Ministers' Meetings

Met Combat Stress

Meeting with CEO to understand Combat Stress priorities and areas of mutual interest.

Met Canadian Parliamentarians

To discuss UK-Canada relations.

Met Guide Dogs

An informal discussion on pavement parking and taxi accessibility.

Met Deloitte

To discuss Deloitte's UK and global presence as well as the delivery of the PBS sector plan.

Met Stellantis

To discuss challenges and opportunities in the automotive sector.

Met Family members of nursery children

Meeting to discuss safeguarding within nursery settings

Met Staffordshire Women's Aid

Violence Against Women and Girls Strategy

Met EDF

To discuss Hinkley Point C and Sizewell C projects

Met Family Justice Board Hybrid Meeting

Meeting with key stakeholders on family justice matters discussing the wider system

Met Consultant Paediatricians, National Network of Designated Healthcare professionals for Children, Sexual Assault Referral Centres

The Challenges of SARCS -Sexual Assault Response Coordination Services

Met VAWDASV - Violence Against Women Domestic Abuse Sexual Assault

Welsh Safer Communities and Welsh Violence against Women and Girls Strategy

Met Families impacted by child abuse case

To discuss proposed changes to safeguarding arrangements in early years settings

Met Leanne Lucas

Southport Survivor Knife Campaign Let's be Blunt

Met bp

To assess impacts of Middle East conflict on operations and security of energy supply

Met Trades Union Congress, GMB, Unite the Union, Thames Water. Yorkshire Water

To discuss water reform with union representatives

Met Members of the National Network of Designated Healthcare Professionals for Children and national designated safeguarding leads

To hear first hand from paediatric practitioners about status of practice and commissioning at Sexual Assault Referral Centres

Met Shell

To assess impacts of Middle East conflict on operations and oil markets, and security of energy supply

Met Catch-22

To discuss how the National Leaving Care Benchmarking Forum can support DfE's work to learn from care leaver deaths

Met Construction Skills Mission Board

Pre-meet ahead of the CSMB's Board Meeting

Met Tokamak Energy, Kraken, Graphcore, Infleqtion UK, Oriole, Clean Growth Fund, Elbow Beach, Barton Blakeley Technologies, Future Planet Capital, Tony Blair Institute, Meta, UK Private Capital

To discuss the UK fusion industry’s priorities, particularly supply chain and investment needs, and how government can best support commercialisation

Met White Ribbon

Discuss VAWG strategy and engagement with men and boys

Met Joe Morris MP and constituent

Discuss domestic abuse policy and age thresholds

Met Bite Back 2030

Discussion with Bite Back School Food Ambassadors regarding school food

Met Roundtable with smartphone stakeholders

Discussion with stakeholders regarding mobile phones in schools

Met Legally Queerly

Introductory meeting to discuss the impact of government LGBT+ policy

Met Confor, True North Real Assets and Gresham House

A meeting to discuss mobilising private finance in the forestry space

Met Grenfell Next of Kin

To discuss issues relating to Grenfell Community Recovery and the Grenfell Tower Memorial

Name of Individual(s) or Organisation: UK Sustainable Investment and Finance Association | Keynote speech on pension policy developments at UK Sustainable Investment and Finance Association's annual flagship Conference

Met Cathy Newman, News Presenter and Investigations Editor, Channel 4

A meeting to discuss the government's priorities

Name of Individual(s) or Organisation: Resolution Foundation, Sunday Times, Institute of Fiscal Studies, Panmureliberum, Institute for Government, Deloitte, Item-Club, KPMG, The Observer, Confederation of British Industries, Capital Economics | Economic Roundtable

Met Victoria Derbyshire, BBC

To discuss the work of the department

Met Animal and Plant Heath Agency, Action with Communities in Rural England, Farming stakeholders

Visit to Suffolk to see a dairy farm running a bTB cattle vaccine trial and attended the Stow Market Food Museum

Met Tony Diver, Political Editor, The Telegraph

A meeting to discuss the government's priorities

Name of Individual(s) or Organisation: Fairstone Group, Lloyds Register, Mckinsey, British Petroleum, Chartered Institute of Personell and Development, Capita, Deloitte, Lloyds Banking Group, Gupa Global, India and UK, Business in the Community | Meeting of the Business in the Community Group to discuss the role of businesses in key Department for Work and Pensions employment initiatives

Met George Parker, Political Editor, Financial Times

Political discussion to discuss progress of the newly formed role of Chief Secretary to the Prime Minister.

Name of Individual(s) or Organisation: Mencap | Meeting to discuss Connect to Work, supported internships and Access to Work.

Met Heat Trust UK

To discuss heat networks

Met Scope, Independent Age, Age UK, National Energy Association, Energy UK, Stepchange, Citizens Advice, Mencap

Roundtable to discuss social tariff policy

Met Property Care Association, Isothane, Insulation Manufacturers Association, UK finance, Aviva, Principality, TSB, Skipton, Property Risk, GMS Insulations Ltd, HomeOwners Alliance, The co-operative bank, Citizens Advice

Roundtable to discuss spray foam loft insluation

Met Domestic Abuse Commissioner, Victims Commissioner, Baroness May, Lord Russell

Discussion on domestic abuse training and risk assessment

Met Peel Ports, South Ayrshire Council, North Ayrshire Council, East Ayrshire Council, Great British Energy (GBE), The National Wealth Fund (NWF), Scottish National Investment Bank (SNIB)

To discuss energy investment in Ayrshire

Name of Individual(s) or Organisation: Mencap | Met to discuss disability and employment.

Met Nationwide, Octopus (Octopus Ventures), British Business Bank, Aon, Scottish National Investment Bank, Development Bank of Wales, Women in Business Northern Ireland, UK Private Capital, Barclays, Aviva (Aviva Ventures), BGF, Visa, M&G, Morgan Stanley

To discuss the ongoing work of the Invest in Women Taskforce, exploring new sources of capital commitments

Met Ofgem, National Energy System Operator (NESO), National Grid, SSE, ScottishPower and SSEN

To discuss accountability for and resolution of connection reform delays

Met London Fire Brigade

To update on progress of PRAM Act secondary legislation following increase in lithium-ion battery fires and plans for future consultations to strengthen protections.

Met Justine Roberts, Mumsnet

To discuss the upcoming digital ID consultation

Met Road safety campaigner

To discuss Graduated�Driving Licences.

Name of Individual(s) or Organisation: Paperweight | Listen to Paperweight's concerns about Personal Independent Payments assessments and how they wish to collaborate with Department for Work and Pensions.

Name of Individual(s) or Organisation: Together for Short Lives | Meeting to discuss the Bereavement Support Proposal

Met Smart Data Roundtable - Startup Coalition, MoneyHub, Perse, Moverly, Open Transport, Mealia, VoltView, TrueLayer, Databonds

To discuss the use of smart data by startups across industry.