Following David Blunkett’s resignation, John Hutton has been appointed as the new Department for Work and Pensions Secretary.
Mr Hutton was formerly Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office following the General Election in May 2005.
He joined the Department of Health in 1998 as Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Health and Social Care. He was appointed as Minister of State responsible for Social Care in 1999 and Minister of State for Health in June 2001.
In 1997 Mr Hutton was appointed as Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Rt Hon Margaret Beckett MP, while she was President of the Board of Trade and Secretary of State for Trade and Industry (1997 - 1998) and President of the Council and Leader of the House of Commons (1998).
Born on 6 May 1955, Mr Hutton was educated at Westcliffe High School and Magdalen College Oxford. He was a Senior Law Lecturer at the University of Northumbria before his election as MP for Barrow and Furness in 1992. From 1994 - 1997, he served on the Select Committee for Home Affairs.
He has three sons and one daughter.
Extra information
- See our revised guide to government
- Letters between David Blunkett and the PM
- PM ‘reluctantly accepts’ Blunkett resignation
- Prime Minister’s Question Time 2 November
- Department for Work and Pensions (opens in new window)
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