Schedule 7:  amendments of Freedom of Information Act 2000 Part 7: Miscellaneous and Final Provisions Section 49: Meaning of “Minister of the Crown”
324.Section 49 provides that the term “Minister of the Crown” in the Act will have the same meaning as provided in the Ministers of the Crown Act 1975. This includes Secretaries of State but also, for example, the Attorney General, the Lord Chancellor and the Minister for the Civil Service.