National partnership team contacts for England, Scotland and Wales
Updated 29 January 2024
Landlords
Read the Universal Credit: Housing Queries Routeway for guidance on how to resolve landlord queries about Universal Credit.
England
West Midlands
This area includes Birmingham and Solihull, Black Country, and Mercia.
Name | Responsibilities | |
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Mandy Williams | westmidlands.groupemployer-partnershipteam@dwp.gov.uk | Group Partnership Manager responsible for employment programmes, jobseeker initiatives and benefit related matters |
North and East Midlands
This area includes East Anglia, Leicestershire and Northamptonshire, South Lincolnshire, Nottinghamshire and Rutland, and Staffordshire and Derbyshire.
Name | Responsibilities | |
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Roger Matthews | nemidlands.employerandpartnershipteam@dwp.gov.uk | Group Partnership Manager responsible for employment programmes, jobseeker initiatives and benefit related matters |
Lisa Collins | nemidlands.employerandpartnershipteam@dwp.gov.uk | Group Employer and Partnership Lead |
Bharat Keshwala | nemidlands.employerandpartnershipteam@dwp.gov.uk | Group Partnership Manager responsible for employment programmes, jobseeker initiatives and benefit related matters |
London and Essex
Name | Responsibilities | |
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Kam Patel | londonessex.legroupemployerpartnershipteam@dwp.gov.uk | Group Partnership Development Manager responsible for benefit related matters, Landlord and Housing Queries for London and Essex |
Dave Ashdown | londonessex.legroupemployerpartnershipteam@dwp.gov.uk | Group Partnership Manager responsible for employment programmes and jobseeker initiatives |
North Central
This area includes West Yorkshire, South Yorkshire, Cumbria and Lancashire.
Name | Responsibilities | |
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Halima Atcha | northcentralgroup.partnerships@dwp.gov.uk | Group Partnership Manager responsible for employment programmes, jobseeker initiatives and benefit related matters |
North East
This area includes Durham and Tees Valley, North and East Yorkshire and the Humber, North Lincolnshire and Northumberland, and Tyne and Wear.
Name | Responsibilities | |
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Kay Charlton | northeastgroup.partnershipsteam@dwp.gov.uk | Group Partnership Manager responsible for employment programmes, jobseeker initiatives and benefit related matters |
North West
This area includes Greater Manchester, Merseyside and Cheshire.
Name | Responsibilities | |
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Nicki O’Connor | northwest.grouppartnershipteam@dwp.gov.uk | Group Partnership Manager responsible for employment programmes and jobseeker initiatives |
South West
This area includes Devon and Cornwall, Avon, Somerset and Gloucestershire, Dorset, Wiltshire, Hampshire, and Isle of Wight.
Name | Responsibilities | |
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Allison Cooper | southwestengland.groupemployerpartnershipteam@dwp.gov.uk | Group Partnership Manager responsible for employment programmes, jobseeker initiatives and benefit related matters |
South East
This area includes Kent, Surrey and Sussex, Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire, and Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire.
Name | Responsibilities | |
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Karen Brown | segroup.partnershipteam@dwp.gov.uk | Group Partnership Manager responsible for employment programmes and jobseeker initiatives |
Scotland
Name | Responsibilities | |
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Central email inbox | dwpscotland.housingqueries@dwp.gov.uk | Housing and landlord queries related to Scotland |
Jan Haining | jan.haining@dwp.gov.uk | Service Leader responsible for strategic partnerships in Scotland |
Lynn Campbell | lynn.campbell2@dwp.gov.uk | Group Partnership Manager responsible for employment related engagement and partnerships |
Nicolle Malcolm | nicolle.malcolm@dwp.gov.uk | Group Partnership Manager responsible for strategic engagement and devolution related partnerships |
Wales
Name | Responsibilities | |
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Lorraine Davies | lorraine.davies1@dwp.gov.uk | Group Partnership Manager responsible for employment programmes, jobseeker initiatives, benefit related matters, labour market, stakeholder engagement and devolution related engagement |
Darran Alford | darran.alford@dwp.gov.uk | Devolution related engagement |