Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Safeguarding and Violence Against Women and Girls

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United Kingdom Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Safeguarding and Violence Against Women and Girls
Royal Arms of His Majesty's Government
Incumbent Jess Phillips since 9 July 2024
Home Office
Style	Minister
Appointer	The Monarch on advice of the Prime Minister
Website	www.gov.uk/government/ministers/parliamentary-under-secretary-of-state--179

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Safeguarding and Violence Against Women and Girls^[1] (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 Jess Phillips MP since July 2024.

Responsibilities

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

Name		Term of office		Party
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)
	Sarah Newton	17 July 2016	9 November 2017	Conservative	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	5 July 2024	Conservative	Sunak
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Safeguarding and Violence Against Women and Girls
	Jess Phillips	9 July 2024	Incumbent	Labour	Starmer

Ministers for Victims (2022-2023)

Name		Term of office		Party
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

References

^ "Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Minister for Safeguarding and Violence Against Women and Girls) - GOV.UK". www.gov.uk. Retrieved 2024-08-01.

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Ministers	Home Secretary Minister of State for Security Minister of State for Border Security and Asylum Minister of State for Home Affairs Minister of State for Policing, Fire and Crime Prevention Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Migration and Citizenship Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Safeguarding and Violence Against Women and Girls
Civil Service	Permanent Under-Secretary of State at the Home Office
Divisions	Border Force HM Passport Office Homeland Security Group Immigration Enforcement National DNA Database UK Visas and Immigration
Non-departmental public bodies	Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs Animals in Science Committee Biometrics and Forensic Ethics Group Disclosure and Barring Service Gangmasters and Labour Abuse Authority Migration Advisory Committee Independent Office for Police Conduct Investigatory Powers Tribunal Office of the Immigration Services Commissioner Security Industry Authority

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