Government Minister? Sadly they care more about status, primarily (4,9)
I believe the answer is:
home secretary
'government minister?' is the definition.
(Home Secretary is an example)
'sadly they care more about status primarily' is the wordplay.
'sadly' indicates anagramming the letters.
'about' indicates putting letters inside.
'primarily' indicates taking the first letters.
The first letter of 'status' is 's'.
'they'+'care'+'more'='theycaremore'
'theycaremore' with letters rearranged gives 'homeecretary'.
'homeecretary' going around 's' is 'HOME SECRETARY'.
(Other definitions for home secretary that I've seen before include "Cabinet position" , "Government minister" , "Senior politician" , "member of the cabinet" , "Minister for internal affairs" .)