Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Minister for Work and Pensions) and Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Minister for Women)

Baroness Deborah Stedman-Scott OBE DL

Biography

Baroness Stedman-Scott OBE was appointed as a Parliamentary Under Secretary of State at the Department for Work and Pensions on 30 July 2019.

She was previously a Government Whip (Baroness in Waiting) from 27 October 2017 to 29 July 2019.

Previous career

Baroness Stedman-Scott joined the House of Lords in July 2010.

She was appointed a Deputy Lieutenant for East Sussex in 2007 and an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 2008 New Year Honours.

Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Minister for Work and Pensions)

The minister’s responsibilities include:

  • spokesperson for DWP business in the House of Lords
  • child maintenance and family test
  • parental conflict
  • legislation and statutory instruments strategy
  • Social Security Advisory Committee (SSAC) relationship management
  • Social Fund (Cold Weather Payments, Sure Start Maternity grants and Funeral Expenses Payment scheme)
  • bereavement benefits
  • maternity benefits
  • departmental business, including oversight of:
    • departmental capability in commercial and digital affairs
    • commercial contracting policy
    • resourcing and estates
    • transparency and data-sharing issues
    • research and trialling
  • Office for Nuclear Regulation

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Department for Work and Pensions

Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Minister for Women)

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Government Equalities Office, Equality Hub, and Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Previous roles in government