></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2"><div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/History_of_the_COVID-19_pandemic_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="History of the COVID-19 pandemic in the United Kingdom">History</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Statistics_of_the_COVID-19_pandemic_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="Statistics of the COVID-19 pandemic in the United Kingdom">Statistics</a></li> <li>Timeline <ul><li>2020 <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Timeline_of_the_COVID-19_pandemic_in_the_United_Kingdom_(January%E2%80%93June_2020)" title="Timeline of the COVID-19 pandemic in the United Kingdom (January–June 2020)">January–June</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Timeline_of_the_COVID-19_pandemic_in_the_United_Kingdom_(July%E2%80%93December_2020)" title="Timeline of the COVID-19 pandemic in the United Kingdom (July–December 2020)">July–December</a></li></ul></li> <li>2021 <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Timeline_of_the_COVID-19_pandemic_in_the_United_Kingdom_(January%E2%80%93June_2021)" title="Timeline of the COVID-19 pandemic in the United Kingdom (January–June 2021)">January–June</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Timeline_of_the_COVID-19_pandemic_in_the_United_Kingdom_(July%E2%80%93December_2021)" title="Timeline of the COVID-19 pandemic in the United Kingdom (July–December 2021)">July–December</a></li></ul></li> <li>2022 <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Timeline_of_the_COVID-19_pandemic_in_the_United_Kingdom_(January%E2%80%93June_2022)" title="Timeline of the COVID-19 pandemic in the United Kingdom (January–June 2022)">January–June</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Timeline_of_the_COVID-19_pandemic_in_the_United_Kingdom_(July%E2%80%93December_2022)" title="Timeline of the COVID-19 pandemic in the United Kingdom (July–December 2022)">July–December</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Timeline_of_the_COVID-19_pandemic_in_the_United_Kingdom_(2023)" title="Timeline of the COVID-19 pandemic in the United Kingdom (2023)">2023</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Timeline_of_the_COVID-19_pandemic_in_the_United_Kingdom_(2024)" title="Timeline of the COVID-19 pandemic in the United Kingdom (2024)">2024</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Locations</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/COVID-19_pandemic_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="COVID-19 pandemic in the United Kingdom">United Kingdom</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/COVID-19_pandemic_in_England" title="COVID-19 pandemic in England">England</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/COVID-19_pandemic_in_London" title="COVID-19 pandemic in London">London</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/COVID-19_pandemic_in_Northern_Ireland" title="COVID-19 pandemic in Northern Ireland">Northern Ireland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/COVID-19_pandemic_in_Scotland" title="COVID-19 pandemic in Scotland">Scotland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/COVID-19_pandemic_in_Wales" title="COVID-19 pandemic in Wales">Wales</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/COVID-19_pandemic_in_the_Crown_Dependencies" title="COVID-19 pandemic in the Crown Dependencies">Crown Dependencies</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/COVID-19_pandemic_in_Guernsey" title="COVID-19 pandemic in Guernsey">Guernsey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/COVID-19_pandemic_in_the_Isle_of_Man" title="COVID-19 pandemic in the Isle of Man">Isle of Man</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/COVID-19_pandemic_in_Jersey" title="COVID-19 pandemic in Jersey">Jersey</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/COVID-19_pandemic_in_the_British_Overseas_Territories" title="COVID-19 pandemic in the British Overseas Territories">Overseas Territories</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/COVID-19_pandemic_in_Akrotiri_and_Dhekelia" title="COVID-19 pandemic in Akrotiri and Dhekelia">Akrotiri and Dhekelia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/COVID-19_pandemic_in_Anguilla" title="COVID-19 pandemic in Anguilla">Anguilla</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/COVID-19_pandemic_in_Bermuda" title="COVID-19 pandemic in Bermuda">Bermuda</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/COVID-19_pandemic_in_the_British_Indian_Ocean_Territory" title="COVID-19 pandemic in the British Indian Ocean Territory">British Indian Ocean Territory</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/COVID-19_pandemic_in_the_British_Virgin_Islands" title="COVID-19 pandemic in the British Virgin Islands">British Virgin Islands</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/COVID-19_pandemic_in_the_Cayman_Islands" title="COVID-19 pandemic in the Cayman Islands">Cayman Islands</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/COVID-19_pandemic_in_the_Falkland_Islands" title="COVID-19 pandemic in the Falkland Islands">Falkland Islands</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/COVID-19_pandemic_in_Gibraltar" title="COVID-19 pandemic in Gibraltar">Gibraltar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/COVID-19_pandemic_in_Montserrat" title="COVID-19 pandemic in Montserrat">Montserrat</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/COVID-19_pandemic_in_the_Pitcairn_Islands" title="COVID-19 pandemic in the Pitcairn Islands">Pitcairn Islands</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/COVID-19_pandemic_in_Saint_Helena,_Ascension_and_Tristan_da_Cunha" title="COVID-19 pandemic in Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha">Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/COVID-19_pandemic_in_the_Turks_and_Caicos_Islands" title="COVID-19 pandemic in the Turks and Caicos Islands">Turks and Caicos Islands</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Impact</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/Economic_impact_of_the_COVID-19_pandemic_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="Economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic in the United Kingdom">Economy</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2021%E2%80%93present_United_Kingdom_cost-of-living_crisis" title="2021–present United Kingdom cost-of-living crisis">Cost-of-living crisis</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Impact_of_the_COVID-19_pandemic_on_education_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on education in the United Kingdom">Education</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2020_United_Kingdom_school_exam_grading_controversy" title="2020 United Kingdom school exam grading controversy">Exam grading controversy</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Social_impact_of_the_COVID-19_pandemic_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="Social impact of the COVID-19 pandemic in the United Kingdom">Society</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/Clap_for_Our_Carers" title="Clap for Our Carers">Clap for Our Carers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/COVID-19_protests_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="COVID-19 protests in the United Kingdom">Protests</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thank_You_NHS" title="Thank You NHS">Thank You NHS</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_2.6_Challenge" title="The 2.6 Challenge">The 2.6 Challenge</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Day_of_Reflection" title="National Day of Reflection">National Day of Reflection</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Political_impact_of_the_COVID-19_pandemic#United_Kingdom" title="Political impact of the COVID-19 pandemic">Politics</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/Beergate" title="Beergate">Beergate</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/COVID_Recovery_Group" title="COVID Recovery Group">COVID Recovery Group</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dominic_Cummings_scandal" title="Dominic Cummings scandal">Dominic Cummings scandal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Greensill_scandal" title="Greensill scandal">Greensill scandal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Political_impact_of_the_COVID-19_pandemic#Brexit" title="Political impact of the COVID-19 pandemic">Impact on Brexit</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northern_Research_Group" title="Northern Research Group">Northern Research Group</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Partygate" title="Partygate">Partygate</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Commons_Privileges_Committee_investigation_into_Boris_Johnson" title="Commons Privileges Committee investigation into Boris Johnson">Privileges Committee investigation</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/UK_COVID-19_Inquiry" title="UK COVID-19 Inquiry">Public inquiry</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Scottish_COVID-19_Inquiry" title="Scottish COVID-19 Inquiry">Scottish COVID-19 Inquiry</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Virtual_House_of_Commons" title="Virtual House of Commons">Virtual House of Commons</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Science<br />and<br />healthcare</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/Antivirals_Taskforce_(UK)" title="Antivirals Taskforce (UK)">Antiviral Taskforce</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/UK_Coronavirus_Cancer_Monitoring_Project" title="UK Coronavirus Cancer Monitoring Project">Cancer Monitoring Project</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/COVID-19_Genomics_UK_Consortium" title="COVID-19 Genomics UK Consortium">COVID-19 Genomics UK Consortium</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/COVID_Symptom_Study" class="mw-redirect" title="COVID Symptom Study">COVID Symptom Study</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/COVID-19_passports_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="COVID-19 passports in the United Kingdom">COVID passports</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RECOVERY_Trial" title="RECOVERY Trial">RECOVERY Trial</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/PANORAMIC_trial" title="PANORAMIC trial">PANORAMIC trial</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/AGILE" title="AGILE">AGILE</a></li></ul> </div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/COVID-19_hospitals_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="COVID-19 hospitals in the United Kingdom">Temporary hospitals</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>England <ul><li><a href="/wiki/NHS_Nightingale_Hospital_Birmingham" title="NHS Nightingale Hospital Birmingham">Birmingham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NHS_Nightingale_Hospital_Yorkshire_and_the_Humber" title="NHS Nightingale Hospital Yorkshire and the Humber">Harrogate</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NHS_Nightingale_Hospital_London" title="NHS Nightingale Hospital London">London</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NHS_Nightingale_Hospital_North_West" title="NHS Nightingale Hospital North West">Manchester</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NHS_Nightingale_Hospital_North_East" title="NHS Nightingale Hospital North East">Washington</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NHS_Louisa_Jordan" title="NHS Louisa Jordan">Glasgow</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dragon%27s_Heart_Hospital" title="Dragon&#39;s Heart Hospital">Cardiff</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Europa_Sports_Park#Florence_Nightingale_Field_Hospital" title="Europa Sports Park">Gibraltar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/COVID-19_pandemic_in_Jersey#Nightingale_hospital" title="COVID-19 pandemic in Jersey">Jersey</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/COVID-19_testing_in_the_United_Kingdom" class="mw-redirect" title="COVID-19 testing in the United Kingdom">Testing programme</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/NHS_COVID-19" title="NHS COVID-19">NHS COVID-19 app</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NHS_Test_and_Trace" title="NHS Test and Trace">NHS Test and Trace</a> (England)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Test,_Trace,_Protect" title="Test, Trace, Protect">Test, Trace, Protect</a> (Wales)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Moonshot" title="Operation Moonshot">Operation Moonshot</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Test_to_Release" title="Test to Release">Test to Release</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/UK_Rapid_Test_Consortium" title="UK Rapid Test Consortium">UK Rapid Test Consortium</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/COVID-19_vaccination_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="COVID-19 vaccination in the United Kingdom">Vaccination programme</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/Oxford%E2%80%93AstraZeneca_COVID-19_vaccine" title="Oxford–AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine">Oxford–AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/European_Commission%E2%80%93AstraZeneca_COVID-19_vaccine_dispute" title="European Commission–AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine dispute">European Commission–AstraZeneca dispute</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vaccines_Manufacturing_and_Innovation_Centre" title="Vaccines Manufacturing and Innovation Centre">Vaccines Manufacturing and Innovation Centre</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vaccine_Taskforce" title="Vaccine Taskforce">Taskforce</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Parliamentary_Under-Secretary_of_State_for_COVID-19_Vaccine_Deployment" class="mw-redirect" title="Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for COVID-19 Vaccine Deployment">Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for COVID-19 Vaccine Deployment</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom_legislation_connected_with_the_COVID-19_pandemic" title="United Kingdom legislation connected with the COVID-19 pandemic">Legislation</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Current</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Public_Health_(Control_of_Disease)_Act_1984" title="Public Health (Control of Disease) Act 1984">Public Health (Control of Disease) Act 1984</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2020_United_Kingdom_budget" title="2020 United Kingdom budget">2020 budget</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Contingencies_Fund_Act_2020" title="Contingencies Fund Act 2020">Contingencies Fund Act 2020</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Contingencies_Fund_Act_2021" title="Contingencies Fund Act 2021">Contingencies Fund Act 2021</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/July_2020_United_Kingdom_summer_statement" title="July 2020 United Kingdom summer statement">Coronavirus mini-budget</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/September_2020_United_Kingdom_Winter_Economy_Plan" title="September 2020 United Kingdom Winter Economy Plan">Winter Economy Plan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stamp_Duty_Land_Tax_(Temporary_Relief)_Act_2020" title="Stamp Duty Land Tax (Temporary Relief) Act 2020">Stamp Duty Land Tax (Temporary Relief) Act 2020</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Corporate_Insolvency_and_Governance_Act_2020" title="Corporate Insolvency and Governance Act 2020">Corporate Insolvency and Governance Act 2020</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Business_and_Planning_Act_2020" title="Business and Planning Act 2020">Business and Planning Act 2020</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nightingale_Court" title="Nightingale Court">Nightingale Court</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Culture_Recovery_Fund" title="Culture Recovery Fund">Culture Recovery Fund</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/March_2021_United_Kingdom_budget" title="March 2021 United Kingdom budget">2021 budget</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Revoked</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/Health_Protection_(Coronavirus)_Regulations_2020" title="Health Protection (Coronavirus) Regulations 2020">Health Protection (Coronavirus) Regulations 2020</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Health_Protection_(Coronavirus,_Business_Closure)_(England)_Regulations_2020" title="Health Protection (Coronavirus, Business Closure) (England) Regulations 2020">Health Protection (Coronavirus, Business Closure) (England) Regulations 2020</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Health_Protection_(Coronavirus,_Restrictions)_(England)_Regulations_2020" title="Health Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) (England) Regulations 2020">Health Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) (England) Regulations 2020</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/COVID-19_local_lockdown_regulations_in_England" title="COVID-19 local lockdown regulations in England">COVID-19 local lockdown regulations in England</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/First_COVID-19_tier_regulations_in_England" title="First COVID-19 tier regulations in England">First COVID-19 tier regulations in England</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Health_Protection_(Coronavirus,_Restrictions)_(England)_(No._4)_Regulations_2020" title="Health Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) (England) (No. 4) Regulations 2020">Health Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) (England) (No. 4) Regulations 2020</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Health_Protection_(Coronavirus,_Restrictions)_(All_Tiers)_(England)_Regulations_2020" title="Health Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) (All Tiers) (England) Regulations 2020">Coronavirus, Restrictions (All Tiers) (England) Regulations 2020</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Health_Protection_(Coronavirus,_International_Travel)_(England)_Regulations_2020" title="Health Protection (Coronavirus, International Travel) (England) Regulations 2020">Coronavirus, International Travel (England) Regulations 2020</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Health_Protection_(Coronavirus,_Wearing_of_Face_Coverings_on_Public_Transport)_(England)_Regulations_2020" title="Health Protection (Coronavirus, Wearing of Face Coverings on Public Transport) (England) Regulations 2020">Face Coverings on Public Transport (England) Regulations 2020</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Health_Protection_(Coronavirus,_Wearing_of_Face_Coverings_in_a_Relevant_Place)_(England)_Regulations_2020" title="Health Protection (Coronavirus, Wearing of Face Coverings in a Relevant Place) (England) Regulations 2020">Face Coverings in a Relevant Place (England) Regulations 2020</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Health_Protection_(Coronavirus,_Restrictions)_(Steps)_(England)_Regulations_2021" title="Health Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) (Steps) (England) Regulations 2021">Coronavirus, Restrictions (Steps) (England) Regulations 2021</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Health_Protection_(Coronavirus,_Restrictions)_(Local_Authority_Enforcement_Powers_and_Amendment)_(England)_Regulations_2020" title="Health Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) (Local Authority Enforcement Powers and Amendment) (England) Regulations 2020">Coronavirus, Restrictions (Local Authority Enforcement...) (England) Regulations 2020</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Health_Protection_(Coronavirus,_Restrictions)_(England)_(No._3)_Regulations_2020" title="Health Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) (England) (No. 3) Regulations 2020">Health Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) (England) (No. 3) Regulations 2020</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Health_Protection_(Coronavirus,_Restrictions)_(Self-Isolation)_(England)_Regulations_2020" title="Health Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) (Self-Isolation) (England) Regulations 2020">Health Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) (Self-Isolation) (England) Regulations 2020</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Health_Protection_(Coronavirus,_International_Travel_and_Operator_Liability)_(England)_Regulations_2021" title="Health Protection (Coronavirus, International Travel and Operator Liability) (England) Regulations 2021">Coronavirus, International Travel and Operator Liability (England) Regulations 2021</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Coronavirus_Act_2020" title="Coronavirus Act 2020">Coronavirus Act 2020</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Expired<br />or spent</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/Health_Protection_(Coronavirus,_Restrictions)_(No._2)_(England)_Regulations_2020" title="Health Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) (No. 2) (England) Regulations 2020">Coronavirus, Restrictions (No. 2) (England) Regulations 2020</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Health_Protection_(Coronavirus,_Wearing_of_Face_Coverings)_(England)_Regulations_2021" title="Health Protection (Coronavirus, Wearing of Face Coverings) (England) Regulations 2021">Health Protection (Coronavirus, Wearing of Face Coverings) (England) Regulations 2021</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Health_Protection_(Coronavirus,_Restrictions)_(Entry_to_Venues_and_Events)_(England)_Regulations_2021" title="Health Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) (Entry to Venues and Events) (England) Regulations 2021">Health Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) (Entry to Venues and Events) (England) Regulations 2021</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Health_Protection_(Coronavirus,_Restrictions)_(All_Tiers_and_Self-Isolation)_(England)_(Amendment)_Regulations_2021" title="Health Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) (All Tiers and Self-Isolation) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2021">Coronavirus, Restrictions (All Tiers and Self-Isolation) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2021</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom_responses_to_the_COVID-19_pandemic" title="United Kingdom responses to the COVID-19 pandemic">Responses</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/British_government_response_to_the_COVID-19_pandemic" title="British government response to the COVID-19 pandemic">Government</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/Coronavirus_Job_Retention_Scheme" title="Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme">Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Controversies_regarding_COVID-19_contracts_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="Controversies regarding COVID-19 contracts in the United Kingdom">Contract controversies</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/COVID-19_lockdown_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="COVID-19 lockdown in the United Kingdom">Lockdown</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eat_Out_to_Help_Out" title="Eat Out to Help Out">Eat Out to Help Out</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Global_Travel_Taskforce" title="Global Travel Taskforce">Global Travel Taskforce</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Tutoring_Programme" title="National Tutoring Programme">National Tutoring Programme</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pick_for_Britain" title="Pick for Britain">Pick for Britain</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Project_Birch" title="Project Birch">Project Birch</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Can_you_look_them_in_the_eyes%3F" title="Can you look them in the eyes?">Can you look them in the eyes?</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cabinet_Secretary_for_Covid_Recovery" title="Cabinet Secretary for Covid Recovery">Cabinet Secretary for Covid Recovery</a> (Scotland)</li> <li>Pre-pandemic exercises <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Exercise_Cygnus" title="Exercise Cygnus">Exercise Cygnus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Coughs_and_sneezes_spread_diseases" title="Coughs and sneezes spread diseases">Coughs and sneezes spread diseases</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Catch_It,_Bin_It,_Kill_It" title="Catch It, Bin It, Kill It">Catch It, Bin It, Kill It</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Military</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/Operation_Rescript" title="Operation Rescript">United Kingdom</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Broadshare" title="Operation Broadshare">Overseas territories</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Timelines</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>England <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Timeline_of_the_COVID-19_pandemic_in_England_(January%E2%80%93June_2020)" title="Timeline of the COVID-19 pandemic in England (January–June 2020)">January–June 2020</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Timeline_of_the_COVID-19_pandemic_in_England_(July%E2%80%93December_2020)" title="Timeline of the COVID-19 pandemic in England (July–December 2020)">July–December 2020</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Timeline_of_the_COVID-19_pandemic_in_England_(2021)" title="Timeline of the COVID-19 pandemic in England (2021)">2021</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Timeline_of_the_COVID-19_pandemic_in_England_(2022)" title="Timeline of the COVID-19 pandemic in England (2022)">2022</a></li></ul></li> <li>Northern Ireland <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Timeline_of_the_COVID-19_pandemic_in_Northern_Ireland_(2020)" title="Timeline of the COVID-19 pandemic in Northern Ireland (2020)">2020</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Timeline_of_the_COVID-19_pandemic_in_Northern_Ireland_(2021)" title="Timeline of the COVID-19 pandemic in Northern Ireland (2021)">2021</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Timeline_of_the_COVID-19_pandemic_in_Northern_Ireland_(2022)" title="Timeline of the COVID-19 pandemic in Northern Ireland (2022)">2022</a></li></ul></li> <li>Scotland <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Timeline_of_the_COVID-19_pandemic_in_Scotland_(2020)" title="Timeline of the COVID-19 pandemic in Scotland (2020)">2020</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Timeline_of_the_COVID-19_pandemic_in_Scotland_(2021)" title="Timeline of the COVID-19 pandemic in Scotland (2021)">2021</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Timeline_of_the_COVID-19_pandemic_in_Scotland_(2022)" title="Timeline of the COVID-19 pandemic in Scotland (2022)">2022</a></li></ul></li> <li>Wales <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Timeline_of_the_COVID-19_pandemic_in_Wales_(2020)" title="Timeline of the COVID-19 pandemic in Wales (2020)">2020</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Timeline_of_the_COVID-19_pandemic_in_Wales_(2021)" title="Timeline of the COVID-19 pandemic in Wales (2021)">2021</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Timeline_of_the_COVID-19_pandemic_in_Wales_(2022)" title="Timeline of the COVID-19 pandemic in Wales (2022)">2022</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Advisory<br />bodies</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/Imperial_College_COVID-19_Response_Team" title="Imperial College COVID-19 Response Team">Imperial College COVID-19 Response Team</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Independent_SAGE" title="Independent SAGE">Independent SAGE</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joint_Biosecurity_Centre" title="Joint Biosecurity Centre">Joint Biosecurity Centre</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joint_Committee_on_Vaccination_and_Immunisation" title="Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation">Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/New_and_Emerging_Respiratory_Virus_Threats_Advisory_Group" title="New and Emerging Respiratory Virus Threats Advisory Group">New and Emerging Respiratory Virus Threats Advisory Group</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Scientific_Advisory_Group_for_Emergencies" title="Scientific Advisory Group for Emergencies">Scientific Advisory Group for Emergencies</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Key people</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/Kevin_Fenton" title="Kevin Fenton">Kevin Fenton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Neil_Ferguson_(epidemiologist)" title="Neil Ferguson (epidemiologist)">Neil Ferguson</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Matt Hancock</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dido_Harding" title="Dido Harding">Dido Harding</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jenny_Harries" title="Jenny Harries">Jenny Harries</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sajid_Javid" title="Sajid Javid">Sajid Javid</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boris_Johnson" title="Boris Johnson">Boris Johnson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wei_Shen_Lim" title="Wei Shen Lim">Wei Shen Lim</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Phil_Prosser" title="Phil Prosser">Phil Prosser</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/June_Raine" title="June Raine">June Raine</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rishi_Sunak" title="Rishi Sunak">Rishi Sunak</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maggie_Throup" title="Maggie Throup">Maggie Throup</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Patrick_Vallance" title="Patrick Vallance">Patrick Vallance</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jonathan_Van-Tam" title="Jonathan Van-Tam">Jonathan Van-Tam</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chris_Whitty" title="Chris Whitty">Chris Whitty</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nadhim_Zahawi" title="Nadhim Zahawi">Nadhim Zahawi</a></li></ul> </div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">England</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/Stephen_Powis" title="Stephen Powis">Stephen Powis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Amanda_Pritchard" title="Amanda Pritchard">Amanda Pritchard</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Simon_Stevens" title="Simon Stevens">Simon Stevens</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Northern Ireland</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/Arlene_Foster" title="Arlene Foster">Arlene Foster</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paul_Givan" title="Paul Givan">Paul Givan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charlotte_McArdle" title="Charlotte McArdle">Charlotte McArdle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Michael_McBride_(doctor)" title="Michael McBride (doctor)">Michael McBride</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Michelle_O%27Neill" title="Michelle O&#39;Neill">Michelle O'Neill</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robin_Swann" title="Robin Swann">Robin Swann</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Scotland</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/Catherine_Calderwood" title="Catherine Calderwood">Catherine Calderwood</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joe_FitzPatrick" title="Joe FitzPatrick">Joe FitzPatrick</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jeane_Freeman" title="Jeane Freeman">Jeane Freeman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jason_Leitch" title="Jason Leitch">Jason Leitch</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gregor_Smith" title="Gregor Smith">Gregor Smith</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Devi_Sridhar" title="Devi Sridhar">Devi Sridhar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nicola_Sturgeon" title="Nicola Sturgeon">Nicola Sturgeon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Swinney" title="John Swinney">John Swinney</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Humza_Yousaf" title="Humza Yousaf">Humza Yousaf</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Wales</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/Frank_Atherton" title="Frank Atherton">Frank Atherton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mark_Drakeford" title="Mark Drakeford">Mark Drakeford</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vaughan_Gething" title="Vaughan Gething">Vaughan Gething</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eluned_Morgan,_Baroness_Morgan_of_Ely" class="mw-redirect" title="Eluned Morgan, Baroness Morgan of Ely">Eluned Morgan</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Media<br />depictions</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/Can_You_Hear_Me%3F_(Doctors)" title="Can You Hear Me? (Doctors)">"Can You Hear Me" (<i>Doctors</i>)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Casualty_(series_35)" class="mw-redirect" title="Casualty (series 35)"><i>Casualty</i> (series 35)</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Emergency_State_(book)" title="Emergency State (book)">Emergency State</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Failures_of_State" title="Failures of State">Failures of State</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Grayson%27s_Art_Club" title="Grayson&#39;s Art Club">Grayson's Art Club</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Help_(2021_television_film)" class="mw-redirect" title="Help (2021 television film)">Help</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Hold_Still:_A_Portrait_of_Our_Nation_in_2020" title="Hold Still: A Portrait of Our Nation in 2020">Hold Still: A Portrait of Our Nation in 2020</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Isolation_Stories" title="Isolation Stories">Isolation Stories</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Locked_Down_(film)" title="Locked Down (film)">Locked Down</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lockdown_Files" title="Lockdown Files">Lockdown Files</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Pandemic_Diaries" title="Pandemic Diaries">Pandemic Diaries</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Partygate_(TV_drama)" class="mw-redirect" title="Partygate (TV drama)">Partygate</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Preventable_(book)" title="Preventable (book)">Preventable</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Staged" title="Staged">Staged</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/This_England_(TV_series)" title="This England (TV series)">This England</a></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">See also</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/Captain_Tom_Moore" title="Captain Tom Moore">Captain Tom Moore</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Coronavirus_Tech_Handbook" title="Coronavirus Tech Handbook">Coronavirus Tech Handbook</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Covid-19_Bereaved_Families_for_Justice" title="Covid-19 Bereaved Families for Justice">COVID-19 Bereaved Families for Justice</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Death_of_Belly_Mujinga" title="Death of Belly Mujinga">Death of Belly Mujinga</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/EveryDoctor" title="EveryDoctor">EveryDoctor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Category:Deaths_from_the_COVID-19_pandemic_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="Category:Deaths from the COVID-19 pandemic in the United Kingdom">Notable deaths</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/London_Blossom_Garden" title="London Blossom Garden">London Blossom Garden</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lineage_B.1.1.7" class="mw-redirect" title="Lineage B.1.1.7">Lineage B.1.1.7</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Covid_Memorial_Wall" title="National Covid Memorial Wall">National Covid Memorial Wall</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2"><div><b><span class="nowrap"><span class="noviewer" typeof="mw:File"><a 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