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{{Short description|Ministerial position in the Government of the United Kingdom}}
{{Infobox Political post
| post = {{small|[[United Kingdom]]}}<br />Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Migration and Citizenship
| insignia = Coat of arms of the United Kingdom (2022, lesser arms).svg
| insigniasize = 140px
| insigniacaption = [[Royal coat of arms of the United Kingdom|Royal Arms]] of [[Government of the United Kingdom|His Majesty's Government]]
| flag = Flag of the United Kingdom.svg
| flagsize = 110px
| flagcaption = [[Flag of the United Kingdom]]
| department = [[Home Office]] <br /> [[UK Visas and Immigration]]
| imagen =
| incumbent = [[Seema Malhotra]]
| incumbentsince = 9 July 2024
| style = '''Migration Minister'''<br />{{small|(informal)}}<br />[[The Right Honourable]]<br />{{small|(within the UK and Commonwealth)}}
| type = [[Minister of the Crown]]
| status = [[Minister of State (United Kingdom)|Minister of State]]
| member_of = [[His Majesty's Government]]
| reports_to = {{ubl|[[Prime Minister of the United Kingdom]]|[[Home Secretary]]}}
| seat = [[Westminster]]
| nominator = Prime Minister
| appointer = [[Monarchy of the United Kingdom|The Monarch]]
| appointer_qualified = {{small|(on the advice of the [[Prime Minister of the United Kingdom|Prime Minister]])}}
| termlength = [[At His Majesty's pleasure]]
| formation = 6 May 1979
| salary = £115,824 per annum {{small|(2022)}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=Salaries of Members of His Majesty's Government – Financial Year 2022–23 |url=https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/1124173/2022-12-07-Ministerial-Salaries-22-23-table.pdf |date=15 December 2022}}</ref><br />(including £86,584 [[Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)|MP]] salary)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Pay and expenses for MPs |url=https://www.parliament.uk/about/mps-and-lords/members/pay-mps/ |access-date=15 December 2022 |website=parliament.uk}}</ref>
| first = [[Timothy Raison|Tim Raison]]
| website = [https://www.gov.uk/government/ministers/minister-of-state--121 Official website]
| image = Seema Malhotra official portrait - 53859267695.jpg
}}
The '''Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Migration and Citizenship'''<ref>{{Cite web |title=Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Minister for Migration and Citizenship) - GOV.UK |url=https://www.gov.uk/government/ministers/parliamentary-under-secretary-of-state--243 |access-date=2024-08-01 |website=www.gov.uk |language=en}}</ref> 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 of the United Kingdom|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: the '''[[Minister of State for Countering Illegal Migration]]''' and the '''Minister of State for Legal Migration and the Border'''.
==Responsibilities==
As of 2022 the minister has responsibility for legal migration, illegal migration and asylum,<ref name=role>Home Office, [https://www.gov.uk/government/ministers/minister-of-state--121 Ministerial role: Minister of State (Minister for Immigration)], accessed 25 October 2022</ref> 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 scandal|Windrush]]
*[[Modern slavery]]
==List of ministers==
{| class="wikitable"
!colspan=2 |Name
!Portrait
!colspan=2 |Term of office
!Political party
!Prime Minister
!Notes
|-
! colspan="8" |Minister of State for the Home Office
|-
! style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
|[[Timothy Raison|Tim Raison]]
|
|6 May 1979
|6 January 1983
| rowspan="3" |[[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]]
| rowspan="3" |[[Margaret Thatcher]]
| rowspan="3" |Minister of State with responsibility for the [[Immigration and Nationality Directorate|Immigration and Nationality Department]]
|-
! style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
|[[David Waddington]]
|
|6 January 1983
|13 June 1987
|-
! style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
|[[Tim Renton]]
|
|13 June 1987
|25 July 1989
|-
! colspan="8" |Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for the Home Office
|-
! rowspan="2" style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
| rowspan="2" |[[Peter Lloyd (politician)|Peter Lloyd]]
| rowspan="2" |
|25 July 1989
|28 November 1990
| rowspan="3" |Conservative
|[[Margaret Thatcher]]
| rowspan="3" |Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State with responsibility for the [[Immigration and Nationality Directorate|Immigration and Nationality Department]]
|-
|28 November 1990
|15 April 1992
| rowspan="2" |[[John Major]]
|-
! style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
|[[Charles Wardle]]
|[[File:Charles Wardle, MP for Bexhill and Battle 1983-2001.jpg|60px]]
|15 April 1992
|20 July 1994
|-
! colspan="8" |Minister of State for the Home Office
|-
! style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
|[[Emily Blatch, Baroness Blatch|The Baroness Blatch]]
|[[File:Emily Blatch, 2004.jpg|60px]]
|20 July 1994
|2 May 1997
|Conservative
|[[John Major]]
|Minister of State with responsibility for the Immigration and Nationality Department
|-
! colspan="8" |Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Immigration
|-
! style="background-color: {{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |
|[[Mike O'Brien (British politician)|Michael O'Brien]]
|[[File:Mike O'Brien 2.jpg|60px]]
|5 May 1997
|8 June 2001
|Labour
|[[Tony Blair]]
|
|-
! colspan="8" |Minister of State for Asylum and Immigration
|-
! style="background-color: {{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |
|[[Barbara Roche]]
|
|28 July 1999
|11 June 2001
| rowspan="2" |Labour
| rowspan="2" |[[Tony Blair]]
|
|-
! style="background-color: {{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |
|[[Jeff Rooker|The Lord Rooker]]
|[[File:official portrait of Lord Rooker crop 2.jpg|60px]]
|11 June 2001
|29 May 2002
|
|-
! colspan="8" |Minister of State for Citizenship, Immigration and Community Cohesion
|-
! style="background-color: {{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |
|[[Beverley Hughes]]
|[[File:Beverley Hughes 3.jpg|60px]]
|29 May 2002
|13 June 2003
|Labour
|[[Tony Blair]]
|
|-
! colspan="8" |Minister of State for Citizenship, Immigration and Counter-Terrorism<ref name=":0">{{cite web|title=Baroness Hughes of Stretford|url=http://www.parliament.uk/biographies/beverley-hughes/25513|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101227121213/http://www.parliament.uk/biographies/beverley-hughes/25513|archive-date=2010-12-27|accessdate=2011-02-03}}</ref>
|-
! style="background-color: {{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |
|[[Beverley Hughes]]
|[[File:Beverley Hughes 3.jpg|60px]]
|13 June 2003
|1 April 2004
|Labour
|[[Tony Blair]]
|Resigned over illegal immigration visa scandal<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/politics/3589131.stm|title=Hughes resigns over visa scam row|date=April 1, 2004|via=news.bbc.co.uk}}</ref>
|-
! colspan="8" |Minister of State for Immigration, Citizenship and Nationality<ref>{{cite web|title=Lord Browne of Ladyton|url=http://www.parliament.uk/biographies/desmond-browne/25666|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101226211615/http://www.parliament.uk/biographies/desmond-browne/25666|archive-date=2010-12-26|accessdate=2011-02-03}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.theyworkforyou.com/mp/10400/tony_mcnulty/harrow_east|title=Tony McNulty, former MP, Harrow East|website=TheyWorkForYou}}</ref>
|-
! style="background-color: {{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |
|[[Des Browne]]
|[[File:Official portrait of Lord Browne of Ladyton crop 2, 2019.jpg|60px]]
|1 April 2004
|6 May 2005
| rowspan="2" |Labour
| rowspan="2" |[[Tony Blair]]
|
|-
! style="background-color: {{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |
|[[Tony McNulty]]
|[[File:McNulty_bus.jpg|60px]]
|16 May 2005
|23 May 2006
|
|-
! colspan="8" |Minister of State for Citizenship, Immigration and Nationality
|-
! style="background-color: {{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |
|[[Liam Byrne]]
|[[File:Official portrait of Liam Byrne crop 2.jpg|60px]]
|23 May 2006
|27 June
2007
|Labour
|[[Tony Blair]]
|
|-
! colspan="8" |Minister of State for Borders and Immigration<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{cite web|title=Rt Hon Liam Byrne|url=http://www.parliament.uk/biographies/liam-byrne/30771|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101228082526/http://www.parliament.uk/biographies/liam-byrne/30771|archive-date=2010-12-28|accessdate=2011-02-03}}</ref>
|-
! style="background-color: {{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |
|[[Liam Byrne]]
|[[File:Official portrait of Liam Byrne crop 2.jpg|60px]]
|27 June
2007
|3 October 2008
| rowspan="2" |Labour
| rowspan="2" |[[Gordon Brown]]
|
|-
! style="background-color: {{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |
|[[Phil Woolas]]
|[[File:Phil_Woolas_MP.jpg|60px]]
|3 October 2008
|11 May 2010
|
|-
! colspan="8" |Minister of State for Immigration<ref>Page 40{{cite web|title=Archived copy|url=http://www.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/sites/default/files/resources/lmr100701.pdf|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120402153122/http://www.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/sites/default/files/resources/lmr100701.pdf|archive-date=2012-04-02|accessdate=2011-02-03}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Damian Green|url=http://www.parliament.uk/biographies/damian-green/25546|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101228005100/http://www.parliament.uk/biographies/damian-green/25546|archive-date=2010-12-28|accessdate=2011-02-03}}</ref>
|-
! style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
|[[Damian Green]]
|[[File:Official portrait of Rt Hon Damian Green MP crop 2.jpg|60px]]
|13 May 2010
|4 September 2012
| rowspan="2" |Conservative
| rowspan="2" |[[David Cameron]]
|
|-
! style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
|[[Mark Harper]]
|[[File:Official portrait of Rt Hon Mark Harper MP crop 2.jpg|60px]]
|4 September 2012
|8 February 2014
|
|-
! colspan="8" |[[Minister for Security and Immigration|Minister of State for Security and Immigration]]
|-
! style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
|[[James Brokenshire]]
|[[File:Official portrait of Rt Hon James Brokenshire MP crop 2.jpg|60px]]
|8 February 2014
|14 July 2016
|Conservative
|[[David Cameron]]
|
|-
! colspan="8" |Minister of State for Immigration
|-
! style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
|[[Robert Goodwill]]
|[[File:Official portrait of Rt Hon Robert Goodwill MP crop 2.jpg|60px]]
|16 July 2016
|11 June 2017
| rowspan="3" |Conservative
| rowspan="3" |[[Theresa May]]
|
|-
! style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
|[[Brandon Lewis]]
|[[File:Official portrait of Rt Hon Brandon Lewis MP crop 2.jpg|60px]]
|11 June 2017
|[[2018 British cabinet reshuffle|8 January 2018]]
|''Attended meetings of the Cabinet<ref>{{Cite news|title=Government response to Catherine West's letter on international students|work=Catherine West MP|url=http://www.catherinewest.org.uk/government_response_to|access-date=2017-12-24}}</ref>''
|-
! style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
|[[Caroline Nokes]]
|[[File:Official portrait of Rt Hon Caroline Nokes MP crop 2.jpg|60px]]
|[[2018 British cabinet reshuffle|8 January 2018]]
|24 July 2019
|''Attended meetings of the Cabinet''
|-
! colspan="8" |Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Immigration<ref>{{cite web |title=Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Minister for Immigration) |url=https://www.gov.uk/government/ministers/parliamentary-under-secretary-of-state--92 |website=gov.uk |access-date=11 October 2022}}</ref>
|-
! style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
|[[Seema Kennedy]]
|[[File:Seema Kennedy MP.jpg|60px]]
|26 July 2019
|16 December 2019
| rowspan="2" |Conservative
| rowspan="2" |[[Boris Johnson]]
|
|-
! style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
|[[Kevin Foster (politician)|Kevin Foster]]
|[[File:Official portrait of Kevin Foster crop 2.jpg|60px]]
|16 December 2019
|14 February 2020
|
|-
! colspan="8" |Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Future Borders and Immigration (Until December 2021)<ref>{{cite web |title=Home Office |url=https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/home-office |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211214050010/https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/home-office |archive-date=2021-12-14  |website=gov.uk |access-date=11 October 2022}}</ref><br>Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Safe and Legal Migration (From December 2021)<ref>{{cite web |title=Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Minister for Safe and Legal Migration) |url=https://www.gov.uk/government/ministers/parliamentary-under-secretary-of-state-minister-for-future-borders-and-immigration |website=gov.uk |access-date=11 October 2022}}</ref>
|-
! style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
|[[Kevin Foster (politician)|Kevin Foster]]
|[[File:Official portrait of Kevin Foster crop 2.jpg|60px]]
|14 February 2020
|7 September 2022
| Conservative
| [[Boris Johnson]]
|
|-
! colspan="8" |Minister of State for Immigration<ref name=role />
|-
! style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
|[[Tom Pursglove]]
|[[File:Official portrait of Tom Pursglove MP crop 2.jpg|60px]]
|7 September 2022
|25 October 2022
| Conservative
| [[Liz Truss]]
|
|-
! style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
|[[Robert Jenrick]]
|[[File:Official portrait of Robert Jenrick crop 2.jpg|60px]]
|25 October 2022
|6 December 2023
| Conservative
| [[Rishi Sunak]]
| ''Attended meetings of the Cabinet''
|-
! colspan="8" |''{{nobold|Role split with new [[Minister of State for Countering Illegal Migration]]}}''<br>Minister of State for Legal Migration and the Border
|-
! style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
|[[Tom Pursglove]]
|[[File:Official portrait of Tom Pursglove MP crop 2.jpg|60px]]
|7 December 2023
|5 July 2024
| Conservative
| [[Rishi Sunak]]
|
|-
! colspan="8" |Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Migration and Citizenship
|-
! style="background-color: {{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |
|[[Seema Malhotra]]
|[[File:Seema Malhotra official portrait, 2024 (cropped).jpg|60px]]
|9 July 2024
|''Incumbent''
| Labour
| [[Keir Starmer]]
|
|}
==References==
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{{Home Office (United Kingdom)}}
{{Cabinet positions in the United Kingdom}}
[[Category:Home Office (United Kingdom)]]
[[Category:Immigration to the United Kingdom]]
[[Category:1979 establishments in the United Kingdom]]
[[Category:Ministerial offices in the United Kingdom]]