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DfE: ministerial meetings, April to June 2025
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| Minister | Date | Name of Individual or Organisation | Purpose of Meeting |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bridget Phillipson | 01/04/2025 | Roundtable with content creators | To share information about the Opportunity mission, and to facilitate a discussion with creators about how they can best work together with government |
| Bridget Phillipson | 01/04/2025 | Church of England | To discuss a variety of topics including statutory transfers and school land transactions, the Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill, specialist provision, and Improving Education Together |
| Bridget Phillipson | 02/04/2025 | Tony Gallagher, Editor; Steven Swinford, Political Editor, The Times | To discuss priorities in education |
| Bridget Phillipson | 03/04/2025 | Regional Improvement for Standards and Excellence (RISE) Advisers | To meet the RISE Advisers and emphasise the importance of their work in helping struggling schools |
| Bridget Phillipson | 03/04/2025 | Opportunity Mission Expert Reference Group | To update the group on progress of the Opportunity mission, run a deep dive on attendance, and hold a discussion on the Mission and place |
| Bridget Phillipson | 04/04/2025 | Improving Education Together | To update on the department's work on the Opportunity mission, to discuss and reach consensus on policy recommendations sent to the board from subgroups, which include accountability, special educational needs and disability (SEND), and workforce |
| Bridget Phillipson | 23/04/2025 | Rape Crisis England & Wales | To discuss violence against women and girls and single sex spaces |
| Bridget Phillipson | 23/04/2025 | Chris Mason, Political Editor, BBC News | To discuss priorities in education |
| Bridget Phillipson | 25/04/2025 | National Association of Schoolmasters Union of Women Teachers | To discuss the School Teachers' Review Body |
| Bridget Phillipson | 25/04/2025 | National Education Union | To discuss the School Teachers' Review Body |
| Bridget Phillipson | 25/04/2025 | National Association of Head Teachers | To discuss the School Teachers' Review Body |
| Bridget Phillipson | 25/04/2025 | Association of School and College Leaders | To discuss the School Teachers' Review Body |
| Bridget Phillipson | 28/04/2025 | Roundtable with multi-academy trusts | To share the department's Regional Improvement for Standards and Excellence (RISE) national priorities, and gather the trusts' expertise on how to deliver the priorities |
| Bridget Phillipson | 30/04/2025 | Council for Disabled Children, Disabled Children's Partnership, Mencap, Family Fund, National Network of Parent Carer Forums, John Lyon's Charity, Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health | To discuss the connection between disability and child poverty and what the Child Poverty Strategy should prioritise to ensure better support for disabled families in poverty |
| Bridget Phillipson | 03/05/2025 | National Association of Head Teachers | To attend the National Association of Head Teacher's annual conference gala dinner and discuss priorities in education |
| Bridget Phillipson | 07/05/2025 | Steve Richards | To discuss priorities in education |
| Bridget Phillipson | 07/05/2025 | Tom McTague, incoming Editor, The New Statesman | To discuss priorities in education |
| Bridget Phillipson | 15/05/2025 | Confederation of School Trusts, Ormiston Academies Trust, Education Endowment Foundation, Reach2, ARK, Lifts Schools, Eden Academy Trust, Ormiston Academies Trust, Ambition Institute, National Association of Head Teachers | To attend a dinner hosted by the Confederation of School Trusts on special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) and inclusion focusing on the themes of policy, workforce and culture |
| Bridget Phillipson | 21/05/2025 | Rachel Sylvester, Political Editor, The Observer | To discuss priorities in education |
| Bridget Phillipson | 21/05/2025 | National Association of Head Teachers | To discuss the School Teachers' Review Body |
| Bridget Phillipson | 21/05/2025 | Association of School and College Leaders | To discuss the School Teachers' Review Body |
| Bridget Phillipson | 21/05/2025 | National Education Union | To discuss the School Teachers' Review Body |
| Bridget Phillipson | 21/05/2025 | National Association of Schoolmasters Union of Women Teachers | To discuss the School Teachers' Review Body |
| Bridget Phillipson | 22/05/2025 | Disabled Children's Partnership | To meet the leaders of the Disabled Children's Partnership and to better understand the reaction from leading special educational needs and disability (SEND) charities about likely future reforms |
| Bridget Phillipson | 04/06/2025 | Child Safeguarding Practice Review Panel | To welcome the incoming chair of the Panel and to welcome thoughts on how the department can support the Panel |
| Bridget Phillipson | 04/06/2025 | Mission 44 | To discuss inclusive education with the Prime Minister, Lewis Hamilton and young people |
| Bridget Phillipson | 09/06/2025 | Sam Carlisle | To discuss the government's vision for special educational needs and disability (SEND) reform, how the government intends to support and work with families, plans to improve cross-departmental working as part of reform, and how the government is engaging more widely with stakeholders |
| Bridget Phillipson | 09/06/2025 | Council for Disabled Children, National Network of Parent Carer Forums, Contact, parent carers from across England | To engage with parents and carers in relation to the development of special educational needs and disability (SEND) and alternative provision (AP) reforms and to hear from parents their experiences of what works well and what they'd like ministers to be aware of as they consider SEND reforms |
| Bridget Phillipson | 10/06/2025 | Beth Rigby, Political Editor, Sky News; Pippa Crerar, Political Editor, The Guardian | To discuss priorities in education |
| Bridget Phillipson | 11/06/2025 | Confederation of School Trusts | To discuss the Spending Review outcome for schools |
| Bridget Phillipson | 11/06/2025 | National Association of Schoolmasters Union of Women Teachers | To discuss the Spending Review outcome for schools |
| Bridget Phillipson | 11/06/2025 | National Association of Head Teachers | To discuss the Spending Review outcome for schools |
| Bridget Phillipson | 11/06/2025 | Association of School and College Leaders | To discuss the Spending Review outcome for schools and the special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) system |
| Bridget Phillipson | 11/06/2025 | National Education Union | To discuss the Spending Review outcome for schools |
| Bridget Phillipson | 11/06/2025 | National Children's Bureau, Contact, National Network of Parent Carer Forums, Speech and Language UK, Kids | To discuss the Spending Review outcome for the special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) system |
| Bridget Phillipson | 11/06/2025 | The Guardian | To discuss priorities in education, including reform of the special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) system |
| Bridget Phillipson | 20/06/2025 | Disabled Children's Partnership | To meet an extended group of key members of the Disabled Children’s Partnership (DCP) following on from the meeting in May with the DCP’s leadership team, and to better understand the reaction from leading special educational needs and disability (SEND) charities about likely future reforms |
| Bridget Phillipson | 23/06/2025 | Paul Lindley | To discuss the findings from the Raising the Nation: Play Commission and the final report, published 11 June 2025, which Paul Lindley launched and chaired |
| Bridget Phillipson | 23/06/2025 | Pooja Kanda | To discuss knife crime and youth safety, and set out what steps the department is taking to address these issues |
| Bridget Phillipson | 24/06/2025 | National Network of Parent Carer Forums | To meet a group of parent carers who are steering group members of the National Network of Parent Carer Forums and to hear from the members whilst special educational needs and disability (SEND) reforms are being considered by the department |
| Bridget Phillipson | 25/06/2025 | National Institute of Teaching | To discuss how postgraduate and undergraduate teaching apprenticeship routes can improve teacher recruitment |
| Janet Daby | 01/04/2025 | Family Rights Group, Circles Training and Consultancy, Centre for Young Lives, Paul Nixon, Nigel Richardson CBE | To discuss provisions for Family Group Decision Making in the Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill |
| Janet Daby | 02/04/2025 | Association of Directors of Children's Services | Quarterly meeting with the President of Association of Directors of Children's Services |
| Janet Daby | 23/04/2025 | Roundtable of academics and charities that support families impacted by imprisonment | To discuss support for children affected parental imprisonment |
| Janet Daby | 29/04/2025 | The National Lottery Community Fund, National Children's Bureau, Early Years Alliance, National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children, Better Start Bradford | To discuss A Better Start with directors of the partnership |
| Janet Daby | 01/05/2029 | Baronness Anne Longfield | To discuss the promotion of family group decision making in cases of potential adoption breakdown |
| Janet Daby | 06/05/2025 | Adoption Reference Group | To discuss the views and experience of adoptions on topics including changes to the Adoption and Special Guardianship Support Fund, Education, and Health |
| Janet Daby | 07/05/2025 | Thirtyone:eight | To discuss matters relating to safeguarding children, with a particular focus on mandatory reporting and strengenthing the definition of grooming, safeguarding in schools, and the role of voluntary and faith partners in child protection |
| Janet Daby | 12/05/2025 | Rights of Women, Baroness Hazarika | To discuss family court process for children who have experienced domestic abuse |
| Janet Daby | 12/05/2025 | Roundtable with stakeholders and experts by experience in keeping families together and children safe from harm | To discuss keeping children safe as part of the government's Opportunity Mission |
| Janet Daby | 13/05/2025 | Families in Harmony | To discuss support for Black and Black Mixed Heritage kinship families |
| Janet Daby | 21/05/2025 | Adoption UK | To discuss changes to the Adoption and Special Guardianship Support Fund and how best to manage these changes with key stakeholders in the sector |
| Janet Daby | 21/05/2025 | Roundtable with stakeholders from the adoption sector | To discuss changes to the Adoption and Special Guardianship Support Fund with representatives from the sector |
| Janet Daby | 06/06/2025 | London Councils | To discuss changes to the Children and Young People's Services Funding Formula and the impact on London Councils |
| Janet Daby | 10/06/2025 | An academic in the field of criminology | To discuss implications of the Sentencing Guidelines (Pre-Sentence Reports) Bill on children, specifically unborn babies and dependent children |
| Janet Daby | 17/06/2025 | Barnardo's | To discuss Barnardo's Crowning Glory and Double Discrimination reports |
| Janet Daby | 19/06/2025 | Adoption England | To discuss adopter recruitment, matching and support for adopted children and families |
| Janet Daby | 30/06/2025 | Coram, Edward Timpson | To discuss changes to the Adoption and Special Guardianship Support Fund |
| Catherine McKinnell | 01/04/2025 | The Guardian Foundation | To discuss the Foundation's media literacy programmes targeting low-income communities around the UK |
| Catherine McKinnell | 01/04/2025 | Education Support | To discuss staffing in schools and Education Support's views on teacher and education staff wellbeing |
| Catherine McKinnell | 01/04/2025 | Stem Learning | To discuss the STEM Future Fund, what the Curriculum and Assessment Review interim report means for computing and science and existing curriculum support contracts |
| Catherine McKinnell | 02/04/2025 | National Association of Head Teachers | Bilateral meeting as part of ongoing engagement with key sector partners |
| Catherine McKinnell | 02/04/2025 | Association of School and College Leaders | Bilateral meeting as part of ongoing engagement with key sector partners |
| Catherine McKinnell | 02/04/2025 | The Confederation of School Trusts | Bilateral meeting as part of ongoing engagement with key sector partners |
| Catherine McKinnell | 03/04/2025 | Baroness Sue Campbell of Loughborough | To discuss physical education (PE) and sport in school |
| Catherine McKinnell | 29/04/2025 | Catholic Education Services | To discuss Religious Education, Curriculum and Assessment Review and initial teacher training (ITT) in relation to Religious Education |
| Catherine McKinnell | 30/04/2025 | National Education Union | Bilateral meeting as part of ongoing engagement with key sector partners |
| Catherine McKinnell | 29/04/2025 | Schoolwear Association | To discuss uniform in the Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill |
| Catherine McKinnell | 06/05/2025 | Royal Society | To discuss the Royal Society’s ‘Mathematical Futures Programme’ report, potential solutions to the shortage of specialist STEM teachers and more generally, how best to prepare young people with the skills for a data driven job market |
| Catherine McKinnell | 07/05/2025 | Unite the Union | Bilateral meeting as part of ongoing engagement with key sector partners |
| Catherine McKinnell | 13/05/2025 | Baron John Mann | Meeting with John as a part of his role as the UK Government Adviser on antisemitism to discuss government action on antisemitism in education |
| Catherine McKinnell | 13/05/2025 | GMB Union | Bilateral meeting as part of ongoing engagement with key sector partners |
| Catherine McKinnell | 13/05/2025 | Wandle Learning Trust | Bilateral meeting as part of ongoing engagement with key sector partners |
| Catherine McKinnell | 13/05/2025 | Dr Henry Ward | To discuss arts education |
| Catherine McKinnell | 13/05/2025 | Newcastle University, Leeds Beckett University, Citizens UK | To discuss teacher education |
| Catherine McKinnell | 20/05/2025 | AQA Education, Oxford Cambridge and RSA Examinations, Pearson, WJEC | Introductory meeting with exam boards chief executives to discuss their work and Key Stage 4 assessments in the Curriculum and Assessment Review |
| Catherine McKinnell | 20/05/2025 | Pele Trust | Bilateral meeting as part of ongoing engagement with key sector partners |
| Catherine McKinnell | 21/05/2025 | GMB Union | Stakeholder call to provide pay and funding update |
| Catherine McKinnell | 21/05/2025 | Unison | Stakeholder call to provide pay and funding update |
| Catherine McKinnell | 21/05/2025 | The Confederation of School Trusts | Stakeholder call to provide pay and funding update |
| Catherine McKinnell | 21/05/2025 | Unite the Union | Stakeholder call to provide pay and funding update |
| Catherine McKinnell | 04/06/2025 | Unison | To discuss school support staff |
| Catherine McKinnell | 03/06/2025 | Rocksteady | Introductory meeting to discuss music education |
| Catherine McKinnell | 03/06/2025 | Jamie Oliver Group | To discuss dyslexia |
| Catherine McKinnell | 03/06/2025 | University College London's Centre for Holocaust Education; Pears Foundation | To discuss Holocaust Education |
| Catherine McKinnell | 11/06/2025 | Community Trade Union | Stakeholder call to discuss the Spending Review |
| Catherine McKinnell | 11/06/2025 | Local Government Association | Stakeholder call to discuss the Spending Review |
| Catherine McKinnell | 11/06/2025 | Association of Directors of Adult Social Services | Stakeholder call to discuss the Spending Review |
| Catherine McKinnell | 11/06/2025 | GMB Union | Stakeholder call to discuss the Spending Review |
| Catherine McKinnell | 11/06/2025 | Unison | Stakeholder call to discuss the Spending Review |
| Catherine McKinnell | 11/06/2025 | Modeshift | To discuss school travel |
| Catherine McKinnell | 18/06/2025 | Shirley Ballas, The Imperial Society of Teachers of Dancing | To discuss developing opportunities in schools for creativity and expression thorugh dance and dance curriculum |
| Catherine McKinnell | 25/06/2025 | Baroness Mary Bousted | To discuss the findings of the Teaching Commission |
| Stephen Morgan | 01/04/2025 | National Partnership of Early Learning and Childcare | To discuss expansion of childcare entitlements and reforms to early years guidance |
| Stephen Morgan | 03/04/2025 | Everyone's Invited | To discuss the publication of research into peer-on-peer sexual abuse |
| Stephen Morgan | 07/04/2025 | Education Endowment Fund | To discuss upcoming research priorities of the EEF |
| Stephen Morgan | 24/04/2025 | Google AI Works | To explain government safety expectations for AI technology in schools |
| Stephen Morgan | 29/04/2025 | Alan Turing Institute, children representatives | A roundtable to discuss the implications of AI in the classroom |
| Stephen Morgan | 29/04/2025 | Shimon Cohen | To discuss the implications of the Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill |
| Stephen Morgan | 30/04/2025 | Roundtable with affiliates of the National Education Nature Park | To engage with delivery partners and affiliates on the expansion on the National Education Nature Park |
| Stephen Morgan | 30/04/2025 | LACA - The School Food People | To discuss school food standards policy |
| Stephen Morgan | 30/04/2025 | Early Childhood Forum | To understand the organisation's proposals around the government's Plan for Change |
| Stephen Morgan | 06/05/2025 | LEGO Group | To discuss how we can use breakfast clubs to support enrichment activities for children |
| Stephen Morgan | 06/05/2025 | Children and Young People’s Mental Health Coalition | To understand the impact of Mental Health Support Team delivery plans |
| Stephen Morgan | 06/05/2025 | Bite Back, Youth Board | To discuss children's views of the quality of school food |
| Stephen Morgan | 12/05/2025 | Coram PACEY, childminders | To discuss the importance of childminders as part of the early years workforce |
| Stephen Morgan | 21/05/2025 | Coram PACEY | To discuss school readiness policies |
| Stephen Morgan | 21/05/2025 | Early Years Alliance | To discuss school readiness policies |
| Stephen Morgan | 21/05/2025 | Early Education and Childcare Coalition | To discuss school readiness policies |
| Stephen Morgan | 21/05/2025 | National Partnership of Early Learning and Childcare | To discuss school readiness policies |
| Stephen Morgan | 21/05/2025 | Chefs in Schools | To understand the Chefs in Schools in programme and how they deliver school food |
| Stephen Morgan | 02/06/2025 | Public First | To update the Minister on their next phase of work following the launch of their ‘Commission into Countering Online Conspiracies in schools’ research |
| Stephen Morgan | 03/06/2025 | Roundtable with Breakfast Club providers | To hear from the sector on the impact and delivery challenges of the breakfast club early adopters programme |
| Stephen Morgan | 04/06/2025 | Roundtable with stakeholders about School Food | To discuss updating the School Food Standards and engage with opinion on the challenges and opportunities that updating the Standards will bring |
| Stephen Morgan | 09/06/2025 | London Early Years Foundation | To discuss the advantages of the social enterprise business model for the early years sector |
| Stephen Morgan | 10/06/2025 | National Education Union, National Association of Head Teachers, Early Education, Unison | To discuss the recent financial outlook survey on Maintained Nursery Schools |
| Stephen Morgan | 10/06/2025 | Dr Jo Ellins, Dr Jessica Mundy, Dr Gemma McKenna | To better understand the independent evaluation of Mental Health Support Teams, early findings and next steps |
| Stephen Morgan | 11/06/2025 | Early Years Alliance | To discuss Early Years outcomes of the Spending Review |
| Stephen Morgan | 11/06/2025 | National Day Nurseries Association | To discuss Early Years outcomes of the Spending Review |
| Stephen Morgan | 11/06/2025 | Coram PACEY | To discuss Early Years outcomes of the Spending Review |
| Stephen Morgan | 16/06/2025 | Early Years Alliance | To understand pressures in the Early Years sector |
| Stephen Morgan | 16/06/2025 | Hank Roberts | To discuss asbestos removal campaign |
| Stephen Morgan | 23/06/2025 | ParentPay | To discuss the use of Tax Free Childcare for wraparound care via digital systems |
| Stephen Morgan | 30/06/2025 | National Partnership of Early Learning and Childcare | To discuss expansion of childcare entitlements and reforms to early years guidance |
| Stephen Morgan | 30/06/2025 | Politics Home | To discuss priorities for early education |
| Stephen Morgan | 30/06/2025 | Family of Genevieve Meehan | To disucss early years safeguarding policies |
| Jacqui Smith | 01/04/2025 | Greater Manchester Colleges | Meeting with Greater Manchester Colleges, representing the nine general further education colleges in the area, as part of a two day visit by the group to meet ministers, MPs and senior DfE officials |
| Jacqui Smith | 02/04/2025 | UNISON | To discuss further education and skills issues, in particular to discuss challenges faced by further education support staff |
| Jacqui Smith | 03/04/2025 | Fawcett Society | Formal introduction and discussion about the government's ambitions to support all women and gain further insight into the priorities and concerns of a significant sector stakeholder |
| Jacqui Smith | 03/04/2025 | Representatives from various higher education institutions | To hear from sector leaders about student safety and their view of the Safer Streets mission and Office for Students Refistration Condition |
| Jacqui Smith | 23/04/2025 | Universities and Colleges Employers Association | To address financial challenges to the higher education sectors posed by the increased contribution of the Teachers' Pension Scheme |
| Jacqui Smith | 23/04/2025 | British Retail Consortium | To discuss government plans for apprenticeshups and the Growth and Skills offer, and the British Retail Consortium's 2025 Manifesto for Retail |
| Jacqui Smith | 29/04/2025 | Representatives for stakeholders in Student Finance | To discuss the commitment to introducting alternative student finance, discuss progress made, and seek attendees' input on comms and stakeholder engagement plans |
| Jacqui Smith | 06/05/2025 | Unite Construction Sector | Introductory meeting discussing apprenticehip delivery and attrition and further education workforce pay |
| Jacqui Smith | 08/05/2025 | Good Growth Foundation | To discuss a range of skills and apprenticeship related matters |
| Jacqui Smith | 08/05/2025 | Open University | Conversation in lieu of a rescheduled visit |
| Jacqui Smith | 12/05/2025 | Universities UK | To discuss Immigration White Paper |
| Jacqui Smith | 12/05/2025 | Association of Colleges | To discuss Immigration White Paper |
| Jacqui Smith | 12/05/2025 | Russell Group | To discuss Immigration White Paper |
| Jacqui Smith | 14/05/2025 | Nuffield Foundation | Meeting arranged following attendance at a recent event of the Nuffield Foundation which was focussed upon improving meaningful participation in post-16 education and training across the UK nations |
| Jacqui Smith | 15/05/2025 | Representatives from higher education institutions | Roundtable to develop a vision for the sector that balances the delivery of research and teaching in a way that supports the growth agenda and enables HEPs to remain financially sufficient |
| Jacqui Smith | 15/05/2025 | National Union of Students | To discuss and address key challenges and assist in working collaboratively to ensure benefits for learners across the country |
| Jacqui Smith | 19/05/2025 | Make UK | To discuss the role of Make UK to better understand how the skills gaps within the sector can addressed through the reforms and the current skills system |
| Jacqui Smith | 21/05/2025 | Association of Colleges | To discuss upcoming School Teachers' Review Body recommendation regarding teachers' pay |
| Jacqui Smith | 21/05/2025 | University and Colleges Union | To discuss upcoming School Teachers' Review Body recommendation regarding teachers' pay |
| Jacqui Smith | 21/05/2025 | Sixth Form Colleges Association | To discuss upcoming School Teachers' Review Body recommendation regarding teachers' pay |
| Jacqui Smith | 03/06/2025 | Women's Resource Centre | Introductory meeting with a representative from key women's organisations |
| Jacqui Smith | 03/06/2025 | Education and Training Forum | To discuss the role Education and Training Foundation has in delivering professional development programmes for further education teachers, leader, governors and governance professionals and the awarding of professional status |
| Jacqui Smith | 03/06/2025 | Representatives for German businesses/investors | Roundtable meeting to discuss skills and give remarks on UK German relations on skills |
| Jacqui Smith | 03/06/2025 | Maritime UK | Meeting to discuss how maritime skills can be better integrated into the national skills agenda and how they can work collaboratively with the department |
| Jacqui Smith | 04/06/2025 | Universities UK | To discuss Immigration White Paper |
| Jacqui Smith | 10/06/2025 | Muslim Women's Network UK | Introductory meeting with a representative from key women's organisations |
| Jacqui Smith | 10/06/2025 | Women's Budget Group | Introductory meeting with a representative from key women's organisations |
| Jacqui Smith | 13/06/2025 | Helen Pankhurst | Introductory meeting with a representative from key women's organisations |
| Jacqui Smith | 13/06/2025 | Confederation of British Industry | Meeting with key stakeholder ahead of spending review publication |
| Jacqui Smith | 13/06/2025 | Association of Colleges | Meeting with key stakeholder ahead of spending review publication |
| Jacqui Smith | 13/06/2025 | Universities UK | Meeting with key stakeholder ahead of spending review publication |
| Jacqui Smith | 16/06/2025 | University of West London Delegation | Roundtable at the University of the West of London to discuss apprenticeships |
| Jacqui Smith | 16/06/2025 | LGB Alliance | To discuss the Government's position on the Supreme Court ruling and freedom of speech at universities |
| Jacqui Smith | 16/06/2025 | Union of Orthodox Hebrew Congregations | To discuss the Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill |
| Jacqui Smith | 20/06/2025 | Confederation of Indian Industry | To discuss CII's project to upskill British talent through member companies who have invested heavily in the UK and support the objectives of Skills England |
| Jacqui Smith | 24/06/2025 | Representatives of the Housebuilding Industry | To hear from NHBC and CITB about their experiences operating or supporting construction training discussing challenges and potential solutions regarding construction skills needs |
| Jacqui Smith | 25/06/2025 | Universities UK | To discuss higher education franchising |
| Jacqui Smith | 25/06/2025 | UK National Commission for UNESCO | To discuss how the UKNC can best support the Department's priorities, especially in areas such as the Opportunity Mission and soft power |
| Jacqui Smith | 25/06/2025 | Urban Synergy | To discuss collaborating on closing the skills gap and linking young people and businesses in London |
| Jacqui Smith | 30/06/2025 | Speakers for Schools | To discuss the Speakers for Schools' five year plan, how the work of Speakers for Schools' can support the vision for work experience for all pupils, and to dicuss ideas on how government can support employers and schools to successfully deliver the guarantee |
| Jacqui Smith | 30/06/2025 | Representatives for further education organisations | To bring together further education college leaders to discuss and address issues pertinent to the further education sector to enhance collaboration, share best practice, and provide strategic direction for the development and improvement of further education colleges |
| Nia Griffith | 23/04/2025 | LGBT+ Mummies | To discuss the organisation's Fertility Justice Campaign |
| Nia Griffith | 06/05/2025 | Translucent | To discuss LGBT+ rights in the UK |
| Nia Griffith | 12/05/2025 | Transactual | To discuss LGBT+ rights in the UK |
| Nia Griffith | 13/05/2025 | Stonewall, LGBT Foundation, LGBT Consortium, Translucent, Transactual, Rainbow Migration, Terrence Higgins Trust, Galop, Kaleidoscope Trust, OutBritain, Dr Michael Brady, Proud Trust, TUC | To discuss LGBT+ rights in the UK |
| Nia Griffith | 13/05/2025 | Gendered Intelligence | To discuss LGBT+ rights in the UK |
| Nia Griffith | 14/05/2025 | LGBT Consortium | To discuss LGBT+ rights in the UK |
| Nia Griffith | 15/05/2025 | Trans in the City | To discuss LGBT+ rights in the UK |
| Nia Griffith | 16/05/2025 | AKT | Tour of their London Offices and to learn more about their work supporting LGBT Homeless Youth |
| Nia Griffith | 20/05/2025 | Transgender Europe | To discuss LGBT+ rights in the UK |
| Nia Griffith | 20/05/2025 | ILGA Europe | To discuss the ILGA Index and map ranking for 2025 |
| Nia Griffith | 20/05/2025 | Marja Ruotanen, Director General of Democracy and Human Rights, Council of Europe | To discuss the current picture of LGBT+ rights in the UK |
| Nia Griffith | 20/05/2025 | Michael O'Flaherty, Council of Europe Human Rights Commissioner | To discuss the current picture of LGBT+ rights in the UK |
| Nia Griffith | 03/06/2025 | LGBT Foundation | To discuss LGBT+ rights in the UK |
| Nia Griffith | 17/06/2025 | Stonewall | To discuss LGBT+ rights in the UK |
| Nia Griffith | 25/06/2025 | Rainbow Migration | To discuss LGBT+ rights in the UK |
| Seema Malhotra | 24/06/2025 | The Times | To attend the Top 50 Employers for Gender Equality Celebration Event |
| Seema Malhotra | 24/06/2025 | Age UK | To attend a meeting of the All Party Parliamentary Group for Ageing and Older People to discuss Windrush |
| Stephen Timms | 01/04/2025 | Global Disability Summit | To attend the Summit, which promotes global disability inclusion, and to demonstrate continued UK commitment to the advancement of international disability rights |
| Stephen Timms | 08/04/2025 | Purple, EnableAll | To receive a demonstration of the EnableAll App which aims to transform accessibility for Shopify store owners and disabled customers through utilising AI |
| Stephen Timms | 24/04/2025 | Channel 4, ParalympicsGB | To attend the parliamentary reception: Reflections on the impact of the Paralympic Games, coverage of them by Channel 4 and ParalympicsGB's Equal Play Campaign. The event also explored the legacy of inclusive production, the role of disability representation in media and what is needed to improve the lives of disabled people and disabled young people in particular. |
| Stephen Timms | 29/04/2025 | Nationwide, UK Hospitality, Uk.Zurich, Historic Royal Palaces, Visit England, Access the Dales, Ann Frye Ltd, Bususers.org, Disability and Access Ambassador for Arts, Disability Ambassador for Universities, OFGEM, Buro Happold, Leo Burnett, Sainsburys, Great British Railways Transition Team, Sport England, Centre for Equitable Library Access (CELA), Channel 4, Purple | To attend the Disability and Accessibility Ambassador's Meeting. To provide updates on priorities and reinforced the government commitment to supporting disabled people and to receive updates from Ambassadors on their work since January |
| Stephen Timms | 30/04/2025 | Sovereign Network Group | To discuss how we can build on the existing work of housing associations to support people into good work as part of the Government's agenda, Further understanding of DWP's position on future rent policy for social housing, Further understanding of the Government's current position on welfare changes and possible impacts on social housing customers |
| Stephen Timms | 30/04/2025 | Sense | To discuss accessibility equipment and assistive technology needed at Job Centres, and also set up a working group to tackle this |
| Stephen Timms | 30/04/2025 | Institute of Directors, Kings Business School, Disability@Work, Coca-Cola Europacific Partners, Benifex, The Times | To attend the Parliamentary Launch and discuss of the report 'Progress Through Transparency: the case for mandatory disability employment and pay gap reporting' - Published by Disability@Work and the Institute of Directors |
| Stephen Timms | 30/04/2025 | Fight for Sight, Be My Eyes, Meta, Charities Aid Foundation, TetraLogical, Adil Latif Digital Accessibility Coach, Gareth Ford Williams | To attend a parliamentary event hosted by Fight for Sight titled Vis-Ability. Speakers and debates focused on the influence and application of artificial intelligence on the vision-impaired community |
| Stephen Timms | 06/05/2025 | Thomas Pocklington Trust | To discuss the disability employment gap and the trust's Get Set Progress Supported Internship Programme for blind and partially sighted people |
| Stephen Timms | 08/05/2025 | British Sign Language Advisory Board | To discuss responses from the deaf communtiy on DWP Pathway to Work Green Paper, Progress on Deafblind communicator guides, Updates on AI and BSL developments, including the upcoming BSL Technology Forum, The advisory board's upcoming Health and Social Care report, RNID/Signhealth report into Healthcare inequalities, and The Accessible Information Standard |
| Stephen Timms | 13/05/2025 | Crisis, Centre for Homelessness Impact, Housing Solutions - Birmingham City Council | To discuss Changing Local Housing Allowance rates, Homelessness Levels, and DWP SoS's priority to tackle child poverty. |
| Stephen Timms | 13/05/2025 | Joseph Rowntree Foundation, Social Finance | To discuss a new funding approach from JRF and SF, the Affordable Homes Acquisition Scheme, to increase affordable rent social housing |
| Stephen Timms | 14/05/2025 | British Sign Language Advisory Board; Signapse | To attend a meeting of the British Sign Language Board to hear an update on the board's accomplishments and gain insights into the key priorities of the Deaf community. Signapse, a UK AI British Sign Language translation firm, provided a 30 minute demonstration |
| Stephen Timms | 14/05/2025 | National Residential Landlords Association | To discuss concerns around the Local Housing Allowance freeze for 2025/26 and its impact on those renting in the Private Rented Sector, and those trying to secure long term rented housing |
| Stephen Timms | 15/05/2025 | British Airways | To visit British Airways at Heathrow, as BA are a key member of the Department for Transport's 'Accessibility Task and Finish Group'. This visit discussed ongoing work to improve accessibility for air travel |
| Stephen Timms | 19/05/2025 | Visionary, The Macular Society, Retina UK, Royal National Institute of Blind People, Thomas Pocklington Trust, Guide Dogs, Blind Veterans | To attend the Vision Partnership Roundtable which covered Vision Partnership's priorities for this government concerning individuals with visual impairment, focusing on the areas of: Access to Work, Extra Costs faced by disabled people, Pavement Parking and its impacts on visually impaired people, Accessibility for visually impaired peole in Banking and Transport |
| Stephen Timms | 22/05/2025 | Scope, Royal National Institute of Blind People, Disability Rights UK, Disability Unit: Regional Stakeholder Network South West, Disability Unit: Regional Stakeholder Network Yorkshire and the Humber, Nationwide, Enable Works Scotland, Network Rail, Institute of Directors, UK Hospitality, Zuric Insurance Company | To attend the Equality Bill Consultation Roundtable arranged in support of the disability and ethnicity pay gap reporting consultation that took place from April until the end of May, and to hear directly from businesses and disability stakeholders on the benefits and challenges of disability pay gap reporting |
| Stephen Timms | 28/05/2025 | Trade Union Congress | To organise Minister Timms' virtual attendance of Trade Union Congress Disabled Workers Conference on the 3rd of June |
| Stephen Timms | 29/05/2025 | Investment Association, Baillie Gifford & Co, Franklin Templeton, Fidelity International, Legal and General Asset Management, M & G plc, PGIM Investments, Phoenix Group, PIMCO, Universities Superannuation Scheme, Vanguard | To attend the Investment Association Consultation Roundtable event discussed the Equality Bill consultation. The session brought together representatives from UK and Global Investment managers to discuss the proposed ethnicity and disability pay gap reporting requirements |
| Stephen Timms | 02/06/2025 | Disability Unit's Regional Stakeholder Network | To discuss Assistive and Accessible technology |
| Stephen Timms | 03/06/2025 | Trade Union Congress | To attend the Trade Union Congress Disabled Workers Conference, and to share the breadth of work being undertaken by the Government to improve the lives of disabled workers. This included discussing how the Make Work Pay agenda would support disabled workers in the labour market |
| Stephen Timms | 03/06/2025 | Inclusion London, Disability Rights UK | Forum with Disabled People's Organisations to discuss updates on the Pathways to Work Green Paper and a discussion around the proposed Terms of Reference for the Personal Independence Payment Assessment Review |
| Stephen Timms | 03/06/2025 | Disability Charities Consortium, Business Disability Forum, Scope, Royal National Institute for Deaf People, Mencap, Sense, National Autistic Society, Mind, Leonard Cheshire, Royal National Institute of Blind People | To discuss the £1 billion employment support package, Pathways to Work Green Paper reforms, the PIP Assessment Review, Access to Work and updates on previous meetings regarding the Accessible Information Standard |
| Stephen Timms | 05/06/2025 | DFN Project SEARCH, National Health Service (Northwick Park Hospital) | To visit DFN Project SEARCH at Northwick Park Hospital to see how the charity's supported internship programme helps 16-24 year olds with learning disabilities into employment |
| Stephen Timms | 10/06/2025 | The Work Foundation, MS Society, Business Disability Forum, Chartered Management Institute, Federation of Small Business, Institution of Occupational Safety and Health, Maximus UK, National Health Service (Leicester NHS Trust) | A roundtable with the Work Foundation at Lancaster Univeristy and the Mutiple Sclerosis Society to discuss the launch of a new report into multiple sclerosis and employment. The roundtable itself focused on how government and employers can support the needs of people with multiple sclerosis, and people with other fluctuating conditions, to succeed at work |
| Stephen Timms | 11/06/2025 | Disability Action Northern Ireland, Angel Eyes NI, Centre for Independent Living NI, DeafBlind UK, Just Include, Mencap, MS Society, Omnibus Partnership, Queens University Belfast, Royal National Institute of Blind People, Spendable, Ulster University | To discuss the Pathways to Work Green Paper. The topics covered included Universal Credit, Work Capability Assessment, Personal Independence Payment, Access to Work |
| Stephen Timms | 19/06/2025 | Business Disability Forum, Microlink PC, Valuable 500, Nationwide, KPMG, Scope, European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, Purpl Discounts, Cambridge School Classics Project, LEGO Group, FD2i, Signapse, Boots UK and Ireland | To attend the Annual Conference for the Business Disability Forum to speak about the range of employment support measrures the government is planning to introduce. |
| Stephen Timms | 26/06/2025 | Equity Union, Candoco Dance Company, Channel 4, National Union of Journalists, The Broadcasting, Entertainment, Communications and Theatre Union, Musician's Unions, The Writer's Guild of Great Britain | Roundtable session with the Equity Union and Creative Industry Stakeholders on the Pathways to Work Green Paper. Discussions were held around the proposed reforms to health and disability benefits and the Access to Work Scheme |