Andrea Jenkyns appeared poised to stay on as higher education minister in the Westminster government, after being reappointed to the Department for Education.
Ms Jenkyns had been widely regarded as a caretaker in the post after being appointed to succeed Michelle Donelan amid the death throes of Boris Johnson’s administration.
But a government statement said that the Morley and Outwood MP had been reappointed as a parliamentary undersecretary of state in the DfE, clearing the way for her to keep the job.
