Ministerial role

Parliamentary Under Secretary of State

Organisations: Department for Work and Pensions

Responsibilities

The minister’s responsibilities include:

  • pensioner benefits, including new State Pension, Winter Fuel Payments, Pension Credit and Attendance Allowance
  • private and occupational pensions, including regulatory powers and the National Employment Savings Trust (NEST)
  • automatic enrolment into a workplace pension
  • oversight of arms-length bodies, including the Pensions Regulator, Pension Protection Fund, Financial Assistance Scheme and Pensions Ombudsman
  • financial guidance, budgeting, saving and debt, including the Money and Pensions Service and Financial Inclusion Policy Forum
  • methods of payment and Post Office Card Accounts
  • Net Zero
  • cross-DWP spokesperson – shadowing Lords

The role of Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Pensions and Financial Inclusion replaced the role of Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Pensions in June 2017.

Previous holders of this role

  1. Guy Opperman

    2017 to 2022