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 

  • ALBs: 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 MP was appointed Parliamentary Secretary in HM Treasury and Parliamentary Under Secretary of State in the Department for Work and Pensions on 14 January 2025.

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Previous holders of this role

  1. Emma Reynolds MP

    2024 to 2025

  2. Paul Maynard

    2023 to 2024

  3. The Rt Hon Laura Trott MBE MP

    2022 to 2023