The Baroness Sherlock OBE
Labour
Member of the House of Lords
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Baroness Sherlock's full title is The Baroness Sherlock OBE. Her name is Maeve Christina Mary Sherlock, and she is a current member of the House of Lords.
Allowance claims · 2026
Daily attendance allowance
£0
15 days attended across 1 published month
Total claimed
£0
Source: House of Lords Finance Office monthly publications, refreshed on the 5th of each month.
Ministerial activity
Records on file
41
41 meetings ·
0 hospitality ·
0 gifts ·
0 overseas trips
· 2024-07-01 → 2026-03-31
Recent meetings · latest 20 of 41
| Date | Met with | Purpose | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-10 | — | Keynote speaker at Employer Symposium | department-for-work-pensions |
| 2026-01-30 | — | Meeting to discuss Child Maintenance Service policy and operations | department-for-work-pensions |
| 2026-01-29 | — | Meeting to discuss Child Maintenance Service policy and operations | department-for-work-pensions |
| 2025-05-20 | One Parent Families Scotland, Fife Gingerbread, and Institute for Public Policy Research | meeting to provide an update on the second stage of the "Transforming child maintenance project" | department-for-work-pensions |
| 2025-05-08 | Church of England, Alvaston Churches Together, Derby City Mission, Jubilee Debt Project, Food4Thought Alliance, Padley Centre (YMCA) | Roundtable with faith organisations in local areas to discuss work they do in the community | department-for-work-pensions |
| 2025-05-01 | Marie Curie, Childhood Bereavement network, Widowed and Young | Introductory meeting with Bereavement charities to discuss Bereavement Support and Tell us Once Service | department-for-work-pensions |
| 2025-04-30 | Bliss | Introductory meeting with Bliss to discuss support for families of babies in neonatal care and to discuss Bliss' priorities | department-for-work-pensions |
| 2025-04-02 | Pension Protection Fund | Attended event hosted by pension protection fund | department-for-work-pensions |
| 2025-04-02 | Fair Chance Alliance | Introductory meeting to discuss how to increase fair chance hiring to benefit those furthest away from labour market and working with employers to hire people with criminal convictions | department-for-work-pensions |
| 2025-04-02 | Domestic Abuse Commissioner | Quarterly meeting with domestic abuse commissioner to discuss current DWP priorities | department-for-work-pensions |
| 2025-03-21 | Bishop of Leicester, Bishop of Manchester, Bishop of Huddersfield, Bishop of Bedford, Bishop of Barking, Bishop of Warrington, Acting Bishop of Ely, Bishop of York, Deputy head of Parliamentary Affairs in the Church of England, Bishop of Bristol, Bishop of Plymouth, Bishop of London | Meeting with Church of England Bishops to discuss the Green Paper and impacts | department-for-work-pensions |
| 2025-03-04 | Methodist Church, Let's End Poverty | Meeting with Let's End Poverty movement to hear from people who have experienced poverty and for their insight and experience to be embedded in the policy-making process from the outset | department-for-work-pensions |
| 2025-03-04 | One Parent Families Scotland, Fife-Gingerbread, Institute of Public Policy Research | Meeting to discuss the "transforming child maintenance" project and their findings from the interim report "Child Maintenance and its impact on child poverty and financial security for single parent families" | department-for-work-pensions |
| 2025-02-27 | Gingerbread | Meeting to discuss Gingerbread's report "Fix the CMS" | department-for-work-pensions |
| 2025-02-13 | Refugee Council | Introductory meeting to discuss the support provided to asylum seekers and refugees | department-for-work-pensions |
| 2025-02-12 | Starling Bank, Nationwide, Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Limited, Trustee Savings Bank, Santander | Meeting with Financial service to discuss the Fraud, Error and Debt Bill | department-for-work-pensions |
| 2025-02-10 | Surviving economic abuse | Introductory meeting with the organisation to discuss the work of the organisation | department-for-work-pensions |
| 2025-02-06 | Information Commissioners Office | Meeting to discuss the Fraud, Error and Debt Bill | department-for-work-pensions |
| 2025-02-06 | Crisis | Introductory meeting with Crisis | department-for-work-pensions |
| 2025-02-04 | Maternity Action, Women's Budget group | Introductory meeting to discuss the organisation's priorities, campaigns and asks of the government | department-for-work-pensions |
Source: gov.uk ministerial transparency returns. Coverage:
HM Treasury and DSIT. Published quarterly under the Ministerial
Code; refreshed monthly on the 7th.
Lords votes · 2026
189 divisions
6 Content(3.2%)
160 Not-Content(84.7%)
23 didn't vote(12.2%)
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Source: lordsvotes-api.parliament.uk. "Result" shows the headline
Content vs Not-Content tally (including tellers). The Lords doesn't
publish a "didn't vote" attendance roll like the Commons, so the
figure above conflates absence with abstention.
Recent Hansard contributions · latest 25
That is a really important question. We have already been working very closely with them. For example, at a simple level, we reshaped Jobcentre Plus boundaries to align with mayoral authority boundaries. We are also working very closely with local autho
I said in opening that the outsourced part of the current service, which is merging into the DWP, costs £40 million. As I explained, the final cost of that will depend on two things. We are in the middle of the process, where the staff who work for the v
My Lords, I hope people would not just be turned away. We will always prioritise resources for those who need them most. One of the great things about the new service is that there are lots of different ways to get help. For example, those who are alread
The noble Lord raises a very important point. I think there are two different questions. The careers advisers will continue to be careers advisers, who are appropriately qualified, and they will work closely with work coaches. The DWP has a range of supp
The merger does not affect provision in schools—that remains the responsibility of the Department for Education—but I will make sure my colleagues have seen the report from the House of Lords committee and are addressing it. The merged service will be in
I am very grateful to the noble Baroness for that suggestion. I now lead on poverty in my department, so it would be useful for me to have a conversation with her about some of these questions. When the new service is up and running from 1 October, we wa
My Lords, I will leave the Opposition to account for their own record. Let me talk about what this Government are doing. Our Connect to Work programme is one of the most exciting things we have seen. We are working with people who face real challenges in
My Lords, one of the great things about making sure that these services come into the jobcentres is that jobcentre services are right across the country. At the moment, the Department for Education contracts this careers service support out to prime cont
I can indeed. I am very glad that the noble Baroness has asked this question, because it is really important. The whole point of merging the jobs and careers service is to bring these together in one place to make it easier for individuals who come in to
My Lords, we are on track to merge the National Careers Service and Jobcentre Plus in England from 1 October 2026. The current annual cost to outsource the National Careers Service community-based contracts is £40 million. The cost of delivering the new
2026-09-01
Working-age Welfare System
My Lords, I well remember the offer by the leader of the Opposition—long may she stay so—to support any sensible offer on social security. I am always open to discussing with the noble Baroness and others how we can do that. We both think very similarly
2026-09-01
Working-age Welfare System
That is a really important question. The Government take a number of specific steps. For example, we know that some young care leavers find it hard to get into work, so we have people in jobcentres who are specialists in that area, who identify care leav
2026-09-01
Working-age Welfare System
The right reverend Prelate raises a really important point. As I know he knows, in our work on rebalancing universal credit, the Government are making the first above-inflation increase in the standard rate of universal credit. We are also investing in o
2026-09-01
Working-age Welfare System
The noble Lord raises an important point. We all agree that those who can work should work and those who cannot work at all should be supported. That leaves us with two questions. One is: how do you tell the difference? The second is: is it an absolute d
2026-09-01
Working-age Welfare System
The noble Baroness makes an excellent point. She is absolutely right that the employment rate for people with a learning disability is unacceptably low. Through developing our connect to work programme, we have found that we need to work with both the em
2026-09-01
Working-age Welfare System
My noble friend is absolutely right about the level of GDP. It is around 4.9% of GDP and, as a share of GDP, spending on social security is due to remain broadly stable all the way up to 2030-31—I say in passing that, on that basis, overall welfare spend
2026-09-01
Working-age Welfare System
I am very glad that the noble Baroness welcomes the extension of bus passes. The credit should probably go to my friend Andy Burnham rather than to anyone else, but I am delighted that she welcomes it none the less. We are working extensively with sick a
2026-09-01
Working-age Welfare System
My Lords, the Government are absolutely looking at how we can reform our social security system. It simply is not fit for purpose and it needs work. The noble Lord will know that we are in the middle of two vital reviews: into youth unemployment, led by
2026-09-01
Working-age Welfare System
So, no pressure then. My Lords, the Government are prioritising welfare reform, putting work and opportunity at the centre. Our system should support people to get into work and get on in work, while ensuring that those who cannot work get the support th
My Lords, I am grateful to the noble Baroness, Lady Stedman-Scott, for introducing her Motion. I am also grateful to all noble Lords for their contributions, and I appreciate their many kind words. If I had even a moment’s thought that they meant I would
2026-07-22
Pensions Commission
My Lords, the law is clear at the moment. The state pension age is now gradually rising from 66 to 67. That began in April 2026, and it will finish in March 2028. What I can say about the state pension age is that, as legislated by the previous Governmen
2026-07-22
Pensions Commission
Yes. The single best guarantee of a happy retirement is a happy working life where people have the opportunity to earn enough money and to save enough money. We absolutely are doing huge amounts—I will not recite it all here as I have done many times be
2026-07-22
Pensions Commission
I am grateful—I will never be so appreciated ever again, so I am really going to enjoy this session. My noble friend raises an important point. In a sense, it is up to individual schemes what their rules are for indexing their pensions. The minimum legal
2026-07-22
Pensions Commission
The noble Lord raises an excellent point. In fact, we have seen a significant drop. In the 1990s, roughly half of people who were self-employed were saving for a pension; it is now under 20%. There are more self-employed people now and there are differen
2026-07-22
Pensions Commission
My Lords, I am not pre-empting anything that the commission will say, but the Government are very aware of the position of people who have terminal illnesses. As the noble Baroness of course knows very well, we have looked at some of the rules around how
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Party history
2010-06-17 → present
Labour
current
Government posts
2024-12-17 → present
Minister of State (Department for Work and Pensions)
2024-07-09 → 2024-12-17
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Work and Pensions)
Opposition posts
2021-05-18 → 2022-05-10
Shadow Spokesperson (Education)
2015-05-27 → 2020-04-15
Opposition Senior Whip (Lords)
2013-10-08 → 2024-07-05
Shadow Spokesperson (Work and Pensions)
2013-03-18 → 2015-05-27
Opposition Whip (Lords)
Committee memberships
None recorded.
Contact
Parliamentary office
sherlockm@parliament.uk
020 7219 5353 · House of Lords, London, SW1A 0PW
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APPGs (2026) · 0 active officership(s) · 2 historic
Not currently an officer of any active APPG. Was officer of 2 group(s) historically — those rotated off in later snapshots.
Written parliamentary questions · 2026
No written questions tabled in 2026.
Bills sponsored & supported · 2026
1 bills
0 as lead sponsor
1 as supporter
| Bill | Info | Role | Status | Introduced |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Universal Credit (Removal of Two Child Limit) Act 2026 | Supporter | Royal Assent | 2026-01-08 |
Source: UK Parliament Bills API. "Lead" sponsor is the
primary mover (sortOrder = 1); "Supporter" rows are
members of either House who
backed the bill at introduction. Year is the bill's first-reading
date.
Historic bills (all-time)
4 bills
0 as lead sponsor
4 as supporter
| Bill | Info | Role | Status | Introduced |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Universal Credit (Removal of Two Child Limit) Act 2026 | Supported | Royal Assent | 2026-01-08 | |
| Universal Credit Act 2025 | Supported | Royal Assent | 2025-06-18 | |
| Pension Schemes Act 2026 | Supported | Royal Assent | 2025-06-05 | |
| Public Authorities (Fraud, Error and Recovery) Act 2025 | Supported | Royal Assent | 2025-01-22 |
Same source as the year-scoped panel above, but unconstrained by
year. The "Sponsored" tag = lead sponsor; "Supported" = backed at
introduction. Sorted newest first.