Ministerial role
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Minister for Women)
Organisations:
Government Equalities Office, Equality Hub, Race Disparity Unit, and Department for Business and Trade
Current role holder:
Maria Caulfield MP
Responsibilities
The Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Minister for Women) is responsible for:
- driving women’s policy and the government’s wider priorities for women and girls, including tackling violence against women and girls (with the Minister for Safeguarding)
- tackling maternal and mental health disparities for minority groups
- supporting improvements to the provision and accessibility of childcare to support working parents
- progressing the Worker Protection Bill through Parliament
- delivery of the government’s Inclusive Britain Action Plan
- sponsorship of the Equality and Human Rights Commission
Current role holder
Maria Caulfield MP
Maria Caulfield MP was appointed Parliamentary Under Secretary of State at the Department of Health and Social Care, and Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Minister for Women) for the Equality Hub on 27 October 2022.
She was previously Minister of State for Health at the Department for Health and Social Care between 7 July 2022 and 7 September 2022.
She was previously:
- Minister of State for Health at the Department for Health and Social Care between 7 July 2022 and 7 September 2022
- Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Minister for Patient Safety and Primary Care) from 17 September 2021 to July 2022
- Assistant government whip from December 2019 to September 2021