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DWP's senior officials' meetings, April to June 2026
Updated 24 September 2026
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| Senior Official's Name | Date | Name of individual or organisation | Purpose of Meeting |
|---|---|---|---|
| Catherine Vaughan | Nil Return | Nil Return | Nil Return |
| Alex Skinner | Nil Return | Nil Return | Nil Return |
| Louise Skelton | Nil Return | Nil Return | Nil Return |
| Martin Hill | Nil Return | Nil Return | Nil Return |
| Mike Fell | Nil Return | Nil Return | Nil Return |
| Nicholas Hamer | Nil Return | Nil Return | Nil Return |
| Sean Pearce | Nil Return | Nil Return | Nil Return |
| Catherine Hutchinson | Nil Return | Nil Return | Nil Return |
| Ruth Studley | Nil Return | Nil Return | Nil Return |
| Craig Varian | Nil Return | Nil Return | Nil Return |
| Dianne Jeans | 01/04/2026 | KPMG | Synergy Supplier Workshop. |
| Dianne Jeans | 18/05/2026 | KPMG | Synergy Strategic Risk Management Workshop. |
| Dianne Jeans | 09/06/2026 | KPMG | The Future of Corporate Services Unleashed 2026 - Dianne speaking on a panel. |
| Dominic Arthur | Nil Return | Nil Return | Nil Return |
| Sarah Homer | Nil Return | Nil Return | Nil Return |
| Gerry Kaspers | 10/04/2026 | Peter Moore, Chief Executive, NHS Boarders | Walk through of Synergy programme sharing insite into such a large programme. |
| Julie Taylor | Nil Return | Nil Return | Nil Return |
| Shazad Hussain | Nil Return | Nil Return | Nil Return |
| Stephanie Foster | Nil Return | Nil Return | Nil Return |
| Ian Randall | Nil Return | Nil Return | Nil Return |
| Deb Walton | Nil Return | Nil Return | Nil Return |
| Julie Blomley | Nil Return | Nil Return | Nil Return |
| Neil Couling | Nil Return | Nil Return | Nil Return |
| Gemma Brown | Nil Return | Nil Return | Nil Return |
| Rizwana Parveen | Nil Return | Nil Return | Nil Return |
| Helga Swidenbank | Nil Return | Nil Return | Nil Return |
| Bozena Hillyer | Nil Return | Nil Return | Nil Return |
| Simon Hunter | Nil Return | Nil Return | Nil Return |
| Chris Smith | Nil Return | Nil Return | Nil Return |
| James Bolton | Nil Return | Nil Return | Nil Return |
| Jackie Oatway | Nil Return | Nil Return | Nil Return |
| Tim Carter | Nil Return | Nil Return | Nil Return |
| Peter Loosley | Nil Return | Nil Return | Nil Return |
| Peter Schofield | Nil Return | Nil Return | Nil Return |
| Martin Brown | Nil Return | Nil Return | Nil Return |
| Alisn Findlater | Nil Return | Nil Return | Nil Return |
| Dave Barrow | Nil Return | Nil Return | Nil Return |
| Mark Peck | Nil Return | Nil Return | Nil Return |
| Lesley Hawkins | Nil Return | Nil Return | Nil Return |
| Preeta Ramachandran | Nil Return | Nil Return | Nil Return |
| Sarah Pearson | Nil Return | Nil Return | Nil Return |
| Nick Riddle | Nil Return | Nil Return | Nil Return |
| Sophie Dean | 16/04/2026 | Resolution Foundation / Mike Brewer | Discussion on research evidence relating to long-term benefit dependency, outcomes and the methodological challenges of separating correlation from causality. |
| Katherine Green | 10/04/2026 | Bedford College | Discussion on pathways to work, Not in Education Employment or Training (NEET) prevention, post-16 pathways and Special Educational Needs and Disability (SEND) reform, and employer partnerships linked to local infrastructure skills needs. |
| Katherine Green | 15/04/2026 | New City College / LDN Apprenticeships | Discussion on apprenticeship provision, digital and Information and Communication Technology (ICT) skills, employer demand, Artificial Intelligence (AI) apprenticeship units and delivery of post-16 skills policy. |
| Katherine Green | 16/04/2026 | Barry Fletcher / Youth Futures | Discussion on the Youth Guarantee, wage subsidies, hiring incentives, devolution, Small & Medium-sized Enterprises (SME) engagement and the Milburn review’s approach to labour market participation for young people. |
| Katherine Green | 08/06/2026 | Resolution Foundation / Ruth Curtice | Discussion on Not in Education Employment or Training (NEET) policy, disability benefit reform, PIP, work incentives, the Triple Lock, labour market trends and future research priorities. |
| Tessa Griffiths | Nil Return | Nil Return | Nil Return |
| Sarah Maclean | Nil Return | Nil Return | Nil Return |
| Angus Gray | Nil Return | Nil Return | Nil Return |
| Fiona Walshe | Nil Return | Nil Return | Nil Return |
| Hilda Massey | Nil Return | Nil Return | Nil Return |
| Bill Thorpe | Nil Return | Nil Return | Nil Return |
| James Wolfe | Nil Return | Nil Return | Nil Return |
| Gail Allsopp | Nil Return | Nil Return | Nil Return |
| Kate Ridley-Pepper | Nil Return | Nil Return | Nil Return |
| Gemma Marsh | Nil Return | Nil Return | Nil Return |
| Ed Lidington | Nil Return | Nil Return | Nil Return |
| Vikki Knight | Nil Return | Nil Return | Nil Return |
| Alexandra Fitzpatrick | Nil Return | Nil Return | Nil Return |
| Kerstin Parker | Nil Return | Nil Return | Nil Return |
| Alison Ismail | Nil Return | Nil Return | Nil Return |
| Tammy Gallagher | 17/06/2026 | Accenture | Digital and Transformation SCS awayday |
| Helen Wylie | 17/06/2026 | Accenture | Digital and Transformation SCS awayday |
| Helen Wylie | 16/04/2026 | UiPath | Digital and Transformation SLT |
| Nagesh Reddy | 16/04/2026 | UiPath | Digital and Transformation SLT |
| Paul Francis | 17/06/2026 | Accenture | Digital and Transformation SCS awayday |
| Sara Bowley | 17/06/2026 | Accenture | Digital and Transformation SCS awayday |
| Sara Bowley | 16/04/2026 | UiPath | Digital and Transformation SLT |
| Cheryl Stevens | 16/04/2026 | UiPath | Digital and Transformation SLT |
| Cheryl Stevens | 04/06/2026 | TLT LLP | Executive Team meeting |
| Cheryl Stevens | 17/06/2026 | Accenture | Digital and Transformation SCS awayday |
| Alex Chaplin | 16/04/2026 | UiPath | Digital and Transformation SLT |
| Ben Kinley | 16/04/2026 | UiPath | Digital and Transformation SLT |
| Ben Kinley | 17/06/2026 | Accenture | Digital and Transformation SCS awayday |
| Jacqueline Hanson | 16/04/2026 | UiPath | Digital and Transformation SLT |
| Jacqueline Hanson | 16/04/2026 | Accenture | Digital and Transformation SCS awayday |
| Matthew Briggs | Nil return | Nil Return | Nil Return |
| Paul McKeown | Nil return | Nil Return | Nil Return |
| William Garner | Nil return | Nil Return | Nil Return |
| Victoria Filkin | Nil return | Nil Return | Nil Return |