The Minister of State for Social Security and Disability is a junior minister in the Department for Work and Pensions of the United Kingdom government, with responsibility for disabled people. The role has also been known as the Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Disabled People, Health and Work.
The current holder is Sir Stephen Timms of the Labour Party.
Current portfolio The minister's responsibilities includes the following: Disability policy and x-Gov responsibility for disabled people Health and disability reform Universal Credit and Legacy Benefits Delivery Contributory Benefits, Personal Independence Payment (PIP), Disability Living Allowance (DLA), and Employment and Support Allowance (ESA) Carer’s Allowance (CA) Housing Access to Work ALB: Health and Safety Executive Serious Case Panel Uprating and Benefit Cap Oversight of Disability Unit (DU)
List of ministers
Name Portrait Term of office Party MinistryParliamentary Under-Secretary of State for DisablementAlf Morris11 March 19744 May 1979LabourWilsonCallaghanMinister of State for Social Security and the DisabledReginald Prentice7 May 19795 January 1981ConservativeThatcherHugh Rossi5 January 198112 June 1983Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for the DisabledTony Newton13 June 198311 September 1984ConservativeThatcherMinister of State for Social Security and the DisabledTony Newton11 September 198410 September 1986ConservativeThatcherJohn Major10 September 198613 June 1987Minister of State for Social SecurityNicholas Scott13 June 198720 July 1994ConservativeThatcherMajorMinister of State for Disabled PeopleWilliam Hague20 July 19945 July 1995ConservativeMajorAlistair Burt6 July 19952 May 1997Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Disabled People Paul Boateng 4 May 1997 27 October 1998 Labour Blair Margaret Hodge 29 July 1998 11 June 2001 Maria Eagle 11 June 2001 17 June 2005 Anne McGuire 17 June 2005 5 October 2008 Brown Jonathan Shaw 5 October 2008 11 May 2010 Maria Miller 12 May 2010 4 September 2012 Conservative Cameron-Clegg Esther McVey 4 September 2012 7 October 2013Minister of State for Disabled People Mike Penning 7 October 2013 15 July 2014 ConservativeCameron-Clegg Mark Harper 15 July 2014 8 May 2015Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Disabled People Justin Tomlinson 8 May 2015 15 July 2016 Conservative CameronMinister of State for Disabled People, Work and Health Penny Mordaunt 15 July 2016 9 November 2017 ConservativeMay Sarah Newton 9 November 2017 13 March 2019 Justin Tomlinson 4 April 2019 16 September 2021 MayJohnson Chloe Smith 16 September 2021 6 September 2022JohnsonParliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Disabled People, Health and WorkClaire Coutinho21 September 202228 October 2022ConservativeTrussSunakMinister of State for Disabled People, Health and Work Tom Pursglove 28 October 2022 7 December 2023 Conservative SunakParliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Disabled People, Health and Work Mims Davies 14 December 2023 12 April 2024 Conservative SunakMinister of State for Disabled People, Health and Work Mims Davies 12 April 2024 5 July 2024 Conservative SunakMinister of State for Social Security and DisabilityStephen Timms8 July 2024IncumbentLabourStarmerBurnham
See also Department of Health and Social Security 11 March 1974 to 25 July 1988 Department of Social Security 25 July 1988 to Department for Work and Pensions 8 June 2001 to present
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