The Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Pensions was a junior Ministerial office at
Parliamentary Secretary rank in the British Government, supporting the
Minister for Pensions.
Establishment and history
The office was established in 1916 and filled intermittently until 1932. It was established again from 1940, with joint holders from 1951. In 1944 a separate Ministry of National Insurance was formed and from 1945 until 1951 there was a Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of National Insurance. The two departments merged in 1953. In 1966 the department became the Ministry of Social Security, and the title of the Parliamentary Secretary post changed accordingly.
Parliamentary Secretaries to the Ministry of Pensions, 1916–1966
Parliamentary Secretaries to the Ministry of National Insurance, 1945–1951
Parliamentary Secretaries to the Ministry of Social Security, 1966–1968
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Norman Pentland
Norman Pentland (9 September 1912 – 28 October 1972) was a British Labour Member of Parliament.
Pentland was educated at Fatfield County School, then in 1926 became a miner, based at the Harraton Colliery. In 1949, he was elected as a che ...
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Norman Pentland
Norman Pentland (9 September 1912 – 28 October 1972) was a British Labour Member of Parliament.
Pentland was educated at Fatfield County School, then in 1926 became a miner, based at the Harraton Colliery. In 1949, he was elected as a che ...
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Charles Loughlin , , 7 January 1967 , , 1 November 1968
Pensions
A pension (, from Latin ''pensiō'', "payment") is a fund into which a sum of money is added during an employee's employment years and from which payments are drawn to support the person's retirement from work in the form of periodic payments ...
Defunct ministerial offices in the United Kingdom