Minister of State for Legal Migration and the Border

Ministerial position in the Government of the United Kingdom

The Minister of State for Legal Migration and the Border is a minister of state 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 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,^[3] 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
• Modern slavery

List of ministers

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