Ministerial role

Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Minister for Women)

Responsibilities

The Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Minister for Women) is responsible for:

  • driving women’s policy and the government’s wider priorities for women and girls, including tackling violence against women and girls (with the Minister for Safeguarding)
  • tackling maternal and mental health disparities for minority groups
  • supporting improvements to the provision and accessibility of childcare to support working parents
  • progressing the Worker Protection Bill through Parliament
  • delivery of the government’s Inclusive Britain Action Plan
  • sponsorship of the Equality and Human Rights Commission

Previous holders of this role

  1. Maria Caulfield

    2022 to 2024