The Baroness Penn
Conservative
Member of the House of Lords
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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
2019-10-10 → present
Conservative
current
Government posts
2024-03-01 → 2024-07-05
Minister on Leave (Parliamentary Under Secretary of State)
2023-11-14 → 2024-02-29
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities)
2022-10-30 → 2023-11-13
Parliamentary Secretary (HM Treasury)
2020-03-19 → 2022-09-20
Baroness in Waiting (HM Household) (Whip)
Opposition posts
2024-09-01 → 2024-11-10
Shadow Minister (Housing, Communities and Local Government)
Committee memberships
2019-10-29 → 2020-04-21
Science and Technology Committee
2026-01-27 → present
Economic Affairs Committee
Contact
Parliamentary office
contactholmember@parliament.uk
020 7219 5353 · House of Lords, London, SW1A 0PW
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
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.