The Secretary of State and Ministers had the following meetings with outside interest groups between 1 January and 31 March 2007:
Alan Johnson
Date Group 2007 9 January Financial Services Skills Council; e-skills UK and Skillfast UK 17 January UNISON 25 January Association of Teachers and Lecturers 6 February Young Person's Concert Foundation 20 February Compass International Business Machines; British Telecomm; CISCO UK; Lockheed Martin Aerospace; Astra Zeneca; Confederation of British Industry; Thales UK; Association for Science Education; Sector Skills Council and Association of School and College Leavers UK 21 February Institution of Mechanical Engineers; United Learning Trust 22 February UK Consortium of Zoos and Aquariums 5 March Coaching for Hope and Hull City FC 8 March Institute of Directors 20 March Association of Teachers and Lecturers 23 March Transport and General Workers' Union 26 March Confederation of British Industry 27 March The National Association of Schoolmasters Union of Women Teachers
Beverley Hughes
Date Group 2007 16 January Young London Matters Challenge Group 23 January The Campaign Company 29 January HSBC Education Trust 1 February Workforce Agreement Monitoring Group 21 February Association of Directors of Children's Services 15 March Together for Children; Council for Disabled Children; National Children's Bureau; SchoolfriendEtc; Fathers Direct; Thomas Coram Children's Centre; Ekaya Housing Association 20 March Children's Workforce Development Council 22 March Confederation of British Industry; Healthcare Commission; National Youth Agency; Parentline Plus; Teenage Pregnancy Strategy's Independent Advisory Group; NCH Children's Charities; National Council for Voluntary Youth Services; The Children's Society; Royal College of Nursing; Coram Family; Association of Chief Police Officers; National Children's Bureau; National Council of Voluntary Child Care Organisations; Association of School and College Leaders; Children's Rights Alliance for England; Association of Directors of Children's Services; National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children and United Nations Children's Fund 27 March Association of Directors of Children's Services; National Children's Bureau and National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children 24 January Campaign for Learning 31 January National Association of Schoolmasters Union of Women Teachers; Association of School and College Leaders; Association of Teachers and Lecturers National Association of Advisors for Computers in Education 1 February Workforce Agreement Monitoring Group Institution of Civil Engineers 8 February Education and Employers Foundation 1 March Royal Geographical Society 1 March Motor Cycle Industry Association 1 March Cisco Internet Business Solutions 7 March The National Association of Schoolmasters Union of Women Teachers; Association of School and College Leaders and Association of Teachers and Lecturers 21 March HSBC 28 March Sutton Trust
Bill Rammell
Date Group 2007 9 January Federation of Student Islamic Societies 10 January Age Concern England 22 January Trade Union Congress 23 January Universities UK 25 January Trade Union Congress 21 February University and College Admissions Service; Universities UK (UUK) and GuildHE 28 February The National Institute of Adult Continuing Education; Core Skills Development Partnership; Union Learn 6 March The Children's Society 8 March SOS!SEN (Special Educational Needs); Dyslexia Now 29 March 1994 Group
Parmjit Dhanda
Date Group 2007 9 January Parenting UK; Parentline Plus 15 January National Children's Home 22 January Coram family; National Children's Bureau; 4 children; Futurebuilders 24 January Alistair Bennett Football Foundation 5 February British Pig Executive 28 February The Marine Society and Sea Cadets 8 March YMCA England 22 March Confederation of British Industry; Healthcare Commission; National Youth Agency; Parentline Plus; Teenage Pregnancy Strategy's Independent Advisory Group; NCH Children's Charities; National Council for Voluntary Youth Services; The Children's Society; Coram Family; Association of Chief Police Officers; National Children's Bureau; National Council of Voluntary Child Care Organisations; Association of School and College Leaders; Children's Rights Alliance for England; Association of Directors of Children's Services; National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children and Child Health and United Nations Children's Fund
Andrew Adonis
Date Group 2007 4 January Diocese of London—Anglican Church 8 January The Young Foundation 9 January British Edutrust 10 January Boarding Schools' Association 11 January BearingPoint 16 January Microsoft 17 January Disabled Children Stakeholder Group 18 January Haberdasher Askes Foundation CFBT—Education Trust Oxford Diocese 22 January The Drapers Company 23 January Teach First Association of Educational Psychologists; Children's Workforce Development Council 24 January Council for Disabled Children and Contact a Family, Every Disabled Child Matters 2 February Microsoft 6 February Federation of Music Services 7 February Granada Learning and Man Investments 14 February Carillion 19 February Disability Equality in Education and Alliance for Inclusive Education 27 February VT Group plc 7 March Independent Schools Council 22 March Association of School and College Leaders 22 March Business in the Community 27 March Tyne and Wear Autistic Society 29 March Experian
Phil Hope
Date Group 2007 30 January Trade Union Congress 7 February Diploma Development Partnership—Summit Skills; BBC; Sector Skills Council (SEMTA); Skills for Health and e-skills 13 February Automotive Skills; Cogent, e-skills UK; Improve; Lifelong Learning UK; Skills for Care; Skills for Health and Skills for Justice 14 February Improve Ltd., Lantra; Financial Services Skills Council; People lst, Habia 21 February Centre for Excellence in Leadership; Association of Directors of Childrens' services; Skillsset; e-skills; Federation of Awarding Bodies; Joint Council of Qualifications 28 March Association of Learner Providers