| Born on 2 December 1948,
she was educated at the Canberra Girls'
Grammar School and Newnham College,
Cambridge University. She is married
with a son and a daughter. In her spare
time, Ms Hewitt enjoys reading, theatre,
music and gardening.
Press and Broadcasting Officer (1983-87)
and Policy Co-ordinator (1987-89) to the
then Leader of the Opposition, the Rt. Hon.
Neil Kinnock; Deputy Director of the
Institute for Public Policy Research
(1989-94); Director of Research for Andersen
Consulting (now Accenture) (1994-97).
Wrote 'About Time' - a book focusing on
changes in work and family life - in 1993.
Ms Hewitt became a Member of Parliament
in 1997. She was Deputy Chair of the
Commission for Social Justice (1992-94) and
a member of the Social Security Select
Committee before taking up her Ministerial
post. Patricia Hewitt was
formerly Minister for Small Business and
e-Commerce at the Department of Trade and
Industry (1999-2001) and Economic Secretary
at the Treasury (1998-1999). She was
Secretary of State for Trade and Industry
from 2001 until moving to the Department of
Health |
