Ministerial role

Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Family Support, Housing and Child Maintenance

Organisations: Department for Work and Pensions

Responsibilities

The minister’s responsibilities include:

• cross-DWP Commons spokesperson
• workless families, relationship support and support for disadvantaged groups
• childcare and maternity benefits
• child maintenance
• financial support for housing, including within Universal Credit
• other social assistance, including supported accommodation, Support for Mortgage Interest, Cold Weather Payments, bereavement benefits and funeral payments
• benefit cap implementation and benefit uprating

Previous holders of this role

1. Will Quince

   2019 to 2019

2. Justin Tomlinson

   2018 to 2019

3. The Rt Hon Kit Malthouse MP

   2018 to 2018

4. Caroline Dinenage MP

   2017 to 2018

Announcements

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• New poverty statistics developed to help government target support
  • 06 March 2024
  • Press release
• Bereaved families to receive funeral payments quicker
  • 17 July 2019
  • Press release
• Minister announces new transfer option for mortgage interest support
  • 17 June 2019
  • Press release
• End to Metro Bank "no DSS" mortgages
  • 11 June 2019
  • Press release
• Housing Minister unlocks private rented sector for most vulnerable
  • 01 March 2019
  • Press release
• Thousands more households boost work hours and earnings
  • 07 February 2019
  • Press release
• £2.7 million fund to tackle parental conflict
  • 04 January 2019
  • Press release
• All supported housing funding to be retained in welfare system
  • 09 August 2018
  • Press release
• One million people lifted out of absolute poverty
  • 22 March 2018
  • Press release
• Claiming Funeral Expenses Payment to be made easier
  • 23 January 2018
  • Press release

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