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DWP's ministerial meetings, October to December 2024
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| Minister | Date | Name of Individual or Organisation | Purpose of Meeting |
|---|---|---|---|
| Emma Reynolds | 2024-10-03 | Sympatico | To discuss the Pensions Investment Review and broader pension reforms |
| Emma Reynolds | 2024-10-03 | Association of Brirish Insurers | Pensions annual conference |
| Emma Reynolds | 2024-10-07 | Local Government Pensions Schemes | To discuss consultation response on the Pensions Investment Review |
| Emma Reynolds | 2024-10-09 | Pensions and Lifetime Savings Association | Discussed the Pensions Review and how to Encourage Pensions Investments |
| Emma Reynolds | 2024-10-09 | LandG | To discuss consultation response on the Pensions Investment Review |
| Emma Reynolds | 2024-10-09 | Border to Coast | To discuss consultation response on the Pensions Investment Review |
| Emma Reynolds | 2024-10-14 | AVIVA | To discuss consultation response on the Pensions Investment Review |
| Emma Reynolds | 2024-10-15 | Pensions and Lifetime Savings Association | Pensions annual conference |
| Emma Reynolds | 2024-10-21 | AVIVA | To discuss consultation response on the Pensions Investment Review |
| Emma Reynolds | 2024-10-22 | TheCityUK | To discuss how pensions fit into the broader strategy for capital markets and growth |
| Emma Reynolds | 2024-10-24 | Asda, British Telecom, Confederation of British Industry, JP Morgan , Shell , Marks and Spencer, The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation, ederal Savings Bank, Natwest, Tesco, Poisson Management | To discuss consultation response on the Pensions Investment Review |
| Emma Reynolds | 2024-10-29 | Local Government Pensions Schemes | To discuss consultation response on the Pensions Investment Review |
| Emma Reynolds | 2024-10-31 | AVIVA | To discuss consultation response on the Pensions Investment Review |
| Emma Reynolds | 2024-10-31 | Legal and General Group | To discuss consultation response on the Pensions Investment Review |
| Emma Reynolds | 2024-11-04 | Aviva | To discuss the Pensions Investment Review |
| Emma Reynolds | 2024-11-06 | Margaret Snowdon | To discuss her work on pensions scams |
| Emma Reynolds | 2024-11-06 | Royal Mail | Employer and industry pensions event keynote address, about multi-employer and master trust CDC schemes and pensions more widely, as the Government looks to ensure working people have good pension provision in retirement. |
| Emma Reynolds | 2024-11-12 | Phoenix Group | To discuss pensions adequacy |
| Emma Reynolds | 2024-11-18 | Brunel, Access, Boarder to Coast, London CIV, Local Pensions Partnership, West Yorkshire Pensions Fund | To discuss consultation response on the Pensions Investment Review |
| Emma Reynolds | 2024-11-20 | The Investing and Saving Alliance | Speech on Pensions Review / Value for Money and UK Investment / Guided retirement and CDC |
| Emma Reynolds | 2024-11-21 | Association of British Insurers, Now Pensions, Royal London, AVIVA, NEST, Cushon Group, LandG, Smart Pension, Peoples Partnership, Mercer, Pensions and Lifetime Savings Association, The Phoenix Group | To discuss the Pensions Investment Review |
| Emma Reynolds | 2024-11-21 | Klynveld Peat Marwick Goerdeler, London Stock Exchange Group, The City Uk, Meet and Greet, GlaxoSmithKline , Barclays, UK Finance, The Phoenix Group | To discuss the Pensions Investment Review |
| Emma Reynolds | 2024-11-27 | Peel Hunt | short keynote address surrounding UK pension reform |
| Emma Reynolds | 2024-11-27 | George Parker, the Financial Times political editor and Robert Shrimsley the Financial Times chief political commentator | To discuss issues coming up for the government, and thoughts on the political and economic climate generally |
| Emma Reynolds | 2024-12-02 | Oliver Wright Financial Times | To discuss issues coming up for the government, and thoughts on the political and economic climate generally |
| Emma Reynolds | 2024-12-03 | Anne Puckridge | To listen to thier concerns about the policy of uprating benefits for those livimg abroad |
| Emma Reynolds | 2024-12-04 | Hargreaves Lansdown | To discuss the Pensions Investment Review and broader pension reforms |
| Emma Reynolds | 2024-12-10 | George Parker Financial Times political editor | To discuss issues coming up for the government, and thoughts on the political and economic climate generally |
| Stephen Timms | 2024-10-08 | Disability Access Ambassadors | To meet with Government's Disability Access Ambassadors for the first time and to discuss the latest from each Ambassador's sector |
| Stephen Timms | 2024-10-08 | Carers UK | Parliamentary drop-in to meet with unpaid carers to hear about their personal experiences of caring and the challenges they are facing. |
| Stephen Timms | 2024-10-08 | John Pring, Disability News Service | For the Minister to introduce himself as the Minister for Social Security and Disability and discuss the departments recent announcement to put transparency at the heart of the DWP after publishing 31 reports. |
| Stephen Timms | 2024-10-10 | UNISON | Met with UNISON to discuss some of the key policies areas for the Government and DWP that relate to the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) and wider Occupational Safety and Health. |
| Stephen Timms | 2024-10-10 | Marie Curie | To discuss the social security system and support at end of life for people with a terminal illness and their families. |
| Stephen Timms | 2024-10-10 | Hospice UK | Minister attended Hospice UK's event in the Houses of Parliament which marked Hospice Care Week. |
| Stephen Timms | 2024-10-17 | Price Waterhouse Coopers, Financial Inclusion Commissioner | Minister met to discuss disabled people’s representation in policy-making related to financial services; and supporting financial services firms to engage more effectively with their regulatory responsibilities in regards to disabled customers and employees. |
| Stephen Timms | 2024-10-17 | Mesothelioma UK | Minister met with Mesothelioma UK to discuss the increase in processing times for Industrial Injuries Disablement benefits and lump sum schemes for mesothelioma customers and what was being done to address it. |
| Stephen Timms | 2024-10-21 | Your Place, Homeless Link | Minister met with both charities to discuss issues in the Housing sector, specifically Local Housing Allowance, supported housing, and temporary accomodation |
| Stephen Timms | 2024-10-21 | Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Hampshire County Council, Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust, UNISON, UK National Asbestos Register, Asbestos Compliance Limited, Faculty of Asbestos Assessment and Management Registrar, Thames Laboratories, ResPublica, Trade Union Congress, GMB, British Occupational Hygiene Society | Meeting with key stakeholders with an interest in asbestos to discuss the possibility of a non-domestic asbestos register. |
| Stephen Timms | 2024-10-21 | Sir Robert Buckland | Meeting with Sir Robert Buckland to discuss the recommendations of the previous administration's Buckland Review and to inform future work. |
| Stephen Timms | 2024-10-22 | Policy in Practice | To discuss the Universal Credit review. |
| Stephen Timms | 2024-10-22 | Carers UK, Trussell, abrdn Financial Fairness Trust, Worcester Polytechnic Institute Economics | Roundtable hosted by Carers UK. Carers UK presented findings and recommendations from their Combatting Carer Poverty project. |
| Stephen Timms | 2024-10-22 | SeeAbility | Parliamentary Reception where Minister met with SeeAbility Representatives and service users |
| Stephen Timms | 2024-10-23 | Citizens Advice | Visit to Citizens Advice in Maidstone to learn more about their ‘Help to Claim’ service which supports DWP Universal Credit claims |
| Stephen Timms | 2024-10-23 | Mind | Meeting to give Mind an opportunity to share some of the public feedback they have received through their most recent campaign 'Scrap WCA' as well as their recommendations on co-developing and redesigning benefits with disabled people. |
| Stephen Timms | 2024-10-23 | Working with Cancer | Minister delivered a speech at the event which aimed to launch the Bevan Employer and Cancer Survey Report, raise awareness about these issues, share guidance about how to help people with cancer transition back into the workplace after active treatment and to celebrate the charity’s 10th anniversary. |
| Stephen Timms | 2024-10-24 | Carers Trust | Introductory meeting to discuss the work they do with unpaid carers to support the work they do to support unpaid carers through their network of local carers organisations. |
| Stephen Timms | 2024-10-24 | National Deaf Children's Society | Introductory chat to discuss the work of NDCS. Discussed British Sign Language (BSL) GCSE in England and Wales. |
| Stephen Timms | 2024-10-24 | NASUWT - The Teachers' Union | Introductory meeting to hear on the key issues that they had raised in a letter to the Minister around HSE funding, targeting of HSE in schools and risk of self-harm and suicide in teaching professionals. They also discussed issues on work-related stress in teaching and reporting under Reporting of Injuries, Diseases and Dangerous Occurrences Regulations (RIDDOR). |
| Stephen Timms | 2024-10-24 | Centrepoint | Introductory meeting with Centrepoint to discuss supported housing, Centrepoint's Employment support model and the Government's approach to homeless strategy. |
| Stephen Timms | 2024-10-28 | Disability Confident Business Leaders Group | Introductory meeting to general discussion of DCBLG, its aim and purpose and also the wider agenda around disability employment. |
| Stephen Timms | 2024-10-30 | Mencap, Inclusion Barnet, Multiple Sclerosis Society, Scope, Business Disability Forum, Mind, Disability Rights UK, Inclusion London | Calls following the Budget statement to discuss the DWP elements in the statement and any other matters of interest |
| Stephen Timms | 2024-11-04 | Trade Unions Congress | The Minister gave a speech at a reception in Parliament to celebrate the 50 year anniversary of the Health and Safety at Work Act |
| Stephen Timms | 2024-11-05 | School for Social Entreprenuers | To discuss Get Britain Working White Paper and access to finance for disabled entreprenuers and disability employment more generally |
| Stephen Timms | 2024-11-05 | Citizens Advice, Disability Rights UK, Trussell, Inclusion Barnet, National Housing Federation | To discuss the progress of Move to Universal Credit. |
| Stephen Timms | 2024-11-05 | Scope | To discuss health and disability benefits and opportunities to get more disabled people into work. |
| Stephen Timms | 2024-11-06 | King's College London | Met with a professor to discuss health and disability benefits and opportunities to get more disabled people into work. |
| Stephen Timms | 2024-11-06 | Motability Foundation | Meeting to gain an understanding of the Motability Scheme, their business model and their strategic objectives. |
| Stephen Timms | 2024-11-12 | We Are Purple | Event at Piccadilly Lights hosted by WeArePurple in celebration of Puriple Tuesday. The event highlighted the spending power of disabled consumers. |
| Stephen Timms | 2024-11-12 | Inclusion London, Disability Rights UK, Greater Manchester Coalition of Disabled People's Panel | Discussed Get Britain Working White Paper and the consultations that follow specifically the length of Government consultations and the need to be flexible to ensure that disabled people can contribute. |
| Stephen Timms | 2024-11-13 | Techshare Pro | Minister delivered a short speech and raised awareness of digital accessibility to big business |
| Stephen Timms | 2024-11-14 | Sense | Visit to Loughborough Sense College to meet with students and staff. |
| Stephen Timms | 2024-11-18 | Microsoft | Discussed Assistive Tech market and access to Assistive Tech for disabled people. |
| Stephen Timms | 2024-11-18 | Parkinsons UK | Meeting to gain an understanding of the issues faced by people with Parkinson’s and enable Ministers to explain PIP entitlement rules and employment opportunities for people with Parkinson’s. |
| Stephen Timms | 2024-11-18 | Motor Neurone Disease Association | Discussion around MNDA's current priorities and their new research on carers of people living with Motor Neurone Disease. Also discussed the support they could provide for the Carers Allowance Overpayment review. |
| Stephen Timms | 2024-11-18 | Jewish Community Council | Meeting to gain an understanding of the disability issues facing communities and for the Minister to discuss Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payments with members of the Jewish Community Council. |
| Stephen Timms | 2024-11-19 | Turn2Us | Meeting to hear about Turn2Us's plan to commission new research exploring the impact of stigma on people’s uptake of social security and their relationship with employment support and Turn2Us' newly launched PIP Helper Tool. |
| Stephen Timms | 2024-11-19 | King's College London | Discussion with Professor around current and future Health and Safety policy. They also discussed the work of HSE as building safety and chemical safety regulator. |
| Stephen Timms | 2024-11-19 | Learning and Work Institute | Introductory meeting with LWI to discuss the Get Britain Working White Paper, young adult carers and the jobplus pilot scheme and how they can support initiatives going forward. Also discussed LWI's 'Aiming High' briefing paper and their 2022 report towards full employment. |
| Stephen Timms | 2024-11-19 | Bus Users UK | Discussed difference in quality of bus services depending on location. Also discussed bus passes for carers. |
| Stephen Timms | 2024-11-19 | Snowball | Discussed the foundations of Snowball and future ambitions. |
| Stephen Timms | 2024-11-19 | Scope | To discuss health and disability benefits and opportunities to get more disabled people into work. |
| Stephen Timms | 2024-11-19 | Centre for Social Justice Awards | An annual event to showcase, celebrate, and reward the very best grassroots charities and social enterprises from local communities throughout the UK. |
| Stephen Timms | 2024-11-20 | King's College London | Met with a professor to discuss health and disability benefits and opportunities to get more disabled people into work. |
| Stephen Timms | 2024-11-20 | Disability Power 100 Awards - Shaw Trust | Annual Award event which celebrates top 100 disability influencers in the UK. MfSSD made a short speech and presented the award to the overall winner. |
| Stephen Timms | 2024-11-21 | Carers Support Centre and Bristol Disability Equality Forum | Visit to Carers Support Centre to meet staff and speak to Carers about the support they receive from Carers Support Centre. Minister then went to Bristol Disability Equality Forum for a Q&A session discussing local and national disability issues. |
| Stephen Timms | 2024-11-25 | Royal National Institute of Blind People | Parliamentary Reception where Minister met with staff and discussed the benefits of Assistive Tech for people with visual impairments. |
| Stephen Timms | 2024-11-25 | Healthy Brains Global Initiative and University of Southampton | Meeting for the Minister to listen to ideas to reduce unemployment for Disabled people. |
| Stephen Timms | 2024-11-25 | MS Society | Meeting to continue to build a constructive relationship with the MS Society and understand their concerns around adequate employment and welfare support for people living with MS, while also reinforcing the government’s commitment to working with disabled people. |
| Stephen Timms | 2024-11-25 | Variety Disability Sports Awards | Minister attended Variety Disability Sports Award and congratulated winners for their contributions to disability sports. |
| Stephen Timms | 2024-11-26 | Contact | Meeting to discuss Contact's suggestions for Universal Credit |
| Stephen Timms | 2024-11-26 | Scope, Business Disability Forum, Versus Arthritis, Mind | Minister spoke to stakeholders to provide further detail on the Get Britain Working White Paper on how the Government will support people into work. To reassure stakeholders we will be engaging with them as we design and develop the reform. |
| Stephen Timms | 2024-11-26 | Disability Rights UK | Meeting to discuss how DWP can aim to support more disabled people and those with health conditions to enter and stay in work |
| Stephen Timms | 2024-11-27 | Microsoft, British Broadcasting Corporation Children in Need, City Bridge Foundation, Lloyds Bank Foundation, Policy Connect, The National Lottery Community Fund, Trust for London. | Roundtable with philanthropy, business and policy representatives to explore the idea of a centre for Assistive technology and the potential objectives of such a centre. |
| Stephen Timms | 2024-12-02 | North East Autism Society, Bishop Auckland Christmas | Visit to New Warlands Farm in Durham to discuss the work of the North East Autism Society and how they support autistic and neurodivergent people in the local area into training and employment. |
| Stephen Timms | 2024-12-03 | Mind, Scope, Disability Benefits Consortium, Faculty of Occupational Medicine / Council for Work and Health / Safety of Occupational Medicine, Leeds University, Research and Development UK, Carers UK, Health Foundation, Member of DPO Forum - Inclusion London, Principal of Newnham College Cambridge | Roundtable to discuss jobs, employment support and the benefits system for disabled people and people with health conditions as well as early discussions following budget announcement on reforms to health and disability benefits early in 2025 |
| Stephen Timms | 2024-12-03 | Sense | Parliamentary drop in event to celebrate the International Day of Rights for Disabled People. |
| Stephen Timms | 2024-12-03 | Visit to Google's Accessibility Discovery Centre who are developing Assistive Technology. | |
| Stephen Timms | 2024-12-03 | Activity Alliance | Parliamentary Drop-in at Lords Cricket Ground to celebrate the International Day of Rights for Disabled People. Minister met with Activity Alliance representatives to discuss getting more people into sport. |
| Stephen Timms | 2024-12-04 | Church Action on Poverty | Meeting with representatives from the charity Church Action on Poverty to meet with a group of people with direct experience of poverty and disability. |
| Stephen Timms | 2024-12-04 | Guide Dogs UK | Parliamentary drop in event which raised awareness for pavement parkings which signficinatly affects blind and partially sighted community. |
| Stephen Timms | 2024-12-04 | Carers Trust | Parliamentary drop in event to meet with lived experience unpaid carers. |
| Stephen Timms | 2024-12-04 | DeafBlind UK | Minister met with Deafblind UK to better understand the aims and objectives of Deafblind UK and how Deafblind UK can collaborate with the BSL Advisory Board and HMG to improve the lives of disabled people. |
| Stephen Timms | 2024-12-04 | Disability Confident Business Leaders Group | Minister attended one of DCBLG's regular meeting to introduce himself as the Minister responsible for disability confident and set out his interests and key priorities for disability employment. |
| Stephen Timms | 2024-12-04 | Action on Disability, Disability Rights UK, Inclusion London | To discuss Access to Work job aid support scheme and to listen to their concerns. |
| Stephen Timms | 2024-12-04 | Scope | Parliamentary drop in event where the Minister made a speech outlining the work done so far, policy bill, LMD group and ambitions for future. |
| Stephen Timms | 2024-12-04 | Contact | Parliamentary drop in event for Contact's Counting the Costs research. |
| Stephen Timms | 2024-12-05 | Global Disability Innovation Hub | Meet with GDI founders and directors to discuss the work they have been doing with the Foreign Office on disability development abroad which includes innovating new Assistive Tech and services to increase access to Assistive Tech. |
| Stephen Timms | 2024-12-09 | Child Poverty Action Group, The Children's Society, Shelter, Royal Borough of Greenwich, Gingerbread, Institute for Policy Research, University of Bath, Z2K, Institute For Public Policy Research, London School of Economics, Praxis, Changing Realities | The Child Poverty Action Group (CPAG) convened a roundtable on behalf of the Cabinet Office, Child Poverty Unit, focusing on the role of social security in tackling child poverty. |
| Stephen Timms | 2024-12-09 | Learning and Work Institute | Meeting with LWI and a delegation of young, unpaid carers and to speak about their lived experience to help inform future policy. |
| Stephen Timms | 2024-12-09 | Disability Unit Regional Stakeholder Network | Quarterly meeting to discuss current issues of relevant regions of each region across England. |
| Stephen Timms | 2024-12-09 | Ocean 3D | Met with founder of Ocean 3D to learn more about their products and services which aides accessibility for disabled people in public spaces and buildings. |
| Stephen Timms | 2024-12-10 | Disabled People's Organisation Forum of England | Quarterly meeting to discuss GBW White Paper, the ongoing judicial review into the WCA consultation, immediate issues facing the disabled community. |
| Stephen Timms | 2024-12-10 | Royal National Institute for Deaf People, National Deaf Children's Society, British Deaf Association and SignHealth | Parliamentary drop in for top 4 deaf charities in England. The Minister delivered a speech and opened in BSL, confirming that BSL report is due to be published in due course. |
| Stephen Timms | 2024-12-10 | Communities That Work, Abri, Clarion Futures, Cratus Group, Karbon Homes, Torus Foundation | Roundtable to discuss the role of social housing providers and how they can work with DWP to achieve positive outcomes for their tenents and wider communities |
| Stephen Timms | 2024-12-11 | Disability Charities Consortium | Meeting with members of DCC to discuss the Get Britain Working White Paper and reinforcing the government's commitment to the principle of working with disabled people. |
| Stephen Timms | 2024-12-18 | ParalympicsGB | Met to discuss campaign to increase disabled children's participations in sports and to increase the number of teachers with disabilities. |
| Liz Kendall | 2024-10-23 | Co-op, The Food Foundation, Consumer Council for Water, Water UK, E.on UK, Utilita, Committee on Fuel Poverty, UK Regulators Network, Fair By Design/Barrow Cadbury, Ofgem | Met as part of October's Child Poverty Taskforce External Experts roundtable to discuss the key drivers and priority areas around Child Poverty and how reducing essential costs can help. |
| Liz Kendall | 2024-10-30 | Child Poverty Action Group, Carers UK, Barnados, Joseph Rowntree Foundation, Trade Union Congress, Federation of Small Business, Trussell Trust, Confederation of British Industry | Calls following the Autumn Budget statement to discuss the DWP elements in the statement. |
| Liz Kendall | 2024-11-18 | Confederation for British Industry, Resolution Foundation, Federation of Small Businesses, Joseph Rowntree Foundation, Women’s budget group, Gingerbread, Working Families, Child Poverty Action Group | Met as part of November's Child Poverty Taskforce External Experts roundtabl to discuss available approaches to increasing parents’ earned incomes, building employment stability and enabling progression in work |
| Liz Kendall | 2024-11-21 | One Parent Families Scotland, Inspiring Scotland, Poverty and Inequality Commission, Food Aid Scotland, Child Poverty Action Group, IPPR Scotland, Scottish Trades Union Congress, Trussel Trust, Children First, Public Health Scotland, Joseph Rowntree Foundation Scotland, Inclusion Scotland, Home Start UK, Close the Gap, Crisis, Aberlour, Poverty Aliiance, Scottish Pantry Network, Citizens Advice Scotland, Convention of Scottish Local Authorities, Who Cares? Scotland, Coalition for Racial Equality and Rights, Changing Realities | Met as part of a roundtable on Scottish Child Poverty to discuss developing strategy, and key learnings from work already taking place on the ground in Scotland. |
| Liz Kendall | 2024-11-25 | Confederation of British Industry, Trade Union Congress, Federation of Small Business | Calls preceding the publication of the Get Britain Working paper. |
| Liz Kendall | 2024-12-03 | Mind, Scope, Disability Benefits Consortium, Faculty of Occupational Medicine, Research and Development UK, Carers UK, Health Foundation, DPO Forum, Healthier Futures, Shelter, Citizen’s Advice, Crisis, Chartered Institute of Housing, National Housing Federation, Joseph Rowntree Foundation, London Councils, Local Government Association, National Residential Landlords Association | Met as part of a Health and Disability Roundtable to discuss jobs, employment support and the benefits system for disabled people and people with health conditions. |
| Maeve Sherlock | 2024-10-08 | Both Parents Matter (formerly Families Need Fathers) | Introductory meeting with key stakeholder group advocating for paying parents |
| Maeve Sherlock | 2024-10-09 | Social Security Advisory Committee | Introductory meeting with the Chair to discuss recent initiatives. |
| Maeve Sherlock | 2024-10-17 | Crisis, Employment Related Services Association, Dragonheart Homes, Henry Boot, Asha & Co, Offploy, Expd8, Cadent Gas, Amey Construction, Berkeley foundation, Mace Construction, Homewards and the Royal Foundation, Watches of Switzerland, Beam, Taylor Wimpy, Lidl, Pertemps, Change Please, Salvation Army, Hope, Red Tech. | Homelessness Covenant One Year Celebration Event. |
| Maeve Sherlock | 2024-10-22 | Lloyd's banking, Barclays, Natwest, Monzo, HSBC, Scottish Widows, Nationwide and Santander | Roundtable with key stakeholder to discuss Fraud, Error and Debt Bill |
| Maeve Sherlock | 2024-10-24 | Centrepoint | Introductory meeting with Centrepoint to discuss supported housing, Centrepoint's Employment support model and the Government's approach to homeless strategy. |
| Maeve Sherlock | 2024-11-28 | Become | Parliamentary drop in to understand Become's new report on new research into the barriers that young people leaving care face in accessing appropriate housing, and the inconsistent housing support provided to care leavers across the country |
| Maeve Sherlock | 2024-11-11 | Health Mission Delivery Board | Invited Thinks Insight and Strategy CEO by the DHSC to comment on the opportunities to align with the Growth Mission |
| Maeve Sherlock | 2024-11-12 | Newcastle University, Institute of Health and Society | Discussed a review of Family Test and progress on child poverty strategy. |
| Maeve Sherlock | 2024-11-14 | Domestic Abuse Commissioner | Introductory meeting with Domestic Abuse Commissioner |
| Maeve Sherlock | 2024-11-21 | Family Hubs Network | Introductory meeting to discuss review of Child Maintenance Service's response to domestic abuse and the resulting recommendations |
| Maeve Sherlock | 2024-12-04 | COOK | Introductory meeting to discuss COOK's Ready and Working talent program and their approach to supporting disadvantaged groups into employment |
| Maeve Sherlock | 2024-12-04 | Children's Commissioner | Introductory meeting with Children's Commissioner for England to discuss the DWP's priorities for supporting children and the child poverty strategy. |
| Andrew Western | 2024-10-08 | NOW group | This meeting took place as part of a wider visit to Belfast. The Minister visited the NOW Group head offices to learn about their approach to employment support for young people with learning difficulties and autism. |
| Andrew Western | 2024-10-21 | Disability Rights UK & National Survivor User Network | Roundtable with key stakeholders from disability people's organisations to discuss the Public Authorities (Fraud, Error and Recovery) Bill. |
| Andrew Western | 2024-10-21 | Carers UK & Parkinsons UK | Roundtable with key stakeholders from disability charities to discuss the Public Authorities (Fraud, Error and Recovery) Bill. |
| Andrew Western | 2024-10-21 | Make UK, Federation of Small Business, Information Commissioner's Office, British Chambers of Commerce | Roundtable with key stakeholders from business representative organisations to discuss the Public Authorities (Fraud, Error and Recovery) Bill. |
| Andrew Western | 2024-10-22 | Monzo, Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Limited, Lloyds, Nationwide, UK Finance, Barclays, Santander, Scottish Widows, Natwest | Roundtable with key stakeholders in the financial services sphere to discuss the Public Authorities (Fraud, Error and Recovery) Bill. |
| Andrew Western | 2024-10-23 | Step Change, Trussell Trust, Citizen's Advice, Money and Pensions Service, Christian's Against Poverty UK, Turn2Us, AgeUK | Roundtable with key representatives from advocacy groups to discuss the Public Authorities (Fraud, Error and Recovery) Bill. |
| Andrew Western | 2024-10-23 | Defend Digital Me, Public Law Project, Privacy International | Roundtable with key representatives from civil liberty groups to discuss the Public Authorities (Fraud, Error and Recovery) Bill. |
| Andrew Western | 2024-10-31 | Powered by Reason, Niaxo, Skillsminer, EXR Solutions Ltd, Cognisess Ltd, Methods Business and Digital Technology, Modular Data Ltd, Money and Pensions Service, Ebi Solutions Ltd, Brightbeam AI Limited, The Money Carer Foundation | The Reverse Pitch events are market engagement events that aim to flip the traditional pitch format, instead the two government departments will present their three chosen problem statements and are inviting businesses to pitch their innovative solutions. The event will feature the presentation of the problem statements, Q&A sessions with subject matter experts from across the Department for Work and Pensions and the Ministry of Justice, and pitch sessions. |
| Andrew Western | 2024-11-05 | Government Transformation Magazine, Salesforce, Amazon Web Services, BearingPoint, Hitachi Solutions | Government Transformation Week - Over 200 central and local government transformation and technology leaders are coming together to talk operational transformation, against the backdrop of the Government Transformation Week, where their teams can learn more about emergent technical challenges and capabilities as part of our dedicated Transformation Zone on the Expo floor. |
| Andrew Western | 2024-11-19 | Turn2Us | Meeting to hear about Turn2Us's plan to commission new research exploring the impact of stigma on people’s uptake of social security and their relationship with employment support. This meeting will also allow the Minister for Social Security and Disability and the Minister for Transformation to hear about their newly launched Personal Independence Payment Helper Tool. |
| Andrew Western | 2024-12-04 | Industrial Injuries Advisory Council | The Minister met with the Chair of the Industrial Injuries Advisory Council. They discussed the council's recent work, and how the Department for Work and Pension and the Industrial Injuries Advisory Council can continue to successfully work together. |
| Andrew Western | 2024-12-05 | Community Fibre | The Minister visited Tower Hamlets Job Centre, where he met with the CEO of Community Fibre along with Work Coaches and customers, to observe the full fibre Internet Service Provider's digital skills training initiative, newly launched in collaboration with the Department for Work and Pensions. |
| Andrew Western | 2024-12-09 | Veer AI | Meeting at Caxton House to present a demonstration of their conversational AI tool. |
| Andrew Western | 2024-12-16 | Newton Impact | The Minister met with two employees of Newton to discuss their previous work accross other Government Departments and how they could potentially apply these learnings to the Department for Work and Pensions. |
| Alison McGovern | 2024-10-08 | Trussell Trust | To discuss food poverty and the governments commitment to end mass dependence on emergency food parcels. |
| Alison McGovern | 2024-10-10 | John Wardle and David Makin Sports | To attend the JD Sports UP event which was organised to allowed young people to learn more about the world of work in particular skills and opportunities within the retail sector. |
| Alison McGovern | 2024-10-10 | Citizen's Advice | Call to discuss the Statutory Sick Pay Clauses of the Employment Right's Bill, gauge sentiment and signpost the upcoming consulation publication |
| Alison McGovern | 2024-10-10 | Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development | Call to discuss the Statutory Sick Pay Clauses of the Employment Right's Bill, gauge sentiment and signpost the upcoming consulation publication |
| Alison McGovern | 2024-10-10 | Multiple Sclerosis Society | Call to discuss the Statutory Sick Pay Clauses of the Employment Right's Bill, gauge sentiment and signpost the upcoming consulation publication |
| Alison McGovern | 2024-10-10 | Mind | Call to discuss the Statutory Sick Pay Clauses of the Employment Right's Bill, gauge sentiment and signpost the upcoming consulation publication |
| Alison McGovern | 2024-10-10 | Mustard Tree | To speak with Mustard Tree staff and people with lived experience of poverty and homelessness on the trainee programme run by Mustard Tree. |
| Alison McGovern | 2024-10-10 | Scope | Call to discuss the Statutory Sick Pay Clauses of the Employment Right's Bill, gauge sentiment and signpost the upcoming consulation publication |
| Alison McGovern | 2024-10-11 | Iceland | To discuss the employment scheme (Second Chance) that helps prison leavers into work |
| Alison McGovern | 2024-10-14 | Employer Attitudes and Blind and Partially Sighted People – Parliamentary Report Launch | To deliver a short speech of 2-3 minutes responding to the findings of the ‘Inquiry into Employer Attitudes and the Employment of Blind and Partially Sighted People’ and highlighting the Government’s plans in this area. |
| Alison McGovern | 2024-10-17 | Glasgow City Council, Clyde Gateway, The Governance and Economic Management Assistance Program Scotland, The University of Glasgow | Poverty Pathfinder Roundtable at which a presentation of the Pathfinder work of supporting families move out of poverty was given |
| Alison McGovern | 2024-10-17 | The Prince's Trust | To discuss the work being delivered in Glasgow by the Prince's Trust and the key barriers young people are facing to getting into work. To sit in on a "Get Into Hospitality" programme session. |
| Alison McGovern | 2024-10-23 | Citizen's Advice, Co-op, The Food Foundation, Consumer Council for Water, Water UK, E.ON UK, Utlilta, Committee on Fuel Poverty, UK Regulators Network, Fair by Design, Ofgem | Child Poverty Taskforce External Experts to discuss the key drivers and priority areas around Child Poverty and how reducing essential costs can help. |
| Alison McGovern | 2024-10-24 | Atlantic & Peninsula Marine Services Tyne Shipyard | To meet with the Managing Director to discuss their 10 year plan for investment and jobs and meet with apprentices in a range of professions |
| Alison McGovern | 2024-10-24 | South Shields Museum | To attend a behind the scenes look at their Ellen Wilkinson Exhibitions |
| Alison McGovern | 2024-10-29 | British Chamber of Commerce, Scope, Trade Union Congress, Multiple Sclerosis Society, Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development, Mind | SSP Roundtable to discuss strengthening Statutory Sick Pay and consultation on the percentage rate for those earning below the flat rate of SSP. |
| Alison McGovern | 2024-10-29 | Child Poverty Action Group | To discuss the Child Poverty Taskforce, learn more about how Child Poverty Action Grooup addressed barriers faced by low-income families in "Your Work, Your Way" pilot and the managed migration from legacy benefits to Universal Credit. |
| Alison McGovern | 2024-10-30 | Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development | To listen to stakeholder feedback on DWP related measures announced in the Budget and make the case for the White Paper and the need to reform to ensure people have access to opportunities to get into and get on in work. |
| Alison McGovern | 2024-10-30 | Recruitment and Employment Confederation | To listen to stakeholder feedback on DWP related measures announced in the Budget and make the case for the White Paper and the need to reform to ensure people have access to opportunities to get into and get on in work. |
| Alison McGovern | 2024-10-30 | Youth Employment UK, Learning and Work Institute, Princes Trust, Impetus, Youth Future Foundation, Institute of Employment Studies | Call with the Youth Employment Group - To listen to stakeholder feedback on DWP related measures announced in the Budget and make the case for the White Paper and the need to reform to ensure young people have access to opportunities |
| Alison McGovern | 2024-10-30 | Gingerbread | Call to listen to stakeholder feedback on DWP related measures announced in the Budget |
| Alison McGovern | 2024-10-30 | Resolution Foundation | Call to listen to stakeholder feedback on DWP related measures announced in the Budget |
| Alison McGovern | 2024-10-30 | MAKE UK | To listen to stakeholder feedback on DWP related measures announced in the Budget |
| Alison McGovern | 2024-10-30 | Institute of Directors | To listen to stakeholder feedback on DWP related measures announced in the Budget |
| Alison McGovern | 2024-10-30 | Save the Children | Call to listen to stakeholder feedback on DWP related measures announced in the Budget |
| Alison McGovern | 2024-10-30 | British Retail Consortium | To listen to stakeholder feedback on DWP related measures announced in the Budget |
| Alison McGovern | 2024-11-05 | Citizen's Advice | A discussion on Statutory Sick Pay and continue to build relationship with Citizens advice. |
| Alison McGovern | 2024-11-12 | UKHospitality | To listen to stakeholder feedback on DWP related measures announced in the Budget |
| Alison McGovern | 2024-11-12 | Dr Shriti Pattani | Meeting to discuss universal access for the national occupational health service. |
| Alison McGovern | 2024-11-12 | Changing Realities Meeting | Meeting to hear directly from people with experiences of in-work poverty and of employment support about what like it like and what needs to change and why, discuss key issues about in-work poverty and establish an effective working relationship. |
| Alison McGovern | 2024-11-18 | Parkinson's UK | Meeting to discuss issues related to Personal Independence Payment and employment issues with those with Parkinson's. |
| Alison McGovern | 2024-11-18 | Resolution Foundation, Joseph Rowntree Foundation, Women's Budget Group, Confederation for British Industry, Working Families, Child Poverty Action Group, Federation of Small Businesses, Gingerbread, Trade Union Congress | Child Poverty Taskforce External Experts to discuss available approaches to increasing parents’ earned incomes, building employment stability and enabling progression in work |
| Alison McGovern | 2024-11-19 | Learning and Work Institute | Meeting to discuss employment and labour market policy and the ambition to achiece an 80% employment rate. |
| Alison McGovern | 2024-11-20 | New Philanthropic Capital | Meeting to discuss the impact of data labs, how to support the Employment Data Lab to augment it's impact on government and for charities and green skills. |
| Alison McGovern | 2024-11-20 | End Child Poverty Coalition | Meeting to discuss the Child Poverty Strategy. |
| Alison McGovern | 2024-11-21 | Recruitment and Employment Confederation, Institute of Directors, UK Hospitality, Federation of Master Builders, British Retail Consortium, Make UK, Insititute for Grocery Distribution, Skills for Care, Logistics UK, Renewable UK, Confederation of British Industry, Federation of Small Businesses | Virtual Roundtable to provide further detail on how the White Paper will support employers with recruitment and growth and ask for stakeholder support on it's publication. |
| Alison McGovern | 2024-11-21 | Citizen's Advice | Call to discuss how the White Paper will support people into work and ask stakeholders to provide public support or backing on it's publication. |
| Alison McGovern | 2024-11-21 | British Chamber of Commerce | Call to discuss how the White Paper will support employers with recruitment and growth and ask for stakeholder support on it's publication. |
| Alison McGovern | 2024-11-21 | Local Government Association | Call to discuss how the White Paper will support people into work and ask stakeholders to provide public support or backing on it's publication. |
| Alison McGovern | 2024-11-25 | Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development | A discussion on Statutory Sick Pay |
| Alison McGovern | 2024-11-25 | Employment Related Services Association | The purpose of this meeting is to discuss the Get Britain Working White Paper and concerns ERSA may have on it's publication. |
| Alison McGovern | 2024-11-25 | Peterborough College | Observe and participate in a session with the mechanical engineer apprentice training, meet with five employers and their apprentices at a fair style set up, and deliver remarks to them about the upcoming white paper. |
| Alison McGovern | 2024-11-26 | Disability Rights UK | Meeting to discuss how DWP can aim to support more disabled people and those with health conditions to enter and stay in work |
| Alison McGovern | 2024-11-27 | National Health Service Talking Therapies, Change Grow Live, City of London Corporation Adult Skills and Education Service, New City College, Poplar Housing and Regeneration Community Association | Roundtable to discuss Jobcentre Reform and how DWP can better partner with these organisations. |
| Alison McGovern | 2024-11-27 | Changing Realities | Meeting with facilitators and participants for an engagement event to hear directly from parents and carers with experiences of living on a low income |
| Alison McGovern | 2024-12-04 | Cook | An introductory meeting to discuss COOK’s Ready and Working (RAW) talent programme and their approach to supporting disadvantaged groups into employment. |
| Alison McGovern | 2024-12-04 | UKHospitality | Meeting to discuss progress on Hospitality SWAPS and DfE's plans for the apprenticeship levy and Skills Growth fund |
| Alison McGovern | 2024-12-04 | Action on Disability | To discuss Access to Work job aid support scheme and to listen to their concerns |
| Alison McGovern | 2024-12-05 | Youth Concern, Connection Support, Buckinghamshire Council, Brook | Tour of a drop in centre and meeting with young people to learn more about the charity. |
| Alison McGovern | 2024-12-09 | Sheffield Hallam University, Resolution Foundation, Action for Children, Children North East, Belina Grow Community Interest Company University of Bath, Changing Realities, London School of Economics, The Women's Budget Group, Trades Union Congress, The Institute for Fiscal Studies | Roundtable to gather stakeholder views on the role of employment in tackling child poverty to inform the strategy development |
| Alison McGovern | 2024-12-10 | Communities that Work, Abri, Clarion Futures, Cratus Group, Karbon Homes, Torus Foundation | Roundtable to discuss the roe of social housing providers and how they can work with DWP to achieve positive outcomes for their tenents and wider communities |
| Alison McGovern | 2024-12-10 | Action for Race Equality | Meeting to discuss recommendations from the Action for Race Equality 10-point action plan on how to tackle youth unemployment and the disparities that exist in this area |
| Alison McGovern | 2024-12-11 | Disabilities Charities Consortium Meeting | Meeting with members of DCC to discuss the Get Britain Working White Paper and reinforcing the government's commitment to the principle of working with disabled people. |
| Alison McGovern | 2024-12-11 | New Economic Foundation | Meeting to discuss conditionality and employment support. |
| Alison McGovern | 2024-12-11 | Institute for Government | Meeting to discuss the support that Institute for Government can provide to Ministers |