Witnesses Jesse Nicholls (Barrister at Matrix Law), William Ford (Partner, Litigation & Housing & Social Care Departments at Osbornes Law), and Caroline Selman (Senior Research Fellow at Public Law Project)
Witnesses Rachel Suff (Senior Policy Adviser at Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development), Rebecca Deegan (Head of Health and Protection Insurance at Association of British Insurers), Tina McKenzie (UK Policy and Advocacy Chair at Federation of Small Businesses), Mathew Akrigg (Policy and research officer at Chartered Institute of Payroll Professionals), Jo Churchill MP (Minister for Employment at Department for Work and Pensions), Lorraine Jackson (Director, Joint Work and Health Directorate at Department of Health and Social Care), and Sean Povey (Deputy Director, Fit Note and Statutory Sick Pay at Department of Health and Social Care)
Witnesses Professor Sally McManus (Senior Lecturer, Health Sciences at City University of London), Dr Jeremy Dixon (Senior Lecturer, Social & Policy Sciences at University of Bath), Corin Hammersley (Interim Head of Advice and Benefits at Advice & Benefits Service, Royal Borough of Greenwich), and Professor Michael Preston-Shoot (Joint Convenor at National Network for Chairs of Safeguarding Adults Boards)
Witnesses Dr Gareth Millward (Assistant Professor at University of Southern Denmark), Professor Matt Padley (Co-Director at Centre for Research in Social Policy, Loughborough University), Professor Chris Rauh (Professor of Economics and Data Science at University of Cambridge), Nicola Smith (Head of Rights, Social and Economics at Trades Union Congress), Amanda Walters (Director at Centre for Progressive Change), and Thomas Hamilton-Shaw (Policy Manager for Work and Welfare at Scope)
Work DWP’s Annual Report and Accounts 2022-23 (Non-inquiry session)
Witnesses Peter Schofield (Permanent Secretary at Department for Work and Pensions), Katie Farrington (Director-General for Disability, Health and Pensions at Department for Work and Pensions), and Neil Couling (Change and Resilience Director General and Senior Responsible Owner Universal Credit at Department for Work and Pensions)
Witnesses Fiona Frobisher (Deputy Director, Defined Benefit Policy Division at Department for Work and Pensions), Bim Afolami (Economic Secretary to the Treasury at HM Treasury), Paul Maynard (Minister for Pensions at Department for Work and Pensions), and Laura Webster (Director of the Personal Taxes, Welfare and Pensions at HM Treasury)
Witnesses Joshua Reddaway (Director at National Audit Office), Ashley McDougall (Director at National Audit Office), Brian Dow (Deputy Chief Executive at Rethink Mental Illness), Daphne Hall (Vice-chair at National Association of Welfare Rights Advisers (NAWRA)), and Jamie Thunder (Policy & Public Affairs Officer at Z2K)
Witnesses Mel Stride (Secretary of State at Department for Work and Pensions), Katie Farrington (Director General for Disability, Health and Pensions at Department for Work and Pensions), and Katherine Green (Director General for Labour Market Policy and Implementation at Department for Work and Pensions)
Witnesses Nausicaa Delfas (Chief Executive Officer at The Pensions Regulator), Louise Davey (Interim Director of Regulatory Policy, Analysis and Advice at The Pensions Regulator), and Neil Bull (Head of Investment at The Pensions Regulator)
Work People and skills and the UK Shared Prosperity Fund (Non-inquiry session)
Witnesses Richard Clifton (Chief Commercial Officer at Shaw Trust), Richard Rigby (Head of Policy and Public Affairs at The Prince’s Trust), Councillor Amanda Serjeant (Deputy Chair, People and Places Board at Local Government Association), and Sam Avanzo Windett (Deputy Director at Learning and Work Institute)
Witnesses Henry Parkes (Principal economist & head of quantitative research at Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR)), Chloe Schendel-Wilson (Co Founder and Director at The Disability Policy Centre), Nikki Bond (Interim Head of Research and Policy at Money and Mental Health Policy Institute), Professor Lisa Scullion (Professor of Social Policy at University of Salford), and Professor Ben Baumberg Geiger (Professor in Social Science and Health at King's College London)
Witnesses Roger Sainsbury (Founder at Deprived Pensioners Association), Neil Walsh (Pensions Officer at Prospect), Terry Monk (Member of the Executive Committee at Pensions Action Group), Richard Nicholl (member of the Executive Committee at Pensions Action Group), Barry Kenneth (Executive Committee at Pension Protection Fund), Oliver Morley (Chief Executive at Pension Protection Fund), and Sara Protheroe (Chief Customer Officer at Pension Protection Fund)
Witnesses Robert Smith (Member of Council at Royal Ordnance Pensioners Association), Nick Coleman (Member at BP Pensioner Group), David Carson (Member of Steering Committee at Hewlett Packard Pension Association (HPPA)), Leonard Bowman (Partner and Head of Corporate DB Endgame Strategy at Hymans Robertson), Steve Hitchiner (President at Society of Pension Professionals), Harus Rai (Chair at Association of Professional Pension Trustees), and Janice Turner (Co-founding Chair at Association of Member Nominated Trustees)
Witnesses Centre for Research in Social Policy, Loughborough University, Carers UK, New Economics Foundation, Rethink Mental Illness, Money Advice Trust, StepChange Debt Charity, and Lloyds Bank Foundation for England & Wales
Witnesses Yvonne Braun (Director of Policy, Long Term Savings and Protection at Association of British Insurers), Tracy Blackwell (CEO at Pension Insurance Corporation plc), Serkan Bektas (Head of Client Solutions Group at Insight Investment), Brian Denyer (Senior Solutions Director – Pensions at Abrdn), Luke Webster (CEO at Pension SuperFund), Adam Saron (Co-founder and former CEO at Clara-Pensions), and Simon True (Chief Executive at Clara-Pensions)
Witnesses Andrew Harrop (General Secretary at Fabian Society), Mike Brewer (Deputy Chief Executive at Resolution Foundation), Rebecca Deegan (Head of Protection and Health Policy at Association of British Insurers), Iain Mansfield (Director of Research at Policy Exchange), Emily Farchy (Economist at OECD), Céline Jaeggy (Director of Legal and Institutional Affairs at UNEDIC), and Kristoffer Lundberg (Deputy Director, Ministry of Health and Social Affairs at Government of Sweden)
Witnesses Laura Trott MBE MP (Minister for Pensions at Department for Work and Pensions), Tom Josephs (Director Private Pensions and Arm’s Length Bodies at Department for Work and Pensions), Simon McKinnon (Former Chief Digital and Information Officer at Department for Work and Pensions), Sara Weller CBE (Chair at Money and Pensions Service), and Chris Curry (Principal at Pensions Dashboard Programme)
Witnesses Dr Miroslav Štefánik (Director at Institute of Economic Research Slovak Academy of Sciences), Dr Jennifer Robson (Program Director and Associate Professor of Political Management at Kroeger College, Carleton University (Canada)), Professor Thomas Gerlinger (Faculty of Health Sciences at Bielefeld University (Germany)), Mims Davies MP (Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Minister for Social Mobility, Youth and Progression) at Department for Work and Pensions), Katy Roberts (Deputy Director, Poverty Strategy at Department for Work and Pensions), Neil Couling (Director General, Change and Resilience Group at Department for Work and Pensions), and Nagesh Reddy (Portfolio Director, Change and Resilience Group at Department for Work and Pensions)
Witnesses Ben Twomey (Director at Generation Rent), Balbir Chatrik (Director of Policy and Communications at Centrepoint), Francesca Albanese (Interim Director for Policy and External Affairs at Crisis), Dr Carin Tunåker (Lecturer in Law and Homelessness Researcher at University of Kent), Ben Beadle (Chief Executive at National Residential Landlords Association), Timothy Douglas (Head of Policy and Campaigns at Propertymark), Professor Peter Kemp (Professor of Public Policy at Blavatnik School of Government, University of Oxford), and Sheila Haig (Customer Manager, Transactions—Assessment and Finance, Corporate Services at City of Edinburgh Council)
Witnesses Leah Evans (Chair of Pensions Board at Institute and Faculty of Actuaries), John Ralfe, Derek Benstead (Senior Consultant at First Actuarial LLP), Martin Hunter (Head of Integrated Funding at Railpen), Professor Iain Clacher (Professor of Pensions and Finance and Director, Centre for Financial Technology and Innovation at University of Leeds), Dr Con Keating, Sir Steve Webb (Partner at Lane Clark and Peacock), and Joe Dabrowski (Director of Policy at Pensions and Lifetime Savings Association)