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United Kingdom Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Defence People and Families
Royal Arms of His Majesty's Government
Ministry of Defence
Style	Minister
Nominator	Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
Appointer	The Monarch on advice of the Prime Minister
Term length	At His Majesty's pleasure
Website	Official website

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Defence People and Families was a ministerial position in the Ministry of Defence in the British government.

Responsibilities

The minister has the following ministerial responsibilities:

• civilian and service personnel policy
• armed forces pay, pensions and compensation
• Armed Forces Covenant
• welfare and service families
• community engagement
• equality, diversity and inclusion
• mental health
• Defence Medical Services
• the people programme (Flexible Engagement Strategy, Future Accommodation Model and Enterprise Approach)
• estates service family accommodation policy and engagement with welfare

List of ministers

Name		Portrait	Entered office	Left office	Political party	Prime Minister
Role formed out of Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Defence People and Veterans Minister for Defence People
	Leo Docherty		7 July 2022	7 September	Conservative	Boris Johnson
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Defence People, Veterans and Service Families
	Sarah Atherton		20 September 2022	27 October 2022	Conservative	Liz Truss
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Defence People and Families
	Andrew Murrison		30 October 2022	5 July 2024	Conservative	Rishi Sunak

References

1. "Minister of State (Minister for Veterans' Affairs) - GOV.UK". www.gov.uk. Retrieved 2022-07-16.

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