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The Ministry of Pensions and National Insurance or 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 .

Ministry of Pensions

The Ministry of Pensions was created in 1916 to handle the payment of war pensions to former members of the Armed Forces and their dependants. It was expanded rapidly during the opening months of World War II by secondment of civil servants from the Inland Revenue and other government departments. In 1940, most of the Ministry was moved to Cleveleys and its close environs, in Lancashire. The Rossall_School was taken over initially. Later, several hundred employees worked in prefabricated one-story office buildings that were assembled on a site that had been part of the Holt's farm in the Norcross section of Carleton. Sir Walter Womersley was the Minister during the war. Other ministers are listed under Secretary of State for Work and Pensions. The Ministry moved to buildings on Millbank in London in 1949.

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 ==Ministry of Pensions==
-During World War II (and some prior period) the Ministry of Pensions was responsible for the payments to ex-servicemen whose earning potential was reduced by injuries suffered in the course of duty and to the dependents of those who were killed. It was expanded rapidly during the opening months of the war by secondment of civil servants from the Inland Revenue and other government departments. In 1940, most of the Ministry was moved to [[Cleveleys]] and its close environs, in Lancashire. The [[Rossall_School]] was taken over initially. Later, several hundred employees worked in prefabricated one-story office buildings that were assembled on a site that had been part of the Holt's farm in the Norcross section of [[Carleton]]. The Ministry moved to buildings on [[Millbank]] in London in 1949.
+The Ministry of Pensions was created in 1916 to handle the payment of war pensions to former members of the Armed Forces and their dependants. It was expanded rapidly during the opening months of World War II by secondment of civil servants from the Inland Revenue and other government departments. In 1940, most of the Ministry was moved to [[Cleveleys]] and its close environs, in Lancashire. The [[Rossall_School]] was taken over initially. Later, several hundred employees worked in prefabricated one-story office buildings that were assembled on a site that had been part of the Holt's farm in the Norcross section of [[Carleton]]. [[Sir Walter Womersley]] was the Minister during the war. Other ministers are listed under [[Secretary of State for Work and Pensions]]. The Ministry moved to buildings on [[Millbank]] in London in 1949.
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