The Baroness Penn | |
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Minister on Leave | |
In office 1 March 2024 – 5 July 2024 | |
Prime Minister | Rishi Sunak |
Interim | The Baroness Swinburne [a] |
In office 15 September 2021 – 26 January 2022 | |
Prime Minister | Boris Johnson |
Interim | The Baroness Chisholm of Owlpen [b] |
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Housing and Communities | |
In office 13 November 2023 – 1 March 2024 | |
Prime Minister | Rishi Sunak |
Preceded by | Office established |
Succeeded by | The Baroness Swinburne |
Parliamentary Secretary for the Treasury | |
In office 26 October 2022 – 13 November 2023 | |
Prime Minister | Rishi Sunak |
Preceded by | Office established |
Succeeded by | The Baroness Vere of Norbiton |
Baroness-in-waiting Government Whip | |
In office 4 February 2022 – 26 October 2022 | |
Prime Minister | Boris Johnson |
Preceded by | The Baroness Chisholm of Owlpen |
In office 19 March 2020 – 15 September 2021 | |
Prime Minister | Boris Johnson |
Preceded by | The Lord Bethell |
Succeeded by | The Baroness Chisholm of Owlpen |
Member of the House of Lords Lord Temporal | |
Assumed office 21 October 2019 Life Peerage | |
Personal details | |
Born | 1985 (age 38–39) |
Political party | Conservative |
Alma mater |
University of Oxford (BA) Harvard Kennedy School (MPA) |
Joanna Carolyn Penn, Baroness Penn (born 1985), known as JoJo Penn, [1] is a British political advisor. She was a baroness-in-waiting (a government whip) from March 2020 to September 2022. [2] Since 1 March 2024 she has been a Minister on Leave. [3]
From November 2023 to March 2024, she was Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Housing and Communities in the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, which she has been temporarily replaced by Baroness Swinburne while she is a Minister on Leave. [4]
Penn studied history and politics at the University of Oxford, graduating with a Bachelor of Arts (BA) degree in 2006. [5] She later studied at Harvard University, completing a Master of Public Policy (MPP) degree in 2015. [5] [6]
She served as Deputy Chief of Staff to Prime Minister Theresa May from 2016 to 2019. [7] [8] In September 2019, it was announced that she would be made a Conservative Party life peer in the 2019 Prime Minister's Resignation Honours. [9] She was created Baroness Penn, of Teddington in the London Borough of Richmond, on 10 October 2019. [10]
Penn became the youngest member of the House of Lords when she joined the House on 21 October 2019: [11] she was succeeded as baby of the house by Lord Harlech following the election on 14 July 2021. She made her maiden speech on 30 January 2020 during a debate on Defence, Diplomacy and Development Policy. [12] From 29 October 2019 to 21 April 2020, she was a member of the Lord's Science and Technology Committee. [13] She served as a baroness-in-waiting, a junior government whip, from 19 March 2020 to 20 September 2022. [14] Between 30 October 2022 and 13 November 2023, she was a parliamentary secretary, the most junior level of minister, in HM Treasury. [13]
The Baroness Penn | |
---|---|
Minister on Leave | |
In office 1 March 2024 – 5 July 2024 | |
Prime Minister | Rishi Sunak |
Interim | The Baroness Swinburne [a] |
In office 15 September 2021 – 26 January 2022 | |
Prime Minister | Boris Johnson |
Interim | The Baroness Chisholm of Owlpen [b] |
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Housing and Communities | |
In office 13 November 2023 – 1 March 2024 | |
Prime Minister | Rishi Sunak |
Preceded by | Office established |
Succeeded by | The Baroness Swinburne |
Parliamentary Secretary for the Treasury | |
In office 26 October 2022 – 13 November 2023 | |
Prime Minister | Rishi Sunak |
Preceded by | Office established |
Succeeded by | The Baroness Vere of Norbiton |
Baroness-in-waiting Government Whip | |
In office 4 February 2022 – 26 October 2022 | |
Prime Minister | Boris Johnson |
Preceded by | The Baroness Chisholm of Owlpen |
In office 19 March 2020 – 15 September 2021 | |
Prime Minister | Boris Johnson |
Preceded by | The Lord Bethell |
Succeeded by | The Baroness Chisholm of Owlpen |
Member of the House of Lords Lord Temporal | |
Assumed office 21 October 2019 Life Peerage | |
Personal details | |
Born | 1985 (age 38–39) |
Political party | Conservative |
Alma mater |
University of Oxford (BA) Harvard Kennedy School (MPA) |
Joanna Carolyn Penn, Baroness Penn (born 1985), known as JoJo Penn, [1] is a British political advisor. She was a baroness-in-waiting (a government whip) from March 2020 to September 2022. [2] Since 1 March 2024 she has been a Minister on Leave. [3]
From November 2023 to March 2024, she was Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Housing and Communities in the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, which she has been temporarily replaced by Baroness Swinburne while she is a Minister on Leave. [4]
Penn studied history and politics at the University of Oxford, graduating with a Bachelor of Arts (BA) degree in 2006. [5] She later studied at Harvard University, completing a Master of Public Policy (MPP) degree in 2015. [5] [6]
She served as Deputy Chief of Staff to Prime Minister Theresa May from 2016 to 2019. [7] [8] In September 2019, it was announced that she would be made a Conservative Party life peer in the 2019 Prime Minister's Resignation Honours. [9] She was created Baroness Penn, of Teddington in the London Borough of Richmond, on 10 October 2019. [10]
Penn became the youngest member of the House of Lords when she joined the House on 21 October 2019: [11] she was succeeded as baby of the house by Lord Harlech following the election on 14 July 2021. She made her maiden speech on 30 January 2020 during a debate on Defence, Diplomacy and Development Policy. [12] From 29 October 2019 to 21 April 2020, she was a member of the Lord's Science and Technology Committee. [13] She served as a baroness-in-waiting, a junior government whip, from 19 March 2020 to 20 September 2022. [14] Between 30 October 2022 and 13 November 2023, she was a parliamentary secretary, the most junior level of minister, in HM Treasury. [13]