Ministerial role

Minister of State (Minister for Disabled People, Health and Work)

Organisations: Department for Work and Pensions, Equality Hub, and Disability Unit

Responsibilities

Responsibilities include:

• disability policy and cross-government responsibility for disabled people
• oversight of Disability Unit, and convenor of Disability Champions
• work and health strategy, including sponsorship of the joint Department for Work and Pensions / Department for Health and Social Care Work and Health Unit, and disability benefit reform
• disability employment, and disability employment programmes
• financial support for those at risk of falling out of work, and disabled claimants including, Disability Living Allowance (DLA), Personal Independence Payment (PIP), Employment and Support Allowance (ESA) and Carer’s Allowance (CA)
• Support for disadvantaged groups
• Youth Offer
• Government Equalities Office (GEO) lead, Women and the Menopause
• Military Covenant
• Housing Benefit strategy and delivery, including Support for Mortgage Interest and supported accommodation

Previous holders of this role

1. Mims Davies MP

   2024 to 2024

2. Tom Pursglove

   2022 to 2023

3. Chloe Smith

   2021 to 2022

4. Justin Tomlinson

   2019 to 2021

5. Sarah Newton

   2017 to 2019

6. The Rt Hon Penny Mordaunt

   2016 to 2017