Departments: Cameron fills more key Ministerial posts

The Prime Minister installed heavyweight Tories to surround Theresa May at the Home Office after her surprise appointment as Britain's second female Home Secretary on Wednesday.

Damian Green, who was arrested and had his Commons office searched but was ultimately cleared during a police investigation into Home Office leaks, becomes Immigration Minister, the position he shadowed in opposition.

Nick Herbert, who had been in the Shadow Cabinet as environment spokesman, will be Police Reform Minister. He held a similar job before joining the Shadow Cabinet, so is seen as the perfect person to drive through bold reforms, including the introduction of elected police commissioners.

Baroness Pauline Neville-Jones, educated at Leeds Girls High School, is the new Security Minister, having a seat on the National Security Council which was established by Mr Cameron on Tuesday night and met for the first time the following day.

With five Liberal Democrats holding seats in the Cabinet, several senior Tories formerly in the Shadow Cabinet were forced to accept positions in the second tier of Government.

Former Shadow Home Secretary Chris Grayling becomes a Work and Pensions Minister alongside Liberal Democrat Steve Webb, while former Shadow Transport Secretary Theresa Villiers becomes a Minister in the Department she shadowed.

Greg Clark, whose energy and climate change brief from the Shadow Cabinet was handed to the Liberal Democrats, will be responsible for decentralisation within the Department of Communities and Local Government, while Grant Shapps becomes Housing Minister.

Jim Paice, former Shadow Farming Minister, becomes Minister of State at the Department of Environment, Food and Rural Affairs.

Tory David Lidington and Liberal Democrat Jeremy Browne team up at the Foreign Office, while Tories Mark Hoban, David Gauke and Rotherham-born Justine Greening are installed at the Treasury. Charles Hendry and Greg Barker will be under Liberal Democrat Chris Huhne at the Department of Energy and Climate Change.

Liberal Democrat Sarah Teather and Tory Nick Gibb have got jobs in the Department of Education and Liberal Democrat Nick Harvey becomes Armed Forces Minister.

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Ministerial appointments included:

Immigration Minister – Damian Green (C)

Police Reform Minister – Nick Herbert (C)

Security Minister – Pauline Neville-Jones (C)

Housing Minister – Grant Shapps (C)

Communities and Local Government Minister – Greg Clark (C)

Universities and Science Minister – David Willetts (C)

Education Minister – Sarah Teather (LD)

Transport Minister – Theresa Villiers (C)