The Lord Timpson OBE DL
Labour
Member of the House of Lords
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Lord Timpson's full title is The Lord Timpson OBE DL. His name is William James Timpson, and he is a current member of the House of Lords.
Allowance claims · 2026
Daily attendance allowance
£0
13 days attended across 1 published month
Travel claims
£718
Attendance £718
Total claimed
£718
Source: House of Lords Finance Office monthly publications, refreshed on the 5th of each month.
Ministerial activity
Records on file
134
134 meetings ·
0 hospitality ·
0 gifts ·
0 overseas trips
· 2025-01-01 → 2026-03-31
Recent meetings · latest 20 of 134
| Date | Met with | Purpose | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-28 | Circles UK | Meeting to discuss how Circles of Support and Accountability (CoSA) could be used to support implementation of the Sentencing Bill in relation to people who have been convicted of sexual offences | ministry-of-justice |
| 2026-03-25 | UKRI | Introductory meeting, discussing R&D and more specifically counter drone technology and using HMP Dartmoor as an R&D site | ministry-of-justice |
| 2026-03-24 | Allison Fackrell | Meeting to discuss family ties in prison, with Alison from the Pact awards event | ministry-of-justice |
| 2026-03-23 | Northamptonshire Police & Fire Commissione; Devon and Cornwall Police and Association of Police and Crime Commissioners | Discussion between APCC Criminal Justice Leads and Lord Timpson regarding prison security | ministry-of-justice |
| 2026-03-17 | Bar Council | Introductory meeting to meet the new Chair, Kirsty Brimelow, and to mainly discuss issues around timeliness of delivery of prisoners to court | ministry-of-justice |
| 2026-03-16 | Common Ground Justice | To discuss restorative justice and the policy changes from the Re:Hub review | ministry-of-justice |
| 2026-03-11 | Drug and Alcohol Recovery Expert Panel | Quarterly drug and alcohol recovery expert panel | ministry-of-justice |
| 2026-03-05 | Jim Simon (CEO of RJC) | Meeting on HMPPS internal review into Re:hub | ministry-of-justice |
| 2026-03-03 | Domestic Abuse Commissioner, Victims Commissioner, Baroness May, Lord Russell | Discussion on domestic abuse training and risk assessment | ministry-of-justice |
| 2026-03-03 | Tristia Harrison and Crisis | Meeting to discuss views on the experience of homelessness among prison leavers | ministry-of-justice |
| 2026-02-23 | Kathryn Abel | Meeting to discuss virtual therapy for female offenders | ministry-of-justice |
| 2026-02-23 | Environment Agency | Meeting to discuss partnership initiatives | ministry-of-justice |
| 2026-02-11 | Richard Hughes | Meeting to discuss an economic study for building new prisons | ministry-of-justice |
| 2026-02-10 | Amber Heaton and Calum Miller MP | Meeting to discuss the safety of parole officers following an attack and Oxford PDU | ministry-of-justice |
| 2026-02-10 | Sodexo | Meeting to discuss HMP Bronzefield | ministry-of-justice |
| 2026-02-04 | Roddy Russell, Clara Kathleen, Bernadette Emerson, Nicholas Cooke | Meeting to discuss the mental health of IPPs | ministry-of-justice |
| 2026-02-03 | UNISON | To discuss experiences working for the Probation Service | ministry-of-justice |
| 2026-02-03 | HMI Prisons | Quarterly scrutiny bilat meeting | ministry-of-justice |
| 2026-02-02 | Ian Poree | Meeting to discuss probation reforms. | ministry-of-justice |
| 2026-02-02 | Domestic Abuse Commissioner, Victims Commissioner and Jess Phillips MP | Meeting on probation risk | ministry-of-justice |
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
4 Content(2.1%)
145 Not-Content(76.7%)
40 didn't vote(21.2%)
2026-07-13
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2026-03-26
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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
My Lords, I begin by thanking the noble Lord, Lord Farmer, for his Question, and for the opportunity to discuss these critical issues that are close to his and all our hearts. The noble Lord has long argued that, if people are to leave crime behind, we m
2026-07-16
Imprisonment for Public Protection
The noble and learned Lord is right to bring this up because they are often the most complex individuals in our whole prison estate. The level of self-harm among this cohort can be pretty terrifying. There are a significant number of IPP prisoners in sec
2026-07-16
Imprisonment for Public Protection
The last IPP prisoner I met was in HMP Birmingham—I think I was there three weeks ago. He was back on recall and facing further charges. The nature of the conversation was quite troubling, because I learned from him that he felt safer in prison than in t
2026-07-16
Imprisonment for Public Protection
I thank my noble friend for his kind words, and I look forward to seeing a number of noble Lords at the IPP Peers meeting on Monday. I will take away the point on the progression board that he mentions. However, I reiterate that we need prisons that work
2026-07-16
Imprisonment for Public Protection
I am glad the noble Baroness thinks that the new Prime Minister will be perfect. I was pleased to see the noble Baroness yesterday outside the Ministry of Justice with a number of ex-IPP prisoners and their families. I reiterate the important role that
2026-07-16
Imprisonment for Public Protection
The noble and learned Lord is incorrect: 896 IPP prisoners have never been released; that is 11% down on last year. My view is that we need to get them into the right prison. Two years ago, only 70% of them were in the right prison; now 91% are in the ri
2026-07-16
Imprisonment for Public Protection
It is possible that some of these offenders may have been given a discretionary life sentence and therefore would still be subject to the parole process and therefore still in prison if they had not the met the statutory release test. It is also possible
2026-07-16
Imprisonment for Public Protection
The noble Baroness will not be surprised that everybody I meet in prisons and probation, and around the whole justice sector, is ambitious for IPP prisoners. We are committed to ensuring that they get the support they need to progress. I am still ambitio
2026-07-16
Imprisonment for Public Protection
In the two years since being in government, we have made significant progress to support IPP prisoners. We have reduced the number of never-released IPP prisoners by 21% and the number of IPP offenders in the community by 70%. IPP recalls fell by 31% in
2026-07-06
Imprisonment for Public Protection Prisoners
I thank the noble Lord for that question and for the work that he does. Some 80% of offending is reoffending, so something is going wrong when so many people just go round in a cycle. One of the main reasons is related to housing. We have far too many pe
2026-07-06
Imprisonment for Public Protection Prisoners
Release is never risk-free, but we need to balance the opportunity and the risk. I am seeing a much more stable Prison and Probation Service. By that, I mean that we have the right number of people in the right places with the right resources. I have bee
2026-07-06
Imprisonment for Public Protection Prisoners
The noble and learned Lord is exactly right: families play a huge role—it is employment, it is housing and it is families. One important thing about open prisons, for example, is that prisoners can go out on day release and reintegrate. Some 193,000 chil
2026-07-06
Imprisonment for Public Protection Prisoners
It is very important that we safely release people and that they are safe when they are in our care. That is especially so for IPP prisoners—as well as their families who are also trying to support them. Self-harm for both men and women is down in our pr
2026-07-06
Imprisonment for Public Protection Prisoners
I am a big fan of open prisons. That is where the best recruitment is and that is where people reintegrate into society a lot more. I was in HMP Birmingham three weeks ago, where I met an IPP prisoner who had been to open conditions for the first time an
2026-07-06
Imprisonment for Public Protection Prisoners
I thank my noble friend for all his continued support in this difficult area and for sending me a lot of cases that I can look at. The good news is that recall is down by 31%. Under the risk-assessed recall review, which is a specialist review where we c
2026-07-06
Imprisonment for Public Protection Prisoners
From March 2025 to March 2026, there was an 11% reduction in the number of never-released IPP prisoners, but I want to get more men and women out for the first time and post recall. We need to do more, and we are doing more. We are rolling out IPP advoc
2026-07-06
Imprisonment for Public Protection Prisoners
The IPP sentence is a stain on our justice system. I believe the best way to support IPP prisoners towards a safe and sustainable release is via the IPP action plan, well-run and well-resourced prisons, and a Probation Service that is thriving. The good
2026-07-06
Imprisonment for Public Protection Prisoners
Noble Lords who know me will know that I do not lack ambition. Although I cannot put any figures on it, I can say that we are doing all that we can. I work with incredibly professional and dedicated teams within the Ministry of Justice. Whenever I go rou
2026-07-06
Imprisonment for Public Protection Prisoners
It was important two years ago to get the IPP prisoners in the right prison so that they could get the support they needed. We have gone from the 70% range to now 95% of IPP prisoners being in the right prison, which means that they can get the right sup
2026-07-01
Prisoner Early Release
What is important is that we get the numbers right. While we are here today, our incredibly hard-working and talented staff in our offender management units are working out the release dates of a large number of people who are currently in prison. We hav
2026-07-01
Prisoner Early Release
I thank my noble friend, who probably reads Inside Time newspaper, because it had a headline about implanting chips. That was suggested by a potential supplier when we had a sort of a “Dragons’ Den” day, and it was not something we accepted at all. At th
2026-07-01
Prisoner Early Release
The noble and learned Lord’s figures are correct. What I also believe is that most women should not be in prison. I believe most women are victims. When you know that over 60% of women in prison have brain damage as a result of being beaten up, you have
2026-07-01
Prisoner Early Release
I thank my noble friend for that question. Probation has had a very difficult time, but I am pleased to tell noble Lords that 90% of our probation regions are now improving, ahead of last year. I am doing a series of roadshows at the moment, going around
2026-07-01
Prisoner Early Release
The noble Lord is right to raise the point about prison building, because we have to keep building these prisons. There is a role for them but there is also a role for technology. I have been keen on pushing technology in all parts of the justice system.
2026-07-01
Prisoner Early Release
First, I would like to express my sincere sympathy with the victims of all these appalling crimes. Convictions for child sex offences are at a record high, and we as a Government have made grooming an aggravated factor so that perpetrators face longer se
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Register of Interests · 6 entries on file
Declarations under the Lords Code of Conduct. Free text — no monetary values, no hours worked. A declaration that an interest exists, not a claim about its size.
Category 2: Shareholdings etc. (a)
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Timpson Holdings Limited (Retail Services)
registered 2025-06-17
Category 2: Shareholdings etc. (b)
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Altrincham Association Football Club Limited
registered 2024-07-30 · amended 2025-04-05
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BCI Credit Opportunities Fund (private credit fund supporting UK alternative finance)
registered 2024-07-30 · amended 2025-04-05
Category 2: Shareholdings etc. (c)
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Stonehage Fleming (private equity fund)
registered 2024-07-30 · amended 2025-04-07
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Alam Apha (Stämm) (biotech and bio processing private equity fund)
registered 2024-07-30 · amended 2025-04-07
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AIC Income Fund III QP REIT Inc (US-based property private equity fund)
registered 2024-07-30 · amended 2025-04-07
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Party history
2024-07-18 → present
Labour
current
Government posts
2024-07-05 → 2026-07-21
Minister of State (Ministry of Justice)
Opposition posts
None recorded.
Committee memberships
None recorded.
Contact
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Written parliamentary questions · 2026
No written questions tabled in 2026.
Bills sponsored & supported · 2026
0 bills
0 as lead sponsor
0 as supporter
No bills sponsored or supported in 2026.
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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)
2 bills
0 as lead sponsor
2 as supporter
| Bill | Info | Role | Status | Introduced |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sentencing Act 2026 | Supported | Royal Assent | 2025-09-02 | |
| Sentencing Guidelines (Pre-sentence Reports) Act 2025 | Supported | Royal Assent | 2025-04-01 |
Same source as the year-scoped panel above, but unconstrained by
year. The "Sponsored" tag = lead sponsor; "Supported" = backed at
introduction. Sorted newest first.