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The Secretary of State for Employment was a UK cabinet position. In 1995 it was merged with Secretary of State for Education to make the Secretary of State for Education and Employment. In 2001 the employment functions were split off this and transferred to the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions.

1 Minister of Labour

• John Hodge (1916-1919)
• Robert Stevenson Horne (1919-1920)
• Thomas McNamara (1920-1922)
• A. Montague-Barlow (1922-1924)
• Thomas Shaw (1924)
• Arthur Steel-Maitland (1924-1929)
• Margaret Bondfield (1929-1931)
• Henry Betterton (1931-1934
• Oliver Stanley (1934-1935)
• Ernest Brown (1935-1940)

2 Minister of Labour and National Service

• Ernest Bevin (1940-1945)
• Rab Butler (1945)
• G. Isaacs (1945-1951)
• Aneurin Bevan (1951)
• A. Roberts (1951)
• Walter Monckton (1951-1955)
• Ian MacLeod (1955-1959)
• Edward Heath (1959)

3 Minister of Labour

• Edward Heath (1959-1960)
• John Hare (1960-1963)
• Joseph Godber (1963-1964)
• R. Gunter (1964-1968)

4 Secretary of State for Employment and Productivity

• Barbara CastleBarbara Castle, Baroness Castle of Blackburn ( October 6, 1910 May 3, 2002), British left-wing politician, was born Barbara Anne Betts in Bradford, Yorkshire, and adopted her family's politics, joining the Labour Party. After an education at St. Hugh's Co (1968-1970)

5 Secretary of State for Employment

• Robert Carr (1970-1972)
• Maurice MacmillanMaurice Macmillan ( 1921- 1984) was a Tory politician and member of Parliament for Halifax. He was the son of Harold Macmillan. He served as Secretary of State for Employment under Edward Heath. Macmillan, Maurice Macmillan, Maurice Macmillan, Maurice. (1972-1973)
• William Whitelaw(1973-1974)
• Michael FootThe Right Honourable Michael Mackintosh Foot (born July 23, 1913), British politician, was leader of the Labour Party from 1980 to 1983. He is the brother of the late Sir Dingle Foot, and of Hugh Foot, whose late son was the campaigning journalist, Paul F (1974-1976)
• Albert Booth (1976-1979)
• James Prior (1979-1981)
• Norman TebbitNorman Beresford Tebbit, Baron Tebbit PC (born March 29, 1931), is a right-wing British Conservative politician and formerly MP for Chingford, Essex. Born in Enfield, he was a journalist on the Financial Times, before serving with the RAF during four year (1981-1983)
• Tom KingThere have been several well-known people named Tom King Tom King (artist) Tom King (boxer) Tom King (highwayman) Tom King (politician). (1983-1985)
• Lord Young (1985-1987)
• Norman Fowler (1987-1990)
• Michael Howard (1990-1992)
• Gillian Shepherd (1992-1993)
• David Hunt (1993-1994)
• Michael Portillo (1994-1995)