United Kingdom Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Transformation | |
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Department for Work and Pensions | |
Style | Minister |
Nominator | Prime Minister of the United Kingdom |
Appointer | The Monarch on advice of the Prime Minister |
Term length | At His Majesty's pleasure |
Website | www |
The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Transformation is a junior position in the Department for Work and Pensions in the British government.
The minister's responsibilities include: [1]
Name | Portrait | Entered office | Left office | Political party | Prime Minister | |
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Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Transformation | ||||||
Andrew Western | 8 July 2024 | Incumbent | Labour | Keir Starmer | ||
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