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Revision as of 17:36, 8 August 2024

The secretary of state for social services was a position in the UK cabinet with responsibility for the Department of Health and Social Security between 1968 and 1988. Although the department was titled 'Department of Health and Social Security', the title of the cabinet minister with responsibility for the department was 'secretary of state for social services'.[1][2]

It was created by an Order in Council which came into operation on 1 November 1968. It transferred the functions of the Minister of Health and the Minister of Social Security to the new Secretary of State, and dissolved those respective ministries.[3]

It continued until 25 July 1988 when the Department of Health and the Department of Social Security were created.[4]

Though when created the position had responsibility for the National Health Service throughout England and Wales, responsibility for the NHS in Wales was transferred to the secretary of state for Wales in 1969.

Secretaries of state

Colour key (for political parties):
  Labour   Conservative

Secretary of State Term of office Political party Ministry
Richard Crossman
MP for Coventry East 		1 November 1968 19 June 1970 Labour Wilson II
Keith Joseph
MP for Leeds North East 		20 June 1970 4 March 1974 Conservative Heath
Barbara Castle
MP for Blackburn 		5 March 1974 8 April 1976 Labour Wilson III
David Ennals
MP for Norwich North 		8 April 1976 4 May 1979 Labour Callaghan
Patrick Jenkin
MP for Wanstead and Woodford 		5 May 1979 14 September 1981 Conservative Thatcher I
Norman Fowler
MP for Sutton Coldfield 		14 September 1981 13 June 1987 Conservative
Thatcher II
John Moore
MP for Croydon Central 		13 June 1987 25 July 1988 Conservative Thatcher III
Post split into Secretary of State for Social Security and Secretary of State for Health in 1988.

References

  1. ^ Richard Crossman, Secretary of State for Social Services (24 October 1968). "SECRETARY OF STATE for SOCIAL SERVICES". Parliamentary Debates (Hansard). Parliament of the United Kingdom: House of Commons. col. 1609. The House will notice that my title is wider than that of the proposed new Department. This is in recognition of the fact, as the Prime Minister mentioned in the House last week, that I have been asked to continue my coordination of the whole range of social services, in addition to my responsibility for the new Department.
  2. ^ "Records created or inherited by the Department of Health and Social Security and related bodies". The National Archives. Retrieved 1 August 2024. Following the report of the Committee on the Home Civil Service (Fulton Committee), the Department of Health and Social Security (DHSS) was created in November 1968. It was formed by the merger of the Ministry of Health and the Ministry of Social Security under a Secretary of State for Social Services. The Secretary of State was assisted by two ministers of state responsible for health and social security respectively; in 1976 a Minister of Social Security of Cabinet rank was appointed within the department.
  3. ^ "The Secretary of State for Social Services Order 1968", legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives, 25 October 1968, SI 1968/1699, retrieved 1 August 2024
  4. ^ "The Transfer of Functions (Health and Social Security) Order 1988", legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives, 26 October 1988, SI 1988/1843, retrieved 1 August 2024
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