Kemi Badenoch is expected to make changes to her front bench team, including replacing Patel with Tugendhat as shadow foreign secretary.
The proposed change is part of a wider reshuffle expected to follow several high-profile departures from the front bench. The supplied information does not specify who has left or when the changes will be formally announced.
Tugendhat is expected to take over the foreign affairs brief from Patel as Badenoch reorganises her senior opposition team. Further details of the reshuffle have not been provided.
