Ministerial role
Minister of State (Minister for Disabled People, Health and Work)
Responsibilities
The minister’s responsibilities include:
- departmental strategy on disability and disability employment
- cross-government responsibility for disabled people
- Employment and Support Allowance, Personal Independence Payment, Disability Living Allowance and elements of Universal Credit that relate to disabled people including the severe disability premium
- work and health strategy including sponsorship of the joint Department for Work and Pensions / Department for Health and Social Care Work and Health Unit
- Carer’s Allowance
- disability benefit reform
- devolution framework
- Health and Safety Executive
- COVID-19 response
- Serious Case Panel
The role of Minister of State for Disabled People, Health and Work replaced the role of Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Disabled People in July 2016.