Appointments: 3 March 2026

The King has been pleased to approve the following appointments.

The King has been pleased to approve the following appointments:

• Sharon Hodgson MP as Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State in the Department for Health and Social Care.

• James Frith MP as Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State in the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology and Parliamentary Secretary in the Cabinet Office.

• Baroness Anderson of Stoke-on-Trent as Parliamentary Secretary in the Cabinet Office. She will remain Baroness in Waiting (Government Whip).

Background:

Josh Simons MP and Ashley Dalton MP have left Government.

https://www.gov.uk/government/news/appointments-3-march-2026