The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Pensions or Pensions Minister a junior position held jointly in His Majesty's Treasury and the Department for Work and Pensions in the British government.
Responsibilities The minister's responsibilities include:
Pensioner benefits, including new State Pension, Winter Fuel Payments, Pension Credit and Attendance Allowance Private and occupational pensions, including regulatory powers and the National Employment Savings Trust (NEST) Automatic enrolment into a workplace pension Oversight of arm's-length bodies, including the Pensions Regulator, Pension Protection Fund, Financial Assistance Scheme and Pensions Ombudsman Financial guidance, budgeting, saving and debt, including the Money and Pensions Service and Financial Inclusion Policy Forum Methods of payment and Post Office Card Accounts EU Exit preparation relevant to pensions Cross-DWP spokesperson – shadowing Lords
List of ministers Name Portrait Entered office Left office Political party Prime MinisterUnder-Secretary of State, Health and Social SecurityLynda Chalker7 May 19795 March 1982ConservativeMargaret ThatcherTony Newton5 March 198211 September 1984Ray Whitney11 September 198410 September 1986Nicholas Lyell10 September 198613 June 1987Michael Portillo13 June 198725 July 1988Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Social SecurityPeter Lloyd25 July 198828 July 1989ConservativeMargaret ThatcherGillian Shephard25 July 198928 November 1990Michael Jack28 November 1990 14 April 1992John MajorAnn Widdecombe30 November 199027 May 1993Alistair Burt14 April 19926 July 1995William Hague27 May 199320 July 1994James Arbuthnot20 July 19946 July 1995Roger Evans20 July 19942 May 1997Andrew Mitchell6 July 19952 May 1997Oliver Heald6 July 19952 May 1997Minister of State for Social Security with special responsibility for War PensionsJohn MacKay, Baron MacKay of Ardbrecknish5 July 19954 May 1997ConservativeJohn MajorMinister of State for Pensions John Denham1 May 199730 December 1998LabourTony Blair Stephen Timms 23 December 1998 29 July 1999 Jeff Rooker 29 July 1999 7 June 2001 Malcolm Wicks 8 June 2001 4 April 2003 Ian McCartney 13 June 2003 6 May 2005 Stephen Timms 6 May 2005 5 May 2006 James Purnell 5 May 2006 28 June 2007 Mike O'Brien 27 June 2007 5 October 2008 Gordon Brown Rosie Winterton 24 January 2008 5 June 2009Minister of State for Pensions and Ageing Society Angela Eagle 8 June 2009 11 May 2010 Labour Gordon BrownMinister of State for Pensions Steve Webb 12 May 2010 8 May 2015 Liberal Democrats David CameronRos Altmann, Baroness Altmann11 May 2015 15 July 2016ConservativeParliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Pensions Richard Harrington 17 July 2016 14 June 2017 Conservative Theresa MayParliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Pensions and Financial Inclusion Guy Opperman 14 June 2017 8 September 2022 Conservative Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Pensions and Growth Alex Burghart20 September 202227 October 2022ConservativeLiz TrussParliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Pensions Laura Trott27 October 202213 November 2023ConservativeRishi Sunak Paul Maynard13 November 20235 July 2024 Emma Reynolds9 July 202414 January 2025LabourKeir Starmer Torsten Bell14 January 2025Incumbent Andy Burnham
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