The office of Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Children and Families, formerly Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Children, Families and Wellbeing, is a junior ministerial position in the Department for Education, previously the Department for Children, Schools and Families and Department for Education and Skills, in the Government of the United Kingdom. The incumbent minister is Josh MacAlister.
The post was previously known as Minister of State for Schools and Childhood following the appointment of Kelly Tolhurst on 7 September 2022, who succeeded Brendan Clarke-Smith.
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History
Margaret Hodge was the first person to hold the position after it was announced in 2003. Maria Eagle was the minister from 2005 to 2006 taking Hodge's place, and Beverley Hughes held the position from 2006 until June 2009, when Dawn Primarolo took over until Labour lost office in May 2010.
List of ministers
Colour key (for political parties):
Labour
Conservative