Ministerial role

Minister of State for Employment

Organisations: Department for Work and Pensions

Responsibilities

In July 2019 the role of Minister of State for Employment was replaced by the role of Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Minister for Employment).

The minister’s responsibilities include:

  • Universal Credit, including labour market aspects and overall programme management
  • employment strategy and labour market interventions, including:
    • conditionality and sanctions
    • youth employment
    • women’s employment
    • black, Asian and minority ethnic employment
    • Fuller Working Lives
    • New Enterprise Allowance
  • Jobcentre Plus, partnership working and employer engagement
  • EU and international affairs, including support to the Secretary of State on Brexit
  • support to the Secretary of State on devolution

Previous holders of this role

  1. The Rt Hon Lord Alok Sharma KCMG

    2018 to 2019

  2. The Rt Hon Damian Hinds MP

    2016 to 2018

  3. The Rt Hon Priti Patel MP

    2015 to 2016

  4. The Rt Hon Esther McVey MP

    2013 to 2015

  5. Mark Hoban

    2012 to 2013

  6. The Rt Hon Chris Grayling

    2010 to 2012