Department for Work and Pensions: Public Appointments

(asked on 8th December 2025) - View Source

Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the (a) name, (b) job title, (c) annual remuneration, (d) time commitment and (e) expected end date is for each direct ministerial appointment in his Department.


Answered by
Andrew Western Portrait
Andrew Western
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Work and Pensions)
This question was answered on 16th January 2026

Details of each direct ministerial appointment currently in post can be found in the below table. Details of appointees renumeration have been included where they are paid for their work directly.

Name

Title

Renumeration

Time commitment

End date

Dr Suzy Morrissey

Chair, State Pension Age Review

£750 per day

2 days a week

Spring 2026

Rt. Hon. Alan Milburn

Chair, Young People and Work Review

Unpaid

Minimum of 1 day a week

June 2026

Matthew Upton

Principal Advisor to Young People and Work Review

£475 per day

5 days a week

September 2026

Dr Clenton Farquharson

Co-Chair, Timms Review

£400 per day

6 days a month

December 2026

Sharon Brennan

Co-Chair, Timms Review

£400 per day

6 days a month

December 2026

Baroness Jeannie Drake

Pensions Commission

Unpaid

2 days a week

Spring 2027

Sir Ian Cheshire

Pensions Commission

Unpaid

2 days a week

Spring 2027

Professor Nick Pearce

Pensions Commission

Unpaid

2 days a week

Spring 2027

Zara Todd

Independent Disability Panel

£400 per day

5 days a month

December 2026

Mariella Frostrup

Menopause Employment Ambassador

Unpaid

None specified

March 2026

Reticulating Splines