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Lucy Frazer has been confirmed as the new housing minister, replacing Lee Rowley.

Becoming the fifth housing minister this year, following Chris Pincher, Stuart Andrew, Marcus Jones and Rowley.

She has previously been a minister of state at the Department for Transport and was financial secretary to the Treasury.

Frazer worked as a barrister in commercial law, becoming Queen’s Counsel a decade ago, and later entering politics and winning the South East Cambridgeshire seat at the 2015 general election.

Rowley originally appeared to have been re-appointed as the housing minister last month, but the Department for Levelling Up Housing and Communities (DLUHC) has updated its homepage with the new ministers:

The DLUHC ministerial team:

+ Michael Gove, secretary of state

+ Dehenna Davison, parliamentary under secretary of state

+ Lee Rowley, parliamentary under secretary of state

+ Baroness Scott of Bybrook, parliamentary under secretary of state

+ Lucy Frazer, parliamentary under secretary of state (housing minister)

Frazer’s appointment does not come as a great surprise. EYE reported earlier this week that she was performing the role of ‘housing minister’ when she, on behalf of the government, welcomed the new code of practice and independent ombudsman scheme put in place by the New Homes Quality Board (NHQB). The DLUHC has now confirmed her position.