Secretary of State for Employment and Productivity

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United Kingdom cabinet position

The Secretary of State for Employment and Productivity was a UK Cabinet position responsible for overseeing employment policy, industrial relations, and workplace productivity during the late 1960s and early 1970s.

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All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Secretary of State for Employment 1
Secretary of State for Employment and Productivity canonical 1
Secretary of State for Employment of the United Kingdom 1

Statements (43)

Predicate Object
instanceOf United Kingdom cabinet position ⓘ
abolishedUnder Edward Heath government NERFINISHED ⓘ
appointedBy Prime Minister of the United Kingdom NERFINISHED ⓘ
country United Kingdom ⓘ
createdUnder Harold Wilson government NERFINISHED ⓘ
department Department of Employment and Productivity NERFINISHED ⓘ
dissolutionYear 1970 ⓘ
firstHolder Barbara Castle NERFINISHED ⓘ
followedBy Secretary of State for Employment NERFINISHED ⓘ
formationYear 1968 ⓘ
heldBy Barbara Castle NERFINISHED ⓘ
Jack Jones (acting, trade union influence)? NERFINISHED ⓘ
Robert Carr NERFINISHED ⓘ
historicalPeriod early 1970s ⓘ
late 1960s ⓘ
jurisdiction UK government ⓘ
surface form: Government of the United Kingdom
lastHolder Robert Carr NERFINISHED ⓘ
legalStatus Secretary of State NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedIn London NERFINISHED ⓘ
memberOf British Cabinet NERFINISHED ⓘ
oversaw employment services ⓘ
industrial disputes policy ⓘ
manpower planning ⓘ
workplace training initiatives ⓘ
partOf Cabinet of the United Kingdom NERFINISHED ⓘ
policyArea labour market regulation ⓘ
productivity improvement ⓘ
trade union relations ⓘ
wage bargaining ⓘ
politicalContext Conservative government of Edward Heath NERFINISHED ⓘ
Labour government of Harold Wilson NERFINISHED ⓘ
reasonForAbolition reorganisation of employment functions into the Department of Employment ⓘ
reasonForCreation to link employment policy with productivity objectives ⓘ
replaced Minister of Labour ⓘ
reportsTo Prime Minister of the United Kingdom NERFINISHED ⓘ
responsibleFor employment policy in the United Kingdom ⓘ
industrial relations in the United Kingdom ⓘ
workplace productivity policy in the United Kingdom ⓘ
seat Westminster NERFINISHED ⓘ
shortName Employment and Productivity Secretary NERFINISHED ⓘ
style The Right Honourable ⓘ
successorOffice Secretary of State for Employment NERFINISHED ⓘ
typeOfRole senior ministerial office ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Minister of Labour and National Service → successorOffice → Secretary of State for Employment and Productivity ⓘ
Michael Mackintosh Foot → positionHeld → Secretary of State for Employment and Productivity ⓘ
subject surface form: Michael Foot
this entity surface form: Secretary of State for Employment
Norman Tebbit → positionHeld → Secretary of State for Employment and Productivity ⓘ
this entity surface form: Secretary of State for Employment of the United Kingdom