- Minister for Defence Equipment, Support and Technology
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The Minister for Defence Equipment, Support and Technology is a junior Defence minister in the Ministry of Defence of Her Majesty's Government.
The current incumbent of the post is Conservative MP, Peter Luff, in the Conservative-Liberal Democrat Coalition Government.
The post was formerly that of Minister for Defence Equipment and Support in the previous Labour governments.
Lord Drayson was appointed as the first Minister for Defence Equipment and Support in March 2007.[1] This new ministerial post was made in order to reflect the establishment of the Defence Equipment & Support organisation of the UK Ministry of Defence. Whilst Lord Drayson held the role as a Minister of State, all of his successors have been mere Parliamentary Under-Secretaries, the most junior ministerial rank in the British Government.
Previously the procurement aspects of this post were the responsibility of the Minister of Defence Procurement (either a Minister of State or the more junior, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State), while still the defence logistic aspects were the brief of the Minister of State for the Armed Forces.
Lord Drayson was succeeded by Lady Taylor in 2007.[2]
The last incumbent of the old post was Quentin Davies MP, a Labour MP who had defected to the Government after serving as a Conservative MP for over 20 years. [3].
Contents
Responsibilities
The Minister is responsible for:
- The Defence Equipment Programme and through life Defence logistics support, including:
- The Defence Equipment & Support Organisation
- Defence Support Group (the merger of the Army Base Repair Organisation (ABRO) and the Defence Aviation Repair Agency (DARA))
- The Defence Industrial Strategy
- Defence Science and Technology, including:-
- DSTL, the Defence Science and Technology Laboratory
- Commercial policy throughout the Department
- Defence exports
- International aspects of defence equipment and support
Ministers for Defence Equipment and Support, 1999-2010
Name Portrait Entered office Left office Political party The Lady Symons 
July 1999 8 June 2001 Labour The Lord Bach 
8 June 2001 6 May 2005 Labour The Lord Drayson 
6 May 2005 7 November 2007 Labour The Lady Taylor 7 November 2007 5 October 2008 Labour Quentin Davies MP 5 October 2008 12 May 2010 Labour Ministers for Defence Equipment, Support and Technology, 2010-
Name Portrait Entered office Left office Political party Peter Luff 9 June 2010 present Conservative References
Categories:- Lists of government ministers of the United Kingdom
- Ministry of Defence (United Kingdom)
- The Defence Equipment Programme and through life Defence logistics support, including:
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