Minister of State for Defence

The minister has the following ministerial responsibilities:^[2]

• International relations and defence diplomacy
• Professional military education
• Security
• Arms control and counter-proliferation
• Honours, awards and medicallic recognition
• Heritage and ceremonial
• Royal Hospital Chelsea
• UK Hydrographic Office
• Health and Safety
• Ministry of Defence Police
• Defence Fire and Rescue Service
• Defence Medical Services

Name		Portrait	Entered office	Left office	Length of term	Political party	Ministry
Minister of State for Strategic Defence Acquisition Reform
	Paul Drayson The Lord Drayson[3]		9 June 2009	6 May 2010	10 months and 27 days	Labour	Brown
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State For Defence
	John Astor The Lord Astor of Hever[4]		28 May 2010	7 May 2015	4 years, 11 months and 9 days	Conservative	Cameron–Clegg (Con.–L.D.)
Minister of State For Defence
	Frederick Curzon The Earl Howe[5]		11 May 2015	26 July 2019	4 years, 2 months and 15 days	Conservative	Cameron II
							May I
							May II
	Annabel Goldie The Baroness Goldie[6]		26 July 2019	13 November 2023	4 years, 3 months and 18 days	Conservative	Johnson I
							Johnson II
							Truss
							Sunak
	Timothy Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound The Earl of Minto		14 November 2023	5 July 2024	7 months and 21 days	Conservative
	Vernon Coaker The Baron Coaker		8 July 2024	Incumbent	1 year, 1 month and 23 days*	Labour	Starmer

* Incumbent's length of term last updated: 31 August 2025.