Ministerial role

Minister of State (Minister for Social Security and Disability)

Organisations: Department for Work and Pensions, Department for Education, Disability Unit, and Office for Equality and Opportunity

Responsibilities

• Disability policy and x-Gov responsibility for disabled people 

• Health and disability reform 

• Universal Credit and Legacy Benefits Delivery 

• Contributory Benefits, Personal Independence Payment (PIP), Disability Living Allowance (DLA), and Employment and Support Allowance (ESA) 

• Carer’s Allowance (CA) 

• Housing 

• Access to Work 

• ALB: Health and Safety Executive 

• Serious Case Panel 

• Uprating and Benefit Cap 

• Oversight of Disability Unit (DU)

Previous holders of this role

1. The Rt Hon Sir Stephen Timms MP

   2024 to 2026

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• Equal pay system to be improved as government launches consultation process
  • 29 July 2026
  • Press release
• Equality law call for evidence
  • 23 July 2026
  • Call for evidence outcome
• Understanding pay discrimination in the UK
  • 15 July 2026
  • Research
• Government increases its use of BSL to make communications more accessible
  • 15 July 2026
  • Press release
• British Sign Language (BSL) fourth report, May 2025 to April 2026
  • 15 July 2026
  • Corporate report
• Timms Review of Personal Independence Payment: interim report
  • 15 July 2026
  • Policy paper
• The lived experience of pay discrimination on the basis of race and disability
  • 14 July 2026
  • Research
• Understanding the gender pay gap in the UK
  • 14 July 2026
  • Research
• Unpaid carers action plan: recognise, refer, reach
  • 14 July 2026
  • Policy paper
• Disability Unit Regional Stakeholder Network: annual activity update
  • 13 July 2026
  • Transparency

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