Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Welfare Delivery

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.

Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Welfare Delivery
Royal Arms of His Majesty's Government
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.gov.uk/government/ministers/parliamentary-under-secretary-of-state-for-welfare-delivery

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