Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Welfare Delivery
# Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Welfare Delivery

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Welfare Delivery was a junior position in the Department for Work and Pensions in the British government. It was most recently held by David Rutley MP, who took the office on 17 September 2021.

## Responsibilities

The minister has the following responsibilities:

* overall management and delivery of Universal Credit
* support for disadvantaged groups in Universal Credit including care leavers, prison leavers, survivors of domestic abuse, people with drug or alcohol dependency, rough sleepers and those who are facing homelessness
* housing policy and Housing Benefit delivery
* ‘Help to Claim’ service
* poverty
* benefit uprating
* military covenant
* fraud, error and debt

## Officeholders

| Name | Entered office | Left office | Political party | Prime Minister |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Shailesh Vara | 8 May 2015 | 17 July 2016 | Conservative | David Cameron |
| Caroline Nokes | 17 July 2016 | 4 April 2019 | Conservative | Theresa May |
| Will Quince | 4 April 2019 | 17 September 2021 | Conservative | Boris Johnson |
| David Rutley | 17 September 2021 | 20 September 2022 | Conservative | Boris Johnson |
