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{{short description|Member of the Cabinet of the United Kingdom}}
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{{Infobox official post
| post = {{small|[[United Kingdom]]}}<br> Secretary of State<br />for Work and Pensions
| insignia = Coat of arms of the United Kingdom (2022, lesser arms).svg
| insigniasize = 
| insigniacaption = [[Royal coat of arms of the United Kingdom|Royal Arms]] of [[His Majesty's Government]]
| department = [[Department for Work and Pensions]]
| image = Liz Kendall Official Cabinet Portrait, July 2024 (cropped).jpg
| incumbent = [[Liz Kendall]]
| incumbentsince = 5 July 2024
| style = '''Work and Pensions Secretary'''<br />{{small|(informal)}}<br />[[The Right Honourable]]<br />{{small|(within the UK and Commonwealth)}}
| type = [[Minister of the Crown]]
| status = [[Secretary of State (United Kingdom)|Secretary of State]]
| member_of = {{ubl|[[Cabinet of the United Kingdom|Cabinet]]|[[Privy Council of the United Kingdom|Privy Council]]}}
| reports_to = [[Prime Minister of the United Kingdom|The Prime Minister]]
| seat = [[Westminster]]
| nominator = The Prime Minister
| appointer = [[Monarchy of the United Kingdom|The Monarch]]
| appointer_qualified = {{small|(on the advice of the [[Prime Minister of the United Kingdom|Prime Minister]])}}
| termlength = [[At His Majesty's Pleasure]]
| formation = * 10 December 1916:<br />{{small|(as Minister for Pensions)}}
* 8 June 2001:<br />{{small|(as Secretary of State for Work and Pensions)}}
| salary = £159,038 per annum {{small|(2022)}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=Salaries of Members of His Majesty's Government – Financial Year 2022–23 |url=https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/1124173/2022-12-07-Ministerial-Salaries-22-23-table.pdf |date=15 December 2022}}</ref><br />(including £86,584 [[Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)|MP]] salary)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Pay and expenses for MPs |url=https://www.parliament.uk/about/mps-and-lords/members/pay-mps/ |access-date=15 December 2022 |website=parliament.uk}}</ref>
| deputy = [[Minister of State for Employment]]
| first = [[George Nicoll Barnes|George Barnes]]<br>{{small|(as Minister for Pensions)}}
}}
{{PoliticsUK}} 
The '''secretary of state for work and pensions''', also referred to as the '''work and pensions secretary''', is a [[Secretary of State (United Kingdom)|secretary of state]] in the [[Government of the United Kingdom]], with overall responsibility for the business of the [[Department for Work and Pensions]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Secretary of State for Work and Pensions|url=https://www.gov.uk/government/ministers/secretary-of-state-for-work-and-pensions|access-date=30 June 2021|website=[[gov.uk]]|language=}}</ref> The incumbent is a member of the [[Cabinet of the United Kingdom]].

The office holder works alongside the other [[Department for Work and Pensions#Ministers|work and pensions ministers]]. The corresponding [[shadow minister]] is the [[Shadow Secretary of State for Work and Pensions|shadow secretary of state for work and pensions]]. 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 [[Minister of Labour|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 [[disabilities|disability]]
* Support for families and children<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.gov.uk/government/ministers/secretary-of-state-for-work-and-pensions|title = Secretary of State for Work and Pensions - GOV.UK}}</ref>

==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]].<ref name="DWP Century">{{cite web |last1=Department for Work and Pensions |title=A century of support: Department for Work and Pensions turns 100 years old |url=https://www.gov.uk/government/news/a-century-of-support-department-for-work-and-pensions-turns-100-years-old |website=Department for Work and Pensions |access-date=29 May 2019}}</ref>

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]].<ref name="DWP Century" /> In 1966 the Ministry was renamed the [[Ministry of Social Security (UK)|Ministry of Social Security]], but this was short-lived, as the ministry merged with the [[Ministry of Health (United Kingdom)|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==
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===Minister of Pensions (1916–1953)===
{{main|Ministry of Pensions#Ministers}}
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|- style="height:1em"
! colspan=3 | Minister
! colspan=2 | Term of office
! Political party
!Cabinet
|- style="height:1em"
! style="background-color:{{Party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |
| [[File:George Nicoll Barnes.png|60px]]
| [[George Barnes (British politician)|George Nicoll Barnes]]
| 10 December 1916
| 17 August 1917
| {{Party shading/Labour}} | [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour]]
| rowspan="4" {{Party shading/Coalition (UK)}} | [[Lloyd George ministry|Lloyd George]]
|- style="height:1em"
! style="background-color:{{Party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |
| [[File:John Hodge.JPG|60px]]
| [[John Hodge (politician)|John Hodge]]
| 17 August 1917
| 10 January 1919
| {{Party shading/Labour}} | [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour]]
|- style="height:1em"
! style="background-color:{{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
| [[File:Worthington-Evans MP.jpg|60px]]
| [[Sir Laming Worthington-Evans, 1st Baronet|Laming Worthington-Evans]]
| 10 January 1919
| 2 April 1920
| {{Party shading/Conservative (UK)}} | [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]]
|- style="height:1em"
! style="background-color:{{Party color|Liberal Party (UK)}}" |
| [[File:Ian Macpherson.jpg|60px]]
| [[Ian Macpherson, 1st Baron Strathcarron|Ian Macpherson]]
| 2 April 1920
| 19 October 1922
| {{Party shading/Liberal (UK)}} | [[Liberal Party (UK)|Liberal]]
|- style="height:1em"
! rowspan=2 style="background-color:{{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
| rowspan=2 | [[File:Lord Tyron.jpg|60px]]
| rowspan=2 | [[George Tryon, 1st Baron Tryon|George Tryon]]
| rowspan=2 | 31 October 1922
| rowspan=2 | 22 January 1924
| rowspan=2  {{Party shading/Conservative (UK)}} | [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]]
| {{Party shading/Conservative (UK)}} |[[Conservative government, 1922–1924|Law]]
|-
| {{Party shading/Conservative (UK)}} |[[Conservative government, 1922–1924|Baldwin I]]
|- style="height:1em"
! style="background-color:{{Party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |
| [[File:Frederick Owen Rogers.png|60px]]
| [[Frederick Roberts (politician)|Frederick Roberts]]
| 23 January 1924
| 3 November 1924
| {{Party shading/Labour}} | [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour]]
| {{Party shading/Labour}} |[[First MacDonald ministry|MacDonald I]]
|- style="height:1em"
! style="background-color:{{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
| [[File:Lord Tyron.jpg|60px]]
| [[George Tryon, 1st Baron Tryon|George Tryon]]
| 11 November 1924
| 4 June 1929
| {{Party shading/Conservative (UK)}} | [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]]
| {{Party shading/Conservative (UK)}} |[[Second Baldwin ministry|Baldwin II]]
|- style="height:1em"
! style="background-color:{{Party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |
| [[File:Frederick Owen Rogers.png|60px]]
| [[Frederick Roberts (politician)|Frederick Roberts]]
| 7 June 1929
| 24 August 1931
|{{Party shading/Labour}} | [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour]]
| {{Party shading/Labour}} |[[Second MacDonald ministry|MacDonald II]]
|- style="height:1em"
! rowspan="2" style="background-color:{{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
| rowspan="2" | [[File:Lord Tyron.jpg|60px]]
| rowspan="2" | [[George Tryon, 1st Baron Tryon|George Tryon]]
| rowspan="2" | 3 September 1931
| rowspan="2" | 18 June 1935
| rowspan="2"  {{Party shading/Conservative (UK)}} | [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]]
| {{Party shading/Coalition (UK)}} | [[National Government (1931)|National I]]
|-
| {{Party shading/Coalition (UK)}} | [[National Government (1931–1935)|National II]]
|- style="height:1em"
! style="background-color:{{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
| [[File:Viscount Hudson.jpg|60px]]
| [[Robert Hudson, 1st Viscount Hudson|Robert Hudson]]
| 18 June 1935
| 30 July 1936
|  {{Party shading/Conservative (UK)}} | [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]]
| rowspan="2" {{Party shading/Coalition (UK)}} | [[National Government (1935–1937)|National III]]
|- style="height:1em"
! rowspan="2" style="background-color:{{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
| rowspan="2" | [[File:Herwald Ramsbotham, 1st Viscount Soulbury.jpg|60px]]
| rowspan="2" | [[Herwald Ramsbotham, 1st Viscount Soulbury|Herwald Ramsbotham]]
| rowspan="2" | 30 July 1936
| rowspan="2" | 7 June 1939
| rowspan="2"  {{Party shading/Conservative (UK)}} | [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]]
|- style="height:1em"
| {{Party shading/Coalition (UK)}} | [[National Government (1937–1939)|National IV]]
|- style="height:1em"
! rowspan="3" style="background-color:{{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
| rowspan="3" | [[File:Sir Walter Womersley.jpg|60px]]
| rowspan="3" | [[Sir Walter Womersley, 1st Baronet|Walter Womersley]]
| rowspan="3" | 7 June 1939
| rowspan="3" | 26 July 1945
| rowspan="3"  {{Party shading/Conservative (UK)}} | [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]]
| {{Party shading/Coalition (UK)}} | [[Chamberlain war ministry|Chamberlain War]]
|- style="height:1em"
| {{Party shading/Coalition (UK)}} | [[Churchill war ministry|Churchill War]]
|-
| {{Party shading/Coalition (UK)}} | [[Churchill caretaker ministry|Churchill Caretaker]]
|- style="height:1em"
! style="background-color:{{Party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |
| [[File:Wilfred Paling.jpg|60px]]
| [[Wilfred Paling]]
| 3 August 1945
| 17 April 1947
| {{Party shading/Labour}} | [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour]]
| rowspan="5" {{Party shading/Labour}} |[[Attlee ministry|Attlee]]
|- style="height:1em"
! style="background-color:{{Party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |
|
| [[John Burns Hynd]]
| 17 April 1947
| 7 October 1947
| {{Party shading/Labour}} | [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour]]
|- style="height:1em"
! style="background-color:{{Party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |
| [[File:George Buchanan.jpg|60px]]
| [[George Buchanan (politician)|George Buchanan]]
| 7 October 1947
| 2 July 1948
| {{Party shading/Labour}} | [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour]]
|- style="height:1em"
! style="background-color:{{Party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |
| [[File:Hilary Marquand.png|60px]]
| [[Hilary Marquand]]
| 2 July 1948
| 17 January 1951
| {{Party shading/Labour}} | [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour]]
|- style="height:1em"
! style="background-color:{{Party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |
| [[File:Blank.png|60px]]
| [[George Isaacs]]
| 17 January 1951
| 26 October 1951
| {{Party shading/Labour}} | [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour]]
|- style="height:1em"
! style="background-color:{{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
| [[File:Derick Heathcoat-Amory.png|60px]]
| [[Derick Heathcoat-Amory, 1st Viscount Amory|Derick Heathcoat-Amory]]
| 5 November 1951
| 3 September 1953
| {{Party shading/Conservative (UK)}} | [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]]
| {{Party shading/Conservative (UK)}} |[[Third Churchill ministry|Churchill III]]
|}

===Minister of Social Insurance/National Insurance (1944–1953)===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|- style="height:1em"
! colspan="3" | Minister
! colspan="2" | Term of office
! Political party
! Cabinet
|- style="height:1em"
! style="background-color:{{Party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |
| [[File:William Jowitt.png|60px]]
| [[William Jowitt, 1st Earl Jowitt|William Jowitt]]
| 8 October 1944
| 23 May 1945
| {{Party shading/Labour}} | [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour]]
| {{Party shading/Coalition (UK)}} | [[Churchill war ministry|Churchill War]]
|- style="height:1em"
! style="background-color:{{Party color|National Independent}}" |
| [[File:Blank.png|60px]]
| [[Leslie Hore-Belisha, 1st Baron Hore-Belisha|Leslie Hore-Belisha]]
| 25 May 1945
| 26 July 1945
| style="background-color:#eeeeee" | [[National Independent]]
| {{Party shading/Coalition (UK)}} | [[Churchill caretaker ministry|Churchill Caretaker]]
|- style="height:1em"
! style="background-color:{{Party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |
| [[File:Blank.png|60px]]
| [[Jim Griffiths]]
| 4 August 1945
| 28 February 1950
| {{Party shading/Labour}} | [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour]]
| rowspan="2" {{Party shading/Labour}} |[[Attlee ministry|Attlee]]
|- style="height:1em"
! style="background-color:{{Party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |
| [[File:Blank.png|60px]]
| [[Edith Summerskill, Baroness Summerskill|Edith Summerskill]]
| 28 February 1950
| 26 October 1951
| {{Party shading/Labour}} | [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour]]
|- style="height:1em"
! style="background-color:{{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
| [[File:Blank.png|60px]]
| [[Osbert Peake, 1st Viscount Ingleby|Osbert Peake]]
| 31 October 1951
| 3 September 1953
| {{Party shading/Conservative (UK)}} | [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]]
| {{Party shading/Conservative (UK)}} |[[Third Churchill ministry|Churchill III]]
|-
| colspan="7" | ''Posts of Minister of Pensions and Minister of National Insurance merged in 1953.''
|}

===Minister of Pensions and National Insurance (1953–1966)===
{{main|Ministry of Pensions and National Insurance#Ministers}}
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|-
! colspan=3 | Minister
! colspan=2 | Term of office
! Political party
! Cabinet
|- style="height:1em"
! rowspan=2 style="background-color:{{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
| rowspan=2 | [[File:Blank.png|60px]]
| rowspan=2 | [[Osbert Peake, 1st Viscount Ingleby|Osbert Peake]]
| rowspan=2 | 3 September 1953
| rowspan=2 | 20 December 1955
| rowspan=2  {{Party shading/Conservative (UK)}} | [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]]
| {{Party shading/Conservative (UK)}} |[[Third Churchill ministry|Churchill III]]
|- style="height:1em"
| rowspan="2" {{Party shading/Conservative (UK)}} |[[Eden ministry|Eden]]
|- style="height:1em"
! rowspan="3" style="background-color:{{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
| rowspan="3" | [[File:Blank.png|60px]]
| rowspan="3" | [[John Boyd-Carpenter, Baron Boyd-Carpenter|John Boyd-Carpenter]]
| rowspan="3" | 20 December 1955
| rowspan="3" | 16 July 1962
| rowspan="3" {{Party shading/Conservative (UK)}} | [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]]
|- style="height:1em"
| {{Party shading/Conservative (UK)}} |[[Conservative government, 1957–1964|Macmillan I]]
|-
| rowspan="2" {{Party shading/Conservative (UK)}} |[[Conservative government, 1957–1964|Macmillan II]]
|- style="height:1em"
! style="background-color:{{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
| [[File:Blank.png|60px]]
| [[Niall Macpherson, 1st Baron Drumalbyn|Niall Macpherson]]
| 16 July 1962
| 21 October 1963
|  {{Party shading/Conservative (UK)}} | [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]]
|- style="height:1em"
! style="background-color:{{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
| [[File:Blank.png|60px]]
| [[Richard Wood, Baron Holderness|Richard Wood]]
| 21 October 1963
| 16 October 1964
|  {{Party shading/Conservative (UK)}} | [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]]
| {{Party shading/Conservative (UK)}} |[[Conservative government, 1957–1964|Douglas-Home]]
|- style="height:1em"
! style="background-color:{{Party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |
|
| [[Peggy Herbison|Margaret Herbison]]
| 18 October 1964
| 6 August 1966
| {{Party shading/Labour}} |[[Labour Party (UK)|Labour]]
| {{Party shading/Labour}} |[[Labour government, 1964–1970|Wilson I]]
|}

==={{Anchor|Minister of Social Security}}Minister of Social Security (1966–1968)===
{{main|Ministry of Social Security (United Kingdom)#Ministers}}
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|- style="height:1em"
! colspan=3 | Minister
! colspan=2 | Term of office
! Political party
! Cabinet
|- style="height:1em"
! style="background-color:{{Party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |
|
| [[Peggy Herbison|Margaret Herbison]]
| 6 August 1966
| 26 July 1967
| {{Party shading/Labour}} | [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour]]
| rowspan="2" {{Party shading/Labour}} |[[Labour government, 1964–1970|Wilson II]]
|- style="height:1em"
! style="background-color:{{Party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |
| [[File:Blank.png|60px]]
| [[Judith Hart]]
| 26 July 1967
| 1 November 1968
| {{Party shading/Labour}} | [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour]]
|}

===Secretary of State for Social Services (1968–1988)===
{{main|Secretary of State for Social Services}}
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|- style="height:1em"
! colspan=3 | Secretary of State
! colspan=2 | Term of office
! Political party
! Cabinet
|- style="height:1em"
! style="background-color:{{Party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |
| [[File:Crossland MP.jpg|60px]]
| [[Richard Crossman]]
| 1 November 1968
| 19 June 1970
| {{Party shading/Labour}} |[[Labour Party (UK)|Labour]]
| {{Party shading/Labour}} |[[Labour government, 1964–1970|Wilson II]]
|- style="height:1em"
! style="background-color:{{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
|
| [[Keith Joseph]]
| 20 June 1970
| 4 March 1974
| {{Party shading/Conservative (UK)}} | [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]]
| {{Party shading/Conservative (UK)}} |[[Heath ministry|Heath]]
|- style="height:1em"
! rowspan="2" style="background-color:{{Party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |
| rowspan="2" | [[File:Mme Barbara Castle, Ministre britannique du développement outre-mer.jpg|60px]]
| rowspan="2" | [[Barbara Castle]]
| rowspan="2" | 5 March 1974
| rowspan="2" | 8 April 1976
| rowspan="2" {{Party shading/Labour}} | [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour]]
| {{Party shading/Labour}} |[[Labour government, 1974–1979|Wilson III]]
|-
| {{Party shading/Labour}} |[[Labour government, 1974–1979|Wilson IV]]
|- style="height:1em"
! style="background-color:{{Party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |
| [[File:David Ennals.jpg|60px]]
| [[David Ennals, Baron Ennals|David Ennals]]
| 8 April 1976
| 4 May 1979
| {{Party shading/Labour}} | [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour]]
| {{Party shading/Labour}} |[[Labour government, 1974–1979|Callaghan]]
|- style="height:1em"
! style="background-color:{{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
|
| [[Patrick Jenkin, Baron Jenkin of Roding|Patrick Jenkin]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://members.parliament.uk/member/1097/career |title=Lord Jenkin of Roding |work=UK Parliament |access-date=10 September 2021}}</ref>
| 5 May 1979
| 13 September 1981
|  {{Party shading/Conservative (UK)}} | [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]]
| {{Party shading/Conservative (UK)}} |[[First Thatcher ministry|Thatcher I]]
|- style="height:1em"
! style="background-color:{{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
| [[File:Official portrait of Lord Fowler crop 2.jpg|60px]]
| [[Norman Fowler]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://members.parliament.uk/member/315/career |title=Lord Fowler |work=UK Parliament |access-date=10 September 2021}}</ref>
| 14 September 1981
| 13 June 1987
|  {{Party shading/Conservative (UK)}} | [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]]
| {{Party shading/Conservative (UK)}} |[[Second Thatcher ministry|Thatcher II]]
|- style="height:1em"
! style="background-color:{{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
| [[File:Mr John Moore M.P. addressing the Annual LSE Society Dinner, 5th June, 1985.jpg|60px]]
| [[John Moore, Baron Moore of Lower Marsh|John Moore]]<ref name="Moore">{{Cite web|url=https://members.parliament.uk/member/1022/career |title=Lord Moore of Lower Marsh |work=UK Parliament |access-date=10 September 2021}}</ref>
| 13 June 1987
| 24 July 1988
|  {{Party shading/Conservative (UK)}} | [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]]
| {{Party shading/Conservative (UK)}} |[[Third Thatcher ministry|Thatcher III]]
|-
| colspan="7" | ''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)===
{{main|Secretary of State for Social Security}}
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|- style="height:1em"
! colspan=3 | Secretary of State
! colspan=2 | Term of office
! Political party
! Cabinet
|- style="height:1em"
! style="background-color:{{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
| [[File:Mr John Moore M.P. addressing the Annual LSE Society Dinner, 5th June, 1985.jpg|60px]]
| [[John Moore, Baron Moore of Lower Marsh|John Moore]]<ref name="Moore" />
| 25 July 1988
| 22 July 1989
| {{Party shading/Conservative (UK)}} | [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]]
| rowspan="2" {{Party shading/Conservative (UK)}} |[[Third Thatcher ministry|Thatcher III]]
|- style="height:1em"
! rowspan=2 style="background-color:{{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
| rowspan=2 | [[File:Tony Newton 1995.png|60px]]
| rowspan=2 | [[Tony Newton, Baron Newton of Braintree|Tony Newton]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://members.parliament.uk/member/925/career |title=Lord Newton of Braintree |work=UK Parliament |access-date=10 September 2021}}</ref>
| rowspan=2 | 23 July 1989
| rowspan=2 | 9 April 1992
| rowspan=2 {{Party shading/Conservative (UK)}} | [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]]
|- style="height:1em"
| {{Party shading/Conservative (UK)}} |[[First Major ministry|Major I]]
|- style="height:1em"
! style="background-color:{{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
| [[File:Official portrait of Lord Lilley, 2022.jpg|60px]]
| [[Peter Lilley]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://members.parliament.uk/member/68/career |title=Lord Lilley |work=UK Parliament |access-date=10 September 2021}}</ref>
| 10 April 1992
| 1 May 1997
| {{Party shading/Conservative (UK)}} | [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]]
| {{Party shading/Conservative (UK)}} |[[Second Major ministry|Major II]]
|- style="height:1em"
! style="background-color:{{Party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |
| [[File:Official portrait of Rt Hon Harriet Harman QC MP crop 2.jpg|60px]]
| [[Harriet Harman]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://members.parliament.uk/member/150/career |title=Rt Hon Harriet Harman QC MP |work=UK Parliament |access-date=10 September 2021}}</ref>
| 1 May 1997
| 27 July 1998
| {{Party shading/Labour}} |[[Labour Party (UK)|Labour]]
| rowspan="2" {{Party shading/Labour}} |[[First Blair ministry|Blair I]]
|- style="height:1em"
! style="background-color:{{Party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |
| [[File:AlistairDarlingABr cropped.jpg|60px]]
| [[Alistair Darling]]<ref name="Darling">{{Cite web|url=https://members.parliament.uk/member/596/career |title=Lord Darling of Roulanish |work=UK Parliament |access-date=10 September 2021}}</ref>
| 27 July 1998
| 8 June 2001
| {{Party shading/Labour}} | [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour]]
|}

===Secretary of State for Work and Pensions (2001–present)===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|- style="height:1em"
! colspan=3 | Secretary of State
! colspan=2 | Term of office
! Political party
!Cabinet
|- style="height:1em"
! style="background-color:{{Party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |
| [[File:AlistairDarlingABr cropped.jpg|60px]]
| [[Alistair Darling]]<ref name="Darling"/>
| 8 June 2001
| 29 May 2002
| {{Party shading/Labour}} |[[Labour Party (UK)|Labour]]
| rowspan="3" {{Party shading/Labour}} |[[Second Blair ministry|Blair II]]
|- style="height:1em"
! style="background-color:{{Party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |
| [[File:Andrew Smith MP 20050127.jpg|60px]]
| [[Andrew Smith (British politician)|Andrew Smith]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://members.parliament.uk/member/95/career |title=Rt Hon Andrew Smith |work=UK Parliament |access-date=10 September 2021}}</ref>
| 29 May 2002
| 8 September 2004
| {{Party shading/Labour}} | [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour]]
|- style="height:1em"
! style="background-color:{{Party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |
| [[File:Alan_Johnson_MP.jpg|60px]]
| [[Alan Johnson]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://members.parliament.uk/member/376/career |title=Rt Hon Alan Johnson |work=UK Parliament |access-date=10 September 2021}}</ref>
| 8 September 2004
| 6 May 2005
| {{Party shading/Labour}} | [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour]]
|- style="height:1em"
! style="background-color:{{Party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |
| [[File:Official Portrait of Lord Blunkett crop 1.jpg|60px]]
| [[David Blunkett]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://members.parliament.uk/member/395/career |title=Lord Blunkett |work=UK Parliament |access-date=10 September 2021}}</ref>
| 6 May 2005
| 2 November 2005
| Labo{{Party shading/Labour}} | [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour]]
| rowspan="2" {{Party shading/Labour}} |[[Third Blair ministry|Blair III]]
|- style="height:1em"
! style="background-color:{{Party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |
| [[File:Msc 2009-Sunday, 11.00 - 12.30 Uhr-Zwez 005 Hutton detail.jpg|60px]]
| [[John Hutton, Baron Hutton of Furness|John Hutton]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://members.parliament.uk/member/494/career |title=Lord Hutton of Furness |work=UK Parliament |access-date=10 September 2021}}</ref>
| 2 November 2005
| 28 June 2007
| {{Party shading/Labour}} | [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour]]
|- style="height:1em"
! style="background-color:{{Party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |
| [[File:Official portrait of Lord Hain crop 2, 2019.jpg|60px]]
| [[Peter Hain]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://members.parliament.uk/member/567/career |title=Lord Hain |work=UK Parliament |access-date=31 August 2021}}</ref>
| 28 June 2007
| 24 January 2008
| {{Party shading/Labour}} | [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour]]
| rowspan="3" {{Party shading/Labour}} |[[Brown ministry|Brown]]
|- style="height:1em"
! style="background-color:{{Party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |
| [[File:James Purnell Ministerial portrait.jpg|60px]]
| [[James Purnell]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://members.parliament.uk/member/1455/career |title=James Purnell |work=UK Parliament |access-date=31 August 2021}}</ref><br/>{{Small|MP for [[Stalybridge and Hyde (UK Parliament constituency)|Stalybridge and Hyde]]}}
| 24 January 2008
| 5 June 2009
| {{Party shading/Labour}} | [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour]]
|- style="height:1em"
! style="background-color:{{Party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |
| [[File:Official portrait of Rt Hon Yvette Cooper MP crop 2.jpg|60px]]
| [[Yvette Cooper]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://members.parliament.uk/member/420/career |title=Rt Hon Yvette Cooper MP |work=UK Parliament |access-date=31 August 2021}}</ref><br/>{{Small|MP for [[Normanton, Pontefract and Castleford (UK Parliament constituency)|Normanton, Pontefract and Castleford]]}}
| 6 June 2009
| 6 May 2010
| {{Party shading/Labour}} | [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour]]
|- style="height:1em"
! rowspan=2 style="background-color:{{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
| rowspan=2 | [[File:Official portrait of Sir Iain Duncan Smith MP crop 2.jpg|60px]]
| rowspan=2 | [[Iain Duncan Smith]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://members.parliament.uk/member/152/career |title=Rt Hon Sir Iain Duncan Smith MP |work=UK Parliament |access-date=31 August 2021}}</ref><br/>{{Small|MP for [[Chingford and Woodford Green (UK Parliament constituency)|Chingford and Woodford Green]]}}
| 12 May 2010
| 18 March 2016
| rowspan=2 {{Party shading/Conservative (UK)}} | [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]]
| {{Party shading/Coalition (UK)}} | [[Cameron–Clegg coalition|Cameron-Clegg]]
|-
| colspan=2 style="text-align:center" |[[Iain Duncan Smith's tenure as Work and Pensions Secretary|Duncan Smith's tenure]]
| rowspan="2" {{Party shading/Conservative (UK)}} |[[Second Cameron ministry|Cameron II]]
|- style="height:1em"
! style="background-color:{{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
| [[File:Official portrait of Rt Hon Stephen Crabb MP crop 2.jpg|60px]]
| [[Stephen Crabb]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://members.parliament.uk/member/1554/career |title=Rt Hon Stephen Crabb MP |work=UK Parliament |access-date=31 August 2021}}</ref><br/>{{Small|MP for [[Preseli Pembrokeshire (UK Parliament constituency)|Preseli Pembrokeshire]]}}
| 19 March 2016
| 14 July 2016
|  {{Party shading/Conservative (UK)}} | [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]]
|- style="height:1em"
! style="background-color:{{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
| [[File:Official portrait of Rt Hon Damian Green MP crop 2.jpg|60px]]
| [[Damian Green]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://members.parliament.uk/member/76/career |title=Rt Hon Damian Green MP |work=UK Parliament |access-date=31 August 2021}}</ref><br/>{{Small|MP for [[Ashford (UK Parliament constituency)|Ashford]]}}
| 14 July 2016
| 11 June 2017
|  {{Party shading/Conservative (UK)}} | [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]]
| {{Party shading/Conservative (UK)}} |[[First May ministry|May I]]
|- style="height:1em"
! style="background-color:{{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
| [[File:Official portrait of Mr David Gauke crop 2.jpg|60px]]
| [[David Gauke]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://members.parliament.uk/member/1529/career |title=Rt Hon David Gauke |work=UK Parliament |access-date=31 August 2021}}</ref><br/>{{Small|MP for [[South West Hertfordshire (UK Parliament constituency)|South West Hertfordshire]]}}
| 11 June 2017
| [[2018 British cabinet reshuffle|8 January 2018]]
|  {{Party shading/Conservative (UK)}} | [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]]
| rowspan="3" {{Party shading/Conservative (UK)}} |[[Second May ministry|May II]]
|- style="height:1em"
! style="background-color:{{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
| [[File:Official portrait of Esther McVey crop 2.jpg|60px]]
| [[Esther McVey]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://members.parliament.uk/member/4084/career |title=Rt Hon Esther McVey MP |work=UK Parliament |access-date=31 August 2021}}</ref><br/>{{Small|MP for [[Tatton (UK Parliament constituency)|Tatton]]}}
| [[2018 British cabinet reshuffle|8 January 2018]]
| [[Second May ministry#Changes 2|15 November 2018]]
|  {{Party shading/Conservative (UK)}} | [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]]
|- style="height:1em"
| rowspan=2 style="background-color:{{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
| rowspan=2 | [[File:Official_portrait_of_Amber_Rudd_crop_2.jpg|60px]]
| rowspan=2 | [[Amber Rudd]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://members.parliament.uk/member/3983/career |title=Rt Hon Amber Rudd |work=UK Parliament |access-date=31 August 2021}}</ref><br/>{{Small|MP for [[Hastings and Rye (UK Parliament constituency)|Hastings and Rye]]}}
| rowspan=2 | [[Second May ministry#Changes 2|16 November 2018]]
| rowspan=2 |[[First Johnson ministry#Changes|7 September 2019]]
| rowspan=2  {{Party shading/Conservative (UK)}} | [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]]
|- style="height:1em"
| rowspan="2" {{Party shading/Conservative (UK)}} |[[First Johnson ministry|Johnson I]]
|- style="height:1em"
| rowspan=2 style="background-color:{{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
| rowspan=2 | [[File:Official portrait of Dr Thérèse Coffey crop 2.jpg|60px|link=Special:FilePath/CsHBoP4f.jpg]]
| rowspan=2 | [[Thérèse Coffey]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://members.parliament.uk/member/4098/career |title=Rt Hon Dr Thérèse Coffey MP |work=UK Parliament |access-date=31 August 2021}}</ref><br/>{{Small|MP for [[Suffolk Coastal (UK Parliament constituency)|Coastal Suffolk]]}}
| rowspan=2 | [[First Johnson ministry#Changes|8 September 2019]]
| rowspan=2 | 6 September 2022
| rowspan=2  {{Party shading/Conservative (UK)}} | [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]]
|-
| {{Party shading/Conservative (UK)}} |[[Second Johnson ministry|Johnson II]]
|- style="height:1em"
| style="background-color:{{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
| [[File:Official portrait of Chloe Smith MP crop 2.jpg|60px]]
| [[Chloe Smith]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.gov.uk/government/people/chloe-smith |title=Chloe Smith MP |access-date=6 September 2022}}</ref><br/>{{Small|MP for [[Norwich North (UK Parliament constituency)|Norwich North]]}}
| 6 September 2022
| 25 October 2022
|  {{Party shading/Conservative (UK)}} | [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]]
| {{Party shading/Conservative (UK)}} |[[Truss ministry|Truss]]
|- style="height:1em"
| style="background-color:{{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
| [[File:Official portrait of Rt Hon Mel Stride MP crop 2.jpg|60px]]
| [[Mel Stride]]<br/>{{Small| MP for [[Central Devon]]}}
| 25 October 2022
| 5 July 2024
|  {{Party shading/Conservative (UK)}} | [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]]
| {{Party shading/Conservative (UK)}} |[[Sunak ministry|Sunak]]
|- style="height:1em"
| style="background-color:{{Party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |
| [[File:Liz Kendall Official Cabinet Portrait, July 2024 (cropped) 2.jpg|60px]]
| [[Liz Kendall]]<br/>{{Small| MP for [[Leicester West (UK Parliament constituency)|Leicester West]]}}
| 5 July 2024
| Incumbent
| {{Party shading/Labour}} | [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour]]
| {{Party shading/Labour}} |[[Starmer ministry|Starmer]]
|}

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  from: 17/08/1917 till: 10/01/1919 color:Labour       text:"[[John Hodge (politician)|John Hodge]]"
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  from: 02/04/1920 till: 19/10/1922 color:Liberal      text:"[[Ian Macpherson]]"
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  from: 11/11/1924 till: 04/06/1929 color:Conservative
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  from: 07/06/1929 till: 24/08/1931 color:Labour       text:"[[Frederick Roberts (British politician)|Frederick Roberts]]"
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  from: 18/06/1935 till: 30/07/1936 color:Conservative text:"[[Robert Hudson, 1st Viscount Hudson|Robert Hudson]]"
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  from: 30/07/1936 till: 07/06/1939 color:Conservative text:"[[Herwald Ramsbotham]]" 
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  from: 07/06/1939 till: 26/07/1945 color:Conservative text:"[[Walter Womersley]]"
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  from: 08/10/1944 till: 23/05/1945 color:Labour       text:"[[William Jowitt]]"
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  from: 25/05/1945 till: 26/07/1945 color:Independent  text:"[[Leslie Hore-Belisha]]"
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  from: 03/08/1945 till: 17/04/1947 color:Labour       text:"[[Wilfred Paling]]"
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  from: 04/08/1945 till: 28/01/1950 color:Labour       text:"[[Jim Griffiths]]"
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  from: 17/04/1947 till: 07/10/1947 color:Labour       text:"[[John Burns Hynd]]"
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  from: 07/10/1947 till: 02/07/1948 color:Labour       text:"[[George Buchanan]]"
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  from: 02/07/1948 till: 17/01/1951 color:Labour       text:"[[Hilary Marquand]]"
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  from: 28/02/1950 till: 26/10/1951 color:Labour       text:"[[Edith Summerskill]]"
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  from: 17/01/1951 till: 26/10/1951 color:Labour       text:"[[George Isaacs]]"
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  from: 05/11/1951 till: 03/09/1953 color:Conservative text:"[[Derick Heathcoat-Amory]]"
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  from: 31/10/1951 till: 20/12/1955 color:Conservative text:"[[Osbert Peake]]"
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  from: 20/12/1955 till: 16/07/1962 color:Conservative text:"[[John Boyd-Carpenter]]"
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  from: 16/07/1962 till: 21/10/1963 color:Conservative text:"[[Niall Macpherson]]"
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  from: 21/10/1963 till: 16/10/1964 color:Conservative text:"[[Richard Wood, Baron Holderness|Richard Wood]]"
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  from: 18/10/1964 till: 26/07/1967 color:Labour       text:"[[Margaret Herbison]]"
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  from: 26/07/1967 till: 01/11/1968 color:Labour       text:"[[Judith Hart]]"
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  from: 01/11/1968 till: 19/06/1970 color:Labour       text:"[[Richard Crossman]]"
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  from: 08/04/1976 till: 04/05/1979 color:Labour       text:"[[David Ennals]]"
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  from: 01/05/1997 till: 27/07/1998 color:Labour       text:"[[Harriet Harman]]"
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  from: 08/09/2004 till: 06/05/2005 color:Labour       text:"[[Alan Johnson]]"
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  from: 06/05/2005 till: 02/11/2005 color:Labour       text:"[[David Blunkett]]"
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  from: 02/11/2005 till: 28/06/2007 color:Labour       text:"[[John Hutton, Baron Hutton of Furness|John Hutton]]"
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  from: 28/06/2007 till: 24/01/2008 color:Labour       text:"[[Peter Hain]]"
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  from: 24/01/2008 till: 05/06/2009 color:Labour       text:"[[James Purnell]]"
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  from: 06/06/2009 till: 06/05/2010 color:Labour       text:"[[Yvette Cooper]]"
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  from: 06/05/2010 till: 18/03/2016 color:Conservative text:"[[Iain Duncan Smith]]"
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  from: 19/03/2016 till: 14/07/2016 color:Conservative text:"[[Stephen Crabb]]"
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  from: 11/06/2017 till: 08/01/2018 color:Conservative text:"[[David Gauke]]"
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  from: 08/01/2018 till: 15/11/2018 color:Conservative text:"[[Esther McVey]]"
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  from: 16/11/2018 till: 07/09/2019 color:Conservative text:"[[Amber Rudd]]"
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  from: 06/09/2022 till: 25/10/2022 color:Conservative text:"[[Chloe Smith]]"
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  from: 25/10/2022 till: 05/07/2024 color:Conservative text:"[[Mel Stride]]"
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==See also==
*[[Secretary of State for Employment]]
*[[Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Pensions and Financial Inclusion]]

==References==
{{reflist}}

{{Secretary of State for Work and Pensions}}
{{Cabinet positions in the United Kingdom}}

[[Category:Lists of government ministers of the United Kingdom|Work and Pensions, Secretary of State]]
[[Category:Ministerial offices in the United Kingdom]]
[[Category:Secretaries of state for work and pensions| Secretaries of State for Work and Pensions]]