The minister of state for Border Security and Asylum is a senior role in the
British Home Office with responsibility for tackling irregular migration.
It was previously known as the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Justice and Tackling Illegal Migration, previously known as Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Immigration Compliance and Courts and held in both the
British Home Office and the
Ministry of Justice
A justice ministry, ministry of justice, or department of justice, is a ministry or other government agency in charge of the administration of justice. The ministry or department is often headed by a minister of justice (minister for justice in a ...
. It was last held as a
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State by
Simon Baynes
Simon Robert Maurice Baynes (born 21 April 1960) is a British Conservative Party (UK), Conservative former politician who served as the Member of Parliament (United Kingdom), Member of Parliament (MP) for Clwyd South (UK Parliament constituenc ...
MP who took the office on 8 July 2022 after a
cabinet reshuffle
A cabinet reshuffle or shuffle occurs when a head of government rotates or changes the composition of ministers in their cabinet, or when the head of state changes the head of government and a number of ministers. They are more common in parliam ...
.
Responsibilities
The minister previously had the following responsibilities:
For the Home Office:
* access to work, benefits and services
* detention
* returns
* foreign national offenders
* illegal immigration strategy
* overseas development aid
* Immigration Enforcement
* asylum
* resettlement
* casework
* animals (illegal wildlife trade)
* sponsorship of Border Force and immigration enforcement directorates
* supporting Lords Minister on corporate affairs, including the Spending Review and Budget
* COVID-19 impacts on business as usual function of asylum and returns systems, detention and Border Force
For the Ministry of Justice:
* foreign national offenders and removing barriers to removal
* immigration system legal reform
* joint Spending Review bids (working with
Kit Malthouse
Christopher Laurie "Kit" Malthouse (born 27 October 1966) is a British Conservative Party politician and businessman who has served as Member of Parliament (MP) for North West Hampshire since 2015. He served as Secretary of State for Education ...
)
* immigration crime sentencing reform
* detained fast track
* court and tribunal services and reform
* court and tribunal fees
* administrative justice
* supporting the Secretary of State on departmental finance
List of officeholders
References
{{Home Office (United Kingdom)
Home Office (United Kingdom)
Lists of government ministers of the United Kingdom
Ministry of Justice (United Kingdom)
Immigration ministers
Ministerial offices in the United Kingdom