Responsibility for aviation in the Department for Transport has been handed to former roads minister Baroness Charlotte Vere of Norbiton.
The aviation brief together with maritime had been held by Robert Courts, who yesterday announced he was leaving the role to return to the backbenches.
Baroness Vere, who has been at the DfT since 2019, announced on Twitter that she was changing ministerial portfolio to cover aviation and local transport, adding: “Let the hard work begin.”
She added: “I am delighted to be re-appointed as a m minister in DfT. Transport is a key enabler of economic growth and I look forward to delivering existing commitments and working on new opportunities.”
It remains unclear who within the transport department will be given the maritime brief.
Previously a government Whip, Baroness Vere had overseen roads, motoring agencies such as the DVLA, buses and taxis, light rail and devolution at the DfT.
She was formerly executive director of the Girls’ School Association before becoming a government Whip in the House of Lords after being nominated for a life peerage by David Cameron in his resignation honours list.
Courts is among the latest junior ministerial departures as part of a wide-ranging reshuffle under new prime minister Liz Truss which also saw former transport secretary Grant Shapps leave to be replaced by ex-international trade secretary Anne-Marie Trevelyan.
Other new ministers of state at the DfT include former financial secretary to the Treasury Lucy Frazer and Torbay MP Kevin Foster but their responsibilities have yet to be confirmed.
Also moving on is tourism minister Nigel Huddleston, who is heading to the Whips Office from the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport.
New to the DCMS is former justice minister Stuart Andrew, MP for Pudsey, Horsforth and Aireborough; Hornchurch and Upminster MP Julia Lopez, who was previously at the department as minister for media, data and digital infrastructure; and Lord Kamall, who has moved from the Department of Health and Social Care.