Minister of State for Social Security and Disability

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:

• Cross-government disability issues
• Work and health strategy, including sponsorship of the Joint Work and Health Unit
• Disability employment, including Disability Confident, Work Choice, Access to Work, the Work and Health Programme and mental health in the workplace
• Support for those at risk of falling out of work, including occupational health and Statutory Sick Pay
• Financial support for sick and disabled claimants, including within:

• Specific welfare and health-related issues, including Motability and arms-length compensation schemes
• Oversight of the Health and Safety Executive and the Office for Nuclear Regulation

List of ministers

• 11 March 19741979: Alf Morris, Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Disablement) at the Department of Health and Social Security
• 7 May 19791981: Reg Prentice, Minister of State (Social Security), DHSS
• 5 January 19811983: Hugh Rossi, Minister of State for Social Security and the Disabled (DHSS)
• 13 June 19831984: Tony Newton, Minister for the Disabled (Parliamentary Under-Secretary), DHSS
• 11 September 19841986: Tony Newton, Minister of State for Social Security and the Disabled (DHSS)
• 19861987 general election: John Major, Minister of State for Social Security and the Disabled (DHSS)
• 1987–1994: Nicholas Scott, as Minister of State, Department of Social Security
• 20 July 19945 July 1995: William Hague, Minister of State, DSS (with responsibility for Social Security and Disabled People)
• 6 July 19952 May 1997: Alistair Burt, Minister for Disabled People (Minister of State, DSS)
• Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department of Health) — 6 May 199728 October 1998
• Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Education and Employment) (Employment and Equal Opportunities) — 28 July 199810 June 2001

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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