Department of Social Security (United Kingdom)

Template:Short description Template:About Template:Use British English Template:Use dmy dates Template:Infobox government agency The Department of Social Security (DSS) was a governmental agency in the United Kingdom from 1988 to 2001.

History

The DSS headquarters in Quarry Hill, Leeds.

After the Fowler report, the Department of Health and Social Security separated during 1988 to form two departments, one of which was the DSS.<ref name="Dept. of Social Security">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> During 2001, the department was largely replaced by the Department for Work and Pensions,<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> with the other responsibilities of the department assumed by the Treasury and the Ministry for Defence.<ref name="Carmel & Papadopoulos">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Beginning in 1989, the Department of Social Security was subdivided into six executive agencies - firstly into the Resettlement agency, in 1990 ITSA (Information Technology Services Agency), the Benefits Agency and Contributions Agency in 1991, the Child Support Agency in 1993 and the War Pensions Agency in 1994.<ref name="Dept. of Social Security"/>

As part of the UK government's spending review (March 1998),<ref>transcription of DSS:July 1998 Template:Webarchive - Archive of The Treasury Dept. of the government of the U.K. of Britain Retrieved 2012-06-06</ref> a paper New Ambitions for our Country: A New Contract for Welfare (1998) announced plans to increase efficiency ("streamline") in the administration of benefits from policy of social welfare, plans subsequently adopted as the "single gateway to benefits".<ref name="Van Vugt &Peet">Template:Cite book</ref><ref>secondary - G Duncan, T Eardley, M Evans, P Ughetto, W van Oorschot S Wright - Towards 'Single Gateways'?-A Cross-National Review of the Changing Roles of Employment Offices in Seven Countries</ref> The Welfare Reform and Pensions Act 1999<ref>J Fulbrook DOI: 10.1111/1468-2230.00318 The Modern Law Review March 2001 Retrieved 2012-06-06</ref><ref>The Crown (legislation.gov) Table of Contents The National Archives - Retrieved 2012-06-06</ref> brought reforms to the DSS guided by the principle of "work for those that can and security for those that cannot".<ref>The Crown (legislation.gov) Background to the Act The National Archives - Retrieved 2012-06-06</ref>

Secretaries of state

Secretaries of State for Social Security (1988–2001)

Secretary of State			Term of office		Political party	Cabinet
style="background-color:Template:Party color" |		John Moore<ref name="Moore">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	25 July 1988	22 July 1989	Template:Party shading/Conservative (UK) | Conservative	rowspan="2" Template:Party shading/Conservative (UK) |Thatcher III
rowspan=2 style="background-color:Template:Party color" |		Tony Newton<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	23 July 1989	9 April 1992	rowspan=2 Template:Party shading/Conservative (UK) | Conservative
Template:Party shading/Conservative (UK) |Major I
style="background-color:Template:Party color" |		Peter Lilley<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	10 April 1992	1 May 1997	Template:Party shading/Conservative (UK) | Conservative	Template:Party shading/Conservative (UK) |Major II
style="background-color:Template:Party color" |		Harriet Harman<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	1 May 1997	27 July 1998	Template:Party shading/Labour |Labour	rowspan="2" Template:Party shading/Labour |Blair I
style="background-color:Template:Party color" |		Alistair Darling<ref name="Darling">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	27 July 1998	8 June 2001	Template:Party shading/Labour | Labour

References

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