The Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Pensions was a junior Ministerial office at Parliamentary Secretary rank in the British Government, supporting the Minister for Pensions. Today, the role is known as the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Pensions.
Establishment and history
The office was established in 1916 and filled intermittently until 1932. It was established again from 1940, with joint holders from 1951. In 1944 a separate Ministry of National Insurance was formed and from 1945 until 1951 there was a Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of National Insurance. The two departments merged in 1953. In 1966 the department became the Ministry of Social Security, and the title of the Parliamentary Secretary post changed accordingly.
Parliamentary Secretaries to the Ministry of Pensions, 1916–1966
| Name | Entered office | Left office |
|---|---|---|
| Arthur Griffith-Boscawen | 1916 | 1919 |
| Sir James Craig, Bt | 1919 | 1920 |
| George Tryon | 1920 | 1922 |
| Vacant | 1922 | 1923 |
| Charles Curtis Craig | 1923 | 1924 |
| Vacant | 1924 | 1924 |
| Hon. George Frederick Stanley | 1924 | 1929 |
| Vacant | 1929 | 1931 |
| Cuthbert Headlam | 1931 | September 1932 |
| Vacant | September 1932 | 1940 |
| Ellen Wilkinson | 1940 | 1940 |
| The Lord Tryon | 1940 | 1941 |
| Wilfred Paling | 1941 | 1945 |
| Hon. William Sidney | 1945 | 1945 |
| Jennie Adamson | 1945 | 1946 |
| Arthur Blenkinsop | 1946 | 1949 |
| Charles Simmons | 1949 | 1951 |
| John Smyth and Robin Turton |
5 November 1951 | 18 October 1954 |
| John Smyth and Ernest Marples |
18 October 1954 | 20 December 1955 |
| Edith Pitt and Hon. Richard Wood |
20 December 1955 | 14 April 1958 |
| Edith Pitt and William Fletcher-Vane |
14 April 1958 | 22 October 1959 |
| William Fletcher-Vane and Patricia Hornsby-Smith |
22 October 1959 | 20 October 1960 |
| Patricia Hornsby-Smith | 20 October 1960 | 28 October 1960 |
| Patricia Hornsby-Smith and Bernard Braine |
28 October 1960 | 8 February 1961 |
| Patricia Hornsby-Smith and Richard Sharples |
8 February 1961 | 31 August 1961 |
| Richard Sharples | 31 August 1961 | 9 October 1961 |
| Richard Sharples and Margaret Thatcher |
9 October 1961 | 16 July 1962 |
| Margaret Thatcher and Lynch Maydon |
16 July 1962 | 16 October 1964 |
| Harold Davies and Norman Pentland |
20 October 1964 | 6 August 1966 |
Parliamentary Secretaries to the Ministry of National Insurance, 1945–1951
| Name | Entered office | Left office |
|---|---|---|
| Charles Peat | 22 March 1945 | 16 June 1945 |
| George Lindgren | 1945 | 1946 |
| Tom Steele | 1946 | 1950 |
| Bernard Taylor | 1950 | 1951 |
Parliamentary Secretaries to the Ministry of Social Security, 1966–1968
| Name | Entered office | Left office |
|---|---|---|
| Harold Davies and Norman Pentland |
6 August 1966 | 7 January 1967 |
| Norman Pentland and Charles Loughlin |
7 January 1967 | 1 November 1968 |