The following appointments have been made to the UK Government

The King has been pleased to approve the following appointments:

• Sharon Hodgson MP as Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State in the Department for Health and Social Care. 

• James Frith MP as Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State in the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology and Parliamentary Secretary in the Cabinet Office. 

• Baroness Anderson of Stoke-on-Trent as Parliamentary Secretary in the Cabinet Office. She will remain Baroness in Waiting (Government Whip). 

Background:

Josh Simons MP and Ashley Dalton MP have left Government.