Deborah Stedman-Scott, Baroness Stedman-Scott
The Baroness Stedman-Scott OBE DL FRSA | |
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Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Women | |
Assumed office 17 September 2021 | |
Prime Minister | Boris Johnson |
Preceded by | The Baroness Berridge |
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Work and Pensions | |
Assumed office 30 July 2019 | |
Prime Minister | Boris Johnson |
Preceded by | The Baroness Buscombe |
Baroness-in-Waiting Government Whip | |
In office 27 October 2017 – 30 July 2019 | |
Prime Minister | Theresa May |
Preceded by | The Baroness Sugg |
Succeeded by | The Baroness Berridge |
Member of the House of Lords Lord Temporal | |
Assumed office 19 July 2010 Life Peerage | |
Personal details | |
Born | Deborah Scott 23 November 1955 |
Citizenship | United Kingdom |
Nationality | English |
Political party | Conservative |
Deborah Stedman-Scott, Baroness Stedman-Scott, OBE, DL, FRSA (born 23 November 1955) is a Conservative member of the House of Lords[1] and the former Chief Executive Officer of Tomorrow's People Trust.
Early life and education[]
Born in Paddington, London, she is the daughter of Jack and Doreen Margaret Scott and was educated at Ensham Secondary School for Girls, Southwark Technical College and the Salvation Army Training College.
Career[]
Stedman-Scott has worked for National Westminster Bank 1972–1976, for the Salvation Army 1978–83 and for Tunbridge Wells Chamber of Commerce 1983–84. She joined Tomorrow's People Trust in 1984, a charity working with unemployed people. She held various roles there, rising through the ranks to become Chief Executive from 2005 to 2015. The UK Charity Awards 2005 named her Charity Principal of the Year.[2]
She was appointed a Deputy Lieutenant for East Sussex in 2007 and an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 2008 New Year Honours.[3]
On 12 July 2010, Stedman-Scott was created a life peer as Baroness Stedman-Scott, of Rolvenden in the County of Kent.[4] She was appointed to be a government whip (Baroness-in-Waiting) on 27 October 2017.[5]
On 30 July 2019, Stedman-Scott was appointed Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Work and Pensions in the first Johnson ministry. On 17 September 2021, she took on additional responsibility as Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Women at the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, in the second cabinet reshuffle of the second Johnson ministry.[6]
She is also a Trustee of New Devon Opera and New Philanthropy Capital.[7]
Personal life[]
She entered into a civil partnership with Gabrielle Joy Stedman-Scott in 2006.[8]
References[]
- ^ "Debretts People of Today". Debretts. Archived from the original on 28 June 2013. Retrieved 29 April 2013.
- ^ "Charity Principal of the Year". Charity Times. Retrieved 29 April 2013.
- ^ "No. 58557". The London Gazette (Supplement). 29 December 2007. p. 12.
- ^ "No. 59489". The London Gazette. 15 July 2010. p. 13485.
- ^ "Ministerial appointments: 27 October 2017". Prime Minister's Office, 10 Downing Street. 27 October 2017. Retrieved 27 October 2017.
- ^ "Ministerial appointments: September 2021". 16 September 2021.
- ^ "Official Biography House of Lords". Retrieved 29 April 2013.
- ^ "Deborah Stedman-Scott (Peer)" Archived 6 March 2014 at the Wayback Machine, Westminster Parliamentary Record
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