<Tr> <Th> Appointer </Th> <Td> Theresa May </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Website </Th> <Td> www.homeoffice.gov.uk </Td> </Tr> <P> The Minister of State for Policing, Fire and Criminal Justice is a ministerial position held jointly at the Home Office and the Ministry of Justice in the Government of the United Kingdom . Conservative MP Mike Penning held the portfolio between July 2014 and July 2016 . He was promoted by new Prime Minister Theresa May in 2016, with his successor announced as Brandon Lewis . The post was created by the splitting of the now - defunct office of the Minister for Security, Counter-Terrorism, Crime and Policing into two new ministerial posts: Security & Counter-Terrorism and Crime & Policing . From January 2016 onwards the Minister is responsible for the portfolio for Fire and Rescue Services . </P> <Table> <Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> Name </Th> <Th> Portrait </Th> <Th_colspan="2"> Term of office </Th> <Th> Political party </Th> <Th_colspan="2"> P.M. </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> </Th> <Td> David Maclean </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> 27 May 1993 </Td> <Td> 2 May 1997 </Td> <Td> Conservative </Td> <Td> John Major </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> </Th> <Td> Alun Michael </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> 2 May 1997 </Td> <Td> 27 October 1998 </Td> <Td> Labour </Td> <Td> Tony Blair </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> </Th> <Td> Paul Boateng </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> 27 October 1998 </Td> <Td> 11 June 2001 </Td> <Td> Labour </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> </Th> <Td> John Denham </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> 11 June 2001 </Td> <Td> 13 June 2003 </Td> <Td> Labour </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> </Th> <Td> Hazel Blears </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> 13 June 2003 </Td> <Td> 5 May 2006 </Td> <Td> Labour </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> </Th> <Td> Tony McNulty </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> 5 May 2006 </Td> <Td> 3 October 2008 </Td> <Td> Labour </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Gordon Brown </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> </Th> <Td> Vernon Coaker </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> 3 October 2008 </Td> <Td> 3 June 2009 </Td> <Td> Labour </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> </Th> <Td> David Hanson </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> 10 June 2009 </Td> <Td> 11 May 2010 </Td> <Td> Labour </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> </Th> <Td> Nick Herbert </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> 13 May 2010 </Td> <Td> 4 September 2012 </Td> <Td> Conservative </Td> <Td> David Cameron </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> </Th> <Td> Damian Green </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> 4 September 2012 </Td> <Td> 15 July 2014 </Td> <Td> Conservative </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> </Th> <Td> Mike Penning </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> 15 July 2014 </Td> <Td> 16 July 2016 </Td> <Td> Conservative </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> </Th> <Td> Brandon Lewis </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> 16 July 2016 </Td> <Td> 12 June 2017 </Td> <Td> Conservative </Td> <Td> Theresa May </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> </Th> <Td> Nick Hurd </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> 12 June 2017 </Td> <Td> Incumbent </Td> <Td> Conservative </Td> </Tr> </Table>

Which minister is in charge of the police