{{Short description|Welsh politician (born 1949)}} {{Use British English|date=August 2014}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2026}} {{Infobox officeholder | honorific_prefix = | name = Jane Hutt | honorific_suffix = {{postnominals|country=GBR|size=100%|CBE}} | image = Official photograph of Jane Hutt MS Cabinet Secretary for Social Justice, Trefnydd and Chief Whip (Portrait) (cropped).jpg | caption = Official portrait, 2024 | office = [[Cabinet Secretary for Social Justice (Wales)|Cabinet Secretary for Social Justice]]{{efn|name=Social|As Minister for Social Justice 2021-2024; and held the Culture portfolio, as Cabinet Secretary for Culture and Social Justice from July to September 2024.}} | first_minister = [[Vaughan Gething]]<br /> [[Eluned Morgan]] | term_start = 17 July 2024 | term_end = 12 May 2026 | predecessor = [[Lesley Griffiths]] | successor = [[Heledd Fychan]] | first_minister1 = [[Mark Drakeford]] | predecessor1 = ''Office established'' | successor1 = [[Lesley Griffiths]] | term_start1 = 13 May 2021 | term_end1 = 20 March 2024 | office2 = [[Trefnydd of the Senedd]] | predecessor2 = Lesley Griffiths | successor2 = Heledd Fychan | first_minister2 = Vaughan Gething<br />Eluned Morgan | term_start2 = 21 March 2024 | term_end2 = 12 May 2026 | first_minister3 = [[Carwyn Jones]] | term_start3 = 10 December 2009 | term_end3 = 3 November 2017 | predecessor3 = Carwyn Jones | successor3 = Julie James | first_minister4 = [[Rhodri Morgan]] | term_start4 = 10 September 2005 | term_end4 = 19 July 2007 | predecessor4 = [[Karen Sinclair]] | successor4 = [[Carl Sargeant]] | office5 = [[Welsh Government Chief Whip]] | first_minister5 = Mark Drakeford<br />Vaughan Gething<br /> Eluned Morgan | term_start5 = 2 May 2023 | term_end5 = 12 May 2026 | predecessor5 = [[Dawn Bowden]] | successor5 = Heledd Fychan | first_minister6 = Mark Drakeford | term_start6 = 13 December 2018 | term_end6 = 13 May 2021 | predecessor6 = [[Julie James (politician)|Julie James]] | successor6 = Dawn Bowden | first_minister7 = Carwyn Jones | term_start7 = 19 May 2016 | term_end7 = 3 November 2017 | predecessor7 = [[Janice Gregory]] | successor7 = Julie James | office8 = [[Minister for Finance (Wales)|Minister for Finance]] | first_minister8 = Carwyn Jones | term_start8 = 10 December 2009 | term_end8 = 19 May 2016 | predecessor8 = [[Andrew Davies (Labour politician)|Andrew Davies]] | successor8 = Mark Drakeford | first_minister9 = Rhodri Morgan | term_start9 = 31 May 2007 | term_end9 = 19 July 2007 | predecessor9 = [[Sue Essex]] | successor9 = Andrew Davies | office10 = [[Department for Children, Education, Lifelong Learning and Skills|Minister for Children, Education, Lifelong Learning and Skills]] | first_minister10 = Rhodri Morgan | term_start10 = 19 July 2007 | term_end10 = 10 December 2009 | predecessor10 = Carwyn Jones <small>(Education, Culture and the Welsh Language)</small> | successor10 = [[Leighton Andrews]] <small>(Children, Education and Lifelong Learning)</small> | office11 = [[Welsh Government|Minister for Equalities and Children]] | first_minister11 = Rhodri Morgan | term_start11 = 10 September 2005 | term_end11 = 31 May 2007 | predecessor11 = ''Office established'' | successor11 = ''Office abolished'' | office12 = [[Minister for Health and Social Services]] | first_minister12 = Rhodri Morgan<br />[[Alun Michael]] | term_start12 = 12 May 1999 | term_end12 = 10 September 2005 | predecessor12 = ''Office established'' | successor12 = [[Brian Gibbons (politician)|Brian Gibbons]] | office13 = [[Member of the Senedd]]<br />for [[Vale of Glamorgan (Senedd constituency)|Vale of Glamorgan]] | majority13 = 3,270 (7.6%) | term_start13 = 6 May 1999 | term_end13 = 7 April 2026 | predecessor13 = ''Office established'' | successor13 = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1949|12|15}} | birth_place = [[Epsom]], England | death_date = | death_place = | resting_place = | birth_name = | party = [[Welsh Labour]] | other_party = | spouse = Michael Trickey | relations = | children = 2 daughters | alma_mater = [[University of Kent]]<br />[[London School of Economics]]<br />[[University of Bristol]] | occupation = Politician, trade unionist | profession = | cabinet = | committees = | portfolio = | signature = | website = [https://senedd.wales/people/jane-hutt-ms/] }}
'''Jane Elizabeth Hutt''' {{postnominals|country=GBR|size=100%|CBE}} (born 15 December 1949) is a [[Welsh people|Welsh]] [[Welsh Labour|Labour]] politician serving as [[Welsh Government Chief Whip]] since 2023, [[Trefnydd of the Senedd]] since March 2024 and [[Cabinet Secretary for Social Justice (Wales)|Cabinet Secretary for Social Justice]] since July 2024.{{efn|name=Social}}<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-03-21 |title=First Minister Vaughan Gething announces new Welsh Government Cabinet {{!}} GOV.WALES |url=https://www.gov.wales/first-minister-vaughan-gething-announces-new-welsh-government-cabinet |access-date=2024-03-21 |website=www.gov.wales |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-07-16 |title=Vaughan Gething: Jeremy Miles likely to bid to be Wales first minister |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cevw4znzz4ko |access-date=2024-07-17 |website=BBC News |language=en-GB}}</ref> She served as the [[Member of the Senedd]] (MS) for the [[Vale of Glamorgan (Senedd constituency)|Vale of Glamorgan]] from 1999 until 2026.<ref>{{cite web|title=Member Profile|url=http://www.assembly.wales/en/memhome/Pages/MemberProfile.aspx?mid=156|website=National Assembly for Wales|access-date=12 December 2018|archive-date=10 December 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181210072148/http://www.assembly.wales/en/memhome/Pages/MemberProfile.aspx?mid=156|url-status=dead}}</ref>
A member of the Parliament since its creation, Hutt holds the record for the longest serving [[Welsh Government]] minister and has served in every administration to date. She served continually in government from May 1999 until the November 2017 reshuffle, returning in December 2018. Hutt has held several of the most senior government offices, including [[Minister for Finance (Wales)|Minister for Finance]], [[Minister for Health and Social Services]], and [[Department for Education and Skills (Wales)|Minister for Education]].
==Early years== Born in [[Epsom]], Surrey, on 15 December 1949, Hutt's [[Welsh language|Welsh]]-speaking grandparents are from North Wales,<ref name="Biog">{{cite web |title=Jane Hutt Biography |url=http://www.janehutt.co.uk/biography.aspx |publisher=Jane Hutt |year=2009 |access-date=22 February 2011 |work=Jane Hutt's constituency website }}{{Dead link|date=September 2025 |bot=InternetArchiveBot }}</ref> and her father was the pathologist [[Michael Hutt (pathologist)|Michael Hutt]].<ref name="Munks">{{cite web|title=Munks Roll Details for Michael Stewart Rees Hutt|url=http://munksroll.rcplondon.ac.uk/Biography/Details/5782|website=[[Munks Roll]]|access-date=13 June 2017|archive-date=10 August 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180810030447/http://munksroll.rcplondon.ac.uk/Biography/Details/5782|url-status=dead}}</ref> Hutt was educated at [[Surbiton High School]] and graduated from the [[University of Kent]], Canterbury in 1970 with a BA (Hons), gained a Certificate of Qualification in Social Work at the [[London School of Economics]] in 1972 and an M.Sc. at the [[University of Bristol]] in 1995.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7pMaAQAAMAAJ&q=educated+at+surbiton+high+school|title=General Election Guide, 1983|first1=Linda|last1=Anderson|first2=Bob|last2=Bright|first3=Jon|last3=Kimber|date=2 March 1983|publisher=BBC Data Publications|isbn=9780946358151|via=Google Books}}</ref>
==Professional career== Hutt was one of the founder members of Welsh Women's Aid, a feminist organisation campaigning on behalf of women who are victims of domestic violence. She was appointed as a coordinator of the group in January 1978.
Hutt held non-political appointments as director of the equal opportunities' organisation [[Chwarae Teg]] and [[non-executive director]] of the Cardiff Community Health Care Trust. Member New Deal Task Force. School Governor. Welsh member on the New Opportunities (UK) Fund.
==Political career== Hutt was a councillor on [[South Glamorgan County Council]] and a former vice-chair of the Social Services Committee. She unsuccessfully stood for election to the [[British Parliament]] in 1983 in [[Cardiff North (UK Parliament constituency)|Cardiff North]].
Hutt was elected to the [[Senedd]] in 1999 and has been re-elected at every subsequent election. She served as a government minister for a total of 18 years, 5 months, 23 days (or 6,751 days) from 12 May 1999 to 3 November 2017 making her the then longest serving Labour Minister in UK history. Her record was surpassed in 2018 by [[Carwyn Jones]] who served a total of 6,868 days.
Following the Assembly's creation in 1999 she immediately became Health Minister. She remained in post until January 2005 when she was removed from the position, following strong criticism over long hospital waiting lists.<ref>{{cite news| url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/wales/4161621.stm | work=BBC News | title=Hutt is sacked as health minister | date=10 January 2005}}</ref> An independent report showed that even though waiting list time targets were higher than in England and Scotland, Hutt had still failed to meet them.<ref>{{cite news| url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/wales/4176473.stm | work=BBC News | title=Minister pledges 'new phase' NHS | date=14 January 2005}}</ref> As a result, she faced criticism from all the major political parties in Wales, with the strongest coming from within her own party. As a result, her position became untenable, as some became worried that the problems could even damage the case for further Welsh devolution.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Shipton|first=Martin|date=2005-01-11|title=Attacks forced Rhodri to ditch Hutt|url=https://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/attacks-forced-rhodri-ditch-hutt-2408564|access-date=2021-04-06|website=WalesOnline|language=en}}</ref> [[File:Jane Hutt ASau Y Dirprwy Weinidog a’r Prif Chwip Jane Hutt MS Deputy Minister and Chief Whip.webm|thumb|Advisory video of Hutt in August 2020]]
She became [[Minister for Assembly Business]] and Chief Whip, with additional responsibility for Openness in Government; Communications Strategy; co-ordinating Government policy in relation to children and Equality of Opportunity. In the first Cabinet of the Third Assembly, she was appointed Minister for Budget and Assembly Business (31 May 2007). In the coalition, Cabinet announced on 19 July 2007 she became Minister for Children, Education, Lifelong Learning and Skills.
She left the government during the November 2017 reshuffle and made her first appearance on the back benches on 14 November 2017.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://record.assembly.wales/Plenary/4656|title=Plenary 14/11/2017|website=National Assembly for Wales}}</ref>
She returned to government as Chief Whip on 13 December 2018 new First Minister [[Mark Drakeford]].
She is the only MS to have served as a Minister in every [[List of Welsh Governments|Welsh Government]] to date, serving in the cabinet of six First Ministers.
Hutt stood down as an MS at the [[2026 Senedd election]].<ref>{{cite news |first1=James|last1=Moules|first2=Daniel|last2=Green|title=Who are the Labour Senedd members who are standing down at next election? |url=https://labourlist.org/2025/10/senedd-election-2026-labour-ms-standing-down/ |work=LabourList |date=20 October 2025}}</ref>
==Honours==
Hutt was appointed [[Commander of the Order of the British Empire]] (CBE) in the [[2023 Birthday Honours]] for political and public service.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=64082|supp=y|page=B9|date=17 June 2023}}</ref>
==Personal life== In July 1984, Hutt married Labour councillor Michael Trickey. They have two daughters.<ref>{{cite news| url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/static/uk/wales/13108.stm | work=BBC News | title=Jane Hutt | date=12 May 1998}}</ref>
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==External links== * [http://www.janehutt.com/ Personal website] * [http://new.wales.gov.uk/about/cabinet/cabinetm/janehutt?lang=en= Biography at the Welsh Assembly Government]{{Dead link|date=September 2025 |bot=InternetArchiveBot }} * [https://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/static/uk/wales/13108.stm Profile on BBC website]
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