Autism APPG

First Registered: 30/07/2015 • Last updated on: 30/05/2024

Note: This APPG was last registered on 30th May 2024. The APPG was not registered in the latest release of the 28th August 2024 and may be defunct.

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To raise awareness of issues affecting autistic people, their families and carers; to raise parliamentary awareness of autism; to campaign for changes to government policy to benefit autistic people and improve diagnosis or support for autistic people.

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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Former Members - Contact Details - Benefits in Kind - Financial Benefits
Reticulating Splines
Former APPG Members
Justin Madders Portrait
Justin Madders
Vice Chair
Labour - Ellesmere Port and Bromborough
Joined: 30th July 2015
Departed: 30th May 2024
No other APPG Memberships
Baroness Hollins Portrait
Baroness Hollins
Vice Chair
Crossbench - Life peer
Joined: 31st August 2016
Departed: 30th May 2024
No other APPG Memberships
Lord Touhig Portrait
Lord Touhig
Vice Chair
Labour - Life peer
Joined: 30th July 2015
Departed: 30th May 2024
No other APPG Memberships
Robert Buckland Portrait
Robert Buckland
Chair & Registered Contact
Conservative - Former Member for South Swindon
Joined: 5th April 2023
Departed: 30th May 2024
No other APPG Memberships
Jonathan Reynolds Portrait
Jonathan Reynolds
Officer
Labour (Co-op) - Stalybridge and Hyde
Joined: 30th July 2015
Departed: 6th March 2024
No other APPG Memberships
Mary Kelly Foy Portrait
Mary Kelly Foy
Officer
Labour - City of Durham
Joined: 5th April 2023
Departed: 6th March 2024
No other APPG Memberships
Peter Gibson Portrait
Peter Gibson
Officer
Conservative - Former Member for Darlington
Joined: 5th April 2023
Departed: 6th March 2024
No other APPG Memberships
Kate Osborne Portrait
Kate Osborne
Officer
Labour - Jarrow and Gateshead East
Joined: 15th June 2022
Departed: 6th March 2024
No other APPG Memberships
Cat Smith Portrait
Cat Smith
Officer
Labour - Lancaster and Wyre
Joined: 31st August 2016
Departed: 6th March 2024
No other APPG Memberships
Barry Sheerman Portrait
Barry Sheerman
Officer
Labour (Co-op) - Former Member for Huddersfield
Joined: 15th June 2022
Departed: 22nd February 2023
No other APPG Memberships
Sharon Hodgson Portrait
Sharon Hodgson
Officer
Labour - Washington and Gateshead South
Joined: 2nd June 2021
Departed: 22nd February 2023
No other APPG Memberships
Darren Henry Portrait
Darren Henry
Officer
Conservative - Former Member for Broxtowe
Joined: 2nd June 2021
Departed: 22nd February 2023
No other APPG Memberships
Paul Bristow Portrait
Paul Bristow
Officer
Conservative - Former Member for Peterborough
Joined: 24th February 2020
Departed: 22nd February 2023
No other APPG Memberships
Huw Merriman Portrait
Huw Merriman
Chair & Registered Contact
Conservative - Former Member for Bexhill and Battle
Joined: 31st August 2016
Departed: 22nd February 2023
No other APPG Memberships
James Cartlidge Portrait
James Cartlidge
Officer
Conservative - South Suffolk
Joined: 24th February 2020
Departed: 4th May 2022
No other APPG Memberships
Kieran Mullan Portrait
Kieran Mullan
Officer
Conservative - Bexhill and Battle
Joined: 2nd June 2021
Departed: 4th May 2022
1 APPG Membership
Humanist
Lisa Cameron Portrait
Lisa Cameron
Officer
Conservative - Former Member for East Kilbride, Strathaven and Lesmahagow
Joined: 21st November 2018
Departed: 4th May 2022
No other APPG Memberships
Helen Hayes Portrait
Helen Hayes
Officer
Labour - Dulwich and West Norwood
Joined: 2nd June 2021
Departed: 4th May 2022
No other APPG Memberships
John Howell Portrait
John Howell
Officer
Conservative - Former Member for Henley
Joined: 5th November 2019
Departed: 4th May 2022
No other APPG Memberships
Baroness Uddin Portrait
Baroness Uddin
Officer
Non-affiliated - Life peer
Joined: 30th July 2015
Departed: 4th May 2022
1 APPG Membership
Commonwealth
Marion Fellows Portrait
Marion Fellows
Officer
Scottish National Party - Former Member for Motherwell and Wishaw
Joined: 5th November 2019
Departed: 4th May 2022
No other APPG Memberships
Lord Sterling of Plaistow Portrait
Lord Sterling of Plaistow
Officer
Conservative - Life peer
Joined: 21st November 2018
Departed: 4th May 2022
No other APPG Memberships
Lord Warner Portrait
Lord Warner
Officer
Crossbench - Life peer
Joined: 28th September 2017
Departed: 4th May 2022
No other APPG Memberships
Thangam Debbonaire Portrait
Thangam Debbonaire
Officer
Labour - Former Member for Bristol West
Joined: 30th July 2015
Departed: 4th May 2022
No other APPG Memberships
Christina Rees Portrait
Christina Rees
Officer
Labour (Co-op) - Former Member for Neath
Joined: 31st August 2016
Departed: 4th May 2022
No other APPG Memberships
Cheryl Gillan Portrait
Cheryl Gillan
Chair & Registered Contact
Conservative - Former Member for Chesham and Amersham
Joined: 31st January 2018
Departed: 10th March 2021
No other APPG Memberships
Mike Wood Portrait
Mike Wood
Officer
Conservative - Kingswinford and South Staffordshire
Joined: 21st November 2018
Departed: 23rd October 2019
No other APPG Memberships
Anne-Marie Trevelyan Portrait
Anne-Marie Trevelyan
Officer
Conservative - Former Member for Berwick-upon-Tweed
Joined: 21st November 2018
Departed: 23rd October 2019
No other APPG Memberships
Jim Shannon Portrait
Jim Shannon
Officer
Democratic Unionist Party - Strangford
Joined: 30th July 2015
Departed: 10th October 2018
1 APPG Membership
International Freedom of Religion or Belief
Maria Caulfield Portrait
Maria Caulfield
Officer
Conservative - Former Member for Lewes
Joined: 28th September 2017
Departed: 10th October 2018
No other APPG Memberships
Cheryl Gillan Portrait
Cheryl Gillan
Chair & Registered Contact
Conservative - Former Member for Chesham and Amersham
Joined: 30th July 2015
Departed: 20th December 2017
No other APPG Memberships
Steve Brine Portrait
Steve Brine
Officer
Conservative - Former Member for Winchester
Joined: 30th July 2015
Departed: 2nd May 2017
No other APPG Memberships
Charlotte Leslie Portrait
Charlotte Leslie
Officer
Conservative - Former Member for Bristol North West
Joined: 30th July 2015
Departed: 2nd May 2017
No other APPG Memberships
Robert Flello Portrait
Robert Flello
Officer
Labour - Former Member for Stoke-on-Trent South
Joined: 30th July 2015
Departed: 2nd May 2017
No other APPG Memberships
Flick Drummond Portrait
Flick Drummond
Officer
Conservative - Former Member for Meon Valley
Joined: 31st August 2016
Departed: 2nd May 2017
No other APPG Memberships
Ronnie Cowan Portrait
Ronnie Cowan
Officer
Scottish National Party - Former Member for Inverclyde
Joined: 31st August 2016
Departed: 2nd May 2017
No other APPG Memberships
Contact Details

Registered Contact:

Sir Robert Buckland MP,

Email: No email supplied

Public Enquiry Point:

Hope Conway-Gebbie, The National Autistic Society, Weston House, 42 Curtain Road, London EC2A 3NH

Email: APPGA@nas.org.uk

Secretariat:

The National Autistic Society acts as the group's secretariat. http://www.autism.org.uk/

Group's Website:

https://www.autism.org.uk/get-involved/campaign/appga.aspx

Benefits in Kind
Date
14 Jan 2024
Source
National Autistic Society
Description
Secretariat   From : 14/01/2024 To : 13/01/2025
Value
£12,001
Date
14 Jan 2023
Source
National Autistic Society
Description
Secretariat   From : 14/01/2023 To : 13/01/2024
Value
£12,001
Date
14 Jan 2022
Source
National Autistic Society
Description
Secretariat   From : 14/01/2022 To : 13/01/2023
Value
£12,001
Date
14 Jan 2021
Source
National Autistic Society
Description
Secretariat   From : 14/01/2021 To : 13/01/2022
Value
£16,501
Date
14 Jan 2020
Source
National Autistic Society
Description
Secretariat   From : 14/01/2020 To : 13/01/2021
Value
£9,001
Date
11 Jul 2019
Source
National Autistic Society
Description
Secretariat   From : 11/07/2019 To : 10/07/2020
Value
£9,001
Date
11 Jul 2018
Source
National Autistic Society
Description
Secretariat   From : 11/07/2018 To : 10/07/2019
Value
£9,001
Date
11 Jul 2017
Source
National Autistic Society
Description
Secretariat   From : 11/07/2017 To : 10/07/2018
Value
£9,001
Date
1 Jan 2016
Source
National Autistic Society
Description
Secretariat   From : 01/01/2016 To : 31/12/2016
Value
£9,001
Date
1 Jan 2015
Source
National Autistic Society
Description
Secretariat   From : 01/01/2015 To : 31/12/2015
Value
£13,501

No direct financial benefits are on record for the Autism APPG