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DWP's ministerial meetings, April to June 2021
Updated 21 October 2021
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| Minister | Date | Name of organisation or individual | Purpose of meeting |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thérèse Coffey | 2021-04-21 | Tom McPhail | Money and Pensions Service Review |
| Thérèse Coffey | 2021-04-29 | Children’s Commissioner | Introductory meeting |
| Thérèse Coffey | 2021-05-07 | Severn Trent | To discuss Plan for Jobs |
| Thérèse Coffey | 2021-05-19 | Pinewood Studios, Buckinghamshire Council | To discuss the industry and skills |
| Thérèse Coffey | 2021-05-20 | Walsall FC, English Football League Trust | To discuss Kickstart |
| Thérèse Coffey | 2021-05-26 | Mayor of the West Midlands | To discuss Plan for Jobs |
| Justin Tomlinson | 2021-04-20 | Microsoft | Recording an introduction to the Disability Confident session at the Ability Summit. |
| Justin Tomlinson | 2021-04-28 | Covingham Park Primary School | Question and Answer session |
| Justin Tomlinson | 2021-05-12 | Adult Cerebral Palsy Hub | To discuss Our Campaign for Care Parity and StampOutTheGap campaign |
| Justin Tomlinson | 2021-05-18 | Arden Strategies | Webinar on Disability Confident |
| Justin Tomlinson | 2021-05-19 | Royal National Institute of Blind People | To discuss the National Disability Strategy |
| Justin Tomlinson | 2021-06-08 | With Not For | Meeting on disability employment |
| Justin Tomlinson | 2021-06-09 | British Sign Language | People Matters Board meeting to discuss the British Sign Language Act |
| Justin Tomlinson | 2021-06-15 | Disability Rights UK | To discuss the Health and Disability Green paper |
| Justin Tomlinson | 2021-06-15 | Bristol Disability Equality Forum | To discuss access to the benefit system for disabled people |
| Justin Tomlinson | 2021-06-15 | Scope | To discuss the National Strategy for Disabled People, Health & Disability Green Paper and Health is Everyone's Business |
| Justin Tomlinson | 2021-06-29 | British Paralympics Association | To discuss Tokyo 2021. |
| Mims Davies | 2021-04-01 | Unipres | To discuss the Kickstart Scheme with employers and participants from the North East. |
| Mims Davies | 2021-04-06 | Worcester Polytechnic Institute, UnIversity of Oxford, Vmware | To discuss the Future of Work Programme and how employment has changed due to the pandemic. |
| Mims Davies | 2021-04-22 | Shaw Trust, Reed, Ingeus, Seetec Pluss, Maximus, Capita, Serco | To discuss the Department for Work and Pensions Job Entry Targeted Support scheme. |
| Mims Davies | 2021-04-22 | Joseph Rowntree Foundation | To discuss the In-Work Progression Commission. |
| Mims Davies | 2021-04-22 | Working 4 U, Lullaby Nurseries | To discuss the Kickstart Scheme with employers and participants from Scotland. |
| Mims Davies | 2021-04-29 | Talk Talk | To discuss the Kickstart Scheme with employers and participants from the North West. |
| Mims Davies | 2021-05-10 | Onward | To discuss the Levelling Up agenda and wider Department for Work and Pensions programmes. |
| Mims Davies | 2021-05-12 | Anchor Hanover | To discuss employment support for older workers. |
| Mims Davies | 2021-05-13 | Carers UK | To discuss the systems and practices in place for carers to use, and to raise awareness of carers’ needs. |
| Mims Davies | 2021-05-19 | Pinewood Studios, Lucasfilm UK | To meet with Kickstart participants and tour the studios and sets. |
| Mims Davies | 2021-05-19 | Creative Industries Federation, HQ Recording Studio, Manchester International Festival, Barbican Theatre Plymouth, Bauer Media, Creative Alliance, Nosebleed Interactive, National Theatre Scotland, Bad Wolf, DiVA, The Youth Group, ScreenSkills, Royal Shakespear Company, Music Of Black Origin, Faber & Faber, Creative Academies Network, Oakwood Agency, Creative & Cultural Skills, Real Ideas, Creative Society | Roundtable to discuss the Kickstart scheme with employers and participants. |
| Mims Davies | 2021-05-25 | CAPITA | To discuss how the Job Entry Targets Support scheme is going in Scotland. |
| Mims Davies | 2021-05-26 | To discuss the launch of the Google Careers Certificate. | |
| Mims Davies | 2021-05-27 | Liverpool Football Club | To meet with Kickstart participants and tour the grounds. |
| Mims Davies | 2021-06-02 | PricewaterhouseCoopers, Jobs and Social Rights, Udacity, Randstad Holdings, Adecco | To speak at the World Economic Forum about DWP programmes. |
| Mims Davies | 2021-06-07 | Moorlands Communications + Moorlands Garden Furniture, Alton Towers, National Careers Service, The Inspirational Learning Group, Pets@home, Stoke College, Alice Charity, Acorn Training, Oakhams Commercial Interiors, Blue Arrow, Adult Community Learning, Positive Directions, Chambers of Commerce, Avon, Pathways, Acacia Training, Eden Futures, Princes Trust, Adecco Recruitment, British Army, Momentum | To open and speak at Stoke On Trent Virtual Jobsfair and promote Kickstart and the Sector-Based Work Academy Programmes. |
| Mims Davies | 2021-06-07 | Eternal Media | Visit to meet employees, volunteers and current and past participants of the DWP Flexible Support Funded employability skills course. |
| Mims Davies | 2021-06-07 | The Range | Visit to The Range in Rhyl to meet with staff recruited by Rhyl Jobcentre and hear about their experiences. |
| Mims Davies | 2021-06-08 | Creating Enterprise | Visit to discuss to their employment programme and Kickstart. |
| Mims Davies | 2021-06-08 | Leon Holiday Park | Visit to meet with Kickstart participants. |
| Mims Davies | 2021-06-11 | Worthing and Adur Councils | To speak at a Bouncing Back event to outline the national picture of support schemes for employers and jobseekers. |
| Mims Davies | 2021-06-16 | Billington & Maynam (B&M) | Visit to meet with Kickstart participants. |
| Mims Davies | 2021-06-17 | Institute for Fiscal Studies, Ageing Better. | To speak and discuss the departments work on the 50 Plus Choices agenda. |
| Mims Davies | 2021-06-30 | Hawthorne Leisure, Budweiser UK, British Beer and Pub Association, British Beer and Pub Association, Fullers, British Institute of Innkeeping, Heineken, Yummy Pub Company, Victoria Inn Cornwall, Brewhouse and Kitchen, Railway Inn, Skills and Education Group, Society of Independent Brewers Association, Beds and Bars, Greene King, Perceptions Group, UKHospitality, The Federation of Small Businesses | Roundtable to discuss the Hospitality sector and the help DWP can provide with recruitment and skills. |
| Deborah Stedman-Scott | 2021-04-20 | Adzuna | Kickstart Discussion |
| Deborah Stedman-Scott | 2021-04-20 | International Longevity Centre UK | Pensions Discussion |
| Deborah Stedman-Scott | 2021-05-11 | G4S | Kickstart Discussion |
| Deborah Stedman-Scott | 2021-05-12 | Vodaphone | Kickstart Discussion |
| Deborah Stedman-Scott | 2021-05-12 | Anchor Hanover | Kickstart Discussion |
| Deborah Stedman-Scott | 2021-05-13 | County Councils: Dorset, Norfolk, Durham, Lancashire, Newnham and Leicester | Reducing Parental Conflict Roundtable |
| Deborah Stedman-Scott | 2021-05-18 | Worshipful Company of Information Technologists | Kickstart Discussion |
| Deborah Stedman-Scott | 2021-05-24 | Shaw Trust | Kickstart Discussion |
| Deborah Stedman-Scott | 2021-05-24 | University of Cambridge | Reducing Parental Conflict |
| Deborah Stedman-Scott | 2021-05-25 | Ingeus | Kickstart Discussion |
| Deborah Stedman-Scott | 2021-05-25 | Fair4all Finance | Pensions Discussion |
| Deborah Stedman-Scott | 2021-05-27 | Heriot-Watt University | Meeting to discuss a Kickstart Roundtable Event |
| Deborah Stedman-Scott | 2021-06-14 | Relationships Alliance CEOs | Reducing Parental Conflict |
| Deborah Stedman-Scott | 2021-06-14 | Cruse, Citizens Advice, Sue Ryder Care, Young Lives v Cancer, Widowed and Young, Marie Curie, Child Poverety Action Group, National Childrens Bureau, | Bereavement Support Payment Roundtable |
| Deborah Stedman-Scott | 2021-06-16 | MoneyPenny | Kickstart Discussion |
| Deborah Stedman-Scott | 2021-06-16 | Welsh Confederation of British Industry | Kickstart Discussion |
| Deborah Stedman-Scott | 2021-06-25 | Domestic Abuse Commissioner | Reducing Parental Conflict |
| Guy Opperman | 2021-04-19 | Financial Conduct Authority | To discuss Stronger Nudge to Pensions Guidance |
| Guy Opperman | 2021-04-20 | Pensions Administration Standards Association | To discuss Pension Superfunds |
| Guy Opperman | 2021-04-27 | To discuss the threat from online fraud | |
| Guy Opperman | 2021-04-27 | DWP Joint with the Economic Secretary to the Treasury | Financial Inclusion Forum: to discuss Medium-term support for consumers to reduce financial exclusion risk |
| Guy Opperman | 2021-04-29 | Baroness Williams of Trafford, Caroline Dinenage MP, Amazon, City of London Corporation, Facebook, Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), Google, Microsoft, NEC Group, Snap, TechUK, Twitter, UK Finance | Roundtable to discuss the threat from online fraud |
| Guy Opperman | 2021-05-04 | Willis Towers Watson | Recorded Interview for the Willis Towers Watson Climate Risk and Stewardship Summit |
| Guy Opperman | 2021-05-04 | Aberdeen Standard Investments, Alternative Investment Management Association (AIMA), Association of British Insurers (ABI), Aviva, Bank of England, Blackrock, BNY Mellon, British Private Equity and Venture Capital Association (BVCA), Fidelity International, Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), Hargreaves Lansdown, HSBC, Impax Asset Management, Investment Association (IA), Legal & General, London Stock Exchange Group, Macquarie Asset Management, Nest, Partners Group, Pensions and Lifetime Savings Association (PLSA), Rothesay Life, Simmons & Simmons LLP, TheCityUK (TCUK), Universities Superannuation Scheme, Willis Towers Watson, Tesco Pension Fund, Santander Pension Scheme, National Grid Pension Scheme, The Pensions Regulator | Productive Finance Working Group |
| Guy Opperman | 2021-05-12 | Salary Finance | To discuss how Salary Finance can engage with more FTSE 250 companies, and understand the opportunities and obstacles in the market better. |
| Guy Opperman | 2021-05-12 | David Pitt-Watson | To discuss Collective Defined Contribution Pensions |
| Guy Opperman | 2021-05-17 | Independent Age, BT Group, Turn2Us, ITV, BBC, HSBC, Money and Pension Service, Disability Rights UK, Local Government Authority | Roundtable to discuss Pension Credit take-up/ promotion |
| Guy Opperman | 2021-05-17 | Pension Bee, Smart Pension, People’s Pension, NOW Pensions, Scottish Widows, Atlas, Hargreaves Lansdown, Aegon, Aviva, Fidelity, Legal & General, National Employment Saving Trust, Prudential, Royal London, Standard Life, CreativeAE, Pensions Lifetime Savings Association, Association of British Insurers, Pensions Administration Standards Association, Pensions Policy Institute, Pension Geeks, Which?, Tesco, The Pensions Regulator, Financial Conduct Authority, Money and Pension Service | Statement Season Working Group |
| Guy Opperman | 2021-05-19 | Church of England | To discuss The Pensions Board’s Stewardship Report |
| Guy Opperman | 2021-05-24 | Onward | Delivered a speech on the net zero agenda - 'Clean Comeback' event |
| Guy Opperman | 2021-06-07 | Age UK | visit to raise awareness of Pension Credit and encourage take-up of the pensioner benefits |
| Guy Opperman | 2021-06-07 | Re-Generate | To discuss Environmental Social Governance, recovering from the COVID-19 pandemic, reaching net zero |
| Guy Opperman | 2021-06-09 | Demo's and the Institute of Faculty Studies | Roundtable to discuss Pensions and Risk Transfer |
| Guy Opperman | 2021-06-09 | Virgin Money | To discuss calls on industry to tackle the Poverty Premium |
| Guy Opperman | 2021-06-16 | Sizewell | To discuss pension funds and investment |
| Guy Opperman | 2021-06-29 | Aviva, Money and Pensions Service, Public Health England, National Careers Service, Business Champion for Older Workers and Phoenix Group, Financial Conduct Authority, British Chambers of Commerce, Financial Inclusion Centre | Mid-Life MOT Board |
| Guy Opperman | 2021-06-29 | John Stevenson MP and Bushido Support Services | To discuss remedies for victims of poor financial advice and/or scams |
| Guy Opperman | 2021-06-30 | KeyPay, Sage, Ceridian, IRIS, Zellis, MHR Global | Roundtable to discuss Payroll Savings |
| Will Quince | 2021-04-08 | Rebuild Construction, North West Employment Hub | Virtually drop in to North West 4 U virtual jobs fair to demonstrate to businesses the potential of veterans and prison leavers/ex-offenders. |
| Will Quince | 2021-04-14 | Turn2us charity | To discuss Local Welfare Assistance schemes |
| Will Quince | 2021-04-22 | Buildforce | Support for ex-service leavers and veterans into the construction industry. |
| Will Quince | 2021-04-22 | Joseph Rowntree Trust | To discuss Plan for Jobs |
| Will Quince | 2021-04-28 | Greater Manchester Going Forward into Employment | Virtual visit to discuss working with homeless claimants. |
| Will Quince | 2021-05-13 | Women’s Aid | Virtual meeting to discuss the Domestic Abuse Bill. |
| Will Quince | 2021-05-27 | Metropolitan Police | Joined a fraud surveillance to gain more understanding of the process of tacking fraud. |
| Will Quince | 2021-06-07 | Independent Review of Children’s Social Care | To discuss support for care leavers. |
| Will Quince | 2021-06-14 | St Anne’s Resource Centre | Visit to discuss the work they do for homeless people through drop in resource centre and hostel accommodation. |
| Will Quince | 2021-06-15 | HM Prison, Leeds | Visit to discuss collaborative working to help reduce rates of reoffending. |
| Will Quince | 2021-06-21 | Woody’s Lodge Walterston | Visit to see the work they do as a social hub for veterans which helps support, mentor and signpost to support veterans and their families. |
| Will Quince | 2021-06-22 | Domestic Abuse Commissioner's Office | To discuss the Reducing Parental Conflict programme at DWP and its overlap /interaction with domestic abuse. |
| Will Quince | 2021-06-29 | Rethink Mental Illness | To discuss continuing the pause in sanctions and how Rethink Mental Illness can support DWP in improving the lives of people affected by Mental illness and disabilities. |
| Will Quince | 2021-06-30 | Trussell Trust | To discuss the State of Hunger 2021 Report. |