The position was created in 2006, with Ivan Lewis being made Minister of State for Care Services.

[2] After the Conservative victory in the 2015 United Kingdom general election Alistair Burt returned to Government as Minister of State for Care and Support in the Department of Health.

[3] The position was given to David Mowat and renamed as Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Care and Support.

David Mowat lost his Warrington South seat in the snap 2017 general election.

[7][8] Helen Whatley has been in charge of government response to social care during the COVID-19 pandemic in the United Kingdom,[9] particularly in reference to vaccination deployment.