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{{Short description|Ministerial role in the British government}}
{{Infobox Political post
| post = {{small|[[United Kingdom]]}}<br>Minister of State for Social Security and Disability
| flag =
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| flagcaption =
| insignia = Royal Coat of Arms of the United Kingdom (HM Government).svg
| insigniacaption = Royal Arms as used by [[His Majesty's Government]]
| department = [[Department for Work and Pensions]]
| appointer = [[Monarchy of the United Kingdom|The Monarch]]
| appointer_qualified = {{small|(on the advice of the [[Prime Minister of the United Kingdom|Prime Minister]])}}
| formation = 1974
| image = Official portrait of Stephen Timms MP, 2024.jpg
| incumbent = [[Stephen Timms]]
| incumbentsince = 8 July 2024
| inaugural = [[Alf Morris]]
| website = {{URL|https://www.gov.uk/government/ministers/minister-of-state--150|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]].<ref name="Responsibilities">{{cite web |title=Minister of State for Disabled People, Health and Work: Responsibilities |url=https://www.gov.uk/government/ministers/minister-of-state--48 |website=gov.uk |access-date=16 March 2018}}</ref> 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 (UK)|Labour Party]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Minister of State for Social Security and Disability |url=https://www.gov.uk/government/ministers/minister-of-state--192#:~:text=The%20Rt%20Hon%20Sir%20Stephen%20Timms%20MP,-Sir%20Stephen%20Timms |website=[[Gov.uk]] |access-date=28 July 2024}}</ref>
==Current Portfolio==
The minister's responsibilities includes the following:<ref name="Responsibilities" />
* 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:
:* [[Universal Credit]]
:* Disability Living Allowance
:* Personal Independence Payment
:* Employment and Support Allowance
:* Attendance Allowance
:* Industrial Injuries Disablement Benefit
:* Carer's Allowance
* 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 1974{{snd}}1979: [[Alf Morris]], Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Disablement) at the [[Department of Health and Social Security]]<ref>{{Who's Who | id=U28145 | title = Morris of Manchester }}</ref>
*7 May 1979{{snd}}1981: [[Reg Prentice]], Minister of State (Social Security), DHSS<ref>{{Who's Who | id=U31351 | title = Prentice }}</ref>
*5 January 1981{{snd}}1983: [[Hugh Rossi]], Minister of State for Social Security and the Disabled (DHSS)<ref>{{Who's Who | id=U33237 | title = Rossi, Sir Hugh (Alexis Louis) }}</ref>
*13 June 1983{{snd}}1984: [[Tony Newton, Baron Newton of Braintree|Tony Newton]], Minister for the Disabled (Parliamentary Under-Secretary), DHSS<ref name="newton">{{Who's Who | id=U29423 | title = Newton of Braintree }}</ref><!--[[Rhodes Boyson]] apparently succeeded Rossi as Minister of State for Social Security (DHSS); but Newton as PUSS had Disability portfolio<ref>{{Who's Who | id=U8416 | title = Boyson, Rt Hon. Sir Rhodes }}</ref-->
*11 September 1984{{snd}}1986: Tony Newton, Minister of State for Social Security and the Disabled (DHSS)<ref name="newton" />
*1986{{snd}}1987 general election: [[John Major]], Minister of State for Social Security<ref>{{Who's Who | id=U26366 | title = Major, Rt Hon. Sir John }}</ref> and the Disabled (DHSS)<ref name="ReferenceA">{{Hansard|1986/dec/16/supplementary-benefit}}</ref><ref>{{cite book
| last1      = Major
| first1     = John
| year       = 2000
| title      = John Major: The Autobiography
| location   = London
| publisher  = HarperCollins
| isbn       = 978-0-00-257004-6
| url-access = registration
| url        = https://archive.org/details/johnmajor00john
|pages=93–94
}}</ref><ref>{{cite book
| last1        = Seldon
| first1       = Anthony
| author-link1 = Anthony Seldon
| year         = 1998
| orig-year     = 1997
| title        = Major: A Political Life
| location     = London
| publisher    = Phoenix Books
| isbn         = 978-0-7538-0145-1
| url          = https://books.google.com/books?id=gVRxPwAACAAJ
|page=64
}}</ref>
* 1987<ref name="ReferenceA"/>&ndash;1994: [[Nicholas Scott]], as Minister of State, [[Department of Social Security (United Kingdom)|Department of Social Security]]<ref name="Scott">{{Cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/sir-nicholas-scott-14227.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220618/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/sir-nicholas-scott-14227.html |archive-date=18 June 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|title=Sir Nicholas Scott|newspaper=[[The Independent]]|date=10 January 2005|last = Barnes|first = John|accessdate = 20 May 2022}}</ref>
* 20 July 1994{{snd}}5 July 1995: [[William Hague]], Minister of State, DSS (with responsibility for Social Security and Disabled People)<ref name="Hague">{{cite web|url=http://www.conservatives.com/tile.do?def=people.person.page&personID=4680|title=Rt Hon William Hague MP&nbsp;– profile|access-date=1 July 2008 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080506100701/http://www.conservatives.com/tile.do?def=people.person.page&personID=4680 <!-- Bot retrieved archive --> |archive-date = 6 May 2008}}</ref>
*6 July 1995{{snd}}2 May 1997: [[Alistair Burt]], Minister for Disabled People (Minister of State, DSS)<ref>{{Who's Who | id=U9581 | title = Burt, Rt Hon. Alistair (James Hendrie) }}</ref>
* Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department of Health) — 6 May 1997{{snd}}28 October 1998
* Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Education and Employment) (Employment and Equal Opportunities) — 28 July 1998{{snd}}10 June 2001
{| class="wikitable"
! colspan=2 | Name
! Portrait
! colspan=2 | Term of office
! Party
! colspan=2 | Ministry
|-
! colspan=8|Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Disabled People
|-
| style="background-color: {{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |
| [[Paul Boateng]]<ref>{{cite web | title = Lord Boateng | url = https://www.parliament.uk/biographies/lords/lord-boateng/147 | website = parliament.uk | publisher = [[UK Parliament]] | access-date = 16 March 2018}}</ref>
| [[File:Official portrait of Lord Boateng, 2020.jpg|75px]]
| 4 May 1997
| 27 October 1998
| [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour]]
| rowspan=4 style="background-color: {{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |
| rowspan=4 | [[Tony Blair|Blair]]<br>{{small|([[First Blair ministry|I]])}} {{small|([[Second Blair ministry|II]])}} {{small|([[Third Blair ministry|III]])}}
|-
| style="background-color: {{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |
| [[Margaret Hodge]]<ref>{{cite web | title = Rt Hon Dame Margaret Hodge MP | url = https://www.parliament.uk/biographies/commons/margaret-hodge/140 | website = parliament.uk | publisher = [[UK Parliament]] | access-date = 16 March 2018}}</ref>
| [[File:Official portrait of Rt Hon Dame Margaret Hodge MP crop 2.jpg|75px]]
| 29 July 1998
| 11 June 2001
| Labour
|-
| style="background-color: {{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |
| [[Maria Eagle]]<ref>{{cite web | title = Maria Eagle MP | url = https://www.parliament.uk/biographies/commons/maria-eagle/483 | website = parliament.uk | publisher = [[UK Parliament]] | access-date = 16 March 2018}}</ref>
| [[File:Official portrait of Maria Eagle MP crop 2.jpg|75px]]
| 11 June 2001
| 17 June 2005
| Labour
|-
| rowspan=2 style="background-color: {{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |
| rowspan=2 | [[Anne McGuire]]<ref>{{cite web | title = Rt Hon Dame Anne McGuire | url = https://www.parliament.uk/biographies/commons/mrs-anne-mcguire/636 | website = parliament.uk | publisher = [[UK Parliament]] | access-date = 16 March 2018}}</ref>
| rowspan=2 | [[File:AnneMcGuireMPPortrait.jpg|75px]]
| rowspan=2 | 17 June 2005
| rowspan=2 | 5 October 2008
| rowspan=2 | Labour
|-
| rowspan=2 style="background-color: {{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |
| rowspan=2 | [[Brown ministry|Brown]]
|-
| style="background-color: {{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |
| [[Jonathan Shaw (politician)|Jonathan Shaw]]<ref>{{cite web | title = Jonathan Shaw | url = http://www.parliament.uk/biographies/Commons/member/78 | website = parliament.uk | publisher = [[UK Parliament]] | access-date = 16 March 2018}}</ref>
| [[File:Jonathan Shaw.jpg|75px]]
| 5 October 2008
| 11 May 2010
| Labour
|-
| style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
| [[Maria Miller]]<ref>{{cite web | title = Rt Hon Maria Miller MP | url = https://www.parliament.uk/biographies/commons/maria-miller/1480 | website = parliament.uk | publisher = [[UK Parliament]] | access-date = 16 March 2018}}</ref>
| [[File:Official portrait of Rt Hon Maria Miller MP crop 2.jpg|75px]]
| 12 May 2010
| [[2012 British cabinet reshuffle|4 September 2012]]
| [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]]
| rowspan=2 style="background-color:#ddd" |
| rowspan=2 | [[Cameron-Clegg]]
|-
| style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
| [[Esther McVey]]<ref>{{cite web | title = Rt Hon Esther McVey MP | url = https://www.parliament.uk/biographies/commons/esther-mcvey/4084 | website = parliament.uk | publisher = [[UK Parliament]] | access-date = 16 March 2018}}</ref>
| [[File:Official portrait of Esther McVey crop 2.jpg|75px]]
| [[2012 British cabinet reshuffle|4 September 2012]]
| 7 October 2013
| Conservative
|-
| style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
! colspan=8|Minister of State for Disabled People
|-
| style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
| [[Mike Penning]]<ref>{{cite web | title = Rt Hon Sir Mike Penning MP | url = https://www.parliament.uk/biographies/commons/sir-mike-penning/1528 | website = parliament.uk | publisher = [[UK Parliament]] | access-date = 16 March 2018}}</ref>
| [[File:Official portrait of Rt Hon Sir Mike Penning MP crop 2.jpg|75px]]
| 7 October 2013
| 15 July 2014
| [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]]
| rowspan=2 style="background-color:#ddd" |
| rowspan=2|[[Cameron-Clegg]]
|-
| style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
| [[Mark Harper]]<ref>{{cite web | title = Rt Hon Mark Harper MP | url = https://www.parliament.uk/biographies/commons/mark-harper/1520 | website = parliament.uk | publisher = [[UK Parliament]] | access-date = 16 March 2018}}</ref>
| [[File:Official portrait of Rt Hon Mark Harper MP crop 2.jpg|75px]]
| 15 July 2014
| 8 May 2015
| [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]]
|-
! colspan=8|Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Disabled People
|-
| style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
| [[Justin Tomlinson]]<ref>{{cite web | title = Justin Tomlinson MP | url = https://www.parliament.uk/biographies/commons/justin-tomlinson/4105 | website = parliament.uk | publisher = [[UK Parliament]] | access-date = 16 March 2018}}</ref>
| [[File:Official portrait of Justin Tomlinson MP crop 2.jpg|75px]]
| 8 May 2015
| 15 July 2016
| [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]]
| style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
| [[David Cameron|Cameron]]<br>{{small|([[Second Cameron ministry|II]])}}
|-
! colspan=8|Minister of State for Disabled People, Work and Health
|-
| style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
| [[Penny Mordaunt]]<ref>{{cite web | title = Rt Hon Penny Mordaunt MP | url = https://www.parliament.uk/biographies/commons/penny-mordaunt/4017 | website = parliament.uk | publisher = [[UK Parliament]] | access-date = 16 March 2018}}</ref>
| [[File:Official portrait of Penny Mordaunt crop 2.jpg|75px]]
| 15 July 2016
| 9 November 2017
| [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]]
| rowspan=4 style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
| rowspan=2|[[Theresa May|May]]<br>{{small|([[First May ministry|I]])}} {{small|([[Second May ministry|II]])}}
|-
| style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
| [[Sarah Newton]]<ref>{{cite web | title = Sarah Newton MP | url = https://www.parliament.uk/biographies/commons/sarah-newton/4071 | website = parliament.uk | publisher = [[UK Parliament]] | access-date = 16 March 2018}}</ref>
| [[File:Official portrait of Sarah Newton.jpg|75px]]
| 9 November 2017
| 13 March 2019
| [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]]
|-
| style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
| [[Justin Tomlinson]]
| [[File:Official portrait of Justin Tomlinson MP crop 2.jpg |75px]]
| 4 April 2019
| [[2021 British cabinet reshuffle|16 September 2021]]
| [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]]
| [[Theresa May|May]]<br>{{small|([[Second May ministry|II]])}}<br>[[Boris Johnson|Johnson]]<br>{{small|([[First Johnson ministry|I]])}} {{small|([[Second Johnson ministry|II]])}}
|-
| style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
|[[Chloe Smith]]
| [[File:Official portrait of Chloe Smith MP crop 2.jpg|75px]]
|[[2021 British cabinet reshuffle|16 September 2021]]
| 6 September 2022
|[[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]]
|<br>[[Boris Johnson|Johnson]]<br>{{small|([[Second Johnson ministry|II]])}}
|-
! colspan=8|Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Disabled People, Health and Work
|-
| style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
|[[Claire Coutinho]]
|[[File:Official portrait of Claire Coutinho MP crop 2.jpg|frameless|100x100px]]
|21 September 2022
|28 October 2022
|[[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]]
|style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
|[[Truss ministry|Truss]]<br>[[Sunak ministry|Sunak]]
|-
! colspan=8|Minister of State for Disabled People, Health and Work
|-
| style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
| [[Tom Pursglove]]
| [[File:Official portrait of Tom Pursglove MP crop 2.jpg|frameless|100x100px]]
| 28 October 2022
| 7 December 2023
| [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]]
| style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
| [[Sunak ministry|Sunak]]
|-
! colspan=8|Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Disabled People, Health and Work
|-
| style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
| [[Mims Davies]]
| [[File:Mims Davies.jpg|frameless|100x100px]]
| 14 December 2023
| 12 April 2024
| [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]]
| style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
| [[Sunak ministry|Sunak]]
|-
! colspan=9|Minister of State for Disabled People, Health and Work
|-
| style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
| [[Mims Davies]]
| [[File:Mims Davies.jpg|frameless|100x100px]]
| 12 April 2024
| 5 July 2024
| [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]]
| style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
| [[Sunak ministry|Sunak]]
|-
! colspan="9" |Minister of State for Social Security and Disability
|-
| style="background-color: {{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |
|[[Stephen Timms]]
|[[File:Official portrait of Stephen Timms MP crop 2, 2024.jpg|frameless|100x100px]]
|8 July 2024
|''Incumbent''
|[[Labour Party (UK)|Labour]]
| style="background-color: {{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |
|[[Starmer ministry|Starmer]]
|}
== 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
==References==
{{Reflist}}
[[Category:Lists of government ministers of the United Kingdom|Disabled]]
[[Category:Department for Work and Pensions]]