Committees

Work and Pensions Committee

Commons Select Committee

The Work and Pensions Committee looks into the policies and spending of the Department for Work and Pensions, including benefits for people in and out of work, state pensions and how private pensions are regulated. It also scrutinises DWP’s public bodies and other regulators. You can follow the Committee on X (formerly Twitter) using @CommonsWorkPen.

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Upcoming events

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Tuesday 22 April 2025
4:00pm Public
Get Britain Working: Pathways to Work - Oral evidence 22 April 2025
4:00pm
  • Professor Ben Geiger (Professor in Social Science and Health at King’s College London)
  • Tom Pollard (Head of Social Policy at New Economics Foundation)
  • Jean-André Prager (Senior Fellow at Policy Exchange)
  • Ruth Curtice (Chief Executive at Resolution Foundation)
5:00pm
  • Ruth Patrick (Professor of Social Policy at University of York)
  • Iain Porter (Senior Policy Adviser at Joseph Rowntree Foundation)
  • Angela Matthews (Director of Public Policy and Research at Business Disability Forum)
The Thatcher Room, Portcullis House
Wednesday 23 April 2025
9:30am Public
Get Britain Working: Reforming Jobcentres - Oral evidence 23 April 2025
9:30am
  • Abdi Mohamed (Head of Policy, Campaigns and Public Affairs at Scope)
  • Balbir Kaur Chatrik (Director of Policy and Communications at Centrepoint)
  • Sam Reid (Research Manager at Migrant Help)
  • Liz Sewell (Director at Belina Grow)
10:30am
  • Martin Cavanagh (PCS President at PCS)
  • Angela Grant (PCS DWP President at PCS)
  • Andrew McGregor (Chair of Careers Forum at UNISON)
The Macmillan Room, Portcullis House

Past events

Tuesday 1 April 2025
9:00am Public
Oral evidence session 1 April 2025
Get Britain Working: Reforming Jobcentres - Oral evidence
9:00am
  • Rt Hon Andy Burnham (Mayor of Greater Manchester at Greater Manchester Combined Authority (GMCA))
Pensioner Poverty: challenges and mitigations - Oral evidence
10:00am
  • Lauren McKechnie (Chief Executive at Age UK Bolton)
  • Paul McGarry (Head at Greater Manchester Combined Authority’s Ageing Hub)
  • Jo Rowlands (Head of Financial Inclusion at Leeds City Council)
  • Trish Martin (Advice Services Manager at Southway Housing)
  • Jo Volpe (Chief Executive at Leeds Older People’s Forum)
11:00am
  • Sue Forster (Welfare Benefits Coordinator at Citizens Advice Liverpool)
  • Idowu Khadijat Morafa (Founder and Director at Across Ummah CIC)
Manchester Town Hall
Wednesday 26 March 2025
9:30am Public
Pensioner Poverty: challenges and mitigations - Oral evidence 26 March 2025
9:30am
  • Dr Juliet Stone (Research Fellow at Centre for Research in Social Policy, Loughborough University)
  • Dr Kingsley Purdam (Lecturer, Social Statistics at Manchester University)
  • Professor Matt Padley (Co-Director of the Centre for Research in Social Policy at Loughborough University)
10:30am
  • Gary Vaux (Head of Money Advice at Hertfordshire County Council)
  • Gareth Morgan (CEO at Ferret Information Systems)
  • Daphne Hall (Co Chair at National Association of Welfare Rights Advisers (NAWRA))
Room 15, Palace of Westminster
Wednesday 19 March 2025
9:30am Private
Private meeting 19 March 2025
Room 5, Palace of Westminster
Wednesday 12 March 2025
9:30am Public
Get Britain Working: Reforming Jobcentres - Oral evidence 12 March 2025
9:30am
  • Professor Peter Robertson (Professor at Edinburgh Napier University)
  • Becci Newton (Director of Public Policy Research at Institute for Employment Studies)
10:30am
  • Jane Gratton (Deputy Director, Public Policy at British Chambers of Commerce)
  • Saira Hussain (Employment Policy Champion at Federation of Small Businesses)
11:00am
  • Ramesh Moher (Director at New Challenge)
  • Elizabeth Taylor (Chief Executive at Employment Related Services Association (ERSA))
Room 16, Palace of Westminster

Contact us

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  • Email: workpencom@parliament.uk
  • Phone: 020 7219 8976 | 020 7219 1679 (Media)
  • Address: Work and Pensions Committee | House of Commons | London | SW1A 0AA