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