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

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. The role has been held by Jess Phillips MP since July 2024.

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

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		Portrait	Term of office		Party	Ministry
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)
							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		Portrait	Term of office		Party	Ministry
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