Cadent

Meetings with ministers

In the last 12 months

Different ministers

Lobbying firms used

Meetings with ministers

Date	Minister	Purpose, as published
16 March 2026	Minister WhiteheadDESNZ	Discussion of Cadent's priorities for biomethane and their collaboration with government on the green transition
10 March 2026	Minister ShanksDESNZ	To discuss solutions to infrastructure security and resilience issues facing critical energy infrastructure
4 November 2025	Michael ShanksDESNZ	Discussion on market updates and future policy landscape
16 October 2025	Michael ShanksDESNZ	Discussions surrounding launching an Energy Resilience Strategy
18 March 2025	Miatta FahnbullehDESNZ	Introductory meeting to discuss heat decarbonisation pathways and the role of low carbon gases in the gas network
11 March 2025	Michael ShanksDESNZ	To follow up on a gas outage incident and discuss gas networks investment and infrastructure
20 January 2025	Michael ShanksDESNZ	To update on the London outage incident
15 January 2025	Michael ShanksDESNZ	To discuss a gas outage incident in London

Consultant lobbying firms

Palace Yard Events Limited
January to March 2026; October to December 2025
Arden Strategies Limited
October to December 2025; July to September 2025; January to March 2025; July to September 2024
Policy Connect Limited
October to December 2025; July to September 2025; April to June 2025; January to March 2025; October to December 2024; July to September 2024; April to June 2024
SEC Newgate UK Limited
July to September 2025; April to June 2025
Strand Partners Limited
April to June 2025; January to March 2025; July to September 2024

About these records. Each row is one entry in a minister’s published meetings return, so a meeting with two ministers appears once for each. Dates and purposes are shown as the department published them. Sources: GOV.UK ministers’ meetings transparency returns and the Registrar of Consultant Lobbyists quarterly returns, both under the Open Government Licence v3.0.