HEALTH MINISTERS ANSWERING ON NHS IT

* denotes minister who has (or had) direct responsibility for NHS IT/Connecting for Health

Those without asterisk have answered on NHS IT in the Commons without having direct responsibility for it.

CURRENT MINISTERS

1.   Rt Hon Andy Burnham MP

Minister of State for Delivery and Reform, May 2006 – June 2007;
Secretary of State for Health June 2009 - present

2.   Gillian Merron MP

Minister of State for Public Health, June 2009 – present

3.   Mike O’Brien MP *

Minister of State for Health Services, June 2009 – present

4.   Phil Hope

Minister of State for Care Services, October 2008 – present

5.   Ann Keen

PUS  for Health Services, June 2007 – present

FORMER MINISTERS

6.   Rt Hon Ben Bradshaw MP *

Minister of State for Health Services, June 2007 – June 2009

7.   Ivan Lewis MP

PUS for Care Services, May 2006 – October 2008

8.   Lord Hunt of Kings Heath *

Minister of State for Quality, January 2007 – July 2007;
PUS for Health, July 1999 to March 2003

9.   Rt Hon Rosie Winterton MP

Minister of State for Health Services, June 2003 -  June 2007

10. Caroline Flint MP

Minister of State for Public Health, May 2006 – June 2007;
PUS for Public Health, May 2005 to May 2006

11. Lord Warner *

Minister of State for Health, May 2005 - December 2006

12. Liam Byrne MP

Minister of State for Care Services, May 2005 - May 2006

13. John Hutton MP

Minister of State for Health, March 2003 - May 2005

14. Hazel Blears MP

Minister of State for Health, May 2002 – June 2003;
PUS for Health May 2001 – June 2002

15. David Lammy MP

Minister of State for Health, May 2002 – June 2003;
PUS for Health, May 2002 – June 2003

16. Gisela Stuart MP *

PUS for Health, November 1999 - June 2001

17. John Denham MP *

Minister of State for Health, October 1999 – June 2001

SECRETARIES OF STATE

18. Rt Hon Alan Milburn MP *

Secretary of State for Health, October 1999 – June 2003
Minister of State for Health, May 1997 – October 1999

19. Rt Hon John Reid MP

Secretary of State for Health, June 2003 – May 2005

20. Rt Hon Patricia Hewitt MP

Secretary of State for Health, May 2005 –June 2007
(Has not answered on NHS IT in the Commons, included for information only)

21. Rt Hon Alan Johnson MP

Secretary of State for Health, June 2007 – June 2009
(Has not answered on NHS IT in the Commons, included for information only)

OTHERS

22. Rt Hon Jack Straw MP

(2 November 2006: Column 474)
Leader of the House of Commons, May 2006 –June 2007

23. Rt Hon Tony Blair MP

(28 June 2006, Column 257)
Prime Minister, May 1997 – June 2007