Department of Health and Social Care: Public Appointments
(asked on 8th December 2025) - View Source
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, 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.
As of 9 December 2025, The Department has ten direct ministerial appointments. The following table shows the name, job title, time commitment, whether they were renumerated, and expected end date for each direct ministerial appointment in the Department:
Name | Role Title | Renumerated | Time Commitment | Expected End Date |
Gemma Aldridge | Communications Advisor to the Department of Health and Social Care | Paid | Three days per week | January 2026 |
Baroness Valerie Amos | Chair of the Independent Maternity and Neonatal Investigation | Paid | Two days per week | May 2026 (pending approvals) |
Dame Caroline Dineage MP | Co-Chair of the Children and Young People Taskforce | Unpaid | Two days per month | March 2026 (pending approval) |
Professor Darren Hargrave | Co-Chair of the Children and Young People Taskforce | Unpaid | Two days per month | March 2026 (pending approval) |
Dr Sharna Shanmugavadivel | Vice-Chair of the Children and Young People Taskforce | Unpaid | Two days per month | March 2026 (pending approval) |
Jess Asato MP | Adviser on the Health Contribution to Reducing Violence Against Women and Girls | Unpaid | One day per week | May 2026 |
Dame Lesley Regan | Women's Health Ambassador | Paid | Four days per month | June 2026 |
Matthew Hood | Senior Delivery Advisor to the Secretary of State | Paid | up to 260 days per year | September 2027 |
Bishop James Jones | Chair of the Gosport Family Forum | Paid | One day per month | November 2027 |
Baroness Louise Casey | Chair of the Casey Commission formally (Chair of the Independent Commission into adult social care.) | Paid | Three days per week | December 2028 |
In line with our departmental policy, we have been unable to provide the annual renumeration and instead indicated which are renumerated.