Ministerial role

Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Minister for Lords)

Organisations: Department for Work and Pensions

Responsibilities

  • DWP Lords spokesperson
  • departmental oversight including Commercial, Estates and Research
  • legislation coordination
  • disadvantaged groups
  • Shadow lead on Fraud legislation in the House of Lords
  • Social Security Advisory Committee oversight
  • Child Maintenance, Family Test and Reducing Parental Conflict

Previous holders of this role

  1. Baroness Sherlock OBE

    2024 to 2024

  2. Viscount Younger of Leckie

    2023 to 2024

  3. Baroness Deborah Stedman-Scott OBE DL

    2022 to 2023