Lord Richard Harrington
Biography
Richard Harrington was appointed Minister of State (Minister for Refugees) jointly in the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities and the Home Office on 8 March 2022.
He was previously Parliamentary Under Secretary of State at the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy from June 2017 to March 2019.
He served as Parliamentary Under Secretary of State at the Department for Work and Pensions from 17 July 2016 to 14 June 2017. He was elected as Conservative MP for Watford in May 2010.
Education
Richard attended Leeds Grammar school and was awarded a scholarship to Oxford University, studying law at Keble College.
Political career
He previously served as Parliamentary Under Secretary of State jointly at the Home Office, the Department for Communities and Local Government, and the Department for International Development from September 2015 until July 2016.
Career outside politics
His business career started with the John Lewis Partnership and he eventually ran a business, which at its peak had 2,000 employees in 7 countries.
Minister of State (Minister for Refugees)
- Afghan citizens resettlement scheme
- humanitarian visa route for Ukrainians
- Ukrainian sponsorship route
Home Office and Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
Previous roles in government
Announcements
Subscriptions
- Ministerial appointments: 8 March 2022
- Government moves forward on advanced trials for self-driving vehicles
- Thousands of green taxis to benefit from new chargepoints
- Government funded electric car chargepoints to be smart by July 2019
- Virtual reality to revolutionise UK’s construction sector
- Industry experts assemble in bid to make cutting-edge nuclear technology a reality
- Green GB Week sees Magnox’s double platinum jubilee
- Ministers host agri-tech discussions with key global investors
- Government upgrades national security investment powers
- Mace wins new government-backed construction award