A number of appointments at the Department for Education are yet to be filled, including the early years brief.
David Cameron also hosted the first Cabinet meeting of the new all-Conservative Government.
During the Cabinet meeting, the first part of which was filmed by a BBC television crew, the Prime Minister waved a copy of the manifesto and said that the Conservatives would deliver all their manifesto pledges.
This would include the manifesto pledge to an early years funding review and a doubling of the amount of funded places for three-and four-year-olds to 30 hours a week for working parents.
At the Cabinet meeting the Prime Minister said, ‘In here is the programme we have the mandate to deliver.’
Mr Cameron said, ‘This will be a different government. It is not a coalition Government, so we have proper accountability. There’s no trading away of things that are in here. The ability to deliver this, that is one of the most important things we can do to restore trust and faith in politics, when you vote for something you get it, and that is what we are going to do.’
Ministerial appointments announced this morning are:
- Dominic Raab becomes new Parliamentary Under Secretary of State at Ministry of Justice.
- Tracey Crouch is the new Minister for Sport.
- Damian Hinds is to be Exchequer Secretary to the Treasury
- John Penrose is to be Parliamentary Secretary at the Cabinet Office
- Mark Lancaster is Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Defence Personnel, Welfare and Veterans.
- Caroline Dinenage is the Parliamentary Under Secretary of State at the Ministry of Justice. She is also Minister for Equalities at DfE.
- Ben Wallace is the Parliamentary Under Secretary of State at the Northern Ireland Office.
- Andrew Jones is the Parliamentary Under Secretary of State at the Department for Transport.
- James Wharton is the new Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government (Northern Powerhouse).
- Marcus Jones is to be Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government.
- Rory Stewart is to be Parliamentary Under Secretary of State at DEFRA.
- Justin Tomlinson is to be Minister for Disabled People at the Department for Work and Pensions.
- Ben Gummer is to be Parliamentary Under Secretary of State at the Department of Health.
We will update you on other appointments as they are confirmed.
