The Minister of State for the Future of Work is a ministerial position in the Department for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade in the British Government.
The position was previously housed within the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills and the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
Responsibilities
As of 2023, the Minister has the following areas of regulation and governance within their portfolio:
Make Work Pay industrial relations parental leave and pay review labour market enforcement consumer protection competition policy retail and hospitality consumer goods product safety Post Office postal services Covid loans AI and the workforce Post Office Low Pay Commission Advisory, Conciliation and Arbitration Service (Acas) Fair Work Agency Pubs Code Adjudicator British Hallmarking Council Competition and Markets Authority Competition Service Competition Appeal Tribunal Central Arbitration Committee Certification Officer
List of ministers NamePortraitTook officeLeft officePolitical partyPrime MinisterParliamentary Under Secretary of State for Small Firms, Trade & IndustryBarbara Roche6 May 19974 January 1999LabourBlair IMichael Wills4 January 199929 July 1999LabourAlan Johnson29 July 19997 June 2001LabourParliamentary Under Secretary of State for Competition, Consumers & MarketsMelanie Johnson8 June 2001 13 June 2003LabourBlair II Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Employment Relations & Consumer AffairsGerry Sutcliffe13 June 2003 5 May 2006LabourBlair II & IIIJim Fitzpatrick5 May 200628 June 2007LabourBlair IIIMinister of State for Employment RelationsPat McFadden28 June 20075 June 2009LabourBrownMinister of State for Business, Innovation, and SkillsPat McFadden9 June 2009 11 May 2010LabourBrownMinister of State for Business and EnterpriseMark Prisk MP for Hertford and Stortford13 May 20104 September 2012ConservativeCameron–CleggMichael Fallon MP for Sevenoaks4 September 201215 July 2014ConservativeMatt Hancock MP for West Suffolk15 July 201411 May 2015ConservativeMinister of State for Small Business, Industry and EnterpriseAnna Soubry MP for Broxtowe11 May 201515 July 2016ConservativeCameron IIParliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Small Business, Consumers and Corporate ResponsibilityMargot James MP for Stourbridge17 July 20169 January 2018ConservativeMay I & II Andrew Griffiths MP for Burton9 January 201813 July 2018ConservativeMay IIKelly Tolhurst MP for Rochester and Strood19 July 201813 February 2020ConservativeMay II Johnson I & IIParliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Small Business, Consumers and Labour MarketsPaul Scully MP for Sutton and Cheam13 February 20208 July 2022ConservativeJohnson IIJane Hunt MP for Loughborough8 July 20228 September 2022ConservativeParliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Enterprise and MarketsDean Russell MP for Watford20 September 202227 October 2022ConservativeTrussParliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Enterprise, Markets and Small BusinessKevin Hollinrake MP for Thirsk and Malton27 October 202226 March 2024ConservativeSunakMinister of State for Enterprise, Markets and Small BusinessKevin Hollinrake MP for Thirsk and Malton26 March 20245 July 2024ConservativeSunakParliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Employment Rights, Competition and MarketsJustin Madders MP for Ellesmere Port and Bromborough 9 July 20247 September 2025LabourStarmerParliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Employment Rights and Consumer ProtectionKate Dearden MP for Halifax 7 September 202521 July 2026LabourStarmerMinister of State for the Future of WorkKate Dearden MP for Halifax21 July 2026IncumbentLabourBurnham
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