Ministerial role

Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Minister for Employment)

Organisations: Department for Work and Pensions

Responsibilities

The minister’s responsibilities include:

  • responsibility for departmental strategy on the labour market, unemployment and in work progression, with a focus on under-represented groups, young people and skills
  • in-work conditionality including sanctions
  • international labour market policy (International Labour Organization (ILO), G20, Employment, Social Policy, Health and Consumer Affairs Council (EPSCO))
  • European Social Fund (ESF) and UK Shared Prosperity Fund (UKSPF)
  • work services and Jobcentre Plus partnership working
  • Jobcentre Plus campaigns
  • Jobseeker’s Allowance, Income Support
  • People and Location Programme
  • Youth Offer
  • Flexible Support Fund
  • labour market interventions for self-employment (including the New Enterprise Allowance and future offer and the Minimum Income Floor)
  • benefit cap
  • Health and Safety Executive

The role of Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Minister for Employment) replaced the role Minister of State for Employment in July 2019.

Previous holders of this role

  1. Julie Marson

    2022 to 2022

  2. Mims Davies MP

    2019 to 2022