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| Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Welfare Delivery | |
|---|---|
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| Incumbent Vacant since 20 September 2022 | |
| 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 His Majesty's pleasure |
| Formation | May 2015 |
| First holder | Shailesh Vara |
| Website | www |
The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Welfare Delivery was a junior position in the Department for Work and Pensions in the British government. It was most recently held by David Rutley MP, who took the office on 17 September 2021.
Responsibilities
The minister has the following responsibilities:
- overall management and delivery of Universal Credit
- support for disadvantaged groups in Universal Credit including care leavers, prison leavers, survivors of domestic abuse, people with drug or alcohol dependency, rough sleepers and those who are facing homelessness
- housing policy and Housing Benefit delivery
- ‘Help to Claim’ service
- poverty
- benefit uprating
- military covenant
- fraud, error and debt
Officeholders
| Name | Portrait | Entered office | Left office | Political party | Prime Minister | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shailesh Vara | 
|
8 May 2015 | 17 July 2016 | Conservative | David Cameron | |
| Caroline Nokes | 
|
17 July 2016 | 4 April 2019 | Theresa May | ||
| Will Quince | 
|
4 April 2019 | 17 September 2021 | Boris Johnson | ||
| David Rutley | 
|
17 September 2021 | 20 September 2022 | |||
References
- "Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Minister for Welfare Delivery) - GOV.UK". www.gov.uk. Retrieved 10 January 2021.
- "Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Minister for Welfare Delivery) - GOV.UK". www.gov.uk. Retrieved 22 September 2021.
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