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| Department overview | |
|---|---|
| Formed | 1988 |
| Preceding Department | |
| Dissolved | 2001 |
| Superseding Department | |
| Jurisdiction | United Kingdom |
| Headquarters | Leeds, United Kingdom |
| Minister responsible |
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| Child agencies | |
TheDepartment of Social Security (DSS) was a governmental agency in theUnited Kingdom from 1988 to 2001.
After the Fowler report, theDepartment of Health and Social Security separated during 1988 to form two departments, one of which was the DSS.[1] During 2001, the department was largely replaced by theDepartment for Work and Pensions,[2][3] with the other responsibilities of the department assumed by the Treasury and the Ministry for Defence.[4]
Beginning in 1989, the Department of Social Security was subdivided into six executive agencies - firstly into theResettlement agency, in 1990ITSA (Information Technology Services Agency), theBenefits Agency andContributions Agency in 1991, theChild Support Agency in 1993 and theWar Pensions Agency in 1994.[1]
As part of the UK government's spending review (March 1998),[5] a paperNew Ambitions for our Country: A New Contract for Welfare (1998) announced plans to increase efficiency ("streamline") in the administration ofbenefits from policy of social welfare, plans subsequently adopted as the "single gateway to benefits".[6][7] TheWelfare Reform and Pensions Act 1999[8][9] brought reforms to the DSS guided by the principle of "work for those that can and security for those that cannot".[10]
| Secretary of State | Term of office | Political party | Cabinet | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | John Moore[11] | 25 July 1988 | 22 July 1989 | Conservative | Thatcher III | |
 | Tony Newton[12] | 23 July 1989 | 9 April 1992 | Conservative | ||
| Major I | ||||||
 | Peter Lilley[13] | 10 April 1992 | 1 May 1997 | Conservative | Major II | |
 | Harriet Harman[14] | 1 May 1997 | 27 July 1998 | Labour | Blair I | |
 | Alistair Darling[15] | 27 July 1998 | 8 June 2001 | Labour | ||
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