Social Mobility Policy

Social Mobility Policy Committee Open Inquiry
Opened: 4 Mar 2025 Parliament page
Read the key points in our report summary
1 Report
12 Oral sessions
14 Events
Activity timeline 16 events
17 Jul
2025
Oral evidence
10 Jul
2025
Formal meeting (private meeting) · Room 3, Palace of Westminster
26 Jun
2025
Oral evidence
19 Jun
2025
Oral evidence
12 Jun
2025
Formal meeting (private meeting) · Room 3, Palace of Westminster
22 May
2025
Oral evidence
15 May
2025
Oral evidence
1 May
2025
Oral evidence
24 Apr
2025
Oral evidence
Oral evidence sessions 12 sessions
Oral Evidence
Alison McGovern MP · Department for Work and Pensions The Rt Hon. the Baroness Smith of Malvern · Department for Education
Oral Evidence
Dr Emma Gordon · ADR UK (Administrative Data Research UK) Jennet Woolford · Office for National Statistics John Friedman · Brown University Mark Brewin · HMRC
Oral Evidence
Jonathan Roberts · Country Land and Business Association Kate Smith · Connexus housing association Kerry Booth · Rural Services Network Professor Ruth McAreavey · National Innovation Centre for Rural Enterprise Sharon Payne · Transport East
Oral Evidence Panel 1; Oral Evidence Panel 2
Danielle Lewis-Egonu · Cygnus Academies Trust Emma Meredith · Association of Colleges (AoC) Helene Dearn · The West Midlands Combined Authority Julia Nix · East Anglia Region, DWP Nick Riddle · Central England, DWP Rebecca Boomer-Clark · Lift Academies Tim Aldridge · Camden Council
Oral Evidence
Andy Case · NEU Andy Murray · Unite Jon Richards · UNISON Kate Bell · TUC
Oral Evidence
David Willetts · Resolution Foundation Justine Greening · The Purpose Coalition Nik Miller · Bridge Group
Oral Evidence
Dr Fiona Hill · Strategic Defence Review Professor Andy Long · Northumbria University Professor Louise Kempton · Newcastle University Sir David Bell KCB DL · University of Sunderland
Oral Evidence
Barry Fletcher · Youth Futures Foundation Dr Gianfranco Addario · National Centre for Social Research Graham Cowley · Blackpool Professor Lisa Russell Russell · Manchester Metropolitan University
Oral Evidence
Chris Welham · Licensed Trade Charity David Houghton · Social Mobility Ventures Paul Gerrard · The Co-op
Oral Evidence Panel 1
Jo Fry · Mears Group Neil Morrison · Severn Trent Tom Lyas · Browne Jacobson LLP
Oral Evidence Panel 1; Oral Evidence Panel 2
Dr Louise Ashley · Queen Mary University London Professor Anna Mountford-Zimdars · The University of Exeter Professor Graeme Atherton · University of West London Professor Kathryn Mitchell · University of Derby Professor Liz Mossop · Sheffield Hallam University Professor Stephen Machin · London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE)
Oral Evidence
Alun Francis OBE · Social Mobility Commission Resham Kotecha · Social Mobility Commission Rob Wilson · Social Mobility Commission