Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Pensions

The **Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Pensions** is a junior position in the Department for Work and Pensions in the British government.

## List of ministers

|colspan=2|Name|Portrait|Entered office|Left office|Political party|Prime Minister|||||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|John Fraser||8 March 1974|14 April 1976|Labour|Harold Wilson||||||
|Harold Walker||8 March 1974|14 April 1976|Labour|Harold Wilson||||||
|John Golding||14 April 1976|4 May 1979|Labour|James Callaghan||||||
|John Grant||14 April 1976|4 May 1979|Labour|James Callaghan||||||
|Jim Lester||7 May 1979|5 January 1981|Conservative|Margaret Thatcher||||||
|Patrick Mayhew||7 May 1979|5 January 1981|Conservative|Margaret Thatcher||||||
|David Waddington||5 January 1981|6 January 1983|Conservative|Margaret Thatcher||||||
|Hon. Peter Morrison||5 January 1981|13 June 1983|Conservative|Margaret Thatcher||||||
|John Gummer||6 January 1983|18 October 1983|Conservative|Margaret Thatcher||||||
|Alan Clark||13 June 1983|24 January 1986|Conservative|Margaret Thatcher||||||
|Peter Bottomley||11 September 1984|23 January 1986|Conservative|Margaret Thatcher||||||
|David Trippier||2 September 1985|13 June 1987|Conservative|Margaret Thatcher||||||
|Ian Lang||31 January 1986|10 September 1986|Conservative|Margaret Thatcher||||||
|John Lee||10 September 1986|26 July 1989|Conservative|Margaret Thatcher||||||
|Patrick Nicholls||13 June 1987|24 July 1990|Conservative|Margaret Thatcher||||||
|The Lord Strathclyde||26 July 1989|24 July 1990|Conservative|Margaret Thatcher||||||
|Robert Jackson||24 July 1990|14 April 1992|Conservative|Margaret Thatcher and John Major||||||
|Eric Forth||24 July 1990|14 April 1992|Conservative|Margaret Thatcher and John Major||||||
|The Viscount Ullswater||24 July 1990|16 September 1993|Conservative|Margaret Thatcher and John Major||||||
|Patrick McLoughlin||14 April 1992|27 May 1993|Conservative|John Major||||||
|Ann Widdecombe||27 May 1993|20 July 1994|Conservative|John Major||||||
|The Lord Henley||16 September 1993|20 July 1994|Conservative|John Major||||||
|James Paice||20 July 1994|5 July 1995|Conservative|John Major||||||
|Phillip Oppenheim||20 July 1994|5 July 1995|Conservative|John Major||||||
|Stephen Timms||23 December 1998|29 July 1999|Labour|Tony Blair||||||
|Jeff Rooker||29 July 1999|7 June 2001|Labour|Tony Blair||||||
|Malcolm Wicks||8 June 2001|4 April 2003|Labour|Tony Blair||||||
|Ian McCartney||13 June 2003|6 May 2005|Labour|Tony Blair||||||
|Stephen Timms||6 May 2005|5 May 2006|Labour|Tony Blair||||||
|James Purnell||5 May 2006|28 June 2007|Labour|Tony Blair||||||
|Mike O'Brien||27 June 2007|5 October 2008|Labour|Gordon Brown||||||
|Rosie Winterton||24 January 2008|5 June 2009|Labour|Gordon Brown||||||
|Angela Eagle||8 June 2009|11 May 2010|Labour|Gordon Brown||||||
|Steve Webb||12 May 2010|8 May 2015|Liberal Democrats|David Cameron||||||
|rowspan=2|The Baroness Altmann|rowspan=2||rowspan=2|11 May 2015|rowspan=2|15 July 2016|Labour|rowspan=2|David Cameron|
|Conservative|||||||||||
|Richard Harrington||17 July 2016|14 June 2017|Conservative|Theresa May||||||
|Guy Opperman||14 June 2017|8 September 2022|Conservative|||||||
|Alex Burghart||20 September 2022|27 October 2022|Conservative|Liz Truss||||||
|Laura Trott||27 October 2022|13 November 2023|Conservative|rowspan=2|Rishi Sunak|||||
|Paul Maynard||13 November 2023|5 July 2024|Conservative|||||||
|Emma Reynolds||9 July 2024|Incumbent|Labour|Keir Starmer||||||

## Infobox (official post)

- **post**:
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Pensions
- **style**: Minister
- **termlength**: At His Majesty's pleasure
- **appointer qualified**: on advice of the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, Prime Minister
- **appointer**: The Monarchy of the United Kingdom, Monarch
- **nominator**: Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
- **incumbentsince**: 9 July 2024
- **incumbent**: Emma Reynolds
- **image**: Emma Reynolds Official Portrait.jpg
- **department**: Department for Work and Pensions
- **insigniacaption**: Royal coat of arms of the United Kingdom, Royal Arms of His Majesty's Government
- **insignia**: Royal Coat of Arms of the United Kingdom (HM Government) (2022).svg