Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Victims and Safeguarding
United Kingdom Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Victims and Safeguarding | |
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Home Office | |
Style | Minister |
Appointer | The Monarch on advice of the Prime Minister |
Website | www |
The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Victims and Safeguarding (also known as Minister for Safeguarding) is a junior role in His Majesty's Government held jointly in the Home Office and Ministry of Justice. It is held by Laura Farris MP since November 2023.
Responsibilities[edit]
The minister has the following responsibilities:
- tackling violence against women and girls including
- domestic abuse
- FGM and forced marriage
- child sexual abuse and exploitation
- Disclosure and Barring Service
- Gangmasters and Labour Abuse Authority
- sexual violence
- rape review
- prostitution
- stalking
- hate crime
- crime prevention
- early youth intervention
- victim support
- victims elements of RASSO
List of ministers[edit]
Name | Portrait | Term of office | Party | Ministry | |||
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Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Preventing Abuse, Exploitation and Crime | |||||||
Karen Bradley | ![]() | 8 February 2014 | 14 July 2016 | Conservative | Cameron (II) | ||
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Crime, Safeguarding and Vulnerability | |||||||
Sarah Newton | ![]() | 17 July 2016 | 9 November 2017 | Conservative | May (I) | ||
May (II) | |||||||
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Safeguarding | |||||||
Victoria Atkins | ![]() | 9 November 2017 | 16 September 2021 | Conservative | May (II) | ||
Johnson (I) | |||||||
Johnson (II) | |||||||
Rachel Maclean | ![]() | 16 September 2021 | 6 July 2022 | Conservative | |||
Amanda Solloway | ![]() | 8 July 2022 | 20 September 2022 | Conservative | |||
Mims Davies | ![]() | 20 September 2022 | 27 October 2022 | Conservative | Truss | ||
Sarah Dines | ![]() | 27 October 2022 | 13 November 2023 | Conservative | Sunak | ||
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Victims and Safeguarding | |||||||
Laura Farris | ![]() | 13 November 2023 | Incumbent | Conservative | Sunak |
Ministers for Victims (2022-2023)[edit]
Name | Portrait | Term of office | Party | Ministry | |||
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Minister of State for Victims and Vulnerability | |||||||
Rachel Maclean | ![]() | 7 September 2022 | 28 October 2022 | Conservative | Truss | ||
Minister of State for Victims and Sentencing | |||||||
Edward Argar | ![]() | 28 October 2022 | 13 November 2023 | Conservative | Sunak | ||
Office merged with Minister for Safeguarding to form Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Victims and Safeguarding |