Minister of State (Minister for Immigration)
Responsibilities
The Minister’s responsibilities are:
Legal migration
- net migration
- UK points-based system
- simplifying the immigration system and immigration rules
- current and future visa policy
- nationality
- Windrush
- FBIS and Border Strategy 2025
- Border Force operations
- Home Office interests in free trade agreements
- Safe and legal routes and resettlement, including:
- Ukraine Family Scheme
- Homes for Ukraine Scheme
- Afghan Citizens Resettlement Scheme
- Afghan Relocation and Assistance Policy
- Hong Kong BN(O)
Illegal migration and asylum
- illegal migration strategy and New Plan for Immigration oversight
- Nationality and Borders Act part 2
- small boats policy (ops with MoD)
- asylum decision making and accommodation
- returns and removals, including third country agreements
- detention estate
- foreign national offenders
- Immigration Enforcement
- compliant environment
- organised immigration crime (OIC)
- MEDP and future TCAP deals
- modern slavery
Current role holder
Tom Pursglove MP
Tom Pursglove was appointed Minister of State at the Home Office on 7 September 2022.
He was previously Minister of State jointly at the Home Office and the Ministry of Justice from 7 July 2022 to 7 September 2022.
Before that, he was Minister for Justice and Tackling Illegal Migration from 17 September 2021 until July 2022 and an Assistant Government Whip from August 2019 until 17 September 2021.
He was the Vice Chairman of the Conservative Party for Youth from 27 July 2018 until 15 January 2019, and previously served in various roles including: Parliamentary Private Secretary to Immigration Minister Robert Goodwill MP, Trade Secretary, Dr Liam Fox MP and then Home Secretary, Sajid Javid MP.
Tom was first elected as the MP for Corby in May 2015.
Education
Tom attended Sir Christopher Hatton School in Wellingborough and attended Queen Mary, University of London where he graduated with a degree in politics.
Political Career
Before becoming an MP, Tom was a Councillor on Wellingborough Borough Council, representing the Croyland ward. He also worked as a Parliamentary Assistant for Chris Heaton-Harris MP.