Current Positions
- First Secretary of State and Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs (usually referred to as the Foreign Secretary) (1782; took current name 1968)
- Secretary of State for the Home Department (usually referred to as the Home Secretary) (1782)
- Secretary of State for Scotland (Usually referred to as the Scotland Secretary) (1926)
- Secretary of State for Education (2007, took current name 2010)
- Secretary of State for Defence (Usually referred to as the Defence Secretary) (1964)
- Secretary of State for Wales (1964)
- Secretary of State for Work and Pensions (1968 both Minister of Labour and Minister of Social Security elevated to Secretary of State running separate departments; departments merged with current name 2001)
- Secretary of State for Northern Ireland (1972)
- Secretary of State for Transport (1976; name not used 1979–1981; subsumed in other Departments 1997–2002)
- Secretary of State for Health (1988)
- Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport (1992; took current name 2010)
- Secretary of State for International Development (1997)
- Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (2001)
- Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government (2006)
- Secretary of State for Justice and Lord Chancellor (Usually referred to as the Justice Secretary) (2007)
- Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills and President of the Board of Trade (2007; took current name 2009)
- Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change (2008)
The honorific title First Secretary of State is awarded occasionally. It has been in existence since 1962 and has been in continuous use since 2009.
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