Secretary of State for Social Services

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The Secretary of State for Social Services was a senior UK Cabinet position responsible for overseeing health and social security policy before its functions were later divided among other departments.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Cabinet position ⓘ
ministerial office ⓘ
abolished 1988 ⓘ
advisedBy Prime Minister of the United Kingdom ⓘ
appointedBy Monarch of the United Kingdom ⓘ
linked to: British monarch
associatedWith Department of Health ⓘ
Department of Social Security ⓘ
category Defunct ministerial offices in the United Kingdom ⓘ
country United Kingdom ⓘ
createdBy Harold Wilson government ⓘ
dateEstablished 1968 ⓘ
department Department of Health and Social Security ⓘ
governmentLevel national ⓘ
hasAuthorityOver health service administration ⓘ
social security benefits system ⓘ
isPositionHeldBy Member of Parliament ⓘ
jurisdiction Government of the United Kingdom ⓘ
linked to: UK government
legalForm Secretary of State office ⓘ
locatedIn London ⓘ
linked to: London, England
memberOf Cabinet of the United Kingdom ⓘ
linked to: British Cabinet
nativeLanguageName Secretary of State for Social Services ⓘ
oversees Department of Health and Social Security ⓘ
partOf Cabinet of the United Kingdom ⓘ
linked to: British Cabinet
policyArea income maintenance ⓘ
public health ⓘ
social welfare ⓘ
portfolioIncludes National Health Service ⓘ
social security administration ⓘ
social services ⓘ
predecessorOffice Minister of Health ⓘ
Minister of Pensions and National Insurance ⓘ
reasonForAbolition division of health and social security functions into separate departments ⓘ
reportsTo Prime Minister of the United Kingdom ⓘ
responsibleFor health policy ⓘ
social security policy ⓘ
scope England and Wales ⓘ
partly Northern Ireland ⓘ
partly Scotland ⓘ
seat Westminster ⓘ
shortName Secretary of State for Social Services ⓘ
style The Right Honourable ⓘ
successorOffice Secretary of State for Health ⓘ
Secretary of State for Social Security ⓘ
timePeriod late 20th century ⓘ

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Referenced by (8)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Keith Sinjohn Joseph → positionHeld → Secretary of State for Social Services ⓘ
Richard Crossman → positionHeld → Secretary of State for Social Services ⓘ
Barbara Castle → positionHeld → Secretary of State for Health and Social Services ⓘ
linked to: Secretary of State for Social Services
Area Health Authorities → supervisedBy → Secretary of State for Social Services ⓘ
Norman Fowler → positionHeld → Secretary of State for Social Services ⓘ
Secretary of State for Social Services → shortName → Secretary of State for Social Services ⓘ
Secretary of State for Social Services → nativeLanguageName → Secretary of State for Social Services ⓘ