Minister for Employment (United Kingdom)
The Minister 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]
| Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Employment | |
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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 |
| Website | www |
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
Ministers for Employment
- Nicholas Lowther, 2nd Viscount Ullswater (1994 to 1995)
| 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 | |
References
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