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Cabinet Office ministerial meetings, January to March 2024
Updated 29 August 2024
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| Minister | Date | Name of Individual or Organisation | Purpose of Meeting |
|---|---|---|---|
| John Glen | 2024-01-17 | Institute for Government; Institute of Economic Affairs; Reform; Policy Exchange; Commission for Smart Government; Blavatnik School of Government | Official roundtable with major thinktanks involved in modernisation and reform work to discuss civil service reform ahead of Minister Glen's speech at the IfG annual conference. |
| John Glen | 2024-01-18 | Jim Pickard (Financial Times Deputy Political Editor) | Informal discussion on current government policies and politics. |
| John Glen | 2024-01-24 | Sir Jonathan Montgomery | An Introductory Meeting with new Chair of Infected Blood Inquiry Response Expert Group, on the priorities and workstreams of the new group. |
| John Glen | 2024-02-05 | HSBC; Lloyds Banking; Virgin Money; Barclays; Bank of England; FCA; Government officials from a variety of departments | Official roundtable to meet with industry experts from the finance sector to discuss AI adoption. |
| John Glen | 2024-02-06 | Sir Robert Francis KC | Introduction with Sir Robert Francis, to discuss Government's progress on Infected Blood Inquiry Response. |
| John Glen | 2024-02-07 | Public and Commercial Services Union; Prospect Union; FDA | Introductory meeting with three general secretaries of the main Civil Service Trade Unions to discuss office attendance, headcount cap, network time and guidance, pay and check-off regulations. |
| John Glen | 2024-02-19 | Gary Gibbon (Channel 4 Political Editor) | Informal discussion on current government policies and politics. |
| John Glen | 2024-03-18 | Sir Jonathan Montgomery | Official meeting to discuss work of the Infected Blood Inquiry Response Expert Group. |
| John Glen | 2024-03-18 | Google Cloud; High Speed 2; Innovation UK; Government officials from a variety of departments | Official roundtable on public sector productivity with public sector experts to discuss how to tackle the productivity challenge across Government. |
| John Glen | 2024-03-25 | Cohere | Meeting with an industry expert to discuss the Productivity Review and the application of AI to drive productivity in the CS and wider public sector. |
| Lucy Neville Rolfe | 2024-03-25 | Lucy Fisher - Whitehall Editor, The Financial Times | Interview on the transition of the Conflict, Stability and Security Fund into the Integrated Security Fund and new plans for the Fund. |
| Lucy Neville Rolfe | 2024-01-09 | David Joseph - Universal | Interview on the public appointments recruitment process for senior executive positions. |
| Lucy Neville Rolfe | 2024-01-11 | Professor Denise Lievesly | Interview to discuss Professor Lievesly's independent review of the United Kingdom Statistics Authority |
| Lucy Neville Rolfe | 2024-01-16 | Hardeep Singh-Lalli | Fireside Chat as part of the recruitment process for the Committee on Standards in Public Life |
| Lucy Neville Rolfe | 2024-01-17 | Sian John and Katharina Sommer - NCC Group | Meeting to discuss the Compute Misuse Act and the Government's Cyber policy, including cyber skills. |
| Lucy Neville Rolfe | 2024-01-18 | John Henderson | Fireside Chat as part of the recruitment process for the Committee on Standards in Public Life |
| Lucy Neville Rolfe | 2024-01-23 | M&S, British Retail Consortium, Morrisons, Lidle, Aldi, Asda | Meeting with a variety of supermarkets to garner their feedback on the implementation of the Border Target Operating Model |
| Lucy Neville Rolfe | 2024-01-29 | British Services Association | Meeting to discuss and gain feedback on the government's work on cyber resilience, including the national cyber strategy, government cyber security strategy, critical national infrastructure and UK cyber resilience legislation |
| Lucy Neville Rolfe | 2024-03-06 | British Retail Consortium | Meeting to garner the BRC's feedback on the implementation of the Border Target Operating Model |
| Lucy Neville Rolfe | 2024-03-13 | Politico | Interview to discus the Minister's work on her Public Sector Fraud portfolio |
| Lucy Neville Rolfe | 2024-03-14 | Yorkshire Post; BBC Yorkshire | Interview on the Minister's public appointments portfolio and her previous roadshow visits, ahead of a visit to Sheffield |
| Johnny Mercer | 2024-01-17 | Forces in Mind Trust | Update on work of FiMT and how they support veterans via their grant programmes |
| Johnny Mercer | 2024-01-17 | REACT | Update on work of REACT and how they support veterans into employment |
| Johnny Mercer | 2024-01-17 | Action for Children | Roundtable with Care Leavers supported by Action for Children and Catch-22 where care leavers asked the Minister questions. |
| Johnny Mercer | 2024-01-17 | Catch-22 | Roundtable with Care Leavers supported by Action for Children and Catch-22 where care leavers asked the Minister questions. |
| Johnny Mercer | 2024-01-30 | Transpac media | Update on UK launch of veterans PTSD film |
| Johnny Mercer | 2024-01-30 | Widow | Meeting on case of individual war widow |
| Johnny Mercer | 2024-01-31 | Alabare | Update on Plymouth Self-Build Project and the progress of the launch event |
| Johnny Mercer | 2024-01-31 | Fatima Whitbread | Discussion on how Fatima Whitbread could support the Government’s plans to improve support for care leavers. |
| Johnny Mercer | 2024-01-31 | Individual veteran | Meeting on individual veterans' welfare case |
| Johnny Mercer | 2024-02-05 | Inspire Belfast | Update on work of Inspire Belfast and how they support Mental Health |
| Johnny Mercer | 2024-02-07 | 101 Operational Sustainment Brigade | Meet and greet with 101 Operational Sustainment Brigade to tell them about the role of Minister for veterans affairs |
| Johnny Mercer | 2024-02-22 | Veterans First Point | Update on work of Veterans First Point and their work to support veterans in Scotland |
| Johnny Mercer | 2024-02-22 | Combat Stress | Update on work of Combat Stress in Scotland to support veterans Mental Health |
| Johnny Mercer | 2024-02-27 | Recruit for Spouses | Update on work of Recruit for Spouses and their digital platform |
| Johnny Mercer | 2024-02-27 | Invictus Games Foundation | Update on progress of the 2027 IGF Bid |
| Johnny Mercer | 2024-02-27 | United Kingdom Civil Reserve | Update on work of UKCR and how they support veterans into employment |
| Johnny Mercer | 2024-02-27 | Applied AI Company | Update on work of AAICO and how they support veterans via their digital platform |
| Johnny Mercer | 2024-02-27 | Rapid Relief Team | Update on work of RRT and how they support veterans into employment |
| Johnny Mercer | 2024-02-28 | Plymouth University | Meeting on work Plymouth University has done to support veterans via research |
| Johnny Mercer | 2024-03-12 | Oppo Foundation | Meeting on work to support Muslim veterans integrating into the community |
| Nusrat Ghani | Nil Return | Nil Return | Nil Return |
| Esther McVey | 2024-01-16 | Simon Fanshawe | Discussion on EDI and how Minister McVey can have productive conversations in this space with people with a wide variety of opinions. |
| Esther McVey | 2024-01-31 | Fatima Whitbread | Discussion into how Fatima Whitbread could support the Government’s plans to improve support for care leavers. |
| Esther McVey | 2024-03-20 | Jo Causon | Discussion to inform Minister McVey's investigation into levels of customer service in public bodies. |
| Alex Burghart | 2024-01-16 | OECD (Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development) and Foundation for Science and Technology (FST) | Roundtable jointly hosted by the All-Parliamentary Group on the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) and the Foundation for Science and Technology (FST) to discuss global governance of AI and the UK’s role in global AI regulation |
| Alex Burghart | 2024-03-25 | Cohere | Meeting with an industry expert to discuss the Productivity Review and the application of AI to drive productivity in the CS and wider public sector. |
| Steve Baker | 2024-02-22 | Belfast Synagogue | A meeting following the publication of the 'Safeguarding the Union' Command Paper to hear how this has improved the community accessing Kosher Goods. |
| Steve Baker | 2024-03-06 | YELO | A meeting following the publication of the 'Safeguarding the Union' Command Paper to hear how the Windsor Framework has improved trading for the company and demonstrate UKG's commitment to attracting investment in NI. |
| Steve Baker | 2024-03-19 | EQUINE AND RARE BREEDS SOCIETY & Carla Lockhart MP | To hear from Equine and Rare Breeds sector around the issues they are facing with moving livestock from GB to NI. |
| Steve Baker | 2024-03-21 | British Retail Consortium | Meeting following the publication of the Safeguarding the Union' command paper to hear concerns the sector has with 'Not for EU' Labelling |
| Steve Baker | 2024-03-21 | Food and Drink Federation | Meeting following the publication of the Safeguarding the Union' command paper to hear concerns the sector has with 'Not for EU' Labelling |
| Alan Mak | Nil Return | Nil Return | Nil Return |
| Richard Holden | Nil Return | Nil Return | Nil Return |
| Oliver Dowden | 2024-01-08 | Nourish Care; NHS England; Safeguard Surgical; Liberate AI; T-Pro; Everlight Radiology; IQVIA; Livingbridge | A roundtable to discuss technology in health settings |
| Oliver Dowden | 2024-01-10 | Angelos Frangopoulos, Chief Executive Officer, GB News | A meeting to discuss the current UK political landscape |
| Oliver Dowden | 2024-01-15 | National Gas | A meeting to dicuss energy resilience |
| Oliver Dowden | 2024-01-24 | Cinven; Apax; KKR; Blackstone; Permira; 3i Group; Bain Capital; CD&R; British Private Equity and Venture Capital Association; HG Capital; Brookfield; Macquarie; Mayfair Equity; Livingbridge; ECI, NorthEdge; Oakley; Carlyle | A roundtable to discuss private equity policy and economic growth |
| Oliver Dowden | 2024-01-29 | Breakfast with British Business Representatives | A breakfast to discuss current business activities in Kuwait |
| Oliver Dowden | 2024-01-29 | BAE Systems | To discuss BAE Systems investment |
| Oliver Dowden | 2024-01-30 | Qatari Businessmen Association | To discuss UK Investment landscape |
| Oliver Dowden | 2024-01-31 | Qatar Airways | To discuss UK / Qatar flight links |
| Oliver Dowden | 2024-01-31 | Qatar Foundation | To discuss clean tech and education |
| Oliver Dowden | 2024-01-31 | Qatar Central Bank | To discuss UK investment landscape |
| Oliver Dowden | 2024-01-31 | Dinner at Qasr Al Hosn | A dinner with key stakeholders including UAE govt, British Council and Natural History Museum UAE |
| Oliver Dowden | 2024-02-01 | Mubadala Investment | To discuss global investment landscape |
| Oliver Dowden | 2024-02-01 | Masdar | To discuss renewable energy |
| Oliver Dowden | 2024-02-05 | Rothesay | To discuss the UK investment landscape |
| Oliver Dowden | 2024-02-06 | UK Resilience Forum: Welsh Water; Energy Networks Association; Network Rail; Red Cross; National Emergencies Trust; Citizens Advice Bureau; Confederation of British Industry; South Central Ambulance Service; Buckinghamshire Disability Service | To discuss national resilience |
| Oliver Dowden | 2024-02-07 | UK Infrastructure Bank; Newcastle University | To discuss the UK investment landscape |
| Oliver Dowden | 2024-02-07 | British Museum | To discuss the UK/Saudi Partnership |
| Oliver Dowden | 2024-02-08 | Three | To discuss the UK investment landscape |
| Oliver Dowden | 2024-02-12 | A meeting to discuss AI in the public sector | |
| Oliver Dowden | 2024-02-13 | Melksham Independent News | A meeting to to discuss local news outlets |
| Oliver Dowden | 2024-02-14 | Motorola | To discuss the UK investment landscape |
| Oliver Dowden | 2024-02-27 | Chris Evans, Editor, The Daily Telegraph | A meeting to discuss the current UK political landscape |
| Oliver Dowden | 2024-02-27 | The British Museum | To discuss the UK/Saudi Partnership |
| Oliver Dowden | 2024-02-28 | Tim Shipman, Chief Political Commentator, The Times | A meeting to discuss the current UK political landscape |
| Oliver Dowden | 2024-02-29 | InstaDeep, Oxford University, Google Cloud, Imperial College, Cohere, BenevolentAI, Cambridge University, ServiceNow, Oracle, Microsoft, IBM, Serco | A roundtable to discuss public sector AI |
| Oliver Dowden | 2024-03-12 | Mozilla | A meeting to discuss AI policy and the UK investment landscape |
| Oliver Dowden | 2024-03-19 | Korean Chamber of Commerce | To discuss the UK investment landscape |
| Oliver Dowden | 2024-03-19 | Korean Investment Corporation | To discuss the UK investment landscape |
| Oliver Dowden | 2024-03-19 | Samsung | To discuss technology advancements |
| Oliver Dowden | 2024-03-21 | Marubeni Corporation | To discuss the UK investment landscape |
| Oliver Dowden | 2024-03-21 | Keidanren | To discuss the UK investment landscape |
| Oliver Dowden | 2024-03-21 | Kawasaki Heavy Industries | To discuss the UK investment landscape |
| Oliver Dowden | 2024-03-22 | Sumitomo Electric Industries | To discuss the UK investment landscape |
| Oliver Dowden | 2024-03-28 | Samir Shah, Chairperson, BBC | A meeting to discuss the current UK political landscape |
| Oliver Dowden | 2024-03-28 | Brookfield Asset Management | To discuss the UK investment landscape |
| Oliver Dowden | 2024-03-28 | Board of Deputies of British Jews | To discuss the work of the Board of Deputies and recent global events |