Minister for Defence Procurement

The Minister for Defence Procurement is a junior Defence minister in the Ministry of Defence of the British Government. The current incumbent of the post, Conservative MP, Jeremy Quin, was appointed on 13 February 2020.[1]

Origins

This ministerial post derives from that of two posts; the procurement aspects of this post were the responsibility of the Minister of Defence Procurement (either a Minister of State or the more junior, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State), while still the defence logistic aspects were the brief of the Minister of State for the Armed Forces.

This post was created in 2007 to reflect the establishment of the Defence Equipment and Support organisation of the UK Ministry of Defence. Lord Drayson was appointed as its first incumbent.[2] Whilst Lord Drayson held the role as a Minister of State, all of his successors have been Parliamentary Under-Secretaries, the most junior ministerial rank in the British Government.

The post was retitled in 2010 as Minister for Defence Equipment, Support and Technology. The current title of the post is unclear as it has been announced as both Minister for Defence Procurement[3] and Minister for Defence Equipment, Technology and Support.[4]

Responsibilities

The Minister is responsible for:

Delivery of the Equipment Plan
nuclear enterprise
Defence Equipment and Support (DE&S) reform
defence exports
innovation
defence science and technology including DSTL
information computer technology
the Single Source Regulations Office (SSRO)
DIO estates and investment
environment and sustainability

Ministers of Defence for Equipment, 1967–1970

Name		Portrait	Entered office	Left office	Political party
	Roy Mason		7 January 1967	16 April 1968	Labour
	John Morris		16 April 1968	19 June 1970	Labour

Minister of State for Defence, 1970–1972

Name		Portrait	Entered office	Left office	Political party
	Lord Balniel		23 June 1970	5 November 1972	Conservative

Minister for Defence Procurement, 1971–1972

Name		Portrait	Entered office	Left office	Political party
	Ian Gilmour		7 April 1971	5 November 1972	Conservative

Ministers of State for Defence, 1972–1981

	Entered office	Left office	Political party
Ian Gilmour	5 November 1972	8 January 1974	Conservative
George Younger	8 January 1974	4 March 1974	Conservative
William Rodgers	4 March 1974	10 September 1976	Labour
John Gilbert	10 September 1976	4 May 1979	Labour
The Lord Strathcona and Mount Royal	6 May 1979	5 January 1981	Conservative
The Viscount Trenchard	5 January 1981	29 May 1981	Conservative

Ministers for Defence Procurement, 1981–2007

	Entered office	Left office	Political party	Prime Minister
The Viscount Trenchard	29 May 1981	6 January 1983	Conservative	Margaret Thatcher
Geoffrey Pattie	6 January 1983	11 September 1984
Adam Butler	11 September 1984	2 September 1985
Norman Lamont	2 September 1985	21 May 1986
The Lord Trefgarne	21 May 1986	24 July 1989
Alan Clark	24 July 1989	14 April 1992
Alan Clark	24 July 1989	14 April 1992		John Major
Jonathan Aitken	14 April 1992	20 July 1994
Roger Freeman	20 July 1994	6 July 1995
James Arbuthnot	6 July 1995	1 May 1997
The Lord Gilbert	2 May 1997	July 1999	Labour	Tony Blair
The Baroness Symons of Vernham Dean	July 1999	8 June 2001
The Lord Bach	8 June 2001	6 May 2005
The Lord Drayson	6 May 2005	6 March 2007

Ministers for Defence Equipment and Support, 2007–2012

	Entered office	Left office	Political party	Prime Minister
The Lord Drayson	6 March 2007	7 November 2007	Labour	Tony Blair
The Lord Drayson	6 March 2007	7 November 2007		Gordon Brown
The Baroness Taylor of Bolton	7 November 2007	5 October 2008
Quentin Davies	5 October 2008	12 May 2010
Peter Luff	9 June 2010	4 September 2012	Conservative	David Cameron

Minister for Defence Procurement, 2012–

	Entered office	Left office	Political party	Prime Minister
Philip Dunne	4 September 2012	14 July 2016	Conservative	David Cameron
Harriett Baldwin	18 July 2016	9 January 2018		David Cameron
Harriett Baldwin	18 July 2016	9 January 2018		Theresa May
Guto Bebb	9 January 2018	16 July 2018[5]
Stuart Andrew	19 July 2018	27 July 2019
Anne-Marie Trevelyan	27 July 2019 [6]	16 December 2019		Boris Johnson
James Heappey	16 December 2019	13 February 2020
Jeremy Quin	13 February 2020	Incumbent

References

"Jeremy Quin MP". GOV.UK. Retrieved 2020-02-20.
Lord Drayson appointed minister Archived 2007-03-20 at the Wayback Machine
Election 2015: Prime Minister and ministerial appointments - 11 May 2015
Ministry of Defence Ministerial appointments finalised - 11 May 15
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/blog/live/2018/jul/16/brexit-mays-plan-dead-say-tory-remainers-and-leavers-jointly-ahead-of-key-votes-politics-live
Ripley, Tim (29 July 2019). "New UK procurement minister appointed". IHS Janes. London. Retrieved 30 July 2019.

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[1] "Jeremy Quin MP". GOV.UK. Retrieved 2020-02-20.

[2] Lord Drayson appointed minister Archived 2007-03-20 at the Wayback Machine

[3] Election 2015: Prime Minister and ministerial appointments - 11 May 2015

[4] Ministry of Defence Ministerial appointments finalised - 11 May 15

[5] ttps://www.theguardian.com/politics/blog/live/2018/jul/16/brexit-mays-plan-dead-say-tory-remainers-and-leavers-jointly-ahead-of-key-votes-politics-live

[6] Ripley, Tim (29 July 2019). "New UK procurement minister appointed". IHS Janes. London. Retrieved 30 July 2019.