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Government Whips

Departments of State and Ministers

Department for Business, Enterprise & Regulatory Reform
1 Victoria Street
London SW1H 0ET
Tel: 020 7215 5000
Website: http://www.dti.gov.uk/
Ministerial e-mail: dti.enquiries@dti.gsi.gov.uk

Rt Hon John Hutton MP
Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform
Pat McFadden MP
Minister of State (Employment Relations)
Rt Hon Stephen Timms MP
Minister of State (Competitiveness)
Malcolm Wicks MP
Minister of State (Energy)
Lord Drayson
Minister of State (Business and Regulatory Reform) (jointly with MOD)
Sir Digby Jones
Minister of State (Trade and Investment) (jointly with FCO)
Gareth Thomas
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Trade Policy) (jointly with DfID)

Cabinet Office
70 Whitehall
London SW1A 2AS
Tel: 020 7276 3000
Website: http://www.cabinet-office.gov.uk/
Ministerial e-mail: mst@cabinet-office.x.gsi.gov.uk

Edward Miliband MP
Minister for the Cabinet Office and Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster
Rt Hon Tessa Jowell MP
Minister for the Olympics and Minister for London (Paymaster General)
Phil Hope MP
Parliamentary Secretary (Voluntary Sector)
Gillian Merron MP
Parliamentary Secretary (Civil Service and Social Exclusion) and Minister for the East Midlands

Department for Children, Schools and Families
Sanctuary Buildings
Great Smith Street
London SW1P 3BT
Tel: 0870 000 2288
Website: http://www.dfes.gov.uk/
Ministerial e-mail: dfes.ministers@dfes.gsi.gov.uk

Ed Balls MP
Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families
Jim Knight MP
Minister of State (Schools)
Rt Hon Beverley Hughes MP
Minister of State (Children and Families) and Minister for the North West
Lord Adonis
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Schools)
Kevin Brennan MP
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Children and Families)

Department for Communities and Local Government
Eland House
Bressenden Place
London SW1E 5DU
Tel: 020 7944 4400
Website: http://www.communities.gov.uk/
Ministerial e-mail: Contactus@communities.gsi.gov.uk

Rt Hon Hazel Blears MP
Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government
John Healey MP
Minister of State (Local Government)
Yvette Cooper MP
Minister of State (Housing)
Baroness Andrews
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Fire and Resilience)
Parmjit Dhanda MP
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Cohesion and Neighbourhoods)
Iain Wright MP
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Housing and Planning)

Department for Culture, Media & Sport
2-4 Cockspur Street
London SW1Y 5DH
Tel: 020 7211 6000
Website: http://www.culture.gov.uk/
Ministerial e-mail: enquiries@culture.gov.uk

James Purnell MP
Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport
Rt Hon Margaret Hodge MBE MP
Minister of State
Gerry Sutcliffe MP
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Sport)

Ministry of Defence
Floor 5, Main Building
Whitehall
London SW1A 2HB
Tel: 020 72189000
Website: http://www.mod.uk/
Ministerial e-mail:

Rt Hon Des Browne MP
Secretary of State for Defence and Secretary of State for Scotland
Rt Hon Bob Ainsworth MP
Minister of State (Armed Forces)
Lord Drayson
Minister of State (Defence Equipment and Support) (jointly with DBERR)
Derek Twigg MP
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State and Minister for Veterans

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Nobel House
17 Smith Square
London, SW1P 3JR
Tel: 020 7238 6000
Website: http://www.defra.gov.uk/
Ministerial e-mail: helpline@defra.gsi.gov.uk

Rt Hon Hilary Benn MP
Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Rt Hon Lord Rooker
Minister of State
Phil Woolas MP
Minister of State
Joan Ruddock MP
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State
Jonathan Shaw MP
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State and Minister for the South East

Foreign & Commonwealth Office
King Charles Street
London SW1A 2AH
Tel: 020 7008 1500
Website: http://www.fco.gov.uk/
Ministerial e-mail:

Rt Hon David Miliband MP
Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs
Sir Mark Malloch Brown
Minister of State (Africa, Asia and the UN)
Dr Kim Howells MP
Minister of State (Middle East and Latin America)
Sir Digby Jones
Minister of State (jointly with DBERR)
Jim Murphy MP
Minister of State (Europe)
Meg Munn MP
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Overseas Territories)

Department of Health
Richmond House
79 Whitehall
London SW1A 2NS
Tel: 020 7210 4850
Website: http://www.dh.gov.uk/
Ministerial e-mail: dhmail@dh.gsi.gov.uk

Rt Hon Alan Johnson MP
Secretary of State for Health
Rt Hon Dawn Primarolo MP
Minister of State (Public Health)
Ben Bradshaw MP
Minister of State (Health Services) and Minister for the South West
Professor Sir Ara Darzi
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State
Ann Keen MP
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Health Services)
Ivan Lewis MP
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Care Services)

Home Office
2 Marsham Street
London SW1P 4DF
Tel: 0870 0001585
Website: http://www.homeoffice.gov.uk/
Ministerial e-mail: public.enquiries@homeoffice.gsi.gov.uk

Rt Hon Jacqui Smith MP
Secretary of State for the Home Department
Tony McNulty MP
Minister of State (Policing, Security & Community Safety)
Liam Byrne MP
Minister of State (Immigration & Asylum) and Minister for the West Midlands
Vernon Coaker MP
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Crime and Community Safety)
Meg Hiller MP
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Immigration and Asylum)
Admiral Sir Alan West
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Security and Counter-terrorism)

Department for Innovation, Universities and Skills
1 Victoria Street
London SW1H 0ET
Tel: 020 7215 5000
Website: http://www.dti.gov.uk/science/
Ministerial e-mail: dti.enquiries@dti.gsi.gov.uk

Rt Hon John Denham MP
Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills
Ian Pearson MP
Minister of State
Bill Rammell MP
Minister of State
David Lammy MP
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State
Lord Triesman
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State

Department for International Development
1 Palace Street
London SW1E 5HE
Tel: 0845 300 4100
Website: http://www.dfid.gov.uk/
Ministerial e-mail: enquiry@dfid.gov.uk

Rt Hon Douglas Alexander MP
Secretary of State for International Development
Shahid Malik MP
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State
Baroness Vadera
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State
Gareth Thomas MP
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Trade Policy) (jointly with DBERR)

Ministry of Justice
Selborne House
54 Victoria Street
London SW1E 6QW
Tel: 020 7210 8500
Website: http://www.justice.gov.uk/
Ministerial e-mail: general.queries@justice.gsi.gov.uk

Rt Hon Jack Straw MP
Secretary of State for Justice and Lord Chancellor
Rt Hon David Hanson MP
Minister of State
Michael Willis MP
Minister of State
Maria Eagle MP
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State
Lord Hunt of King’s Heath OBE
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State
Bridget Prentice MP
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State

Law Officers' Department
Attorney General's Chambers
9 Buckingham Gate
London SW1E 6JP
Tel: 020 7271 2492
Website: http://www.lslo.gov.uk/
Ministerial e-mail: lslo@gtnet.gov.uk

Rt Hon Baroness Scotland of Asthal QC
Attorney General
Vera Baird MP
Solicitor General
Rt Hon Lord Davidson of Glen Clova QC
Advocate General for Scotland

Leader of the House of Commons
2 Carlton Gardens
London SW1Y 5AA
Tel: 020 7210 1025
Website: http://www.commonsleader.gov.uk/
Ministerial e-mail: Leader@CommonsLeader.x.gsi.gov.uk

Rt Hon Harriet Harman QC MP
Leader of the House of Commons, Lord Privy Seal and Minister for Women
Helen Goodman MP
Parliamentary Secretary

Northern Ireland Office
11 Millbank
London SW1P 4PN
Stormont Castle
Belfast BT4 3SG
Tel: 020 7210 3000 (London) or 028 9052 0700 (Belfast)
Website: http://www.nio.gov.uk/
Ministerial e-mail:

Shaun Woodward MP

Secretary of State for Northern Ireland

Paul Goggins MP

Minister of State

Privy Council Office
2 Carlton Gardens
London SW1Y 5AA
Tel: 020 7210 3000
Website: http://www.privycouncil.org.uk/
Ministerial e-mail: pcosecretariat@pco.x.gsi.gov.uk

Rt Hon Baroness Ashton of Upholland
Leader of the House of Lords and Lord President of the Council

Scotland Office
Dover House, Whitehall
London, SW1A 2AU
1 Melville Crescent
Edinburgh, EH3 7HW
Tel: 020 7270 6754 (London) 0131 2449010 (Edinburgh)
Website: http://www.scotlandoffice.gov.uk/
Ministerial e-mail: scottish.secretary@scotland.gsi.gov.uk

Rt Hon Des Browne MP
Secretary of State for Scotland
David Cairns MP
Minister of State

Department for Transport
Great Minster House
76 Marsham Street
London SW1P 4DR
Tel: 020 7944 8300
Website: http://www.dft.gov.uk/
Ministerial e-mail: douglas.alexander@dft.gsi.gov.uk

Rt Hon Ruth Kelly MP
Secretary of State for Transport
Rt Hon Rosie Winterton MP
Minister of State (Local and Regional Transport)
Jim Fitzpatrick MP
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Aviation and Shipping)
Tom Harris MP
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Rail)

HM Treasury
1 Horseguards Road
London SW1A 2HQ
Tel: 020 7270 5000
Website: http://www.hm-treasury.gov.uk/
Ministerial e-mail: ministers@hm-treasury.gov.uk

Rt Hon Gordon Brown MP
Prime Minister, First Lord of the Treasury and Minister for the Civil Service
Rt Hon Alistair Darling MP
Chancellor of the Exchequer
Andy Burnham MP
Chief Secretary to the Treasury
Rt Hon Jane Kennedy MP
Financial Secretary
Angela Eagle MP
Exchequer Secretary (Parliamentary Secretary)
Kitty Ussher MP
Economic Secretary (Parliamentary Secretary)

Wales Office
Gwydyr House
Whitehall
London SW1A 2ER
Tel: 020 7270 0534
Website: http://www.walesoffice.gov.uk/
Ministerial e-mail: wales.office@walesoffice.gsi.gov.uk

Rt Hon Peter Hain MP
Secretary of State for Wales
Huw Irranca-Davies MP
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State

Department for Work and Pensions
Caxton House
Tothill Street
London SW1H 9DA
Tel: 020 7712 2171
Website: http://www.dwp.gov.uk/
Ministerial e-mail: ministers@dwp.gsi.gov.uk

Rt Hon Peter Hain MP
Secretary of State for Works and Pensions
Mike O’Brien MP
Minister of State (Pensions Reform)
Caroline Flint MP
Minister of State (Employment and Welfare Reform) and Minister for the East of England
Anne McGuire MP
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State
Lord McKenzie of Luton
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State
James Plaskitt MP
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State
Barbara Follett MP
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State and Minister for the East of England

HM Household

Rt Hon Nicholas Brown MP
Deputy Chief Whip (Treasurer of HM Household) and Minister for the North East
Rt Hon Thomas McAvoy MP
Comptroller (Whip, House of Commons)
Liz Blackman MP
Vice Chamberlain
Rt Hon Lord Grocott
Captain of the Honourable Corps of Gentlemen-at-Arms (Chief Whip, House of Lords)
Rt Hon Lord Davies of Oldham
Captain of the Queen’s Bodyguard of the Yeomen of the Guard (Deputy Chief Whip, House of Lords)
Lord Bassam of Brighton
Lord in Waiting
Lord Evans of Temple Guiting CBE
Lord in Waiting
Lord Truscott
Lord in Waiting
Baroness Farrington of Ribbleton
Baroness in Waiting
Baroness Morgan of Drefelin
Baroness in Waiting
Baroness Royall of Blaisdon
Baroness in Waiting
Baroness Crawley
Baroness in Waiting

Government Whips – House of Commons

Rt Hon Geoff Hoon MP
Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasury and Chief Whip
Rt Hon Nicholas Brown MP
Deputy Chief Whip (Treasurer of HM Household) and Minister for the North East
Liz Blackman MP
Vice-Chamberlain of HM Household
Sarah McCarthy-Fry MP
Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Chief Whip

Junior Lords of the Treasury (Whips)
Frank Roy MP
Steve McCabe MP
Alan Campbell MP
David Watts MP
Claire Ward MP

Assistant Whips
Siobhian McDonagh MP
Michael Foster MP
Tony Cunningham MP
Alison Seabeck MP
Diana Johnson MP
Mark Tami MP
Sadiq Khan MP
Bob Blizzard MP
Tom Watson MP
Wayne David MP

Government Whips – House of Lords

Rt Hon Lord Grocott
Lords Chief Whip and Captain of the Gentlemen-at-Arms
Rt Hon Lord Davies of Oldham
Deputy Chief Whip and Captain of the Queen’s Bodyguard of the Yeomen of the Guard

Lords in Waiting (Whips)
Lord Bassam of Brighton
Lord Evans of Temple Guiting CBE
Lord Truscott

Ladies in Waiting (Whips)
Baroness Farrington of Ribbleton
Baroness Morgan of Drefelin
Baroness Royall of Blaisdon
Baroness Crawley