Ministerial role

Minister of State (Minister for Disabled People, Health and Work)

Organisations: Department for Work and Pensions, Disability Unit, and Equality Hub

Responsibilities

Responsibilities include:

  • disability policy and cross-government responsibility for disabled people
  • oversight of Disability Unit, and convenor of Disability Champions
  • work and health strategy, including sponsorship of the joint Department for Work and Pensions / Department for Health and Social Care Work and Health Unit, and disability benefit reform
  • disability employment, and disability employment programmes
  • financial support for those at risk of falling out of work, and disabled claimants including, Disability Living Allowance (DLA), Personal Independence Payment (PIP), Employment and Support Allowance (ESA) and Carer’s Allowance (CA)
  • Support for disadvantaged groups
  • Youth Offer
  • Government Equalities Office (GEO) lead, Women and the Menopause
  • Military Covenant
  • Housing Benefit strategy and delivery, including Support for Mortgage Interest and supported accommodation

Between December 2023 and April 2024 this role was carried out by the Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Minister for Disabled People, Health and Work).

Previous holders of this role

  1. Mims Davies MP

    2024 to 2024

  2. Tom Pursglove

    2022 to 2023

  3. Chloe Smith

    2021 to 2022

  4. Justin Tomlinson

    2019 to 2021

  5. Sarah Newton

    2017 to 2019

  6. The Rt Hon Penny Mordaunt

    2016 to 2017