Charlotte Vere, Baroness of Norbiton, who is already a junior minister in the department, takes on the aviation brief together with local transport.
Her predecessor, Robert Courts, who has returned to the backbenches, previously held the aviation portfolio, along with maritime, which is yet to be reassigned
Vere has been at the DfT since 2019 as minister for roads, buses and places, and was previously a government whip. She supported the remain campaign in the EU membership referendum and was made a peer by David Cameron in 2016.
