Secretary of State for Work and Pensions

Secretary of State for Work and Pensions	Secretary of State for Work and Pensions 	Secretary of State for Work and Pensions	Secretary of State for Work and Pensions	Secretary of State for Work and Pensions
 	 	 	 	
Incumbent 	Incumbent 	 	 	
Cabin19 	Cabin19 	 	 	
since 15th November 2020 	since 15th November 2020 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	
Category 	Cabinet Position 	 	 	
Style 	The Right HonourableWork and Pensions Secretary	 	 	
Inaugural holder 	Dexnell 	 	 	
Number of Work and Pensions Secretaries 	25 	 	 	
The Work and Pensions Secretary, known in full as the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, is an official within the Government of the United Kingdom and head of the Department for Work and Pensions. The office is a cabinet-level position. The position of Work and Pensions Secretary is currently held by Cabin19, who was appointed to the role by Prime Minister Saracen's Fez on 15th November 2020.
The main responsibilities of the Work and Pensions Secretary are to oversee the basic state pension, the distribution of benefits and allowances, and disabilities.
The Work and Pensions Secretary often works closely with the Chancellor of the Exchequer, the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, and the Secretary of State for Education due to the overlap between their respective roles.
== Ministerial Reports ==
Work and Pensions Secretaries have produced the following Ministerial Reports:
Type 	Work and Pensions Secretary	Released 	Result
Ministerial Report	Unown Uzer 	September 2020	Passed without vote
== List of Work and Pensions Secretaries ==
Dexnell was appointed as the first Work and Pensions Secretary for the Liberal Democrat Party following the second general election and since him, there have been 24 other Work and Pensions Secretaries.
Work and Pensions Secretary	Alternative Role 	Party	Party 	Took office 	Left office
Dexnell 	 	 	Liberal 	December 2005 	May 2006
Golden Maverick 	 	 	Conservative 	June 2006 	November 2006
veggie4life 	 	 	Labour 	December 2007 	May 2008
Metrobeans 	 	 	Labour 	June 2008 	November 2008
Indievertigo 	 	 	Conservative 	November 2008 	May 2009
Lotpp 	 	 	UKIP 	May 2010 	October 2010
Bishy786 	 	 	Labour 	April 2011 	October 2011
sandys1000 	 	 	Labour 	October 2011 	March 2012
Kittiara 	 	 	Green 	October 2014 	April 2015
PetrosAC 	 	 	Liberal 	May 2015 	July 2015
The Marshall 	 	 	Green 	July 2015 	August 2015
Airmed 	 	 	Liberal 	December 2015 	February 2016
Ivybridge 	 	 	Liberal 	February 2016 	April 2016
Hydeman 	 	 	National Liberal	April 2016 	July 2016
Tommy1boy 	 	 	Liberal 	July 2016 	October 2016
mr T 999 	 	 	Liberal 	June 2017 	August 2017
Tommy1boy 	 	 	Liberal 	August 2017 	September 2017
Lumos_ 	 	 	Liberal 	September 2017	November 2017
Tommy1boy 	 	 	Liberal 	December 2017 	March 2018
Saunders16 	 	 	Libertarian 	March 2018 	April 2018
TCFactor 	 	 	Liberal 	April 2018 	May 2018
Connor27 	 	 	Libertarian 	May 2018 	June 2018
ns_2 	(combined with Secretary of State for the Home Department)	 	Conservative 	December 2018 	July 2019
Samuel J. Booker 	(combined with Chancellor of the Exchequer) 	 	Labour 	July 2019 	August 2019
JMR2019. 	(combined with Chancellor of the Exchequer) 	 	Labour 	August 2019 	April 2020
abucha3 	 	 	Conservative 	May 2020 	June 2020
Unown Uzer 	 	 	Conservative 	June 2020 	November 2020
Cabin19 	 	 	Labour 	November 2020 	Incumbent
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