Ministerial role

Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Family Support, Housing and Child Maintenance

Organisations: Department for Work and Pensions

Responsibilities

The minister’s responsibilities include:

  • cross-DWP Commons spokesperson
  • workless families, relationship support and support for disadvantaged groups
  • childcare and maternity benefits
  • child maintenance
  • financial support for housing, including within Universal Credit
  • other social assistance, including supported accommodation, Support for Mortgage Interest, Cold Weather Payments, bereavement benefits and funeral payments
  • benefit cap implementation and benefit uprating

Previous holders of this role

  1. Will Quince MP

    2019 to 2019

  2. Justin Tomlinson MP

    2018 to 2019

  3. The Rt Hon Kit Malthouse MP

    2018 to 2018

  4. Caroline Dinenage MP

    2017 to 2018