The Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Health was a junior ministerial office in the United Kingdom Government.
The Ministry of Health was created in 1919 as a reconstruction of the Local Government Board. Local government functions were eventually transferred to the Minister of Housing and Local Government, leaving the Health Ministry in charge of Health proper.
From 1968 it was amalgamated with the Ministry of Social Security under the Secretary of State for Social Services, until a demerger of the Department of Health and Social Security on 25 July 1988.
The office became the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Health and Social Security.
Parliamentary Secretaries to the Ministry of Health, 1919-1968
Name Entered office Left officeWaldorf Astor 24 June 1919 7 April 1921 Richard Onslow, 5th Earl of Onslow 7 April 1921 25 May 1923 Lord Eustace Percy 25 May 1923 23 January 1924 Arthur Greenwood 23 January 1924 11 November 1924 Sir Kingsley Wood 11 November 1924 11 June 1929 Susan Lawrence 11 June 1929 22 September 1931 Ernest Simon 22 September 1931 10 November 1931 Ernest Brown 10 November 1931 30 September 1932 Geoffrey Shakespeare 30 September 1932 30 July 1936 Robert Hudson 30 July 1936 28 May 1937 Robert Bernays 28 May 1937 14 July 1939 Florence Horsbrugh 14 July 1939 26 May 1945 Hamilton Kerr 26 May 1945 26 July 1945 Charles Key 4 August 1945 12 February 1947 John Edwards 12 February 1947 1 February 1949 Arthur Blenkinsop 1 February 1949 3 November 1951 Patricia Hornsby-Smith 3 November 1951 18 January 1957 John Vaughan-Morgan 18 January 1957 17 September 1957 Richard Thompson 17 September 1957 22 October 1959 Edith Pitt 22 October 1959 16 July 1962 Bernard Braine 16 July 1962 6 September 1962Bernard Braine and Peter Legh, 4th Baron Newton 6 September 1962 24 March 1964 Bernard Braine, Peter Legh, 4th Baron Newton and Peter Kerr, 12th Marquess of Lothian 24 March 1964 1 April 1964 Bernard Braine and Peter Kerr, 12th Marquess of Lothian 1 April 1964 16 October 1964 Barnett Stross 20 October 1964 24 February 1965 Charles Loughlin 24 February 1965 7 January 1967 Julian Snow 7 January 1967 1 November 1968 Became the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Health and Social Security
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