Acquired Brain Injury APPG

First Registered: 08/11/2017 • Last updated on: 07/05/2025

To raise awareness of Acquired Brain Injury (ABI) and seek improvements in support and services for people with ABI and their carers; to provide a voice for people with ABI in parliament; and to raise issues across health, social care and welfare which affect people living with ABI.

Note: All-Party Parliamentary Groups (APPGs) are informal, cross-party groups formed by MPs and Members of the House of Lords who share a common interest in a particular policy area, region or country. APPGs have no official status within Parliament.
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Reticulating Splines
4 Current APPG Officers
John Hayes Portrait
John Hayes
Chair & Registered Contact
Conservative - South Holland and The Deepings
Joined: 2nd January 2019
Andy McDonald Portrait
Andy McDonald
Vice Chair
Labour - Middlesbrough and Thornaby East
Joined: 24th February 2020
Contact Details

Registered Contact:

Sir John Hayes MP, House of Commons, London, SW1A 0AA. Tel: 020 7219 1389.

Email: hayesj@parliament.uk

Public Enquiry Point:

Chloe Hayward, UK Acquired Brain Injury Forum. Tel: 0345 608 0788

Email: info@ukabif.org.uk

Secretariat:

UK Acquired Brain Injury Forum acts as the group's secretariat. http://ukabif.org.uk/

Date
5 Feb 2024
Source
UK Acquired Brain Injury Forum
Description
Secretariat   From : 05/02/2024 To : 04/02/2025
Value
£4,501
Date
5 Feb 2023
Source
UK Acquired Brain Injury Forum
Description
Secretariat   From : 05/02/2023 To : 04/02/2024
Value
£1,501
Date
5 Feb 2021
Source
UK Acquired Brain Injury Forum
Description
Secretariat   From : 05/02/2021 To : 04/02/2022
Value
£1,501
Date
5 Feb 2020
Source
UK Acquired Brain Injury Forum
Description
Secretariat   From : 05/02/2020 To : 04/02/2021
Value
£1,501
Date
16 Oct 2018
Source
UK Acquired Brain Injury Forum
Description
Secretariat   From : 16/10/2018 To : 15/10/2019
Value
£1,501
Date
16 Oct 2017
Source
UK Acquired Brain Injury Forum
Description
Secretariat   From : 16/10/2017 To : 15/10/2018
Value
£1,501

No direct financial benefits are on record for the Acquired Brain Injury APPG

Former APPG Officers
Liz Twist Portrait
Liz Twist
Officer
Labour - Blaydon and Consett
Joined: 2nd January 2019
Departed: 30th May 2024
2 APPG Officer Positions
Respiratory Health , Suicide and Self-Harm Prevention

No other APPG Memberships

Lord Hunt of Kings Heath Portrait
Lord Hunt of Kings Heath
Officer
Labour - Life peer
Joined: 6th March 2024
Departed: 30th May 2024
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Chris Bryant Portrait
Chris Bryant
Chair & Registered Contact
Labour - Rhondda and Ogmore
Joined: 5th April 2023
Departed: 30th May 2024
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Baroness Grey-Thompson Portrait
Baroness Grey-Thompson
Vice Chair
Crossbench - Life peer
Joined: 5th April 2023
Departed: 24th January 2024
3 APPG Officer Positions
Rail , Women in Parliament , Women's Football

No other APPG Memberships

Baroness Brady Portrait
Baroness Brady
Vice Chair
Conservative - Life peer
Joined: 21st April 2021
Departed: 24th January 2024
1 APPG Officer Position
Women and Work

No other APPG Memberships

Tonia Antoniazzi Portrait
Tonia Antoniazzi
Vice Chair
Labour - Gower
Joined: 5th April 2023
Departed: 24th January 2024
Martyn Day Portrait
Martyn Day
Vice Chair
Scottish National Party - Former Member for Linlithgow and East Falkirk
Joined: 5th April 2023
Departed: 24th January 2024
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Christina Rees Portrait
Christina Rees
Vice Chair
Labour (Co-op) - Former Member for Neath
Joined: 24th February 2020
Departed: 24th January 2024
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Carolyn Harris Portrait
Carolyn Harris
Vice Chair
Labour - Neath and Swansea East
Joined: 8th November 2017
Departed: 24th January 2024
5 APPG Officer Positions
Beauty and Wellbeing , Commercial Sexual Exploitation , Gambling Reform , Menopause , Policing

No other APPG Memberships

Baroness Masham of Ilton Portrait
Baroness Masham of Ilton
Vice Chair
Crossbench - Life peer
Joined: 21st April 2021
Departed: 4th May 2022
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Lord Ramsbotham Portrait
Lord Ramsbotham
Treasurer
Crossbench - Life peer
Joined: 8th November 2017
Departed: 4th May 2022
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Baroness Finlay of Llandaff Portrait
Baroness Finlay of Llandaff
Vice Chair
Crossbench - Life peer
Joined: 21st April 2021
Departed: 4th May 2022
Mark Pawsey Portrait
Mark Pawsey
Vice Chair
Conservative - Former Member for Rugby
Joined: 21st April 2021
Departed: 4th May 2022
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Chris Bryant Portrait
Chris Bryant
Chair & Registered Contact
Labour - Rhondda and Ogmore
Joined: 8th November 2017
Departed: 4th May 2022
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Peter Kyle Portrait
Peter Kyle
Vice Chair
Labour - Hove and Portslade
Joined: 24th February 2020
Departed: 25th August 2021
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Caroline Lucas Portrait
Caroline Lucas
Vice Chair
Green Party - Former Member for Brighton, Pavilion
Joined: 8th April 2020
Departed: 10th March 2021
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Scott Mann Portrait
Scott Mann
Secretary
Conservative - Former Member for North Cornwall
Joined: 24th February 2020
Departed: 16th December 2020
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Liz McInnes Portrait
Liz McInnes
Secretary
Labour - Former Member for Heywood and Middleton
Joined: 2nd January 2019
Departed: 5th November 2019
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Paul Flynn Portrait
Paul Flynn
Vice Chair
Labour - Former Member for Newport West
Joined: 8th November 2017
Departed: 21st November 2018
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Stephen Hammond Portrait
Stephen Hammond
Vice Chair
Conservative - Former Member for Wimbledon
Joined: 8th November 2017
Departed: 21st November 2018
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Chris Evans Portrait
Chris Evans
Vice Chair
Labour (Co-op) - Caerphilly
Joined: 8th November 2017
Departed: 21st November 2018
2 APPG Officer Positions
Archives and History , Writers

No other APPG Memberships