UK Government-Secretaries

Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs：
Hilary Benn MP (appointed on 28 June 2007).
Responses to:

• All departmental issues including budget, delivery and strategies
• EU Agriculture, Fisheries and Enironmental Council
• International negotiations on sustainable development and Defra’s interest in climate change
• National Economic Council (NEC) & National Development Council (NDC)

Secretary of State for Transport: Lord Adonis MP (appointed 5 June 2009).
Responsibilities:

• Delivery of Government's transport commitments
• Long-term transport strategy, including high speed rail and carbon
• Security
  

Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs:
David Miliband MP (appointed on 28 June 2007).
Responsibilities:

• Overall management of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) including departmental strategies and policy planing
• responsible for relations with foreign countries, matters pertaining to the Commonwealth of Nations and the UK's overseas territories and the promotion of British interests abroad.

Secretary of State for Work and Pensions:Yvette Cooper MP (appointed on 5 June 2009)
Responsibilities:

• Welfare and pension reform
• Helping people free from poverty

Secretary of State for Defence：Bob Ainsworth MP(appointed on 5 June 2009).

Responsibilities:

• Take over the whole business of Defence Department including departmental plan, budge and Defence Policy, Media and Communications
• His personal work on Operations in Iraq and Afghanistan, Nuclear issues ,Bilateral Defence Relations, NATO and EU issues

Home Secretary for the Home Office: Alan Johnson MP(appointed on 5 June 2009)
 Responsibilities:

•  The whole business of the Department and its policies
• Personal work: Security, Counter-terrorism, Civil emergencies, Expenditure issues
  

Secretary of State for Health: Andy Burnham, a Cabinet minister, is the leader of Health Department. He responds to the NHS and social care delivery and system reforms. Also  finance and resources, strategic communications of the Health Department.


Chancellor of the Exchequer : Alistair Darling MP (appointed on 28 June 2007)
He in charge of all economic and financial matters of UK Parliament.
He controls Her Majesty's Treasury (HM Treasury), which developing and executing the British government's public finance policy and economic policy.

 
Prime Minister's responsibilities:

• Selecting all other members of the government
• Chairing Cabinet meetings
• Decision of holding general election for the House of Commons
• Oversees the operation of the civil service and Government agencies
• Recommending a number of appointments to the Queen: members of the Church of England and senior judge