Jane Hutt MS Cabinet Secretary for Social Justice, Trefnydd and Chief Whip

• Co-ordination of cross-cutting measures to promote prosperity and tackle poverty
• Co-ordination of measures to mitigate Child Poverty
• Digital Inclusion
• Oversight of the distribution of Lottery funding within Wales
• Welfare Reform
• Fuel and food poverty
• Financial inclusion, including credit unions
• Equality and Human Rights
• Diversity and inclusion guidance for elections
• Co-ordination of issues relating to Gypsies, Roma and Travellers, Asylum-seekers, refugees, migration and community cohesion
• Anti-slavery, domestic abuse, gender-based violence and sexual violence
• The Voluntary sector and volunteering
• Youth Justice and Female Offending blueprints
• Community cohesion
• Community Safety, including Police Community Support Officers
• Relations with the Police and Crime Commissioners, Police and other Criminal Justice agencies
• Relations with UK Government in respect of Prisons and the Probation Service
• Advice and Advocacy Services
• Lead responsibility for monitoring Post Office and Royal Mail matters in Wales
• Public appointments policy and implementation
• Relationship with the Older People’s Commissioner for Wales, Children’s Commissioner for Wales, Future Generations Commissioner for Wales and the Public Services Ombudsman for Wales.
• National implementation of the Well-being of Future Generations framework, including Well-being of Future Generations National Stakeholder Fora and oversight of relationship with Public Bodies under the WFG Act.
• Management of Government Business in the Senedd in line with Standing Orders
• Delivery of the weekly Business Statement
• Represent the Government in Business Committee
• Government Chief Whip
• Lead on the promotion of sustainable development (as defined by the Well-being of Future Generations Act) and the Sustainable Development Goals
• Public Service Boards

Jane Hutt spent part of her childhood in Uganda and Kenya, and was educated at the University of Kent, the London School of Economics and Bristol University. Jane has lived and worked in Wales since 1972.

Jane was an elected member of the former South Glamorgan County Council for 12 years and was first elected to the Assembly in 1999. Between 1999 and 2005 Jane has served as Minister for Health and Social Services in the Welsh Government. From 2005 to 2007, she was Minister for Assembly Business and Chief Whip. In the first Cabinet of the Third Assembly she was appointed Minister for Budget and Assembly Business.

In the coalition Cabinet, announced on 19 July 2007, Jane became Minister for Children, Education, Lifelong Learning and Skills. In December 2009 she was appointed Minister for Business and Budget, subsequently Minister for Finance until 2016 when she was appointed Leader of the House and Chief Whip at the start of the Fifth Assembly.

On 13 December 2018 Jane was appointed Deputy Minister and Chief Whip. Jane was appointed Minister for Social Justice on 13 May 2021. In the 2023 Birthday Honours, Jane was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE). On 21 March 2024, Jane was appointed Chief Whip and Trefnydd. Jane was appointed Cabinet Secretary for Social Justice, Trefnydd and Chief Whip on 11 September 2024.

Jane is an honorary fellow of Cardiff Metropolitan University and Cardiff and Vale College. She is a Welsh learner.