| Agency Name: | Ministry of Pensions and National Insurance |
| Type: | Department |
| Seal: | Royal Coat of Arms of the United Kingdom (HM Government) (St Edwards Crown).svg |
| Formed: | 1953 |
| Preceding1: | Ministry of Pensions |
| Preceding2: | Ministry of National Insurance |
| Dissolved: | 1966 |
| Superseding: | Ministry of Social Security |
| Jurisdiction: | United Kingdom |
The Ministry of Pensions and National Insurance (MPNI) was a British government ministry responsible for the administration and delivery of welfare benefits. It was headed by the Minister of Pensions and National Insurance.
It was created in 1953 as a result of the amalgamation of the Ministry of Pensions and the Ministry of National Insurance.[1]
In 1966, the Supplementary Benefits Commission (part of the National Assistance Board) was merged with the Ministry of Pensions and National Insurance to form the new Ministry of Social Security, as part of the Ministry of Social Security Act 1966.[2]
In 1968, the Ministry of Social Security and the Ministry of Health were dissolved and their functions merged into the new Department of Health and Social Security.[3]
| Term of office | Political party | Cabinet | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Osbert Peake | 3 September 1953 | 20 December 1955 | Conservative | Churchill III | ||||
| Eden | ||||||||
| John Boyd-Carpenter | 20 December 1955 | 16 July 1962 | Conservative | |||||
| Macmillan I | ||||||||
| Macmillan II | ||||||||
| Niall Macpherson | 16 July 1962 | 21 October 1963 | Conservative | |||||
| Richard Wood | 21 October 1963 | 16 October 1964 | Conservative | Douglas-Home | ||||
| Margaret Herbison | 18 October 1964 | 6 August 1966 | Labour | Wilson I |