Minister of State for Immigration

The Minister of State for Immigration is a Minister of State in the Home Office of the Government of the United Kingdom.

Responsibilities

The minister is responsible for:

• immigration and border policy (including non-EU migration to the UK; family reunion; border security; detention and removal policy; asylum policy; post-Brexit immigration policy for EU nationals)
• foreign national offenders (management in immigration detention and deportation to country of origin)
• resettlement policy (including the operation of Home Office resettlement programmes: Syrian Vulnerable Persons Resettlement Scheme; Gateway; Mandate; and Vulnerable Children’s Resettlement Scheme)
• implementation of the Immigration Act 2016
• UK Visas and Immigration
• Immigration Enforcement
• Border Force
• Her Majesty’s Passport Office
• Independent Chief Inspector of Borders and Immigration
• Home Office immigration transparency data
• net migration statistics

Ministers of State for Immigration

Name		Portrait	Term of office		Political party	Notes
	Tim Raison		6 May 1979	6 January 1983	Conservative	Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State with responsibility for the Immigration and Nationality Department
	David Waddington		6 January 1983	13 June 1987	Conservative	Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State with responsibility for the Immigration and Nationality Department
	Tim Renton		13 June 1987	25 July 1989	Conservative	Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State with responsibility for the Immigration and Nationality Department
	Peter Lloyd		25 July 1989	15 April 1992	Conservative	Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State with responsibility for the Immigration and Nationality Department
	Charles Wardle		15 April 1992	20 July 1994	Conservative	Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State with responsibility for the Immigration and Nationality Department
	Emily Blatch		20 July 1994	2 May 1997	Conservative	Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State with responsibility for the Immigration and Nationality Department
	Michael O'Brien		5 May 1997	28 July 1999	Labour	Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Immigration
	Barbara Roche		28 July 1999	11 June 2001	Labour	Minister of State for Asylum and Immigration
	Lord Rooker		11 June 2001	29 May 2002	Labour
	Beverley Hughes		29 May 2002	1 April 2004	Labour	Minister of State for Citizenship, Immigration and Community Cohesion (2002-2003) Minister of State for Citizenship, Immigration and Counter-Terrorism (2003-2004) [1] Resigned over illegal immigration visa scandal[2]
	Des Browne		1 April 2004	6 May 2005	Labour	Minister of State for Citizenship, Immigration and Nationality[3]
	Tony McNulty		16 May 2005	23 May 2006	Labour	Minister of State for Immigration, Citizenship and Nationality[4]
	Liam Byrne		23 May 2006	3 October 2008	Labour	Minister of State for Citizenship, Immigration and Nationality (2006-2007) Minister of State for Borders and Immigration (2007-2008)[5]
	Phil Woolas		3 October 2008	11 May 2010	Labour	Minister of State for Borders and Immigration
	Damian Green		13 May 2010	4 September 2012	Conservative	Minister of State for Immigration[6][7]
	Mark Harper		4 September 2012	8 February 2014	Conservative	Minister of State for Immigration
	James Brokenshire		8 February 2014	14 July 2016	Conservative	Minister for Security and Immigration
	Robert Goodwill		16 July 2016	Present	Conservative	Minister of State for Immigration

References

Home Office
Headquarters: 2 Marsham Street Home Secretary: Amber Rudd
Ministers	Minister of State for Policing and the Fire Service Minister of State for Security Minister of State for Immigration two Parliamentary Under-Secretaries of State
Divisions	Border Force HM Passport Office Immigration Enforcement National DNA Database UK Visas and Immigration
Non-departmental public bodies	Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs Animals in Science Committee Disclosure and Barring Service Gangmasters Licensing Authority Independent Police Complaints Commission Investigatory Powers Tribunal National DNA Database Ethics Group Office of the Immigration Services Commissioner Security Industry Authority