The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Scotland is a junior ministerial post (of Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State rank) in the Government of the United Kingdom, supporting the Secretary of State for Scotland. The post is also known as Deputy Secretary of State for Scotland.
History
The post was first established as the Parliamentary Under-Secretary for Health for Scotland in 1919, before becoming the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Scotland in 1926. Additional Parliamentary Under-Secretary posts were added in 1940 and 1951, and a Minister of State post was established in 1951. In 1969–70, one of the Under-Secretary posts was replaced by an additional Minister of State. From 1974 to 1979, there were two Ministers of State and three Under-Secretaries, reverting to one Minister of State in 1979. In 1997, the second Minister of State post was reinstated, and a fourth Under-Secretary post was briefly added from August 1998.
Following devolution in 1999, the number of ministers was reduced. There is currently one Under-Secretary to support the Secretary of State, and there is no Minister of State.
List of office holders Under-Secretary for Health for Scotland (1919–1926) NamePortraitPartyTerm startPrime MinisterJohn PrattLiberal Party8 August 1919David Lloyd GeorgeJames KiddUnionist Party31 October 1922Bonar LawWalter ElliotUnionist Party15 January 1923Stanley BaldwinJames StewartLabour Party23 January 1924Ramsay MacDonaldWalter ElliotUnionist Party11 November 1924Stanley Baldwin
Under-Secretary of State for Scotland (1926–) +Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for ScotlandNamePortraitPartyTerm startTerm endPrime MinisterWalter ElliottUnionist Party26 July 19267 June 1929Thomas JohnstonLabour Party7 June 192925 March 1931Joseph Westwood25 March 1931August 1931Noel SkeltonUnionist Party3 September 193122 November 1935John Colville28 November 193529 October 1936Henry Scrymgeour-Wedderburn29 October 19366 September 1939Captain Sir John McEwen6 September 193917 May 1940Joseph WestwoodLabour Party17 May 194023 May 1945Captain Henry Scrymgeour-WedderburnUnionist Party8 February 19414 March 1942Allan Chapman4 March 194226 July 1945Thomas Galbraith26 May 1945George BuchananLabour Party4 August 19457 October 1947Tom Fraser26 October 1951John Robertson7 October 1947Margaret Herbison2 March 1950Thomas GalbraithUnionist Party2 November 19515 April 1955Sir William McNair Snadden3 June 1955Sir James Henderson StewartLiberal National4 February 19529 January 1957Harold MacmillanJack Nixon BrowneScottish Conservative Party7 April 19559 January 1957Niall Macpherson Liberal National13 June 19559 January 1957Jack Nixon BrowneConservative Party18 January 195722 October 1959Major Lord John Hope Unionist PartyNiall MacphersonLiberal National19 January 195728 October 1960Thomas Galbraith, 1st Baron StrathclydeUnionist Party22 October 19598 November 1962Gilmour LeburnConservative Party15 August 1963Lieutenant-Colonel Richard Brooman-White28 October 196012 December 1963Priscilla Buchan, Baroness TweedsmuirUnionist Party3 December 196216 October 1964Anthony StodartConservative Party19 August 1963Sir Alec Douglas-HomeGordon Campbell12 December 1963Dickson MabonLabour and Co-operative Party20 October 19647 January 1967Harold WilsonWilliam Hughes, Baron HughesLabour Party21 October 196413 October 1969Bruce Millan 6 April 196619 June 1970Norman Buchan7 January 1967Alick Buchanan-SmithConservative Party24 June 19704 March 1974Edward HeathGeorge Younger8 January 1974Sir Teddy Taylor28 July 1971Hector Monro28 July 19714 March 1974Sir Teddy Taylor8 January 1974Robert HughesLabour Party11 March 197422 July 1975Harold WilsonHugh Brown28 June 19744 May 1979Harry Ewing18 October 1974Frank McElhone 12 September 1975James CallaghanAlex FletcherConservative Party7 May 197914 June 1983Margaret ThatcherRussell Fairgrieve15 September 1981Sir Malcolm Rifkind6 April 1982Allan Stewart15 September 198110 September 1986John MacKay6 April 198214 June 1987Michael Ancram13 June 198314 June 1987Ian Lang10 September 198613 June 1987James Douglas-Hamilton13 June 19876 July 1995Michael Forsyth 7 September 1990Thomas Galbraith, 2nd Baron Strathclyde 7 September 199014 April 1992Allan Stewart28 November 19908 February 1995John MajorHector Monro14 April 19926 July 1995George Kynoch8 February 19952 May 1997James Lindesay-Bethune, 16th Earl of Lindsay6 July 19952 May 1997Raymond RobertsonSam GalbraithLabour Party6 May 199729 July 1999Tony BlairJohn Sewel, Baron SewelMalcolm Chisholm10 December 1997Calum MacDonald11 December 199729 July 1999Gus Macdonald, Baron Macdonald of Tradeston3 August 1998Vacant29 July 199929 May 2002Anne McGuireLabour Party29 May 200211 May 2005David Cairns11 May 200528 June 2007Ann McKechin16 September 200811 May 2010Gordon BrownDavid MundellConservative Party14 May 201011 May 2015David CameronAndrew Dunlop, Baron Dunlop14 May 201510 June 2017Ian Duncan, Baron Duncan of Springbank15 June 201727 July 2019Theresa MayRobin Walker27 July 201916 December 2019Boris JohnsonColin ClarkDouglas Ross16 December 201926 May 2020David Duguid2 June 2020 16 September 2021Iain Stewart8 September 2022Malcolm Offord, Baron Offord of Garvel4 October 20219 February 2024Boris JohnsonLiz TrussRishi SunakDavid Duguid 20 September 202227 October 2022Liz TrussJohn Lamont27 October 20225 July 2024Rishi SunakDonald Cameron, Baron Cameron of Lochiel9 February 20245 July 2024Rishi SunakKirsty McNeillLabour Party9 July 202420 July 2026Sir Keir StarmerMelanie Ward22 July 2026IncumbentAndy Burnham
Minister of State for Scotland (1951–2008) 2 November 1951: Alec Douglas-Home 7 April 1955: Thomas Galbraith 23 October 1958: Nigel Forbes, 22nd Lord Forbes 22 October 1959: Jack Nixon Browne 20 October 1964: George Willis 7 January 1967: Dickson Mabon (to 19 June 1970) 13 October 1969: William Hughes, Baron Hughes (to 19 June 1970) 23 June 1970: Priscilla Buchan, Baroness Tweedsmuir 7 April 1972: Henry Hepburne-Scott, 10th Lord Polwarth 8 March 1974: Bruce Millan (to 8 April 1976) 8 March 1974: William Hughes, Baron Hughes (to 8 August 1975) 8 August 1975: John Smith, Baron Kirkhill (to 15 December 1978) 14 April 1976: Gregor Mackenzie (to 4 May 1979) 7 May 1979: William Murray, 8th Earl of Mansfield and Mansfield 13 June 1983: Hamish Gray 10 September 1986: Simon Arthur, 4th Baron Glenarthur 13 June 1987: Ian Lang (to 28 November 1990) 13 June 1987: Charles Sanderson, Baron Sanderson of Bowden (to 7 September 1990) 7 September 1990: Michael Forsyth 14 April 1992: Peter Fraser, Baron Fraser of Carmyllie 6 July 1995: Lord James Douglas-Hamilton 6 May 1997: Henry McLeish (to 29 June 1999) 6 May 1997: Brian Wilson (to 28 July 1998) 28 July 1998: Helen Liddell (to 17 May 1999) 29 July 1999: Brian Wilson 26 January 2001: George Foulkes (to 29 May 2002) July 2007: David Cairns (16 September 2008)
See also Deputy First Minister of Scotland
References
External links Scotland Office