Ministers' Meetings

Met Charles Warren Academy

To discuss solar panels and Great British Energy (GBE)

Met Climate Change Committee (CCC)

To discuss appointment of new Climate Change Committee (CCC) Chair

Met North Sea Transition Authority (NSTA)

To discuss recent updates, stakeholder views, and the relationship between HMG and the North Sea Transition Authority (NSTA)

Met Disability Charities Consortium, Business Disability Forum, Scope, Royal National Institute for Deaf People, Mencap, Sense, National Autistic Society, Mind, Leonard Cheshire, Royal National Institute of Blind People

To discuss the £1 billion employment support package, Pathways to Work Green Paper reforms, the PIP Assessment Review, Access to Work and updates on previous meetings regarding the Accessible Information Standard

Met Inclusion London, Disability Rights UK

Forum with Disabled People's Organisations to discuss updates on the Pathways to Work Green Paper and a discussion around the proposed Terms of Reference for the Personal Independence Payment Assessment Review

Met ENGIE

To discuss the Government's review of Ofgem

Met Local Government Association

To discuss secondments in and out of local government

Met Action for Children

To discuss child criminal exploitation

Met Grooming Gang Survivors

Meeting to discuss Baroness Casey Inquiry with a number of grooming gang victims

Met Alcohol Alliance

Discussion on alcohol licencing policy

Met Allianz UK

Discussion on protest activity and destruction of property

Met The Open University

Discussion on youth programmes

Met CEO of Aerospace Defence Security and Space Group

Discussion on emergency response capabilities

Met Chief Constable of Humberside

Meeting to discuss local policing issues

Met UK Business Growth and Investment Forum Confederation of British Industry, , British Chambers of Commerce, Federation of Small Businesses, Make UK, Enterprise Nation, Small Business Britan, Startup Coalition

Discussed the Industrial Strategy and economic growth in the UK

Met Heather Stewart: Economics Editor for The Guardian

Meeting to discuss the government's plan to Get Britain Working

Met Trade Union Congress

To attend the Trade Union Congress Disabled Workers Conference, and to share the breadth of work being undertaken by the Government to improve the lives of disabled workers. This included discussing how the Make Work Pay agenda would support disabled workers in the labour market

Met UK Steel Roundtable - Tata Steel, British Steel, Marcegaglia Stainless Sheffield, , 7Steel, Liberty Steel, Sheffield Forgemasters, Community Union, Unite Union, GMB Union

Discussed the Steel Industry and US tariffs

Met Roundtable with Breakfast Club providers

To hear from the sector on the impact and delivery challenges of the breakfast club early adopters programme

Met Freeport CEOs

To discuss the role of freeports in HMG's Growth Mission and the Industrial Strategy

Met SXSW

To discuss SXSW's succesful operations and investments in the UK, and the growth of SXSW

Met King’s College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust, Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, Manchester University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Newcastle Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Shelford Group

To discuss the 10 Year health Plan

Met ScaleUp Institute, Small Business Growth Forum, British Chambers of Commerce, Confederation of British Industry (CBI), Northern Powerhouse Partnership, Growth Partners, HomeServe, BGF (Business Growth Fund), and the Quoted Companies Alliance, Rigby Group, Omex Agriculture Ltd, Trant Engineering Ltd, JJ Ormerod, and NatWest Commercial Mid-market team

To discuss mid-market corporates UK growth

Met Ed Conway: Economics and Data Editor for Sky News

Meeting to discuss the government's plan to Get Britain Working

Met Christina McAnea, Unison

To discuss Pay Reccomendations

Met Union Chimique Belge (UCB)

To discuss life sciences

Met British Beauty Council

To discuss regulations and support that can be provided to british beauty businesses

Met Sam Fleming: Economics Editor for the Financial Times

Meeting to discuss the government's plan to Get Britain Working

Met Electricite de France Renewables

Meeting to discuss how the Department for Work and Pensions, through its Jobcentre Plus network, can support with recruitment and increase diversity and inclusion within the company

Met Women's Resource Centre

Introductory meeting with a representative from key women's organisations

Met Network for Affirmation of the NGO Sector (MANS) [Montenegro]; International Foundation for Electoral Systems (IFES) [Montenegro]; Centre for Democratic Transition [Montenegro]; Centre for Monitoring and Research [Montenegro]; Balkan Investigative Reporting Network [Montenegro]

Meeting on Montenegro and hostile state interference

Met Chevening Cyber Fellows

Meeting to discuss the Chevening cybersecurity fellowship

Met Education and Training Forum

To discuss the role Education and Training Foundation has in delivering professional development programmes for further education teachers, leader, governors and governance professionals and the awarding of professional status

Met FirstGroup Plc (FirstBus)

Meeting at FirstGroup's Bristol Bus Depot to see the launch of new Zero Emission Buses (ZEB).

Met Energy UK

To discuss next steps in UK-EU energy cooperation, including summit planning and regulatory alignment

Met Representatives for German businesses/investors

Roundtable meeting to discuss skills and give remarks on UK German relations on skills

Met Shell

Discussion of growth and investment opportunities in the UK.

Met Helfie AI

To discuss innovative within the UK health system

Met Margaret Snowdon

To discuss their voluntary work within the pensions industry

Met Approved Mental Health Professional Leads Network

To discuss the Mental Health Bill

Met Jamie Oliver Group

To discuss dyslexia

Met Rocksteady

Introductory meeting to discuss music education

Met University College London's Centre for Holocaust Education; Pears Foundation

To discuss Holocaust Education

Met Northern Rail, Network Rail

To discuss Northern's progress and ways in which they can improve

Met Nigel Stevens

To discuss Transport Focus�s current activities and its perspectives on the Passenger Standards Authority (PSA) and rail reform.

Met Broadway Initiative, Environmental Markets Board, EnTrade, Arup, HSBC, Lloyds Banking Group, Tridos Bank, Aviva, Green Finance Institute, Nestle, Scottish and Southern Electricity Networks, Water UK, Freeths LLP, Diageo, National Farmers' Union, Country Land and Business Association, Wildlife and Countryside Link, National Trust, Climate Change Committee

A discussion on the policy, governance, and infrastructure required to scale high integrity nature markets. With particular regards to the Nature Markets Dialogue

Met Women's Rights Centre [Montenegro]; Spectra [Montenegro]; Westminster Foundation for Democracy

Meeting on women's, LGBT+, and human rights in Montenegro

Met CBI, BCC, FSB, MakeUK, Institute of Directors

To discuss priorites ahead of the Spending Review, jointly with the Chancellor

Met UNA-UK

Introductory meeting

Met Maritime UK

Meeting to discuss how maritime skills can be better integrated into the national skills agenda and how they can work collaboratively with the department