| Rt Hon Alistair Maclean Darling | 8 June 2001 | 29 May 2002 |
| Rt Hon Andrew David Smith | 29 May 2002 | 6 September 2004 |
| Rt Hon Alan Arthur Johnson | 8 September 2004 | 6 May 2005 |
| Rt Hon David Blunkett | 6 May 2005 | 2 November 2005 |
| Rt Hon John Matthew Patrick Hutton | 2 November 2005 | 28 June 2007 |
| Rt Hon Peter Gerald Hain | 28 June 2007 | 24 January 2008 |
| Rt Hon James Mark Dakin Purnell | 24 January 2008 | 4 June 2009 |
| Rt Hon Yvette Cooper | 5 June 2009 | 11 May 2010 |
| Rt Hon George Iain Duncan-Smith | 12 May 2010 | 18 March 2016 |
| Rt Hon Stephen Crabb | 19 March 2016 | 14 July 2016 |
| Rt Hon Damian Howard Green | 14 July 2016 | 11 June 2017 |
| Rt Hon David Michael Gauke | 11 June 2017 | 8 January 2018 |
| Rt Hon Esther Louise McVey | 8 January 2018 | 15 November 2018 |
| Amber Augusta Rudd | 16 November 2018 | 7 September 2019 |
| Dr Th?r?se Anne Coffey | 8 September 2019 | 6 September 2022 |
| Chloe Rebecca Smith | 6 September 2022 | 25 October 2022 |
| Rt Hon Melvyn John Stride | 25 October 2022 |