The Minister of State for Employment is a mid-level position in the Department for Work and Pensions in the British government.
History The office is currently awaiting appointment.
Responsibilities The minister's responsibilities include: Labour Market, including employer engagement and the impact of AI Jobs and Careers Service reform, including digital reform, Jobcentre Plus and post-19 careers Work and Health: Occupational Health and Statutory Sick Pay Employment support (incl. Restart, Pathways to Work) Conditionality and Sanctions In Work Progression Devolution Disability Employment
List of Employment Ministers
Name Portrait Entered office Left office Political party Prime MinisterMinister of State for EmploymentAlbert Booth8 March 19761979LabourJames CallaghanHarold Walker14 April 19761979Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for EmploymentJohn Fraser8 March 197414 April 1976LabourHarold WilsonHarold Walker8 March 197414 April 1976John Golding14 April 19764 May 1979James CallaghanJohn Grant14 April 19764 May 1979Jim Lester7 May 19795 January 1981ConservativeMargaret ThatcherPatrick Mayhew7 May 19795 January 1981David Waddington5 January 19816 January 1983Peter Morrison5 January 198113 June 1983John Gummer6 January 198318 October 1983Alan Clark13 June 198324 January 1986Peter Bottomley11 September 198423 January 1986David Trippier2 September 198513 June 1987Ian Lang31 January 198610 September 1986John Lee10 September 198626 July 1989Patrick Nicholls13 June 198724 July 1990Thomas Galbraith, 2nd Baron Strathclyde26 July 198924 July 1990Robert Jackson24 July 199014 April 1992Margaret Thatcher and John MajorEric Forth24 July 199014 April 1992Nicholas Lowther, 2nd Viscount Ullswater24 July 199016 September 1993Patrick McLoughlin14 April 199227 May 1993John MajorAnn Widdecombe27 May 199320 July 1994Oliver Eden, 8th Baron Henley16 September 199320 July 1994James Paice20 July 19945 July 1995Phillip Oppenheim20 July 19945 July 1995Minister of State for Work Nick Brown 11 June 2001 13 June 2003 Labour Tony Blair Des Browne 13 June 2003 1 April 2004 Jane Kennedy 1 April 2004 10 May 2005 Margaret Hodge 10 May 2005 5 May 2006Minister of State for Employment and Welfare Reform Jim Murphy 5 May 2006 28 June 2007 Labour Tony Blair Caroline Flint 28 June 2007 24 January 2008 Gordon BrownMinister of State for Employment Stephen Timms 25 January 2008 3 October 2008 Labour Gordon BrownMinister of State for Employment and Welfare Reform Tony McNulty 3 October 2008 5 June 2009 Labour Gordon Brown Jim Knight 5 June 2009 11 May 2010Minister of State for Employment Chris Grayling 13 May 2010 4 September 2012 Conservative David Cameron Mark Hoban 4 September 2012 7 October 2013 Esther McVey 7 October 2013 8 May 2015 Priti Patel 11 May 2015 14 July 2016 Damian Hinds 17 July 2016 8 January 2018 Theresa May Alok Sharma 9 January 2018 24 July 2019Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Employment Mims Davies 25 July 2019 6 July 2022 Conservative Boris Johnson Julie Marson 8 July 2022 20 September 2022Minister of State for Work and Welfare Victoria Prentis 7 September 2022 25 October 2022 Conservative Liz TrussMinister of State for Employment Guy Opperman 26 October 2022 13 November 2023 ConservativeRishi Sunak Jo Churchill 13 November 2023 5 July 2024 Alison McGovern 8 July 2024 6 September 2025 LabourKeir Starmer Diana Johnson 6 September 2025 21 July 2026Andrew Western21 July 2026IncumbentAndy Burnham
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