The Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Pensions was a junior Ministerial office at Parliamentary Secretary rank in the British Government, supporting the Minister for Pensions. Today, the role is known as the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Pensions.
Establishment and history The office was established in 1916 and filled intermittently until 1932. It was established again from 1940, with joint holders from 1951. In 1944 a separate Ministry of National Insurance was formed and from 1945 until 1951 there was a Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of National Insurance. The two departments merged in 1953. In 1966 the department became the Ministry of Social Security, and the title of the Parliamentary Secretary post changed accordingly.
Parliamentary Secretaries to the Ministry of Pensions, 1916–1966
Name Entered office Left officeArthur Griffith-Boscawen 1916 1919 Sir James Craig, 1st Baronet 1919 1920 George Tryon 1920 1922 Vacant 1922 1923 Charles Curtis Craig 1923 1924 Vacant 1924 1924 George Frederick Stanley 1924 1929 Vacant 1929 1931 Cuthbert Headlam 1931 September 1932 Vacant September 1932 1940 Ellen Wilkinson 1940 1940 George Tryon, 1st Baron Tryon 1940 1941 Wilfred Paling 1941 1945 William Sidney 1945 1945 Jennie Adamson 1945 1946 Arthur Blenkinsop 1946 1949 Charles Simmons 1949 1951 John Smyth and Robin Turton 5 November 1951 18 October 1954 John Smyth and Ernest Marples 18 October 1954 20 December 1955 Edith Pitt and Richard Wood 20 December 1955 14 April 1958 Edith Pitt and William Fletcher-Vane 14 April 1958 22 October 1959 William Fletcher-Vane and Patricia Hornsby-Smith 22 October 1959 20 October 1960 Patricia Hornsby-Smith 20 October 1960 28 October 1960 Patricia Hornsby-Smith and Bernard Braine 28 October 1960 8 February 1961 Patricia Hornsby-Smith and Richard Sharples 8 February 1961 31 August 1961 Richard Sharples 31 August 1961 9 October 1961 Richard Sharples and Margaret Thatcher 9 October 1961 16 July 1962 Margaret Thatcher and Lynch Maydon 16 July 1962 16 October 1964 Harold Davies and Norman Pentland 20 October 1964 6 August 1966
Parliamentary Secretaries to the Ministry of National Insurance, 1945–1951
Name Entered office Left officeCharles Peat 22 March 1945 16 June 1945 George Lindgren 1945 1946 Tom Steele 1946 1950 Bernard Taylor 1950 1951
Parliamentary Secretaries to the Ministry of Social Security, 1966–1968
Name Entered office Left officeHarold Davies and Norman Pentland 6 August 1966 7 January 1967 Norman Pentland and Charles Loughlin 7 January 1967 1 November 1968