Minister of State for Social Security and Disability

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Minister of State for Social Security and Disability

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| insignia = Royal Coat of Arms of the United Kingdom (HM Government).svg

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| department = Department for Work and Pensions

| appointer = The Monarch

| appointer_qualified = {{small|(on the advice of the 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}}

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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.{{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}} 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.{{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}}

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:

:* 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{{Who's Who | id=U28145 | title = Morris of Manchester }}
7 May 1979{{snd}}1981: Reg Prentice, Minister of State (Social Security), DHSS{{Who's Who | id=U31351 | title = Prentice }}
5 January 1981{{snd}}1983: Hugh Rossi, Minister of State for Social Security and the Disabled (DHSS){{Who's Who | id=U33237 | title = Rossi, Sir Hugh (Alexis Louis) }}
13 June 1983{{snd}}1984: Tony Newton, Minister for the Disabled (Parliamentary Under-Secretary), DHSS{{Who's Who | id=U29423 | title = Newton of Braintree }}
11 September 1984{{snd}}1986: Tony Newton, Minister of State for Social Security and the Disabled (DHSS)
1986{{snd}}1987 general election: John Major, Minister of State for Social Security{{Who's Who | id=U26366 | title = Major, Rt Hon. Sir John }} and the Disabled (DHSS){{Hansard|1986/dec/16/supplementary-benefit}}{{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

}}{{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

}}

1987–1994: Nicholas Scott, as Minister of State, Department of Social Security{{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}}
20 July 1994{{snd}}5 July 1995: William Hague, Minister of State, DSS (with responsibility for Social Security and Disabled People){{cite web|url=http://www.conservatives.com/tile.do?def=people.person.page&personID=4680|title=Rt Hon William Hague MP – 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 |archive-date = 6 May 2008}}
6 July 1995{{snd}}2 May 1997: Alistair Burt, Minister for Disabled People (Minister of State, DSS){{Who's Who | id=U9581 | title = Burt, Rt Hon. Alistair (James Hendrie) }}
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{{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}} \| 75px \| 4 May 1997 \| 27 October 1998 \| Labour \| rowspan=4 style="background-color: {{party color\|Labour Party (UK)}}" \| \| rowspan=4 \| Blair {{small\|(I)}} {{small\|(II)}} {{small\|(III)}}
style="background-color: {{party color\|Labour Party (UK)}}" \| \| Margaret Hodge{{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}} \| 75px \| 29 July 1998 \| 11 June 2001 \| Labour
style="background-color: {{party color\|Labour Party (UK)}}" \| \| Maria Eagle{{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}} \| 75px \| 11 June 2001 \| 17 June 2005 \| Labour
rowspan=2 style="background-color: {{party color\|Labour Party (UK)}}" \| \| rowspan=2 \| Anne McGuire{{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}} \| rowspan=2 \| 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
style="background-color: {{party color\|Labour Party (UK)}}" \| \| Jonathan Shaw{{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}} \| 75px \| 5 October 2008 \| 11 May 2010 \| Labour
style="background-color: {{party color\|Conservative Party (UK)}}" \| \| Maria Miller{{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}} \| 75px \| 12 May 2010 \| 4 September 2012 \| Conservative \| rowspan=2 style="background-color:#ddd" \| \| rowspan=2 \| Cameron-Clegg
style="background-color: {{party color\|Conservative Party (UK)}}" \| \| Esther McVey{{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}} \| 75px \| 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{{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}} \| 75px \| 7 October 2013 \| 15 July 2014 \| Conservative \| rowspan=2 style="background-color:#ddd" \| \| rowspan=2\|Cameron-Clegg
style="background-color: {{party color\|Conservative Party (UK)}}" \| \| Mark Harper{{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}} \| 75px \| 15 July 2014 \| 8 May 2015 \| Conservative
colspan=8\|Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Disabled People
style="background-color: {{party color\|Conservative Party (UK)}}" \| \| Justin Tomlinson{{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}} \| 75px \| 8 May 2015 \| 15 July 2016 \| Conservative \| style="background-color: {{party color\|Conservative Party (UK)}}" \| \| Cameron {{small\|(II)}}
colspan=8\|Minister of State for Disabled People, Work and Health
style="background-color: {{party color\|Conservative Party (UK)}}" \| \| Penny Mordaunt{{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}} \| 75px \| 15 July 2016 \| 9 November 2017 \| Conservative \| rowspan=4 style="background-color: {{party color\|Conservative Party (UK)}}" \| \| rowspan=2\|May {{small\|(I)}} {{small\|(II)}}
style="background-color: {{party color\|Conservative Party (UK)}}" \| \| Sarah Newton{{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}} \| 75px \| 9 November 2017 \| 13 March 2019 \| Conservative
style="background-color: {{party color\|Conservative Party (UK)}}" \| \| Justin Tomlinson \| 75px \| 4 April 2019 \| 16 September 2021 \| Conservative \| May {{small\|(II)}} Johnson {{small\|(I)}} {{small\|(II)}}
style="background-color: {{party color\|Conservative Party (UK)}}" \| \|Chloe Smith \| 75px \|16 September 2021 \| 6 September 2022 \|Conservative \| Johnson {{small\|(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 \|21 September 2022 \|28 October 2022 \|Conservative \|style="background-color: {{party color\|Conservative Party (UK)}}" \| \|Truss 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 \| 28 October 2022 \| 7 December 2023 \| Conservative \| style="background-color: {{party color\|Conservative Party (UK)}}" \| \| 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 \| 14 December 2023 \| 12 April 2024 \| Conservative \| style="background-color: {{party color\|Conservative Party (UK)}}" \| \| 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 \| 12 April 2024 \| 5 July 2024 \| Conservative \| style="background-color: {{party color\|Conservative Party (UK)}}" \| \| 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 \|8 July 2024 \|Incumbent \|Labour \| style="background-color: {{party color\|Labour Party (UK)}}" \| \|Starmer

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{{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}}

| 75px

| 4 May 1997

| 27 October 1998

| Labour

| rowspan=4 style="background-color: {{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |

| rowspan=4 | Blair
{{small|(I)}} {{small|(II)}} {{small|(III)}}

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

| Margaret Hodge{{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}}

| 75px

| 29 July 1998

| 11 June 2001

| Labour

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

| Maria Eagle{{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}}

| 75px

| 11 June 2001

| 17 June 2005

| Labour

rowspan=2 style="background-color: {{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |

| rowspan=2 | Anne McGuire{{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}}

| rowspan=2 | 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

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

| Jonathan Shaw{{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}}

| 75px

| 5 October 2008

| 11 May 2010

| Labour

style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |

| Maria Miller{{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}}

| 75px

| 12 May 2010

| 4 September 2012

| Conservative

| rowspan=2 style="background-color:#ddd" |

| rowspan=2 | Cameron-Clegg

style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |

| Esther McVey{{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}}

| 75px

| 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{{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}}

| 75px

| 7 October 2013

| 15 July 2014

| Conservative

| rowspan=2 style="background-color:#ddd" |

| rowspan=2|Cameron-Clegg

style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |

| Mark Harper{{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}}

| 75px

| 15 July 2014

| 8 May 2015

| Conservative

colspan=8|Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Disabled People

style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |

| Justin Tomlinson{{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}}

| 75px

| 8 May 2015

| 15 July 2016

| Conservative

| style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |

| Cameron
{{small|(II)}}

colspan=8|Minister of State for Disabled People, Work and Health

style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |

| Penny Mordaunt{{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}}

| 75px

| 15 July 2016

| 9 November 2017

| Conservative

| rowspan=4 style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |

| rowspan=2|May
{{small|(I)}} {{small|(II)}}

style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |

| Sarah Newton{{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}}

| 75px

| 9 November 2017

| 13 March 2019

| Conservative

style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |

| Justin Tomlinson

| 75px

| 4 April 2019

| 16 September 2021

| Conservative

| May
{{small|(II)}}
Johnson
{{small|(I)}} {{small|(II)}}

style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |