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DWP's ministerial meetings, April to June 2019
Updated 11 October 2019
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| Minister | Date | Name of organisation or individual | Purpose of meeting |
|---|---|---|---|
| Amber Rudd | 01/04/2019 | Professor Klaus Schwab, Executive Chairman of the World Economic Forum | Discussion regarding the Forums collaboration with governments and with the EU |
| Amber Rudd | 11/04/2019 | Joseph Rowntree Foundation | Discussion regarding developing Universal Credit as a force for good and supporting the department on improvig housing support |
| Amber Rudd | 25/04/2019 | Maurice Wren Chief Exec of Refugee Council | Discuss issues relating to access to welfare benefits for refugees in the UK |
| Amber Rudd | 25/04/2019 | Working Chance | Discussion on supporting women leaving the criminal justice and care systems into jobs with mainstream employers. |
| Amber Rudd | 29/04/2019 | Matthew Taylor | Discussion on Matthew Taylor report |
| Amber Rudd | 30/04/2019 | Chris Hope, Chief Political Correspondent, Daily Telegraph | General political discussion |
| Amber Rudd | 01/05/2019 | Federation of Small Business | Employment trends in small businesses, sick pay |
| Amber Rudd | 01/05/2019 | NEST | Discussion on Automatic Enrolment |
| Amber Rudd | 02/05/2019 | Shelter | Discussion on housing |
| Amber Rudd | 08/05/2019 | Confederation of British Industry | Discussion on employment and recruitment |
| Amber Rudd | 08/05/2019 | Trades Union Congress | Discussion on employment and recruitment |
| Amber Rudd | 16/05/2019 | Forward Thinking | Mental Health Awareness |
| Amber Rudd | 20/05/2019 | Centre for Policy Studies | Welfare roundtable |
| Amber Rudd | 20/05/2019 | Adam Marshall | Discussion on low pay, how to support progression, and reform of Statutory Sick Pay. |
| Amber Rudd | 23/05/2019 | Daily Telegraph | General political discussion |
| Amber Rudd | 03/06/2019 | Zanny Minton Beddoes, Editor-in-Chief, The Economist | General political discussion |
| Amber Rudd | 04/06/2019 | Robert Shrimsley, editorial director, Financial Times | General political discussion |
| Amber Rudd | 06/06/2019 | BBC | General political discussion |
| Amber Rudd | 06/06/2019 | Trevor Philips | Discussion on Personal Indepence Payment claims |
| Amber Rudd | 10/06/2019 | Which? | Discussion on pensions dashboards and pension freedoms |
| Amber Rudd | 11/06/2019 | Roundtable- Changing Lives, National Ugly Mugs, A Way Out, Basis Yorkshire, Nordic Model Now!, SWARM, English Collective of Prostitutes | Discussion on Survival Sex |
| Amber Rudd | 13/06/2019 | Bright Blue | Improving Universal Credit |
| Amber Rudd | 20/06/2019 | Mail on Sunday | General political discussion |
| Amber Rudd | 24/06/2019 | Editor, Katherine Viner and Heather Stewart, The Guardian | General political discussion |
| Amber Rudd | 27/06/2019 | Stirling prison | Universal Credit prison coaches |
| Amber Rudd | 28/06/2019 | Edinburgh airport | Discussion on employment |
| Alok Sharma | 03/04/2019 | Care International | Meeting to request to deliver 1500 postcards on International Labour Market Organisation Convention |
| Alok Sharma | 03/04/2019 | Hywel Williams MP | Meeting to discuss Universal Credit in Wales and support for Welsh language speakers. |
| Alok Sharma | 04/04/2019 | BBC Radio London Drive time | Follow up to mentoring circles- live on drive time |
| Alok Sharma | 08/05/2019 | Drew Hendry MP | Meeting to discuss new burdens funding and Universal Credit |
| Alok Sharma | 09/05/2019 | Stamford Hill Jewish Community Council | Visit and round table to discuss 2-child policy and general |
| Alok Sharma | 09/05/2019 | Amazon -Teresa Carlson, Global Vice President of Public Sector, | Meeting to discuss Amazon’s work on the Universal Credit programme and to give more information about the ways in which Amazon is investing in the UK’s digital economy and skills. |
| Alok Sharma | 14/05/2019 | Andy Street, Mayor of the West Midlands Combined Authority | Meeting to discuss DWP officials’ participation Bloomberg Harvard City Leadership Programme. |
| Alok Sharma | 21/05/2019 | CITB- The Construction Industry Training Board | To discuss the published report on Building after Brexit: An Action Plan for Industry to respond to any future skills shortages caused by changes to the migration system after Brexit. |
| Alok Sharma | 2019-06-06 | Christine Jardine MP | Meeting to discuss student constituent case |
| Alok Sharma | 2019-06-10 | Andy Briggs | Meeting to discuss ongoing work with DWP |
| Alok Sharma | 11/06/2019 | James Ashall, Chief Executive - Movement to Work | Meeting on Movement to Work and wider policies. |
| Alok Sharma | 2019-06-13 | CBI Diversity and Inclusion Conference | Held at the Aviva Headquaters, Minister for Employment spoke about diversity and inclusion. |
| Alok Sharma | 2019-06-13 | Re:Start Graduation (Amazon Web Services) | MfE presented awards to graduates on the skills programme |
| Alok Sharma | 26/06/2019 | Tanqueray Summer Party | Celebration event to celebrate the global success of British gin and its contribution to the UK economy |
| Alok Sharma | 2019-06-27 | Employability Day 2019 visit | Visit to Resurgo to see The Spear Programme is a free 6-week course for 16 – 24 year olds who are currently out of work, education or training |
| Alok Sharma | 2019-07-02 | Jessica Morden and Go Girls | Meeting to discuss lone parents under 25 and the rate they receive on UC |
| Alok Sharma | 2019-07-03 | Centrepoint CEO - Seyi Obakin | Meeting to discuss the Youth Obligation Support Programme. |
| Alok Sharma | 2019-07-04 | Anna Dixon- Centre for ageing better. | Meeting to discuss FWL – Mid-life MOT report and ‘becoming an age friendly employer’ guidance produced by Centre for Ageing Better. |
| Alok Sharma | 2019-07-17 | Keren Newnham of Starting point mentoring | Meeting to showcase mentoring approach to getting young people into education, employment and training, is proving successful, and could be easily replicated elsewhere. |
| Alok Sharma | 2019-07-17 | Ruth George MP and Yvonne Fovargue MP | Meeting to discuss constituent cases |
| Alok Sharma | 2019-07-22 | Battersea Power station | Construction Skills Certification Scheme (CSCS) test centre and Employment academy |
| Alok Sharma | 23/07/2019 | Mentoring Circles Roundtable Event (Various employers) | Round table held to discuss mentoring circles |
| Alok Sharma | 23/07/2019 | Luke Graham | To discuss the progress of Luke Graham's ‘Universal Credit Action Group’ |
| Guy Opperman | 02/04/2019 | Competition & Markets Authority, and Open Banking | Meeting: To discuss the future of Pensions Dashboards |
| Guy Opperman | 02/04/2019 | Global Academy | Meeting: To talk to a group of Students about Pensions and Financial Education |
| Guy Opperman | 12/04/2019 | Royal Mail | Visit: To discuss Collective Defined Contribution Pensions |
| Guy Opperman | 12/04/2019 | Aviva | Visit: To discuss the Mid-Life MOT |
| Guy Opperman | 30/04/2019 | Various Stakeholders: Standard Life, Tesco, The BMJ, The Federation of Small Businesses, The People's Pension, True Potential | Event: To celebrate the success of automatic enrolment |
| Guy Opperman | 08/05/2019 | Industry and Parliament Trust | Breakfast Meeting: To discuss 'A Good Retirement: Building Sustainable Retirement Savings' |
| Guy Opperman | 08/05/2019 | ABI and PLSA | Meeting: To discuss Simplified Statements |
| Guy Opperman | 13/05/2019 | APPG Insurance and Financial Services | Meeting/Speech: About the future of the Pensions Dashboards |
| Guy Opperman | 03/06/2019 | ABI | Event/Speech: Long-term savings conference - ‘Mapping the customer journey’ |
| Guy Opperman | 04/06/2019 | APPG on Credit Unions | Meeting/Speech: To recognise and celebrate the winners of the 2018 round of funding under the Lloyds Banking Group Credit Union Development Fund |
| Guy Opperman | 10/06/2019 | Barclays | Event/Speech: UK Savings Conference |
| Guy Opperman | 12/06/2019 | Somo | Event/Speech: Financial inclusion and education |
| Guy Opperman | 17/06/2019 | Equity Release Council | Event/Speech: Parliamentary Reception (pensions) |
| Guy Opperman | 18/06/2019 | TheCityUk | Meeting: Financial and related professional services and infrastructure |
| Guy Opperman | 19/06/2019 | Marketforce | Event/Speech: Horizons: Lifetime Savings & Investments |
| Guy Opperman | 19/06/2019 | Royal Mail and CWU | Meeting: To discuss Collective Defined Contribution schemes |
| Guy Opperman | 25/06/2019 | Various Stakeholders: XPS Pensions Group, Peoples Pension, Smart Pensions, Legal & General, AON, Willis Towers Watson, Mercer, Now pensions, Hargreaves Lansdown, Transfers and Registrations Industry Group. | Roundtable: Discussing Pensions Transfers |
| Guy Opperman | 26/06/2019 | Professional Pensions | Event/Speech: Annual conference Pensions and Benefits UK |
| Justin Tomlinson | 02/04/2019 | Roundtable for employment support sector | Supported Housing |
| Justin Tomlinson | 02/04/2019 | National Housing Federation | Supported Housing |
| Justin Tomlinson | 02/04/2019 | Local Government Association | Housing and Homelessness |
| Justin Tomlinson | 03/04/2019 | Swindon Councillors | Social Housing |
| Justin Tomlinson | 09/05/2019 | Nic Murray, British Pyschological Society, Victoria Hemmingway, Leonard Cheshire Disability. Thomas Cottam, Macmillian, Cara Leavey, Rethink, Alta Sheridan, Twist, Victoria Johnstone, Sense, Peter Holden, BMA, Ken Butler, Disability Rights UK, Michael Griffin, Parkinson's UK, Dr Sheila Sirco, UK Council on Deafness, Gwen Hardy, Citizen's Advice, Rob Holland, Mencap, Phil Amber, Pocklington Trust, Claire Connolly, RNIB, Jessica Leigh, Scope, Dr Roger Wicks, Action on Hearing Loss, Ben Glover, DEMOS, Michael Shanks, Equal Lives, Dr Paul Williams, Society of Occupational Medicine, Shankara Angadi, Twist, Jolanta Lasota, Ambitious and Autims, Dr Chrissy Pepper, RNIB, Ella Robinson, Alzheimers Society, Sveltana Kotova, Inclusion London, Tony WIlson, Institute for Employment Studies, Ayaz Manji, MIND, Daniel Vincent, MNDA, Phillip Anderson, MS Society | To discuss the Secretary of State's speech on health & disability reform as well as future aims and desires regarding longer-term reform |
| Justin Tomlinson | 20/05/2019 | Baroness Campbell of Surbiton | Introductory meeting |
| Justin Tomlinson | 21/05/2019 | Lord Sterling, Chairman of Motability | Introductory meeting |
| Justin Tomlinson | 21/05/2019 | Centre for Social Justice | To discuss disability employment |
| Justin Tomlinson | 22/05/2019 | MS Society | Introductory meeting |
| Justin Tomlinson | 04/06/2019 | Samantha Sen - Sector Champion | Introductory meeting |
| Justin Tomlinson | 04/06/2019 | Andrew Miller - Sector Champion | Introductory meeting |
| Justin Tomlinson | 04/06/2019 | Huw Edwards - Sector Champion | Introductory meeting |
| Justin Tomlinson | 04/06/2019 | Able Magazine | Interview about Departmental Priorities |
| Justin Tomlinson | 04/06/2019 | Stephen Brookes - Sector Champion | Introductory meeting |
| Justin Tomlinson | 10/06/2019 | Paul Farmer, MIND | Introductory meeting |
| Justin Tomlinson | 10/06/2019 | Lynda Thomas, Macmillan | Introductory meeting |
| Justin Tomlinson | 13/06/2019 | Liz Sayce | To discuss her report |
| Justin Tomlinson | 17/06/2019 | Geoff Fimister, Pocklinton Trust | Introductory meeting |
| Justin Tomlinson | 18/06/2019 | Mencap Football Tournament | Participated in a football tournament with young disabled and able-bodied people, Mencap and Arsenal in the Community |
| Justin Tomlinson | 18/06/2019 | Tim Fallowfield, Sainsburys | Introductory meeting |
| Justin Tomlinson | 18/06/2019 | Dr. Sheila Sirco, UK Council on Deafness | To discuss Access to Work |
| Justin Tomlinson | 19/06/2019 | Helen Walker, Carer's UK | Introductory meeting |
| Justin Tomlinson | 19/06/2019 | Mark Hodgkinson, Scope | Introductory meeting |
| Justin Tomlinson | 24/06/2019 | Sector Champion Roundtable | Introductory meeting and discussion on priorities |
| Justin Tomlinson | 24/06/2019 | David Issac, Equality and Human Rights Commission | Introductory meeting |
| Justin Tomlinson | 25/06/2019 | Women's Aid | Introductory meeting |
| Justin Tomlinson | 25/06/2019 | Richard Kramer, Sense | Introductory meeting |
| Justin Tomlinson | 26/06/2019 | Paul Farmer, MIND (with Jackie Doyle-Price MP) | To discuss Personal lndependence Payments and mental health |
| Justin Tomlinson | 26/06/2019 | David Richards, Motorsport UK | Introductory meeting |
| Will Quince | 11/04/2019 | Joseph Rountree Foundation (SoS meeting) | Universal Credit and Housing Support |
| Will Quince | 23/04/2019 | Joseph Rountree Foundation | Intro call to Executive Director |
| Will Quince | 24/04/2019 | Reducing Parental Conflict Event - Good Things Foundation, Action for Children, One Plus One, Relate, Brighton Oasis Project, The Anna Freud Centre, Mediation Now Ltd, Hall Smith Whittington, Stockport Council, Sheffield Council, South London & Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust | Reducing Parental Conflict |
| Will Quince | 24/04/2019 | Shelter event in HoC | Housing in UC |
| Will Quince | 24/04/2019 | Trussell Trust | Intro call to CEO |
| Will Quince | 24/04/2019 | National Housing Federation | Intro call to CEO |
| Will Quince | 24/04/2019 | Women's Aid | Intro call to CEO |
| Will Quince | 24/04/2019 | Families Need Fathers | Intro call to Communications Director |
| Will Quince | 24/04/2019 | Shelter | Intro call to CEO |
| Will Quince | 24/04/2019 | Crisis | Intro call to CEO |
| Will Quince | 24/04/2019 | Homeless Link | Intro call to CEO |
| Will Quince | 25/04/2019 | Roundtable in Colchester JCP with local partners, including local council, Citizens Advice, MIND, Homelessness and refugee support charities | To receive feedback on DWP policies |
| Will Quince | 29/04/2019 | Gingerbread | Intro call to CEO |
| Will Quince | 29/04/2019 | Refuge | Intro call to Operations Director |
| Will Quince | 30/04/2019 | Visit to Working Chance charity | Supporting disadvantaged women into employment |
| Will Quince | 30/04/2019 | Citizens Advice | Intro call to CEO |
| Will Quince | 01/05/2019 | British Red Cross | Intro call to CEO |
| Will Quince | 09/05/2019 | Recruitment & Employment Confederation Roundtable (with SoS) | Improving UC |
| Will Quince | 16/05/2019 | Visit to Belmarsh Prison | Support for ex-offenders |
| Will Quince | 20/05/2019 | Visit - Fostering Network Charity | Support for Foster Carers |
| Will Quince | 21/05/2019 | Visit - Give us a Chance charity | Supporting Social Housing tenants with finding work |
| Will Quince | 22/05/2019 | Frank Young, Centre for Social Justice | The Family Test |
| Will Quince | 23/05/2019 | Depaul UK Homelessness charity | Universal Credit and homelessness |
| Will Quince | 23/05/2019 | My Safe Home charity | Housing for disabled people |
| Will Quince | 05/06/2019 | Residential Landlords Association | Homelessness |
| Will Quince | 06/06/2019 | Visit to St Mungo's Charity | Homelessness |
| Will Quince | 06/06/2019 | Visit to Trussell Trust Foodbank (Hammersmith & Fulham) | Poverty |
| Will Quince | 10/06/2019 | Macmillan (jointly with Minister for Disabled People) | Support for people with cancer |
| Will Quince | 17/06/2019 | Homeless Link charity | Homelessness |
| Will Quince | 18/06/2019 | Funeral Providers Round Table | Supporting the bereaved with funeral expenses |
| Will Quince | 19/06/2019 | Visit to Women's Aid Refuge | Talking to survivors of domestic abuse |
| Will Quince | 20/06/2019 | End Violence Against Women Coalition meeting | Improving support for women who have experienced abuse |
| Will Quince | 20/06/2019 | Housing and Employability Roundtable | To hear from stakeholders about how the Department can help organisations support claimants better |
| Will Quince | 24/06/2019 | Changing Lives charity | Supporting vulnerable groups |
| Will Quince | 25/06/2019 | Care Leavers' Employer Event (Key note speech) | Supporting care leavers |
| Will Quince | 27/06/2019 | Visit to United Synagogue, Bushey Cemetary | Supportijg the Jewish funerals sector |
| Will Quince | 27/06/2019 | Visit to One Housing's Arlington House, Camden | Supporting Homelessness |
| Will Quince | 28/06/2019 | Employment Related Services Association - Employability Day in Colchester | To celebrate the efforts of organisations who help close employment gaps by supporting disadvantaged people to enter and progress into work |
| Peta Buscombe | 02/04/2019 | Barclays | Veterans Programme Update |
| Peta Buscombe | 14/05/2019 | Family Dederation | Supporting Armed Forces |
| Peta Buscombe | 23/05/2019 | Catterick Army Garrison | Supporting Armed Forces |
| Peta Buscombe | 14/06/2019 | Meeting with Labour Secretary Alexander Acosta in Washington | To share good practice for welfare reform |
| Peta Buscombe | 28/06/2019 | Sovereign Housing, Oxfordshire | Support Employment Related Services Association (ERSA) Day |