United Kingdom Minister of State for Disabled People, Health and Work | |
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Department for Work and Pensions | |
Appointer | The Monarch (on the advice of the Prime Minister) |
Inaugural holder | Alf Morris |
Formation | 1974 |
Website | Official website |
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. [1] 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. [2]
The minister's responsibilities includes the following: [1]
Name | Portrait | Term of office | Party | Ministry | ||||
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Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Disabled People | ||||||||
Paul Boateng [14] | ![]() | 4 May 1997 | 27 October 1998 | Labour | Blair (I)(II)(III) | |||
Margaret Hodge [15] | ![]() | 29 July 1998 | 11 June 2001 | Labour | ||||
Maria Eagle [16] | ![]() | 11 June 2001 | 17 June 2005 | Labour | ||||
Anne McGuire [17] | ![]() | 17 June 2005 | 5 October 2008 | Labour | ||||
Brown | ||||||||
Jonathan Shaw [18] | ![]() | 5 October 2008 | 11 May 2010 | Labour | ||||
Maria Miller [19] | ![]() | 12 May 2010 | 4 September 2012 | Conservative | Cameron-Clegg | |||
Esther McVey [20] | ![]() | 4 September 2012 | 7 October 2013 | Conservative | ||||
Minister of State for Disabled People | ||||||||
Mike Penning [21] | ![]() | 7 October 2013 | 15 July 2014 | Conservative | Cameron-Clegg | |||
Mark Harper [22] | ![]() | 15 July 2014 | 8 May 2015 | Conservative | ||||
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Disabled People | ||||||||
Justin Tomlinson [23] | ![]() | 8 May 2015 | 15 July 2016 | Conservative | Cameron (II) | |||
Minister of State for Disabled People, Work and Health | ||||||||
Penny Mordaunt [24] | ![]() | 15 July 2016 | 9 November 2017 | Conservative | May (I)(II) | |||
Sarah Newton [25] | ![]() | 9 November 2017 | 13 March 2019 | Conservative | ||||
Justin Tomlinson | ![]() | 4 April 2019 | 16 September 2021 | Conservative | May (II) Johnson (I)(II) | |||
Chloe Smith | ![]() | 16 September 2021 | 6 September 2022 | Conservative | Johnson (II) | |||
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Disabled People, Health and Work | ||||||||
Claire Coutinho | ![]() | 21 September 2022 | 28 October 2022 | Conservative | Truss Sunak | |||
Minister of State for Disabled People, Health and Work | ||||||||
Tom Pursglove | ![]() | 28 October 2022 | 7 December 2023 | Conservative | Sunak | |||
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Disabled People, Health and Work | ||||||||
Mims Davies | ![]() | 14 December 2023 | 12 April 2024 | Conservative | Sunak | |||
Minister of State for Disabled People, Health and Work | ||||||||
Mims Davies | ![]() | 12 April 2024 | 5 July 2024 | Conservative | Sunak | |||
Minister of State for Social Security and Disability | ||||||||
Stephen Timms | ![]() | 8 July 2024 | Incumbent | Labour | Starmer |
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