Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Welfare Delivery
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Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Welfare Delivery | |
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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 |
Formation | May 2015 |
First holder | Shailesh Vara |
Website | www |
The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Welfare Delivery is a junior position in the Department for Work and Pensions in the British government. It is currently held by David Rutley MP, who took the office on 17 September 2021.[1]
Responsibilities[]
The minister has the following responsibilities:[2]
- overall management and delivery of Universal Credit
- support for disadvantaged groups in Universal Credit including care leavers, prison leavers, survivors of domestic abuse, people with drug or alcohol dependency, rough sleepers and those who are facing homelessness
- housing policy and Housing Benefit delivery
- ‘Help to Claim’ service
- poverty
- benefit uprating
- military covenant
- fraud, error and debt
Officeholders[]
Name | Portrait | Entered office | Left office | Political party | Prime Minister | |
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Shailesh Vara | 8 May 2015 | 17 July 2016 | Conservative | David Cameron | ||
Caroline Nokes | 17 July 2016 | 4 April 2019 | Theresa May | |||
Will Quince | 4 April 2019 | 17 September 2021 | Boris Johnson | |||
David Rutley | 17 September 2021 | Incumbent |
References[]
- ^ "Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Minister for Welfare Delivery) - GOV.UK". www.gov.uk. Retrieved 2021-01-10.
- ^ "Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Minister for Welfare Delivery) - GOV.UK". www.gov.uk. Retrieved 2021-09-22.
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- Department for Work and Pensions
- Ministerial offices in the United Kingdom
- 2015 establishments in the United Kingdom
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