Department of Social Security (United Kingdom)

{{About|the defunct UK government department|the current equivalent|Department for Work and Pensions|other countries|Ministry of Social Security}}

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|formed = 1988

|preceding1 = Department of Health and Social Security

|dissolved = 2001

|superseding = Department for Work and Pensions

|jurisdiction = United Kingdom

|headquarters = Leeds, United Kingdom

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|minister1_name = Various incumbents

|minister1_pfo = Secretary of State for Social Security

|child1_agency = Employment Service

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The Department of Social Security (DSS) was a governmental agency in the United Kingdom from 1988 to 2001.

History

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After the Fowler report, the Department of Health and Social Security separated during 1988 to form two departments, one of which was the DSS.{{cite web|author=Dept. of Social Security |title=Resource Accounts 2000-2001|url=https://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&q=cache:mlqt7_ipH38J:www.rightsnet.org.uk/pdfs/welfarestate2002.doc+&hl=en&gl=uk&pid=bl&srcid=ADGEESh7bLf8tmycUrzt2eQ3jll6Vff17zOPob_6yHShSxllh6n3iFqBHTMlVT_BJGsantqYTK_k5DxBG7kwqM7cItkhaj7IGVl38PgjNHvp8t8jwu4GpxdMsY4ljC3pY2QuacNK-n8G&sig=AHIEtbQgD9kJCfc8zYlsL1vUnt3i8EbazQ&pli=1|access-date= 2012-06-06|publisher=rightsnet.org}} During 2001, the department was largely replaced by the Department for Work and Pensions,{{cite web|title=The welfare state 1945–2002|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/programmes/inside_money/2173941.stm|work=BBC News|access-date=26 April 2012|date=5 August 2002}}{{cite web|title=Department of Social Security renamed|url=http://plc.practicallaw.com/5-101-5116|publisher=Practical Law Company|access-date=26 April 2012|date=29 June 2001}} with the other responsibilities of the department assumed by the Treasury and the Ministry for Defence.{{cite web|author=E Carmel & T Papadopoulos|title=The New governance of Social Security in Britain|url=https://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&q=cache:DKEqxqNH2t8J:people.bath.ac.uk/hsstp/TP-Publications/EC-TP-New-Governance-of-Soc-Sec_2003.pdf+&hl=en&gl=uk&pid=bl&srcid=ADGEEShkDSp2DVGV4c92RLl3WqCnOB0axFiOhP6seva9uK60G2pnMs8_aMUnFdd5GqAxEJYYUCRfMSnG4XUPCP4Hj9ONDJCajh5wd2npqT4W3d3PlS2PCvnoFLzEiCyjzRmH-u_Wpc2C&sig=AHIEtbRc022TLSrX9LOVDlmgm6M8wGCr8Q|access-date= 2012-06-06|publisher=University of Bath}}

Beginning in 1989, the Department of Social Security was subdivided into six executive agencies - firstly into the Resettlement agency, in 1990 ITSA (Information Technology Services Agency), the Benefits Agency and Contributions Agency in 1991, the Child Support Agency in 1993 and the War Pensions Agency in 1994.

As part of the UK government's spending review (March 1998),[http://archive.treasury.gov.uk/pub/html/csr/dss.html transcription of DSS:July 1998] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071005054713/http://archive.treasury.gov.uk/pub/html/csr/dss.html |date=2007-10-05 }} - Archive of The Treasury Dept. of the government of the U.K. of Britain Retrieved 2012-06-06 a paper New Ambitions for our Country: A New Contract for Welfare (1998) announced plans to increase efficiency ("streamline") in the administration of benefits from policy of social welfare, plans subsequently adopted as the "single gateway to benefits".{{cite book|author=J. P. A. Van Vugt, J. Peet|title=Social Security and Solidarity in the European Union: Facts, Evaluations, and Perspectives|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=PyUdt8Mcm3YC&q=Department+of+Social+Security+UK&pg=PA186|access-date=2012-06-06|publisher=Springer, 2000|isbn=9783790813340|date=2000-11-16}}secondary - G Duncan, T Eardley, M Evans, P Ughetto, W van Oorschot S Wright - [https://scholar.google.co.uk/scholar?cluster=4011972100527723106&hl=en&as_sdt=0,5 Towards 'Single Gateways'?-A Cross-National Review of the Changing Roles of Employment Offices in Seven Countries] The Welfare Reform and Pensions Act 1999J Fulbrook [http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/1468-2230.00318/abstract DOI: 10.1111/1468-2230.00318] The Modern Law Review March 2001 Retrieved 2012-06-06The Crown (legislation.gov) [http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1999/30/contents Table of Contents] The National Archives - Retrieved 2012-06-06 brought reforms to the DSS guided by the principle of "work for those that can and security for those that cannot".The Crown (legislation.gov) [http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1999/30/notes/division/2/1 Background to the Act] The National Archives - Retrieved 2012-06-06

Secretaries of state

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|+ Secretaries of State for Social Security (1988–2001)

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! colspan=3 | Secretary of State

! colspan=2 | Term of office

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| John Moore{{Cite web|url=https://members.parliament.uk/member/1022/career |title=Lord Moore of Lower Marsh |work=UK Parliament |access-date=10 September 2021}}

| 25 July 1988

| 22 July 1989

| {{Party shading/Conservative (UK)}} | Conservative

| rowspan="2" {{Party shading/Conservative (UK)}} |Thatcher III

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| rowspan=2 | Tony Newton{{Cite web|url=https://members.parliament.uk/member/925/career |title=Lord Newton of Braintree |work=UK Parliament |access-date=10 September 2021}}

| rowspan=2 | 23 July 1989

| rowspan=2 | 9 April 1992

| rowspan=2 {{Party shading/Conservative (UK)}} | Conservative

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| {{Party shading/Conservative (UK)}} |Major I

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| Peter Lilley{{Cite web|url=https://members.parliament.uk/member/68/career |title=Lord Lilley |work=UK Parliament |access-date=10 September 2021}}

| 10 April 1992

| 1 May 1997

| {{Party shading/Conservative (UK)}} | Conservative

| {{Party shading/Conservative (UK)}} |Major II

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! style="background-color:{{Party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |

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| Harriet Harman{{Cite web|url=https://members.parliament.uk/member/150/career |title=Rt Hon Harriet Harman QC MP |work=UK Parliament |access-date=10 September 2021}}

| 1 May 1997

| 27 July 1998

| {{Party shading/Labour}} |Labour

| rowspan="2" {{Party shading/Labour}} |Blair I

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| Alistair Darling{{Cite web|url=https://members.parliament.uk/member/596/career |title=Lord Darling of Roulanish |work=UK Parliament |access-date=10 September 2021}}

| 27 July 1998

| 8 June 2001

| {{Party shading/Labour}} | Labour

References

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