Secretary of State for Work and Pensions

United Kingdom
Secretary of State
for Work and Pensions
United Kingdom; Secretary of State; for Work and Pensions
	Royal Arms of His Majesty's Government
	Incumbent; Liz Kendall; since 5 July 2024
	Department for Work and Pensions
Style	Work and Pensions Secretary; (informal); The Right Honourable; (within the UK and Commonwealth)
Type	Minister of the Crown
Status	Secretary of State
Member of	Cabinet; Privy Council;
Reports to	The Prime Minister
Seat	Westminster
Nominator	The Prime Minister
Appointer	The Monarch; (on the advice of the Prime Minister)
Term length	At His Majesty's Pleasure
Formation	10 December 1916:; (as Minister for Pensions); 8 June 2001:; (as Secretary of State for Work and Pensions);
First holder	George Barnes; (as Minister for Pensions)
Deputy	Minister of State for Employment
Salary	£159,038 per annum (2022); (including £86,584 MP salary)

The secretary of state for work and pensions, also referred to as the work and pensions secretary, is a secretary of state in the Government of the United Kingdom, with overall responsibility for the business of the Department for Work and Pensions.^[3] The incumbent is a member of the Cabinet of the United Kingdom.

The office holder works alongside the other work and pensions ministers. The corresponding shadow minister is the shadow secretary of state for work and pensions and the shadow secretary of state for the future of work. The performance of the secretary of state is also scrutinised by the Work and Pensions Select Committee.

The office is currently held by Liz Kendall.

Responsibilities

Corresponding to what is generally known as a labour minister in many other countries, the work and pensions secretary's remit includes:

Support people of working age
Oversight of employers and pensions
Fiscal Consolidation
Providing support for disability
Support for families and children^[4]

History

It was created on 8 June 2001 by the merger of the employment division of the Department for Education and Employment and the Department of Social Security.^[5]

The Ministry of Pensions was created in 1916 to handle the payment of war pensions to former members of the Armed Forces and their dependants. In 1944 a separate Ministry of National Insurance (titled the Ministry of Social Insurance until 17 November 1944) was formed; the two merged in 1953 as the Ministry of Pensions and National Insurance.^[5] In 1966 the Ministry was renamed the Ministry of Social Security, but this was short-lived, as the ministry merged with the Ministry of Health in 1968 to form the Department of Health and Social Security. Confusingly, the secretary of state responsible for this department was titled the Secretary of State for Social Services. The department was de-merged in 1988, creating the separate Department of Health and Department of Social Security.

List of ministers and secretaries of state

Colour key (for political parties):
Labour / Conservative / Liberal / National Labour / National Independent

Minister of Pensions (1916–1953)

		Term of office		Political party	Cabinet
	George Nicoll Barnes	10 December 1916	17 August 1917	Labour	Lloyd George
	John Hodge	17 August 1917	10 January 1919	Labour
	Laming Worthington-Evans	10 January 1919	2 April 1920	Conservative
File:Ian Macpherson.jpg	Ian Macpherson	2 April 1920	19 October 1922	Liberal
	George Tryon	31 October 1922	22 January 1924	Conservative	Law
	George Tryon	31 October 1922	22 January 1924	Conservative	Baldwin I
	Frederick Roberts	23 January 1924	3 November 1924	Labour	MacDonald I
	George Tryon	11 November 1924	4 June 1929	Conservative	Baldwin II
	Frederick Roberts	7 June 1929	24 August 1931	Labour	MacDonald II
	George Tryon	3 September 1931	18 June 1935	Conservative	National I
	George Tryon	3 September 1931	18 June 1935	Conservative	National II
	Robert Hudson	18 June 1935	30 July 1936	Conservative	National III
	Herwald Ramsbotham	30 July 1936	7 June 1939	Conservative	National III
	Herwald Ramsbotham	30 July 1936	7 June 1939	Conservative	National IV
	Walter Womersley	7 June 1939	26 July 1945	Conservative	Chamberlain War
					Churchill War
					Churchill Caretaker
	Wilfred Paling	3 August 1945	17 April 1947	Labour	Attlee
	John Burns Hynd	17 April 1947	7 October 1947	Labour
	George Buchanan	7 October 1947	2 July 1948	Labour
	Hilary Marquand	2 July 1948	17 January 1951	Labour
	George Isaacs	17 January 1951	26 October 1951	Labour
	Derick Heathcoat-Amory	5 November 1951	3 September 1953	Conservative	Churchill III

Minister of Social Insurance/National Insurance (1944–1953)

Minister		Term of office		Political party	Cabinet
	William Jowitt	8 October 1944	23 May 1945	Labour	Churchill War
	Leslie Hore-Belisha	25 May 1945	26 July 1945	National Independent	Churchill Caretaker
	Jim Griffiths	4 August 1945	28 February 1950	Labour	Attlee
	Edith Summerskill	28 February 1950	26 October 1951	Labour	Attlee
	Osbert Peake	31 October 1951	3 September 1953	Conservative	Churchill III
Posts of Minister of Pensions and Minister of National Insurance merged in 1953.

Minister of Pensions and National Insurance (1953–1966)

	Term of office		Political party	Cabinet
Osbert Peake	3 September 1953	20 December 1955	Conservative	Churchill III
Osbert Peake	3 September 1953	20 December 1955	Conservative	Eden
John Boyd-Carpenter	20 December 1955	16 July 1962	Conservative	Eden
				Macmillan I
				Macmillan II
Niall Macpherson	16 July 1962	21 October 1963	Conservative	Macmillan II
Richard Wood	21 October 1963	16 October 1964	Conservative	Douglas-Home
Margaret Herbison	18 October 1964	6 August 1966	Labour	Wilson I

Minister of Social Security (1966–1968)

Minister			Term of office		Political party	Cabinet
		Margaret Herbison	6 August 1966	26 July 1967	Labour	Wilson II
		Judith Hart	26 July 1967	1 November 1968	Labour	Wilson II

Secretary of State for Social Services (1968–1988)

Secretary of State		Term of office		Political party	Cabinet
	Richard Crossman	1 November 1968	19 June 1970	Labour	Wilson II
	Keith Joseph	20 June 1970	4 March 1974	Conservative	Heath
	Barbara Castle	5 March 1974	8 April 1976	Labour	Wilson III
	Barbara Castle	5 March 1974	8 April 1976	Labour	Wilson IV
	David Ennals	8 April 1976	4 May 1979	Labour	Callaghan
	Patrick Jenkin^[6]	5 May 1979	13 September 1981	Conservative	Thatcher I
	Norman Fowler^[7]	14 September 1981	13 June 1987	Conservative	Thatcher II
	John Moore^[8]	13 June 1987	24 July 1988	Conservative	Thatcher III
Post split into the Secretary of State for Social Security and the Secretary of State for Health in 1988.

Secretary of State for Social Security (1988–2001)

		Term of office		Political party	Cabinet
	John Moore^[8]	25 July 1988	22 July 1989	Conservative	Thatcher III
File:Tony Newton 1995.png	Tony Newton^[9]	23 July 1989	9 April 1992	Conservative	Thatcher III
File:Tony Newton 1995.png	Tony Newton^[9]	23 July 1989	9 April 1992	Conservative	Major I
	Peter Lilley^[10]	10 April 1992	1 May 1997	Conservative	Major II
	Harriet Harman^[11]	1 May 1997	27 July 1998	Labour	Blair I
	Alistair Darling^[12]	27 July 1998	8 June 2001	Labour	Blair I

Secretary of State for Work and Pensions (2001–present)

	Term of office		Political party	Cabinet
Alistair Darling^[12]	8 June 2001	29 May 2002	Labour	Blair II
Andrew Smith^[13]	29 May 2002	8 September 2004	Labour
Alan Johnson^[14]	8 September 2004	6 May 2005	Labour
David Blunkett^[15]	6 May 2005	2 November 2005	Labourur	Blair III
John Hutton^[16]	2 November 2005	28 June 2007	Labour	Blair III
Peter Hain^[17]	28 June 2007	24 January 2008	Labour	Brown
James Purnell^[18] MP for Stalybridge and Hyde	24 January 2008	5 June 2009	Labour
Yvette Cooper^[19] MP for Normanton, Pontefract and Castleford	6 June 2009	6 May 2010	Labour
Iain Duncan Smith^[20] MP for Chingford and Woodford Green	12 May 2010	18 March 2016	Conservative	Cameron-Clegg
Iain Duncan Smith^[20] MP for Chingford and Woodford Green	Duncan Smith's tenure		Conservative	Cameron II
Stephen Crabb^[21] MP for Preseli Pembrokeshire	19 March 2016	14 July 2016	Conservative	Cameron II
Damian Green^[22] MP for Ashford	14 July 2016	11 June 2017	Conservative	May I
David Gauke^[23] MP for South West Hertfordshire	11 June 2017	8 January 2018	Conservative	May II
Esther McVey^[24] MP for Tatton	8 January 2018	15 November 2018	Conservative
Amber Rudd^[25] MP for Hastings and Rye	16 November 2018	7 September 2019	Conservative
Amber Rudd^[25] MP for Hastings and Rye	16 November 2018	7 September 2019	Conservative	Johnson I
Thérèse Coffey^[26] MP for Coastal Suffolk	8 September 2019	6 September 2022	Conservative	Johnson I
Thérèse Coffey^[26] MP for Coastal Suffolk	8 September 2019	6 September 2022	Conservative	Johnson II
Chloe Smith^[27] MP for Norwich North	6 September 2022	25 October 2022	Conservative	Truss
Mel Stride MP for Central Devon	25 October 2022	5 July 2024	Conservative	Sunak
Liz Kendall MP for Leicester West	5 July 2024	Incumbent	Labour	Starmer

* Incumbent's length of term last updated: 29 April 2025.

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References

^ "Salaries of Members of His Majesty's Government – Financial Year 2022–23" (PDF). 15 December 2022.
^ "Pay and expenses for MPs". parliament.uk. Retrieved 15 December 2022.
^ "Secretary of State for Work and Pensions". gov.uk. Retrieved 30 June 2021.
^ "Secretary of State for Work and Pensions - GOV.UK".
^ ^5.0 ^5.1 Department for Work and Pensions. "A century of support: Department for Work and Pensions turns 100 years old". Department for Work and Pensions. Retrieved 29 May 2019.
^ "Lord Jenkin of Roding". UK Parliament. Retrieved 10 September 2021.
^ "Lord Fowler". UK Parliament. Retrieved 10 September 2021.
^ ^8.0 ^8.1 "Lord Moore of Lower Marsh". UK Parliament. Retrieved 10 September 2021.
^ "Lord Newton of Braintree". UK Parliament. Retrieved 10 September 2021.
^ "Lord Lilley". UK Parliament. Retrieved 10 September 2021.
^ "Rt Hon Harriet Harman QC MP". UK Parliament. Retrieved 10 September 2021.
^ ^12.0 ^12.1 "Lord Darling of Roulanish". UK Parliament. Retrieved 10 September 2021.
^ "Rt Hon Andrew Smith". UK Parliament. Retrieved 10 September 2021.
^ "Rt Hon Alan Johnson". UK Parliament. Retrieved 10 September 2021.
^ "Lord Blunkett". UK Parliament. Retrieved 10 September 2021.
^ "Lord Hutton of Furness". UK Parliament. Retrieved 10 September 2021.
^ "Lord Hain". UK Parliament. Retrieved 31 August 2021.
^ "James Purnell". UK Parliament. Retrieved 31 August 2021.
^ "Rt Hon Yvette Cooper MP". UK Parliament. Retrieved 31 August 2021.
^ "Rt Hon Sir Iain Duncan Smith MP". UK Parliament. Retrieved 31 August 2021.
^ "Rt Hon Stephen Crabb MP". UK Parliament. Retrieved 31 August 2021.
^ "Rt Hon Damian Green MP". UK Parliament. Retrieved 31 August 2021.
^ "Rt Hon David Gauke". UK Parliament. Retrieved 31 August 2021.
^ "Rt Hon Esther McVey MP". UK Parliament. Retrieved 31 August 2021.
^ "Rt Hon Amber Rudd". UK Parliament. Retrieved 31 August 2021.
^ "Rt Hon Dr Thérèse Coffey MP". UK Parliament. Retrieved 31 August 2021.
^ "Chloe Smith MP". Retrieved 6 September 2022.

[1] "Salaries of Members of His Majesty's Government – Financial Year 2022–23" (PDF). 15 December 2022.

[2] "Pay and expenses for MPs". parliament.uk. Retrieved 15 December 2022.

[3] "Secretary of State for Work and Pensions". gov.uk. Retrieved 30 June 2021.

[4] "Secretary of State for Work and Pensions - GOV.UK".

[DWP_Century-5] 5.0 ^5.1 Department for Work and Pensions. "A century of support: Department for Work and Pensions turns 100 years old". Department for Work and Pensions. Retrieved 29 May 2019.

[6] "Lord Jenkin of Roding". UK Parliament. Retrieved 10 September 2021.

[7] "Lord Fowler". UK Parliament. Retrieved 10 September 2021.

[Moore-8] 8.0 ^8.1 "Lord Moore of Lower Marsh". UK Parliament. Retrieved 10 September 2021.

[9] "Lord Newton of Braintree". UK Parliament. Retrieved 10 September 2021.

[10] "Lord Lilley". UK Parliament. Retrieved 10 September 2021.

[11] "Rt Hon Harriet Harman QC MP". UK Parliament. Retrieved 10 September 2021.

[Darling-12] 12.0 ^12.1 "Lord Darling of Roulanish". UK Parliament. Retrieved 10 September 2021.

[13] "Rt Hon Andrew Smith". UK Parliament. Retrieved 10 September 2021.

[14] "Rt Hon Alan Johnson". UK Parliament. Retrieved 10 September 2021.

[15] "Lord Blunkett". UK Parliament. Retrieved 10 September 2021.

[16] "Lord Hutton of Furness". UK Parliament. Retrieved 10 September 2021.

[17] "Lord Hain". UK Parliament. Retrieved 31 August 2021.

[18] "James Purnell". UK Parliament. Retrieved 31 August 2021.

[19] "Rt Hon Yvette Cooper MP". UK Parliament. Retrieved 31 August 2021.

[20] "Rt Hon Sir Iain Duncan Smith MP". UK Parliament. Retrieved 31 August 2021.

[21] "Rt Hon Stephen Crabb MP". UK Parliament. Retrieved 31 August 2021.

[22] "Rt Hon Damian Green MP". UK Parliament. Retrieved 31 August 2021.

[23] "Rt Hon David Gauke". UK Parliament. Retrieved 31 August 2021.

[24] "Rt Hon Esther McVey MP". UK Parliament. Retrieved 31 August 2021.

[25] "Rt Hon Amber Rudd". UK Parliament. Retrieved 31 August 2021.

[26] "Rt Hon Dr Thérèse Coffey MP". UK Parliament. Retrieved 31 August 2021.

[27] "Chloe Smith MP". Retrieved 6 September 2022.

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v t e Secretaries of State for Work and Pensions of the United Kingdom
Ministers of Pensions	Barnes Hodge Worthington-Evans Macpherson Tryon Roberts Tryon Roberts Tryon Hudson Ramsbotham Womersley Paling Hynd Buchanan Marquand Isaacs Heathcoat-Amory
Ministers of Social Insurance/National Insurance	Jowitt Hore-Belisha Griffiths Summerskill Peake
Ministers of Pensions and National Insurance	Peake Boyd-Carpenter Macpherson Wood Herbison
Ministers of Social Security	Herbison Hart
Secretaries of State for Social Services	Crossman Joseph Castle Ennals Jenkin Fowler Moore
Secretaries of State for Social Security	Moore Newton Lilley Harman Darling
Secretaries of State for Work and Pensions	Darling A. Smith Johnson Blunkett Hutton Hain Purnell Cooper Duncan Smith Crabb Green Gauke McVey Rudd Coffey C. Smith Stride

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