{{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 Arms of 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<br>HM Passport Office | image = Official portrait of Mike Tapp MP.jpg | incumbent = Mike Tapp | incumbentsince = 6 September 2025 | style = '''Migration Minister''' (informal)<br />The Right Honourable (within the UK and Commonwealth) | type = Minister of the Crown | status = 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 = The Monarch | appointer_qualified = { (on the advice of the Prime Minister) | termlength = At His Majesty's pleasure | formation = 6 May 1979 | salary = £115,824 per annum (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 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 = Tim Raison | website = [https://www.gov.uk/government/ministers/minister-of-state--121 Official website]

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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 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 *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)}}" | |Tim Raison | |6 May 1979 |6 January 1983 | rowspan="3" |Conservative | rowspan="3" |Margaret Thatcher | rowspan="3" |Minister of State with responsibility for the 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 | rowspan="2" | | rowspan="2" |25 July 1989 | rowspan="2" |15 April 1992 | rowspan="3" |Conservative |Margaret Thatcher | rowspan="3" |Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State with responsibility for the Immigration and Nationality Department |- | rowspan="2" |John Major |- ! style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" | |Charles Wardle |60px |15 April 1992 |20 July 1994 |- ! colspan="8" |Minister of State for the Home Office |- ! style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" | |The Baroness Blatch |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)}}" | |Michael O'Brien |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)}}" | |The Lord Rooker |80x80px |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 |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 |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 |80x80px |1 April 2004 |6 May 2005 | rowspan="2" |Labour | rowspan="2" |Tony Blair | |- ! style="background-color: {{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" | |Tony McNulty |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 |80x80px |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 |80x80px |27 June 2007 |3 October 2008 | rowspan="2" |Labour | rowspan="2" |Gordon Brown | |- ! style="background-color: {{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" | |Phil Woolas |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 |90x90px |13 May 2010 |4 September 2012 | rowspan="2" |Conservative | rowspan="2" |David Cameron | |- ! style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" | |Mark Harper |60x60px |4 September 2012 |8 February 2014 | |- ! colspan="8" |Minister of State for Security and Immigration |- ! style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" | |James Brokenshire |80x80px |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 |80x80px |16 July 2016 |11 June 2017 | rowspan="3" |Conservative | rowspan="3" |Theresa May | |- ! style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" | |Brandon Lewis |80x80px |11 June 2017 |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 |80x80px |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 |60px |26 July 2019 |16 December 2019 | rowspan="2" |Conservative | rowspan="2" |Boris Johnson | |- ! style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" | |Kevin Foster |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 |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 |60px |7 September 2022 |25 October 2022 | Conservative | Liz Truss | |- ! style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" | |Robert Jenrick |80x80px |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 |79x79px |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 |60px |9 July 2024 |6 September 2025 | rowspan=2|Labour | rowspan=2|Keir Starmer | |- ! style="background-color: {{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" | |Mike Tapp |60px |6 September 2025 |''Incumbent'' | |}

==References== {{reflist}}

{{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