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Deborah Stedman-Scott, Baroness Stedman-Scott

The Right Honourable The Baroness Stedman-Scott OBE DL FRSA
Official portrait, 2018

Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Work and Pensions
In office 30 July 2019 – 1 January 2023
Prime Minister	Boris Johnson Liz Truss Rishi Sunak
Preceded by	The Baroness Buscombe
Succeeded by	The Viscount Younger of Leckie
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Equalities
In office 22 September 2022 – 27 October 2022
Prime Minister	Liz Truss
Preceded by	Amanda Solloway
Succeeded by	Stuart Andrew
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Women
In office 17 September 2021 – 22 September 2022
Prime Minister	Boris Johnson
Preceded by	The Baroness Berridge
Succeeded by	Katherine Fletcher
Baroness-in-Waiting Government Whip
In office 27 October 2017 – 30 July 2019
Prime Minister	Theresa May
Preceded by	The Baroness Sugg
Succeeded by	The Baroness Berridge
Member of the House of Lords Lord Temporal
Incumbent
Assumed office 19 July 2010 Life Peerage

Personal details
Born	Deborah Scott (1955-11-23) 23 November 1955 (age 68)
Citizenship	United Kingdom
Nationality	English
Political party	Conservative

Deborah Stedman-Scott, Baroness Stedman-Scott, OBE, DL, FRSA (born 23 November 1955) is a Conservative member of the House of Lords^[1] and the former Chief Executive Officer of Tomorrow's People Trust. She had served as Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Work and Pensions from 2019 until 2023.^[2]

Early life and education

Born in Paddington, London, she is the daughter of Jack and Doreen Margaret Scott and was educated at Ensham Secondary School for Girls, Southwark Technical College and the Salvation Army Training College.

Career

Stedman-Scott has worked for National Westminster Bank 1972–1976, for the Salvation Army 1978–83 and for Tunbridge Wells Chamber of Commerce 1983–84. She joined Tomorrow's People Trust in 1984, a charity working with unemployed people. She held various roles there, rising through the ranks to become Chief Executive from 2005 to 2015. The UK Charity Awards 2005 named her Charity Principal of the Year.^[3]

She was appointed a Deputy Lieutenant for East Sussex in 2007 and an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 2008 New Year Honours.^[4]

On 12 July 2010, Stedman-Scott was created a life peer as Baroness Stedman-Scott, of Rolvenden in the County of Kent.^[5] She was appointed to be a government whip (Baroness-in-Waiting) on 27 October 2017.^[6]

On 30 July 2019, Stedman-Scott was appointed Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Work and Pensions in the first Johnson ministry. On 17 September 2021, she took on additional responsibility as Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Women at the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, in the second cabinet reshuffle of the second Johnson ministry.^[7]

She is also a Trustee of New Devon Opera and New Philanthropy Capital.^[8]

Personal life

She entered into a civil partnership with Gabrielle Joy Stedman-Scott in 2006.^[9]

References

^ "Debretts People of Today". Debretts. Archived from the original on 28 June 2013. Retrieved 29 April 2013.
^ "Ministerial Appointments: 1 January 2023". GOV.UK. Retrieved 1 January 2023.
^ "Charity Principal of the Year". Charity Times. Archived from the original on 6 March 2014. Retrieved 29 April 2013.
^ "No. 58557". The London Gazette (Supplement). 29 December 2007. p. 12.
^ "No. 59489". The London Gazette. 15 July 2010. p. 13485.
^ "Ministerial appointments: 27 October 2017". Prime Minister's Office, 10 Downing Street. 27 October 2017. Retrieved 27 October 2017.
^ "Ministerial appointments: September 2021". 16 September 2021.
^ "Official Biography House of Lords". Retrieved 29 April 2013.
^ "Deborah Stedman-Scott (Peer)" Archived 6 March 2014 at the Wayback Machine, Westminster Parliamentary Record