The parliamentary under-secretary of state for migration and citizenship is a ministerial position in the Home Office of the Government of the United Kingdom.
From June 2017 to July 2019 and October 2022 to December 2023, the minister attended cabinet meetings as Minister of State for Immigration and was seen as one of the most senior minister of state positions in the Government.
The role was known as Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Future Borders and Immigration from 2020 to 2021 and Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Safe and Legal Migration from 2021 to 2022.
Following the resignation of Robert Jenrick in December 2023, the position was split into two roles: Minister of State for Countering Illegal Migration and Minister of State for Legal Migration and the Border.
Responsibilities As of 2022 the minister has responsibility for legal migration, illegal migration and asylum,Home Office, Ministerial role: Minister of State (Minister for Immigration), accessed 25 October 2022 including:
UK points-based system Simplifying the immigration system and immigration rules Current and future visa system Asylum Net migration EU Settlement Scheme Nationality Windrush Modern slavery
List of ministers NamePortraitTerm of officePolitical partyPrime MinisterNotesMinister of State for the Home OfficeTim Raison6 May 19796 January 1983ConservativeMargaret ThatcherMinister of State with responsibility for the Immigration and Nationality DepartmentDavid Waddington6 January 198313 June 1987Tim Renton13 June 198725 July 1989Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for the Home OfficePeter Lloyd25 July 198928 November 1990ConservativeMargaret ThatcherParliamentary Under-Secretary of State with responsibility for the Immigration and Nationality Department28 November 199015 April 1992John MajorCharles Wardle15 April 199220 July 1994Minister of State for the Home OfficeEmily Blatch, Baroness Blatch20 July 19942 May 1997ConservativeJohn MajorMinister of State with responsibility for the Immigration and Nationality DepartmentParliamentary Under-Secretary of State for ImmigrationMichael O'Brien5 May 19978 June 2001LabourTony BlairMinister of State for Asylum and ImmigrationBarbara Roche28 July 199911 June 2001LabourTony BlairJeff Rooker, Baron Rooker11 June 200129 May 2002Minister of State for Citizenship, Immigration and Community CohesionBeverley Hughes29 May 200213 June 2003LabourTony BlairMinister of State for Citizenship, Immigration and Counter-TerrorismBeverley Hughes13 June 20031 April 2004LabourTony BlairResigned over illegal immigration visa scandalMinister of State for Immigration, Citizenship and NationalityDes Browne1 April 20046 May 2005LabourTony BlairTony McNulty16 May 200523 May 2006Minister of State for Citizenship, Immigration and NationalityLiam Byrne23 May 200627 June 2007LabourTony BlairMinister of State for Borders and ImmigrationLiam Byrne27 June 20073 October 2008LabourGordon BrownPhil Woolas3 October 200811 May 2010Minister of State for ImmigrationPage 40Damian Green13 May 20104 September 2012ConservativeDavid CameronMark Harper4 September 20128 February 2014Minister of State for Security and ImmigrationJames Brokenshire8 February 201414 July 2016ConservativeDavid CameronMinister of State for ImmigrationRobert Goodwill16 July 201611 June 2017ConservativeTheresa MayBrandon Lewis11 June 20178 January 2018Attended meetings of the CabinetCaroline Nokes8 January 201824 July 2019Attended meetings of the CabinetParliamentary Under-Secretary of State for ImmigrationSeema Kennedy26 July 201916 December 2019ConservativeBoris JohnsonKevin Foster16 December 201914 February 2020Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Future Borders and Immigration (Until December 2021)Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Safe and Legal Migration (From December 2021)Kevin Foster14 February 20207 September 2022 Conservative Boris JohnsonMinister of State for ImmigrationTom Pursglove7 September 202225 October 2022 Conservative Liz TrussRobert Jenrick25 October 20226 December 2023 Rishi Sunak Attended meetings of the CabinetMinister of State for Legal Migration and the BorderTom Pursglove7 December 20235 July 2024 Conservative Rishi SunakParliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Migration and CitizenshipSeema Malhotra9 July 20246 September 2025LabourKeir StarmerMike Tapp6 September 202522 July 2026Jo White22 July 2026IncumbentAndy Burnham
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