Secretary of State for Employment
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The Secretary of State for Employment was a position in the Cabinet of the United Kingdom. In 1995 it was merged with Secretary of State for Education to make the Secretary of State for Education and Employment. In 2001 the employment functions were split off this and transferred to the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions.

Minister of Labour

• John Hodge (10 December 1916 - 17 August 1917)
• George Roberts (17 August 1917 - 10 January 1919)
• Robert Stevenson Horne (10 January 1919 - 19 March 1920)
• Thomas McNamara (19 March 1920 - 19 October 1922)
• Anderson Montague Barlow (31 October 1922 - 22 January 1924)
• Thomas Shaw (22 January 1924 - 3 November 1924)
• Arthur Steel-Maitland (6 November 1924 - 4 June 1929)
• Margaret Bondfield (7 June 1929 - 24 August 1931)
• Henry Betterton (25 August 1931 - 29 June 1934)
• Oliver Stanley (29 June 1934 - 7 June 1935)
• Ernest Brown (7 June 1935 - 13 May 1940)

Minister of Labour and National Service

• Ernest Bevin (13 May 1940 - 23 May 1945)
• Rab Butler (25 May 1945 - 26 July 1945)
• George Isaacs (3 August 1945 - 17 January 1951)
• Aneurin Bevan (17 January 1951 - 23 April 1951) (resigned)
• Alfred Robens (24 April 1951 - 26 October 1951)
• Walter Monckton (28 October 1951 - 20 December 1955)
• Iain MacLeod (20 December 1955 - 14 October 1959)
• Edward Heath (14 October 1959 - 12 November 1959)

Minister of Labour

• Edward Heath (12 November 1959 - 27 July 1960)
• John Hare (27 July 1960 - 20 October 1963)
• Joseph Godber (20 October 1963 - 16 October 1964)
• Ray Gunter (18 October 1964 - 6 April 1968)

Secretary of State for Employment and Productivity

• Barbara Castle (6 April 1968 - 19 June 1970)

Secretary of State for Employment

• Robert Carr (20 June 1970 - 7 April 1972)
• Maurice Macmillan (7 April 1972 - 2 December 1973)
• William Whitelaw (2 December 1973 - 4 March 1974)
• Michael Foot (5 March 1974 - 8 April 1976)
• Albert Booth (8 April 1976 - 4 May 1979)
• James Prior (5 May 1979 - 14 September 1981)
• Norman Tebbit (14 September 1981 - 16 October 1983)
• Tom King (16 October 1983 - 2 September 1985)
• Lord Young (2 September 1985 - 13 June 1987)
• Norman Fowler (13 June 1987 - 3 January 1990)
• Michael Howard (3 January 1990 - 11 April 1992)
• Gillian Shepherd (11 April 1992 - 27 May 1993)
• David Hunt (27 May 1993 - 20 July 1994)
• Michael Portillo (20 July 1994 - 5 July 1995)

Secretary of State for Education and Employment

• Gillian Shepherd (5 July 1995 - 2 May 1997)
• David Blunkett (2 May 1997 - 8 June 2001)

See: Secretary of State for Work and Pensions.