The Conservative MP for South West Bedfordshire was one of the final junior ministers to be appointed as part of the Cabinet reshuffle when he was announced as minister for prisons and rehabilitation on Wednesday afternoon.
Today it was confirmed that he will be responsible for youth justice, alongside his other responsibilities of rehabilitation, prisons, and probation.
Selous was previously parliamentary private secretary to Work and Pensions Secretary Ian Duncan-Smith.
He becomes the third youth justice minister of the current parliament, replacing Jeremy Wright who was made Attorney General in the reshuffle.
Selous said: “I am very pleased and honoured to be given this appointment by the prime minister and look forward to working in the Ministry of Justice as parliamentary under secretary of state.”
Selous, who was first elected in 2001, has previously spoken on the issue of youth justice in parliament.
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