Adoption and Permanence APPG

First Registered: 27/03/2019 • Last updated on: 28/03/2025

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To amplify the voices and experiences of adoptees and those in other forms of permanence and their families and use that to inform parliamentarians on issues around adoption and permanence and promote the development and implementation of effective policy and practice. To provide an opportunity for the ambitious exploration of innovative solutions to enable adoptees and those in other forms of permanence and their families to thrive.

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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Current Members - Contact Details - Benefits in Kind - Financial Benefits - Former Members
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4 Current APPG Officers
Rachael Maskell Portrait
Rachael Maskell
Chair & Registered Contact
Labour (Co-op) - York Central
Joined: 27th March 2019
4 APPG Memberships
Ageing and Older People , Drugs, Alcohol and Justice , Dying Well , Sudan and South Sudan
Lord Russell of Liverpool Portrait
Lord Russell of Liverpool
Co-Chair
Crossbench - Excepted Hereditary
Joined: 27th March 2019
1 APPG Membership
Children's Online Safety
Bill Esterson Portrait
Bill Esterson
Officer
Labour - Sefton Central
Joined: 6th October 2021
2 APPG Memberships
Manufacturing , Waterways
Baroness Berridge Portrait
Baroness Berridge
Officer
Conservative - Life peer
Joined: 28th March 2025
No other APPG Memberships
Contact Details

Registered Contact:

Rachael Maskell MP, House of Commons, London, SW1A 0AA. Tel: 020 7219 4525.

Email: rachael.maskell.mp@parliament.uk

Public Enquiry Point:

Katharine Slocombe, Adoption UK

Email: katharine.slocombe@adoptionuk.org.uk

Secretariat:

Home for Good and Adoption UK jointly act as the group's secretariat. https://www.homeforgood.org.uk/ and https://www.adoptionuk.org/

Group's Website:

https://appgap.info

Benefits in Kind
Date
4 Mar 2025
Source
Home for Good
Description
Joint Secretariat   From : 04/03/2025 To : 03/03/2026
Value
£4,501
Date
4 Mar 2025
Source
Adoption UK
Description
Joint Secretariat   From : 04/03/2025 To : 03/03/2026   Cost Met : `
Value
£4,501
Date
30 Jun 2023
Source
Home for Good
Description
Joint Secretariat   From : 30/06/2023 To : 29/06/2024
Value
£4,501
Date
30 Jun 2023
Source
Adoption UK
Description
Joint Secretariat   From : 30/06/2023 To : 29/06/2024   Cost Met : `
Value
£4,501
Date
30 Jun 2022
Source
Home for Good
Description
Joint Secretariat   From : 30/06/2022 To : 29/06/2023
Value
£4,501
Date
30 Jun 2022
Source
Adoption UK
Description
Joint Secretariat   From : 30/06/2022 To : 29/06/2023   Cost Met : `
Value
£4,501
Date
30 Jun 2021
Source
Home for Good
Description
Joint Secretariat   From : 30/06/2021 To : 29/06/2022
Value
£4,501
Date
30 Jun 2021
Source
Adoption UK
Description
Joint Secretariat   From : 30/06/2021 To : 29/06/2022   Cost Met : `
Value
£4,501
Date
30 Jun 2020
Source
Home for Good
Description
Joint Secretariat   From : 30/06/2020 To : 29/06/2021
Value
£4,501
Date
30 Jun 2020
Source
Adoption UK
Description
Joint Secretariat   From : 30/06/2020 To : 29/06/2021   Cost Met : `
Value
£4,501
Date
11 Feb 2019
Source
Home for Good
Description
Joint Secretariat   From : 11/02/2019 To : 10/02/2020
Value
£4,501
Date
11 Feb 2019
Source
Adoption UK
Description
Joint Secretariat   From : 11/02/2019 To : 10/02/2020   Cost Met : `
Value
£3,001

No direct financial benefits are on record for the Adoption and Permanence APPG

Former APPG Officers
Tim Loughton Portrait
Tim Loughton
Vice Chair
Conservative - Former Member for East Worthing and Shoreham
Joined: 6th October 2021
Departed: 30th May 2024
No other APPG Memberships
Sarah Green Portrait
Sarah Green
Vice Chair
Liberal Democrat - Chesham and Amersham
Joined: 11th January 2023
Departed: 30th May 2024
2 APPG Memberships
First Do No Harm - Mesh, Primodos, Valproate , Ukraine
Peter Gibson Portrait
Peter Gibson
Officer
Conservative - Former Member for Darlington
Joined: 7th August 2020
Departed: 1st November 2023
No other APPG Memberships
Edward Timpson Portrait
Edward Timpson
Officer
Conservative - Former Member for Eddisbury
Joined: 6th October 2021
Departed: 1st November 2023
No other APPG Memberships
Christian Wakeford Portrait
Christian Wakeford
Officer
Labour - Bury South
Joined: 7th August 2020
Departed: 25th August 2021
No other APPG Memberships
Fiona Bruce Portrait
Fiona Bruce
Officer
Conservative - Former Member for Congleton
Joined: 27th March 2019
Departed: 5th November 2019
No other APPG Memberships
Victoria Prentis Portrait
Victoria Prentis
Officer
Conservative - Former Member for Banbury
Joined: 27th March 2019
Departed: 5th November 2019
No other APPG Memberships