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The Baroness Penn

Conservative Member of the House of Lords F
Baroness Penn's full title is The Baroness Penn. Her name is Joanna Carolyn Penn, and she is a current member of the House of Lords.

Allowance claims · 2026

Data not yet released for 2026 — the Lords Finance Office publishes monthly CSVs ~6-8 weeks after month-end.

Ministerial activity

Records on file 84
71 meetings · 9 hospitality · 0 gifts · 4 overseas trips · 2022-10-01 → 2023-12-31

Recent meetings · latest 20 of 71

Date Met with Purpose Source
2023-11-14 General meeting to discuss fraud, anti-money laundering and the economic crime plan. Also discussed UK-US FS relations hm-treasury
2023-11-08 Roundtable with leading German think tank, to discuss economic security hm-treasury
2023-09-18 Safe Capital Roundtable: a gathering of national-security focused investors with the aim of approaching access to finance through the lens of national and economic security hm-treasury
2023-09-05 CEO and Head of International Government Engagement, to discuss Transition Plan Taskforce Progress hm-treasury
2023-09-05 Intro to organisation and recently published report on race hm-treasury
2023-09-04 Intro/bi-lat on economic crime hm-treasury
2023-09-04 Intro with the Professor from School of Public Policy and Department of Criminology, University of Maryland, to discuss National Risk Assessment hm-treasury
2023-09-04 Intro/bi-lat on financial crime hm-treasury
2023-08-30 Legal Sector Roundtable to discuss the ongoing consultation for potential models for reform of the Anti-Money Laundering/Counter-Terrorism Financing supervisory regime hm-treasury
2023-08-16 Intro meeting and tour with CEO, and to discuss Kew's work on biodive hm-treasury
2023-08-14 Meeting with Commander of City of London Police, Director General and Director of the National Economic Crime Centre, to discuss economic crime hm-treasury
2023-08-10 Meeting with academics to discuss recent research, particularly their findings on key money laundering enablers in the UK and their recommended response to these vulnerabilities hm-treasury
2023-08-10 Roundtable with Money Laundering Reporting Officers at accountancy firms hm-treasury
2023-08-09 Roundtable with Money Laundering Reporting Officers of regulated financcial service organisations, to discuss the new HMT consultation on reform of the UK's anti-money laundering supervision hm-treasury
2023-08-09 Intro meeting and tour hm-treasury
2023-06-27 Transition Finance meeting hm-treasury
2023-06-21 Meeting to discuss the implementation of Russian sanctions hm-treasury
2023-06-20 Annual delegation from India of CEOs from large business. Aim to highlight opportunities to deepen UK-India bilateral investment. hm-treasury
2023-06-19 Meeting to discuss paper: 'Tackling the Professional Enablers of Economic Crime' hm-treasury
2023-06-14 Keynote speech on the implementation of sanctions on Russia entitled 'One year on' hm-treasury

Recent hospitality

Date Host Type Value
2023-11-08 Dinner
2023-07-12 Tickets and hospitality to Wimbledon Semi Finals
2023-07-10 Dinner
2023-06-23 Ticket to Queens Club and hospitality
2023-06-22 Theatre ticket
2023-05-23 Theatre ticket
2023-03-20 Theatre tickets
2023-03-11 Match tickets to see England v France
2023-03-02 Awards Ceremony with drinks reception

Recent overseas travel

Dates Destination Purpose Total cost
Brussels, Belgium
Eurostar
International economic security roundtable and international engagement
Washington DC, USA
Scheduled flight
Overseas engagement on sanctions, green finance and economic crime. Involved bi-lats with foreign ministers and US representatives
Warsaw, Poland
Scheduled flight
Attend Moneyval anti money laundering conference
Montreal Canada
Scheduled flight
Bio-Diversity COP15
Source: gov.uk ministerial transparency returns. Coverage: HM Treasury and DSIT. Published quarterly under the Ministerial Code; refreshed monthly on the 7th.

Party history

2019-10-10present
Conservative current

Government posts

2024-03-012024-07-05
Minister on Leave (Parliamentary Under Secretary of State)
2023-11-142024-02-29
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities)
2022-10-302023-11-13
Parliamentary Secretary (HM Treasury)
2020-03-192022-09-20
Baroness in Waiting (HM Household) (Whip)

Opposition posts

2024-09-012024-11-10
Shadow Minister (Housing, Communities and Local Government)

Committee memberships

2019-10-292020-04-21
Science and Technology Committee
2026-01-27present
Economic Affairs Committee

Contact

Parliamentary office
contactholmember@parliament.uk
020 7219 5353 · House of Lords, London, SW1A 0PW

APPGs (2026) · 1 active officership(s)

Group Role(s) Funders Officers in group Next deadline
All-Party Parliamentary Group for Flexible and Family Friendly Working
Subject Group
Co-Chair Working Families 4 2026-08-23
One row per active APPG. Funder names link out via the /appgs Top secretariat funders panel — click any funder there to open its full relationship graph. Officer matching is name-based against the parliament.uk register text and may miss titled / hyphenated variants.

Written parliamentary questions · 2026

Showing 6 of 6 tabled 6 answered(100.0%) 3 departments
2026-03-23
Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
Artificial Intelligence: Children
Answered
2026-03-20
Treasury
Parental Leave and Parental Pay
Answered
2026-03-20
Treasury
Parental Leave: Baby Care Units
Answered
2026-03-20
Treasury
Parental Leave and Parental Pay
Answered
2026-01-22
Department for Education
Early Years Screen Time Advisory Group
Answered
2026-01-22
Department for Education
Early Years Screen Time Advisory Group
Answered
Source: UK Parliament Members API. The amber "interest" tag is set by Parliament's own system when the asking member has a register entry it deems related — typically a paid role or directorship in the sector being asked about. Click any "i" icon to see the full question and the department's answer.

Bills sponsored & supported · 2026

0 bills 0 as lead sponsor 0 as supporter
No bills sponsored or supported in 2026.
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)

11 bills 1 as lead sponsor 10 as supporter
Bill Info Role Status Introduced
Supply and Appropriation (Main Estimates) Act 2023 Supported Royal Assent 2023-07-05
Finance (No. 2) Act 2023 Supported Royal Assent 2023-03-21
Supply and Appropriation (Anticipation and Adjustments) Act 2023 Supported Royal Assent 2023-03-08
Finance Act 2023 Supported Royal Assent 2022-11-22
Stamp Duty Land Tax (Temporary Relief) Act 2023 Supported Royal Assent 2022-10-24
Financial Services and Markets Act 2023 Supported Royal Assent 2022-07-20
Supply and Appropriation (Main Estimates) Act 2022 Supported Royal Assent 2022-07-06
Energy (Oil and Gas) Profits Levy Act 2022 Supported Royal Assent 2022-07-05
UK Infrastructure Bank Act 2023 Sponsored Royal Assent 2022-05-11
National Insurance Contributions (Increase of Thresholds) Act 2022 Supported Royal Assent 2022-03-24
Finance Act 2022 Supported Royal Assent 2021-11-02
Same source as the year-scoped panel above, but unconstrained by year. The "Sponsored" tag = lead sponsor; "Supported" = backed at introduction. Sorted newest first.
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