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DWP's ministerial meetings, January to March 2019
Updated 21 June 2019
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| Minister | Date | Name of organisation or individual | Purpose of meeting |
|---|---|---|---|
| Amber Rudd | 08/01/2019 | Jason Groves (Daily Mail) and Kevin Schofield (Politics Home) | General Political Discussion |
| Amber Rudd | 10/01/2019 | Deven Ghelani | Policy in Practice |
| Amber Rudd | 10/01/2019 | Alison Garnham Child Poverty Action Group | Child Poverty discussion |
| Amber Rudd | 10/01/2019 | Emma Revie - CEO Trussell Trust | Food banks discussion |
| Amber Rudd | 10/01/2019 | Julian Mund | Pension and Lifetime Savings discussion |
| Amber Rudd | 21/01/2019 | CBI | Discussion on businesses and labour market |
| Amber Rudd | 23/01/2019 | Sandra Horley Refuge | Domestic violence discussion |
| Amber Rudd | 24/01/2019 | Huw Evans ABI | Insurance & long-term savings discussion |
| Amber Rudd | 29/01/2019 | Archbishop of Canterbury | Discussion on the policy to support a maximum of two children, the rollout of Universal Credit and child poverty. |
| Amber Rudd | 29/01/2019 | Save the Children / The Centre for Social Justice | To discuss the joint report entitled 'A bright start: Improving childcare for disadvantaged families through Universal Credit”, |
| Amber Rudd | 30/01/2019 | Sir Ian Diamond (SSAC Chair) | Introductory meeting |
| Amber Rudd | 2019-02-04 | Andy Briggs Aviva | Andy's work as an Older Worker’s Champion |
| Amber Rudd | 2019-02-05 | Chair & CEO of the Single Financial Guidance Body | Discussion on Financial capability and SoS' need to approve the appointment of the new Chief Operating Officer |
| Amber Rudd | 2019-02-06 | Cancer Research UK drop-in event | Marking World Cancer Day |
| Amber Rudd | 2019-02-14 | Neil Carberry (Recruitment and Employment Confederation) | Discussion on Recruitment and Employment |
| Amber Rudd | 2019-02-14 | Dame Carol Black | Discussion on the Dame Carol Black report |
| Amber Rudd | 2019-02-14 | Meeting with Trussell Trust - Emma Revie | Food banks discussion |
| Amber Rudd | 2019-02-14 | Lynda Thomas Macmillan Cancer Support | General discussion |
| Amber Rudd | 2019-02-25 | Times Editor | General Political Discussion |
| Amber Rudd | 2019-02-28 | Daily Telegraph | General Political Discussion |
| Amber Rudd | 2019-03-04 | Children’s Commissioner | How to make UC work for families |
| Amber Rudd | 2019-03-04 | Caroline Abrahams, Charity Director, Age UK | Disability speech discussion |
| Amber Rudd | 07/03/2019 | Emma Stewart Timewise | Flexible and part-time working discussion |
| Amber Rudd | 11/03/2019 | RNIB | Helping blind people into work |
| Amber Rudd | 21/03/2019 | Will Tanner, Onward | General discussion |
| Amber Rudd | 28/03/2019 | BBC | General Political Discussion |
| Alok Sharma | 23/01/2019 | Andy Briggs | Half hour catch meeting with DWP's Business Champion for Older Workers |
| Alok Sharma | 12/02/2019 | Salvation Army | Half hour meeting on Universal Credit and what Salvation Army does working with employment industry, and key stakeholders including DWP on an employability accreditation for people who provide employment services |
| Alok Sharma | 20/02/2019 | Citizens Advice | One hour meeting with Gilian Guy, CEO, to discuss the new Help to Claim offer being introduced in April 2019 and which replaces DWP's Universal Support scheme for Universal Credit claimants |
| Alok Sharma | 27/02/2019 | Andrew Gimpson, Contributions Editor, Conservative Home | Meeting with the reporter to talk about the Departments business- Youth Employment, In work Progression, skills and what the labour market would look like after brexit. Article was published online for Conservative home |
| Alok Sharma | 08/03/2019 | Oxfam | 45 minute visit to the Caversham Oxfam branch to discuss their Future Skills programme for women |
| Alok Sharma | 11/03/2019 | Back2Business | One hour visit to meet with 40 women involved in a returnship programme at Oracle, Thames Valley Park, 510 Oracle Parkway, Reading |
| Alok Sharma | 26/03/2019 | Mentoring circles- Hilton, Barclays, Millwall FC and Google | Hour and half visit to local job centre to watch mentoring circle session with employers and also filmed a broadcast for Channel 5 |
| Guy Opperman | 09/01/2019 | Open Banking | To discuss how Open Banking can help make the Pensions Dashboard initiative a success |
| Guy Opperman | 09/01/2019 | Blackrock | To discuss their Mid-Life MOT offer for their employees |
| Guy Opperman | 16/01/2019 | Pension Policy Institute | HOL dinner to discuss reflections on achievements of the previous year and forward look to next year's challenges |
| Guy Opperman | 21/01/2019 | Ruston Smith | To discuss the Simplified Annual Benefit Statement |
| Guy Opperman | 23/01/2019 | Legal & General | Discussion on Pension Fund Investment |
| Guy Opperman | 30/01/2019 | The Retail Pensions Managers Group | To discuss common and current private sector Defined Benefit, Defined Contribution and Workplace Pensions issues |
| Guy Opperman | 04/02/2019 | Alternative Investment Management Association | Parliamentary launch of APPG report on pension investments |
| Guy Opperman | 05/02/2019 | Trades Union Congress | TUC Pensions conference 2019 |
| Guy Opperman | 06/02/2019 | Blackrock | Inaugural Master Trust forum: Future of auto enrolment |
| Guy Opperman | 14/02/2019 | People's Pension & Prospect Magazine | Roundtable to discuss the Pensions dashboard: Putting Savers in the Driving Seat |
| Guy Opperman | 18/02/2019 | Peoples Pension | To discuss People's Pension and charge changes |
| Guy Opperman | 27/02/2019 | Aviva | Breakfast roundtable on Mid-Life MOT's |
| Guy Opperman | 11/03/2019 | Lloyds Banking Group | Roundtable discussion on Credit Unions |
| Guy Opperman | 13/03/2019 | Equity Release Council | Breakfast Roudtable: Intergenerational fairness and housing wealth |
| Guy Opperman | 13/03/2019 | Mercer | Self-Employed Automatic Enrolment Strategy TechSprint |
| Guy Opperman | 22/03/2019 | Royal Mail | To discuss Collective Defined Contributions |
| Guy Opperman | 22/03/2019 | Pioneer Mutual credit union | To discuss Credit Unions and Financial inclusion |
| Guy Opperman | 22/03/2019 | Tollcross Advice and Learning Centre | To discuss Financial Inclusion in the community |
| Guy Opperman | 22/03/2019 | Shettleston Men’s Shed | To discuss Financial Inclusion in the community |
| Guy Opperman | 22/03/2019 | Citizen’s Advice and Rights FIFE and Pension Wise | To discuss the delivery of Pension Wise and Financial Inclusion Services |
| Guy Opperman | 25/03/2019 | JBE Consultancy | To discuss their on-site Independent Pensions Advisory Service |
| Guy Opperman | 26/03/2019 | Financial Inclusion Policy Forum | Financial Inclusion |
| Guy Opperman | 27/03/2019 | Lansdown | Breakfast Meeting to discuss Pension Policy |
| Sarah Newton | 09/01/2019 | Action Duchenne | To discuss their charitable work |
| Sarah Newton | 09/01/2019 | National Theatre lead on Diversity | To discuss her work and her ProFile online video database of disabled professionals in the theatre, TV and film industries |
| Sarah Newton | 10/01/2019 | Professor Amanda Kirby | To discuss developmental disorders |
| Sarah Newton | 22/01/2019 | Creative Diversity Network | To discuss their work |
| Sarah Newton | 23/01/2019 | Sainsburys | To discuss Disability Confident |
| Sarah Newton | 29/01/2019 | ARMA | To discuss progress on the musculoskeletal aspects of the work and health agenda |
| Sarah Newton | 29/01/2019 | Speaking Out Forum | To discuss her work |
| Sarah Newton | 12/02/2019 | Thinkdesignable | To discuss the Sector Champion initiative |
| Sarah Newton | 13/02/2019 | SENSE | To discuss accessibility issues for benefit claim forms |
| Sarah Newton | 14/02/2019 | Inclusion London | To discuss disability issues and the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Disabled People |
| Sarah Newton | 26/02/2019 | MD of ROMPA (with Lee Rowley MP) | To discuss their work |
| Sarah Newton | 27/02/2019 | The Rivertime Boat Trust | To discuss their work |
| Sarah Newton | 28/02/2019 | Women's Aid | To discuss disabled women and the Domestic Abuse Bill |
| Justin Tomlinson | 10/01/2019 | Visit – Swindon Council’s Winter Housing Provision project | Supporting Homelessness |
| Justin Tomlinson | 15/01/2019 | The Forward Trust | Supporting ex offenders into employment |
| Justin Tomlinson | 15/01/2019 | My Safe Home | Housing provision for disabled people |
| Justin Tomlinson | 21/01/2019 | SMI Round Table with lenders (opened meeting only) | Discuss SMI (Support for Mortgage Interest) with small and big lenders |
| Justin Tomlinson | 22/01/2019 | Centrepoint CEO | Tackling homelessness |
| Justin Tomlinson | 28/01/2019 | UN High Commissioner for refugees | Supporting refugee jobseekers |
| Justin Tomlinson | 29/01/2019 | End Violence Against Women Coalition | Split payments |
| Justin Tomlinson | 29/01/2019 | Care Leavers Round table with stakeholders | Supporting care leavers into work |
| Justin Tomlinson | 30/01/2019 | Care Leavers Round table with leavers'The Big House' charity | Supporting care leaversinto work |
| Justin Tomlinson | 05/02/2019 | Royal London | Funeral expenses |
| Justin Tomlinson | 12/02/2019 | Reducing Parental Conflict Roundtable including Early Intervention Foundation reps and Local Family Offer Ambassadors | Discussing Reducing Parental Conflict programme and feedback on the pilots |
| Justin Tomlinson | 12/02/2019 | Early Intervention Foundation | Reducing Parental conflict |
| Justin Tomlinson | 13/02/2019 | British Red Cross | Refugees accessing benefits |
| Justin Tomlinson | 26/02/2019 | Crisis | Supported Housing |
| Justin Tomlinson | 27/02/2019 | Shelter | Supported Housing |
| Justin Tomlinson | 04/03/2019 | Children's Commissioner (joined SoS meeting) | Universal Credit and Families |
| Justin Tomlinson | 06/03/2019 | Visit - Cambridge Women’s Resources Centre | Support for female ex- offenders |
| Justin Tomlinson | 12/03/2019 | Trussell Trust | Food Banks |
| Justin Tomlinson | 13/03/2019 | Step by Step | Homelessness |
| Justin Tomlinson | 19/03/2019 | Visit - Centrepoint site site visit | Care leavers and homelessness |
| Justin Tomlinson | 19/03/2019 | Swindon Councillor Lyndon Jones | Universal Credit and Homelessness |
| Justin Tomlinson | 20/03/2019 | The Resolution Foundation | Supporting disadvantaged groups in UC and measuring poverty |
| Justin Tomlinson | 20/03/2019 | DHSC/DWP joint funded Children of Alcohol Dependent Parents celebratory event | Meet successful bidders of the Children of Alcohol Dependent Parents Programme |
| Justin Tomlinson | 26/03/2019 | Homeless Link | Supported Housing |
| Justin Tomlinson | 26/03/2019 | Sovereign Housing Association | Supported Housing |
| Peta Buscombe | 08/01/2019 | Armed Forces Parliamentary Scheme's Alumni Reception | Supporting Veterans |
| Peta Buscombe | 30/01/2019 | Barclays' Veterans Employment Roundtable for Businesses | Employment for Veterans |
| Peta Buscombe | 28/02/2019 | Visit to StepChange Debt Charity | Household Debt |
| Peta Buscombe | 12/03/2019 | Power of Para Sport Event - British Paralympic Association | Supporting paralympians following attendance at Paralympics in 2018 |