Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Employment

Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Employment
Royal Arms of Her Majesty's Government
Incumbent Mims Davies since 25 July 2019
Department for Work and Pensions
Style	Minister
Nominator	Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
Appointer	The Monarch on advice of the Prime Minister
Term length	At Her Majesty's pleasure
Website	www.gov.uk/dwp

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Employment, formerly the Minister of State for Employment, is a junior position in the Department for Work and Pensions in the British government. It is currently held by Mims Davies, who took the office on 25 July 2019.^[1]

Responsibilities[]

The minister's responsibilities include:

• responsibility for departmental strategy on the labour market, unemployment and in work progression, with a focus on under-represented groups, young people and skills
• in-work conditionality including sanctions
• international labour market *policy (International Labour Organization (ILO), G20, Employment, Social Policy, Health and Consumer Affairs Council (EPSCO))
• European Social Fund (ESF) and UK Shared Prosperity Fund (UKSPF)
• work services and Jobcentre Plus partnership working
• Jobcentre Plus campaigns
• Jobseeker's Allowance, Income Support
• People and Location Programme
• Youth Obligation Support Programme
• Flexible Support Fund
• labour market interventions for self-employment (including the New Enterprise Allowance and future offer and the Minimum Income Floor)
• benefit cap
• Health and Safety Executive

List of Employment Ministers[]

Name		Portrait	Entered office	Left office	Political party	Notes
	Jim Murphy		5 May 2006	28 June 2007	Labour	Minister of State for Employment
	Caroline Flint		28 June 2007	24 January 2008	Labour	Minister of State for Employment
	Stephen Timms		25 January 2008	3 October 2008	Labour	Minister of State for Employment and Welfare Reform
	Tony McNulty		3 October 2008	5 June 2009	Labour	Minister of State for Employment and Welfare Reform
	Jim Knight		5 June 2009	11 May 2010	Labour	Minister of State for Employment and Welfare Reform
	Chris Grayling		13 May 2010	4 September 2012	Conservative	Minister of State for Employment
	Mark Hoban		4 September 2012	7 October 2013	Conservative	Minister of State for Employment
	Esther McVey		7 October 2013	8 May 2015	Conservative	Minister of State for Employment
	Priti Patel		11 May 2015	14 July 2016	Conservative	Minister of State for Employment
	Damian Hinds		17 July 2016	8 January 2018	Conservative	Minister of State for Employment
	Alok Sharma		9 January 2018	24 July 2019	Conservative	Minister of State for Employment
	Mims Davies		25 July 2019	incumbent	Conservative	Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Employment

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