Ministers
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Rt Hon James Purnell MP
Secretary of State for Work and Pensions
The Secretary of State has overall responsibility for the work of the Department. He takes personal responsibility for public expenditure and Departmental security issues.
Rt Hon Tony McNulty MP
Minister of State for Employment and Welfare Reform and Minister for London
- Labour market and the economy
- Labour market statistics
- Welfare Reform
- Jobcentre Plus
- Employment programmes, including the future of the New Deal
- European Social Fund
- Ethnic minority employment (Chair of EME taskforce)
- Migrants, refugees and asylum seekers
- Adult Disadvantage
- Fraud and Error
- Income Support
- Jobseeker’s Allowance
- Cities Strategy
- London Child Poverty
- Employers (including the Commission for Employment and Skills)
- Skills
- Disadvantaged areas and regional issuesTax Credits (where DWP has an interest)
- Habitual Residency Test
- National Insurance Numbers (NINOs)
Rt Hon Rosie Winterton MP
Minister of State for Pensions Reform and Minister for Yorkshire and the Humber
- Pensions Reform
- Personal Accounts
- The Pension, Disability and Carers Service
- State Pensions provision including Pension credit
- Ageing society strategy
- Extending working lives (including age-discrimination in relation to retirement)
- Better regulation
- Financial Capability
- Post Office Card Account
Jonathan Shaw MP
Minister for Disabled People and Minister for the South East
- Office for Disability Issues
- Disability Legislation
- Equality and Human Rights Commission
- Equality Bill
- Disability Living Allowance / Attendance Allowance
- Motability
- Carer’s Allowance / Carer’s Benefit
- Access to Work
- Workstep
- Remploy and Supported Employment
- Independent Living Fund
- Incapacity Benefit / Employment Support Allowance implementation
- Lead responsibility for disability and carers issues in PDCS
- Vaccine Damage Payments
- International Relations
- European Union Business
- Departmental Management Issues
- DWP Change Programme
- Varney and Service Transformation
- Departmental IT and data security
- The Euro
Lead in the Commons:
- Health and Safety at work
- Health, Work and Well-being
- DWP Human Rights issues
- Freedom of Information within DWP
Kitty Ussher MP
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Commons)
- Financial Inclusion
- Debt Management
- Social Fund
- Students
- Methods of Payment Reform
- Benefit Simplification
- Housing and Council Tax Benefit policy and delivery
- Bereavement Benefit
- Industrial Injuries Disablement Benefit
- Compensation Recovery Unit
- Social Security Advisory Committee
- Child Poverty and young people
- Child Maintenance / Support
- Childcare
- Lone Parents and partners
- Work incentives
- Better Buildings
Leads in the Commons on:
- Departmental green issues
- Maternity Pay
Support in the Commons on:
- Pensions issues
Lord McKenzie of Luton
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Lords)
- Lead on all DWP issues in the Lords
- Health and Safety at work
- The Health and Safety Executive
- Health, Work and Well-being
- Sickness absence and vocational rehabilitation
- Statutory Sick Pay
- Asbestos compensation
- Employers Liability Compulsory Insurance
- Maternity Pay
- Research and statistics
- Freedom of Information within DWP
- DWP human rights issues
- Data Protection within DWP
- DWP’s climate change adaptation policy
Also works with the Pensions Minister on pensions issues, including Personal Accounts, and specifically leads on:
- Private Pensions (including the Pensions Regulator)
- Pensions Protection Fund
- Financial Assistance Scheme
- Deregulation
How to contact Ministers
You can contact Ministers either by email or by writing to the following address:
Department for Work and Pensions
Caxton House
Tothill Street
London
SW1H 9DA