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Wednesday 30 April 2025
9:30am Public
Pensioner Poverty: challenges and mitigations - Oral evidence 30 April 2025
9:30am
  • Professor Sir Michael Marmot (Director at UCL Institute of Health Equity)
10:15am
  • Dr David Attwood (GP Partner at Pathfields Medical Group)
10:35am
  • Dr Ruth Law (Honorary Secretary and Honorary Secretary at The British Geriatrics Society)
  • David Finch (Assistant Director of the Healthy Lives Team at The Health Foundation)
  • Toby North (Head of Public Affairs at Marie Curie)
Room 16, Palace of Westminster
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
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
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
Wednesday 5 March 2025
9:15am Public
Pensions Dashboard - Oral evidence 5 March 2025
9:15am
  • Kim Gubler (Chair at Pensions Administration Standards Association)
  • Brian Byrnes (Head of Personal Finance at Moneybox)
  • Richard Smith (Volunteer Independent Chair at Pensions Dashboard Operators Coalition)
  • Maurice Titley (Commercial Director (Data and Dashboards) at Lumera)
10:00am
  • Sarah Pritchard (Executive Director of Supervision, Policy and Competition at Financial Conduct Authority)
  • Nike Trost (Head of Asset Management and Pensions Policy at Financial Conduct Authority)
  • David Walmsley (Director of Trusteeship, Administration and DB Supervision at The Pensions Regulator)
  • Lucy Stone (Business Lead, Pensions Dashboards at The Pensions Regulator)
10:50am
  • Oliver Morley (Chief Executive Officer at Money and Pensions Service)
  • Iain Patterson (Senior Responsible Owner at Pensions Dashboard Programme)
  • Kim Webb (Programme Director at Pensions Dashboard Programme)
Room 6, Palace of Westminster
Wednesday 26 February 2025
9:00am Private
10:00am Public
Pensioner Poverty: challenges and mitigations - Oral evidence 26 February 2025
10:00am
  • Alistair Smyth (Director of Policy and Research at National Housing Federation)
  • Fabian Chessell (Central Government Lead at Policy in Practice)
  • Deven Ghelani (Director and Founder at Policy in Practice)
  • Councillor David Fothergill (Chair of Community and Well-being panel at Local Government Association)
Room 8, Palace of Westminster
Wednesday 12 February 2025
9:00am Public
Safeguarding vulnerable claimants - Oral evidence 12 February 2025
9:00am
  • Sir Stephen Timms MP (Minister for Social Security and Disability at Department for Work and Pensions)
  • Elizabeth Fairburn (Customer Experience Director at Department for Work and Pensions)
  • Dr Gail Allsopp (Chief Medical Advisor at Department for Work and Pensions)
  • Neil Couling (Director General, Fraud, Disability and Health and Senior Responsible Owner Universal Credit at Department for Work and Pensions)
The Thatcher Room, Portcullis House
Wednesday 5 February 2025
9:30am Public
Health and Safety Executive - Oral evidence 5 February 2025
9:30am
  • Sarah Albon (Chief Executive at Health and Safety Executive)
  • Sarah Newton (Chair at Health and Safety Executive)
  • Jane Lassey (Director of Regulation at Health and Safety Executive)
Room 16, Palace of Westminster
Wednesday 29 January 2025
9:30am Public
DWP’s Annual Report and Accounts 2023-24 - Oral evidence 29 January 2025
9:30am
  • Sir Peter Schofield (Permanent Secretary at Department for Work and Pensions)
  • Neil Couling (Director General, Fraud, Disability and Health, and Senior Reporting Officer for Universal Credit at Department for Work and Pensions)
  • Catherine Vaughan (Director General, Finance at Department for Work and Pensions)
Room 6, Palace of Westminster
Wednesday 22 January 2025
9:30am Public
Pensioner Poverty: challenges and mitigations - Oral evidence 22 January 2025
9:30am
  • Dr Suzy Morrissey (Deputy Director at Pensions Policy Institute)
  • Sue Ferns (Senior Deputy General Secretary at Prospect)
  • Sasjkia Otto (Senior Researcher at Fabian Society)
  • Dr Daniella Jenkins (Policy Advisor at Women's Budget Group, and Senior Lecturer at University of Bristol)
10:30am
  • Angela Madden (Campaign Chair at The WASPI Campaign)
  • Debbie de Spon (Communications Director at The WASPI Campaign)
11:00am
  • Karl Banister (Director of Operations, Legal and Clinical, and Deputy Ombudsman at Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman (PHSO))
The Grimond Room, Portcullis House
Wednesday 8 January 2025
9:15am Private
9:30am Public
Safeguarding vulnerable claimants - Oral evidence 8 January 2025
9:30am
  • Sophie Francis-Cansfield (Head of Policy at Women’s Aid)
  • Minesh Patel (Associate Director of Policy and Influencing at Mind)
  • Tim Nicholls (Assistant Director of Policy, Research and Strategy at National Autistic Society)
  • Carri Swann (Welfare Rights Adviser at Child Poverty Action Group)
  • Dr Gail Allsopp
10:30am
  • Dr Gail Allsopp (Chief Medical Advisor at Department for Work and Pensions)
11:00am
  • Dr Antonia Dietmann (DWP Chief Psychologist & Head of Profession for Occupational Psychology at Department for Work and Pensions)
Room 15, Palace of Westminster
Tuesday 7 January 2025
5:00pm Private
Private meeting 7 January 2025
Room 5, Palace of Westminster
Wednesday 18 December 2024
9:00am Private
9:30am Public
Pensioner Poverty: challenges and mitigations - Oral evidence 18 December 2024
9:30am
  • Carl Emmerson (Deputy Director at Institute for Fiscal Studies)
  • Peter Matejic (Chief Analyst, Insight and Policy at Joseph Rowntree Foundation)
  • Carole Easton (CEO at Centre for Aging Better)
  • Daniella Silcock, Independent Research Consultant
10:30am
  • Caroline Abrahams (Charity Director at Age UK)
  • Morgan Vine (Director of Policy and Influencing at Independent Age)
  • Adam Stachura (Associate Director of Policy, Communications and External Affairs at Age Scotland)
  • Jonathan Safir (National Administration and Information Manager at National Pensioners Convention)
Room 15, Palace of Westminster
Wednesday 20 November 2024
9:30am Private
Private meeting 20 November 2024
Room 5, Palace of Westminster
Wednesday 13 November 2024
9:30am Public
The work of the Department for Work and Pensions - Oral evidence 13 November 2024
9:30am
  • Rt Hon Liz Kendall MP (Secretary of State at Department for Work & Pensions)
  • Sir Peter Schofield (Permanent Secretary at Department for Work & Pensions)
Room 15, Palace of Westminster
Wednesday 6 November 2024
9:30am
Private meeting 6 November 2024
Room 15, Palace of Westminster
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