Asked by: Greg Clark (Conservative - Tunbridge Wells)
Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many meetings (a) they and (b) other Ministers in their Department have had with the Department's Chief Scientific Adviser from (i) 1 December 2021 to 28 February 2022, (ii) 1 March to 31 May 2022 and (iii) 1 June to 31 August 2022.
Answered by Mims Davies - Minister of State (Department for Work and Pensions)
Between 1 December 2021 and 31 August 2022, the Department’s Chief Scientific Adviser met with a) the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions in a total of 4 meetings and with b) other Ministers in the Department for Work and Pensions in a total of 7 meetings. This included:
(i) Between 1 December 2021 – 28 February 2022 – a) 1 meeting, b) 3 meetings
(ii) Between 1 March to 31 May 2022 – a) 1 meeting, b) 2 meetings
(iii) Between 1 June to 31 August 2022 - a) 2 meetings, b) 2 meetings
Asked by: Greg Clark (Conservative - Tunbridge Wells)
Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many meetings she had with her Department's Chief Scientific Adviser from (a) 1 March to 31 May 2021, (b) 1 June to 31 August 2021 and (c) 1 September to 30 November 2021.
Answered by Guy Opperman - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Transport)
The Department for Work and Pensions draws from a range of scientific advice and expertise. In line with the practice of successive administrations, details of internal meetings are not normally disclosed.
Asked by: Greg Clark (Conservative - Tunbridge Wells)
Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many meetings she had with her Department’s Chief Scientific Adviser from (a) 1 March 2020 to 31 May 2020, (b) 1 June 2020 to 31 August 2020, (c) 1 September 2020 to 30 November 2020 and (d) 1 December 2020 to 28 February 2021.
Answered by Guy Opperman - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Transport)
Between 1 March 2020 and 28 February 2021, the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions and the Department’s Chief Scientific Adviser met in a total of 6 meetings. This included:
(a) 2 meetings between March 2020 – May 2020
(b) 2 meetings between June 2020 – August 2020
(c) 1 meeting between September 2020 – November 2020
(d) 1 meeting between December 2020 – February 2021
Asked by: Greg Clark (Conservative - Tunbridge Wells)
Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many meetings she had with her Department’s Chief Scientific Adviser (a) from 1 September to 30 November 2019 and (b) from 1 December 2019 to 29 February 2020.
Answered by Mims Davies - Minister of State (Department for Work and Pensions)
Between 8 September 2019 (when the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions was appointed) and 29 February 2020, the Secretary of State and the Department’s Chief Scientific Officer held one bilateral meeting.