Lead Ministers for Disability
Lead Ministers for Disability represent the interests of disabled people, and champion disability inclusion and accessibility across each government department, as they drive forward progress on the government’s manifesto commitments and 5 missions.
This page is currently in the process of being updated.
The Lead Ministers for Disability meet as a group regularly throughout the year. The chair is Rt Hon Sir Stephen Timms MP, Minister of State for Social Security and Disability.
Their role is to:
- break down barriers to opportunity for disabled people right across the government’s long-term missions
- fulfil the manifesto commitment to ensure their departments put the views and voices of disabled people at the heart of everything they do
The Lead Ministers for Disability are listed below:
| Department | Minister | Role |
|---|---|---|
| Cabinet Office | Mark Ferguson MP | Parliamentary Secretary |
| Department for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade | Lord Leong CBE | Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Minister for Small Business and Enterprise) |
| Department for Culture, Media and Sport | to be confirmed | |
| Department for Education | Georgia Gould OBE MP | Minister of State (Minister for School Standards) |
| Department for Energy Security and Net Zero | Polly Billington MP | Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Minister for Energy Consumers) |
| Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs | Jenny Riddell-Carpenter MP | Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State |
| Department of Health and Social Care | to be confirmed | |
| Department for Transport | Simon Lightwood MP | Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Minister for Equalities) and Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Minister for Buses and Local Transport) |
| Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office | to be confirmed | |
| HM Treasury | to be confirmed | |
| Home Office | Jo White MP | Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Minister for Migration and Citizenship) |
| Ministry of Defence | Calvin Bailey MBE MP | Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Minister for Veterans and People) |
| Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government | to be confirmed | |
| Ministry of Justice | Jake Richards MP | Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Minister for Sentencing, Human Rights and Technology) |
| Northern Ireland Office | to be confirmed | |
| Scotland Office | Melanie Ward MP | Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State |
| Wales Office | Anna McMorrin MP | Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State |