Deputy Minister for Social Justice of Wales
Y Dirprwy Weinidog Partneriaeth Gymdeithasol
Incumbent Hannah Blythyn MS since 13 May 2021 (2021-05-13)
Welsh Government
Style	Welsh Deputy Minister
Status	Deputy Minister
Abbreviation	Deputy Minister
Member of	Senedd
Reports to	the Senedd, the First Minister of Wales and the Minister for Social Justice
Seat	Cardiff
Nominator	First Minister of Wales
Appointer	The Crown
Term length	Five years Subject to elections to the Senedd which take place every five years
First holder	Hannah Blythyn MS
Website	gov.wales/hannah-blythyn-ms

The Deputy Minister for Social Partnership (Welsh: Y Dirprwy Weinidog Partneriaeth Gymdeithasol) is a deputy minister of the Welsh Government, accountable to the Welsh cabinet minister for social justice. The current officeholder is Hannah Blythyn since May 2021.

Deputy ministers

Name		Picture	Entered office	Left office	Other offices held	Political party	Government	Notes
Deputy Minister for Social Partnership
	Hannah Blythyn		13 May 2021	Incumbent		Labour	Second Drakeford government	[1][2][3]

Responsibilities

The responsibilities of the post are:^[4]

• Co-ordinating cross-cutting measures than can tackle poverty and promote prosperity
• Co-ordinating Child Poverty mitigation measures
• Digital Inclusion
• Oversee lottery funding distribution in Wales
• Inclusive financial systems, such as credit unions
• Community Bank
• Reforming the Welfare system
• Fuel Poverty
• Fire and Rescue Services, which includes community fire safety
• Community safety
• Leading policy relating to the Armed forces in Wales and Veterans
• The "Wales and Africa Programme"
• EU settlement scheme
• Human rights and equality in Wales
• Issue co-ordination relating to asylum seekers, refugees, Gypsies, Roma, Travellers, and community cohesion.
• Tackling domestic abuse, sexual and gender-based violence, and modern slavery.
• Volunteering and the Voluntary sector
• Youth Justice, and "Female Offending blueprints"
• Wales Resilience Forum chair
• Intergovernmental relations with police and crime commissioners, the police forces, Criminal Justice agencies, and the UK Government regarding the Prisons and the Probation Service.
• Relations with the Welsh commissioners for Older People's, Children's, and Future Generations.
• Services on advice and advocacy
• Leading responsibility on the monitoring of the Royal Mail and Post Office matters in Wales.
• Public appointments policy, and its implementation
• Nation-wide implementation of the framework for the Well-being of Future Generations, including a National Stakeholder Fora, and overseeing the relationship with public bodies concerning the Well-being of Future Generations (Wales) Act 2015.
• Social Partnership and Public Procurement Bill, and the Shadow Social Partnership Council
• Living wage
• Fair Work

The post-holder led the development of the Social Partnership and Public Procurement (Wales) Act.^[5] The post-holders responsibilities are similar to those of the Minister for Social Justice, which the deputy minister is under the authority of.^[6]