°Ç¸ç³Ô¹Ï

Skip to main content
Minister of State (Minister for Social Security and Disability)

The Rt Hon Sir Stephen Timms MP

Biography

Sir Stephen Timms was appointed Minister of State in the Department for Work and Pensions, and the Department for Education, on 8 July 2024. He was elected as the MP for East Ham in July 2024.

Minister of State (Minister for Social Security and Disability)

  • Disability policy and x-Gov responsibility for disabled people 

  • Health and disability reform 

  • Universal Credit and Legacy Benefits Delivery 

  • Contributory Benefits, Personal Independence Payment (PIP), Disability Living Allowance (DLA), and Employment and Support Allowance (ESA) 

  • Carer’s Allowance (CA) 

  • ±á´Ç³Ü²õ¾±²Ô²µÌý

  • Access to Work 

  • ALB: Health and Safety Executive 

  • Serious Case Panel 

  • Uprating and Benefit Cap 

  • Oversight of Disability Unit (DU)

More about this role

Department for Work and Pensions, Disability Unit, Office for Equality and Opportunity, and Department for Education