Mims Davies MP
Biography
Mims Davies was appointed Minister of State (Minister for Disabled People, Health and Work) in the Department for Work and Pensions on 12 April 2024.
She was previously Parliamentary Under Secretary of State at the Department for Work and Pensions from 27 October 2022 to 12 April 2024.
She was previously Parliamentary Under Secretary of State at the Home Office between 20 September 2022 and 27 October 2022, and Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Employment at the Department for Work and Pensions between 26 July 2019 and 6 July 2022.
She was Parliamentary Under Secretary of State at the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport from 5 November 2018 to 25 July 2019.
She was previously Assistant Government Whip from January 2018 to November 2018, and Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Wales from July 2018 to November 2018.
Minister of State (Minister for Disabled People, Health and Work)
Responsibilities include:
- disability policy and cross-government responsibility for disabled people
- oversight of Disability Unit, and convenor of Disability Champions
- work and health strategy, including sponsorship of the joint Department for Work and Pensions / Department for Health and Social Care Work and Health Unit, and disability benefit reform
- disability employment, and disability employment programmes
- financial support for those at risk of falling out of work, and disabled claimants including, Disability Living Allowance (DLA), Personal Independence Payment (PIP), Employment and Support Allowance (ESA) and Carer’s Allowance (CA)
- Support for disadvantaged groups
- Youth Offer
- Government Equalities Office (GEO) lead, Women and the Menopause
- Military Covenant
- Housing Benefit strategy and delivery, including Support for Mortgage Interest and supported accommodation
Department for Work and Pensions, Disability Unit, and Equality Hub