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Overall responsibility for all work and pensions matters as well as
public expenditure issues.
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Responsible for: labour market and economy, Welfare
to Work overview, the New Deal, lone parents, adult disadvantage,
ethnic minority employment (Chair of the EME Task Force), skills,
links with DfES and DTI, employers (including the National Employment
Panel), Rapid Response Service, E-Government, Health and Safety
at Work (including the Health and Safety Executive / Commission),
industrial injuries and compensation recovery.
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Responsible for: pensions overview, pensions legislation,
Pensions Green Paper package, Pension Credit, The Pension Service,
older people, age discrimination, Winter Fuel Payments, basic pension,
SERPS / State Second Pension, stakeholder pensions, regulatory reform
and Third Age Service.
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Responsible for: all issues in the Lords, Child Support, Child
Support Agency, maternity / paternity pay, diversity, asylum / migration,
green issues, poverty and social exclusion, Opportunity for All,
rural affairs, New Deal for Communities, appeals and adjudication,
Appeals Service, freedom of information, data protection, human
rights, devolution, research and statistics, civil partnerships
and tax credits.
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Responsible for: Housing Benefit, Council Tax Benefit,
Bereavement Benefit, international relations, European Union business,
Social Fund, Debt Management policy, fraud, methods of payment reform,
the Euro, Income Support (Working Age), Jobseeker's Allowance, Habitual
Residency Test, Adult Basic Skills, over-indebtedness, Better Buildings,
pensions legislation (support). Commons lead on: Child Support Agency,
poverty and social exclusion and green issues.
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Responsible for: Incapacity Benefit, Disability Discrimination
Act, Disability Rights Task Force, disability legislation, Remploy,
Workstep, Disability Living Allowance / Attendance Allowance, Access
to Work (Job Match), Motability / Specialised Vehicle Fund (SVF),
Disability Rights Commission, carers / long term care, Carer's Allowance,
Statutory Sick Pay, Vaccine Damage Payments, Department for Work
and Pensions input to Veterans' Taskforce, Independent Living Funds,
civil partnerships and Commission for Equality and Human Rights.
Commons lead on: human rights, freedom of information, appeals and
adjudication, maternity and paternity pay, and asylum and migration.
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Joint DfES / Department for Work and Pensions Minister. Specific responsibilities:
Sure Start, early years and childcare, special educational needs.
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How to
contact Ministers
You can contact ministers either by e-mail
or by writing to the following address:
Department for Work and Pensions
Parliamentary Relations Unit
Richmond House
79 Whitehall
London
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