Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Pensions
Appearance
United Kingdom Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Pensions | |
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since 9 July 2024 | |
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 Pensions is a junior position in the Department for Work and Pensions in the British government.
In the 1970s the minister was known as Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Employment.
Responsibilities
[edit]The minister's responsibilities include:[1]
- 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 arms-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
[edit]Name | Portrait | Entered office | Left office | Political party | Prime Minister | |
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Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Employment | ||||||
John Fraser | 8 March 1974 | 14 April 1976 | Labour | Harold Wilson | ||
Harold Walker | 8 March 1974 | 14 April 1976 | Labour | Harold Wilson | ||
John Golding | 14 April 1976 | 4 May 1979 | Labour | James Callaghan | ||
John Grant | 14 April 1976 | 4 May 1979 | Labour | James Callaghan | ||
Jim Lester | 7 May 1979 | 5 January 1981 | Conservative | Margaret Thatcher | ||
Patrick Mayhew | 7 May 1979 | 5 January 1981 | Conservative | Margaret Thatcher | ||
David Waddington | 5 January 1981 | 6 January 1983 | Conservative | Margaret Thatcher | ||
Hon. Peter Morrison | 5 January 1981 | 13 June 1983 | Conservative | Margaret Thatcher | ||
John Gummer | ![]() |
6 January 1983 | 18 October 1983 | Conservative | Margaret Thatcher | |
Alan Clark | ![]() |
13 June 1983 | 24 January 1986 | Conservative | Margaret Thatcher | |
Peter Bottomley | ![]() |
11 September 1984 | 23 January 1986 | Conservative | Margaret Thatcher | |
David Trippier | 2 September 1985 | 13 June 1987 | Conservative | Margaret Thatcher | ||
Ian Lang | ![]() |
31 January 1986 | 10 September 1986 | Conservative | Margaret Thatcher | |
John Lee | ![]() |
10 September 1986 | 26 July 1989 | Conservative | Margaret Thatcher | |
Patrick Nicholls | 13 June 1987 | 24 July 1990 | Conservative | Margaret Thatcher | ||
The Lord Strathclyde | ![]() |
26 July 1989 | 24 July 1990 | Conservative | Margaret Thatcher | |
Robert Jackson | 24 July 1990 | 14 April 1992 | Conservative | Margaret Thatcher and John Major | ||
Eric Forth | 24 July 1990 | 14 April 1992 | Conservative | Margaret Thatcher and John Major | ||
The Viscount Ullswater | ![]() |
24 July 1990 | 16 September 1993 | Conservative | Margaret Thatcher and John Major | |
Patrick McLoughlin | ![]() |
14 April 1992 | 27 May 1993 | Conservative | John Major | |
Ann Widdecombe | ![]() |
27 May 1993 | 20 July 1994 | Conservative | John Major | |
The Lord Henley | ![]() |
16 September 1993 | 20 July 1994 | Conservative | John Major | |
James Paice | ![]() |
20 July 1994 | 5 July 1995 | Conservative | John Major | |
Phillip Oppenheim | ![]() |
20 July 1994 | 5 July 1995 | Conservative | John Major | |
Minister of State for Pensions | ||||||
Stephen Timms | ![]() |
23 December 1998 | 29 July 1999 | Labour | Tony Blair | |
Jeff Rooker | ![]() |
29 July 1999 | 7 June 2001 | Labour | Tony Blair | |
Malcolm Wicks | 8 June 2001 | 4 April 2003 | Labour | Tony Blair | ||
Ian McCartney | ![]() |
13 June 2003 | 6 May 2005 | Labour | Tony Blair | |
Stephen Timms | ![]() |
6 May 2005 | 5 May 2006 | Labour | Tony Blair | |
James Purnell | ![]() |
5 May 2006 | 28 June 2007 | Labour | Tony Blair | |
Mike O'Brien | ![]() |
27 June 2007 | 5 October 2008 | Labour | Gordon Brown | |
Rosie Winterton | ![]() |
24 January 2008 | 5 June 2009 | Labour | Gordon Brown | |
Minister of State for Pensions and Ageing Society | ||||||
Angela Eagle | ![]() |
8 June 2009 | 11 May 2010 | Labour | Gordon Brown | |
Minister of State for Pensions | ||||||
Steve Webb | ![]() |
12 May 2010 | 8 May 2015 | Liberal Democrats | David Cameron | |
The Baroness Altmann | ![]() |
11 May 2015 | 15 July 2016 | Labour (to September 2015)[2] | David Cameron | |
Conservative (from September 2015) | ||||||
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Pensions | ||||||
Richard Harrington | ![]() |
17 July 2016 | 14 June 2017 | Conservative | Theresa May | |
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Pensions and Financial Inclusion | ||||||
Guy Opperman | ![]() |
14 June 2017 | 8 September 2022[a] | Conservative | ||
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Pensions and Growth | ||||||
Alex Burghart | ![]() |
20 September 2022 | 27 October 2022 | Conservative | Liz Truss | |
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Pensions | ||||||
Laura Trott | ![]() |
27 October 2022 | 13 November 2023 | Conservative | Rishi Sunak | |
Paul Maynard | ![]() |
13 November 2023 | 5 July 2024 | Conservative | ||
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Pensions | ||||||
Emma Reynolds | ![]() |
9 July 2024 | Incumbent | Labour | Keir Starmer |
Notes
[edit]- ^ Office vacant between 7 July and 8 July 2022, when Opperman resigned from the government until Boris Johnson announced his resignation as prime minister.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ "Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Minister for Pensions and Financial Inclusion)". GOV.UK. Retrieved 10 January 2021.
- ^ "Tory minister Ros Altmann expelled from Labour party". The Guardian. 8 September 2015.
- ^ Blows, Laura. "Guy Opperman announces return to DWP". Pensions Age Magazine. Retrieved 9 July 2022.