Ministerial role

Minister of State (Minister for Employment)

Organisations: Department for Work and Pensions

Responsibilities

• Labour Market – including employer engagement 

• Jobs and Careers Service reform/Jobcentre Plus, including post-19 careers 

• Poverty 

• Work and Health: Occupational Health and Statutory Sick Pay 

• Locally led employment support 

• Conditionality and Sanctions 

• Childcare and Parental Employment 

• In Work Progression (conditionality and careers) 

• Devolution (Local) 

• Disability Employment

Previous holders of this role

1. The Rt Hon Dame Diana Johnson DBE MP

   2025 to 2026

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• MSK patients to get faster care and help returning to work
  • 28 May 2026
  • Press release
• Joint letter to local authorities on the Crisis and Resilience top up for heating oil support
  • 24 March 2026
  • Correspondence
• New tool for families and schools to cut stigma of child poverty
  • 13 March 2026
  • Press release

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