title: Minister for Disability Inclusion
text: # Minister for Disability Inclusion
  
  The Minister for Disability Services is a minister of the Government of New South Wales with responsibility for social policy and welfare, including matters relating disability in the state of New South Wales, Australia.
  
  The Minister since 21 December 2021 is Natasha Maclaren-Jones who also holds the Families and Communities portfolio.
  
  Collectively the ministers administer the portfolio through the Stronger Communities cluster, in particular through the Department of Communities and Justice and a range of other government agencies.
  
  ## List of ministers
  
  | Ministerial title | Minister | Party | Ministry | Term start | Term end | Time in office |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Minister for Disability Services | Ron Dyer | Labor | Carr (1) | 4 April 1995 | 1 December 1997 | 2 years, 241 days |
  | Minister for Disability Services | Faye Lo Po' | Labor | Carr (2) (3) | 1 December 1997 | 2 April 2003 | 5 years, 122 days |
  | Minister for Disability Services | Carmel Tebbutt | Labor | Iemma (1) | 2 April 2003 | 21 January 2005 | 1 year, 294 days |
  | Minister for Disability Services | John Della Bosca | Labor | Iemma (1) | 21 January 2005 | 2 April 2007 | 2 years, 71 days |
  | Minister for Disability Services | Kristina Keneally | Labor | Iemma (2) Rees | 2 April 2007 | 8 September 2009 | 2 years, 159 days |
  | Minister for Disability Services | Paul Lynch | Labor | Rees Keneally | 8 September 2009 | 28 March 2011 | 1 year, 201 days |
  | Minister for Disability Services | Andrew Constance | Liberal | O'Farrell | 3 April 2011 | 23 April 2014 | 3 years, 20 days |
  | Minister for Disability Services | John Ajaka | Liberal | O'Farrell Baird (1) (2) | 23 April 2014 | 30 January 2017 | 2 years, 282 days |
  | Minister for Disability Services | Ray Williams | Liberal | Berejiklian (1) | 30 January 2017 | 23 March 2019 | 2 years, 52 days |
  | Minister for Families, Communities and Disability Services | Gareth Ward | Liberal | Berejiklian (2) | 2 April 2019 | 14 May 2021 | 2 years, 42 days |
  | Minister for Families, Communities and Disability Services | Alister Henskens | Liberal | Berejiklian (2) Perrottet (1) | 27 May 2021 | 21 December 2021 | 208 days |
  | Minister for Disability Services | Natasha Maclaren-Jones | Liberal | Perrottet (2) | 21 December 2021 | 5 April 2023 | 1 year, 105 days |
  | Minister for Disability Inclusion | Kate Washington | Labor | Minns | 5 April 2023 | incumbent | 113 days |
  