Ministerial role

Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Minister for Pensions)

Organisations: Department for Work and Pensions

Current role holder: Torsten Bell MP

Responsibilities

• Private Pensions 

• State Pension 

• Pensioner Benefits 

• Social Fund 

• Net Zero 

• Oversight of DWP Arm’s Length Bodies including Money and Pensions Service (MaPS), National Employment Savings Trust (NEST), The Pensions Ombudsman (TPO), Pensions Protection Fund (PPF), The Pensions Regulator (TPR)

• HM Treasury (HMT): Budget, Pension tax policy, Pensions freedoms policy, Pensions investment review, Public sector pensions

Current role holder

Torsten Bell MP

Torsten Bell was appointed jointly Parliamentary Secretary in HM Treasury and Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State in the Department for Work and Pensions on 14 January 2025.

He was elected as the MP for Swansea West in July 2024.

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Previous holders of this role

1. Torsten Bell MP

   2025 to 2026

2. The Rt Hon Emma Reynolds MP

   2024 to 2025

3. Paul Maynard

   2023 to 2024

4. The Rt Hon Laura Trott MBE MP

   2022 to 2023

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  • 11 March 2025
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  • 12 December 2024
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