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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.

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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