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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APPG Supplied Content
APPGs can register with Parallel Parliament and submit files and articles to be placed here.
Parallel Parliament offers the facility for APPGs to submit written content and files, which are made available through this page.
Submitters can draft and edit publications, and either release them on demand, or schedule release for a future date.
Both text content and attached files submitted through this facility is indexed by our website, and made available through both the search function and relevant e-mail alerts. Any of our users registered for an alert which matches your content, will receive a link making them aware of its publication.
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4 Current APPG Officers
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Marie Tidball
Chair & Registered Contact
Labour - Penistone and Stocksbridge
Joined: 9th October 2024
1 APPG Membership
Steel and Metals-Related Industries
Steel and Metals-Related Industries
1 APPG Membership
Writers
Writers
Contact Details
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Dr Marie Tidball MP, House of Commons, London, SW1A 0AA. Tel: 02072197636.
Email: marie.tidball.mp@parliament.uk
Public Enquiry Point:
Hope Conway-Gebbie, National Autistic Society
Email: appga@nas.org.uk
Secretariat:
National Autistic Society acts as the group's secretariat. http://www.autism.org.uk/
Group's Website:
Benefits in Kind
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Date
10 Sep 2024
10 Sep 2024
Source
National Autistic Society
National Autistic Society
Description
Secretariat From : 10/09/2024 To : 09/09/2025
Secretariat From : 10/09/2024 To : 09/09/2025
Value
£12,001
£12,001
Date
14 Jan 2024
14 Jan 2024
Source
National Autistic Society
National Autistic Society
Description
Secretariat From : 14/01/2024 To : 13/01/2025
Secretariat From : 14/01/2024 To : 13/01/2025
Value
£12,001
£12,001
Date
14 Jan 2023
14 Jan 2023
Source
National Autistic Society
National Autistic Society
Description
Secretariat From : 14/01/2023 To : 13/01/2024
Secretariat From : 14/01/2023 To : 13/01/2024
Value
£12,001
£12,001
Date
14 Jan 2022
14 Jan 2022
Source
National Autistic Society
National Autistic Society
Description
Secretariat From : 14/01/2022 To : 13/01/2023
Secretariat From : 14/01/2022 To : 13/01/2023
Value
£12,001
£12,001
Date
14 Jan 2021
14 Jan 2021
Source
National Autistic Society
National Autistic Society
Description
Secretariat From : 14/01/2021 To : 13/01/2022
Secretariat From : 14/01/2021 To : 13/01/2022
Value
£16,501
£16,501
Date
14 Jan 2020
14 Jan 2020
Source
National Autistic Society
National Autistic Society
Description
Secretariat From : 14/01/2020 To : 13/01/2021
Secretariat From : 14/01/2020 To : 13/01/2021
Value
£9,001
£9,001
Date
11 Jul 2019
11 Jul 2019
Source
National Autistic Society
National Autistic Society
Description
Secretariat From : 11/07/2019 To : 10/07/2020
Secretariat From : 11/07/2019 To : 10/07/2020
Value
£9,001
£9,001
Date
11 Jul 2018
11 Jul 2018
Source
National Autistic Society
National Autistic Society
Description
Secretariat From : 11/07/2018 To : 10/07/2019
Secretariat From : 11/07/2018 To : 10/07/2019
Value
£9,001
£9,001
Date
11 Jul 2017
11 Jul 2017
Source
National Autistic Society
National Autistic Society
Description
Secretariat From : 11/07/2017 To : 10/07/2018
Secretariat From : 11/07/2017 To : 10/07/2018
Value
£9,001
£9,001
Date
1 Jan 2016
1 Jan 2016
Source
National Autistic Society
National Autistic Society
Description
Secretariat From : 01/01/2016 To : 31/12/2016
Secretariat From : 01/01/2016 To : 31/12/2016
Value
£9,001
£9,001
Date
1 Jan 2015
1 Jan 2015
Source
National Autistic Society
National Autistic Society
Description
Secretariat From : 01/01/2015 To : 31/12/2015
Secretariat From : 01/01/2015 To : 31/12/2015
Value
£13,501
£13,501
No direct financial benefits are on record for the Autism APPG
Former APPG Officers
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Justin Madders
Vice Chair
Labour - Ellesmere Port and Bromborough
Joined: 30th July 2015Departed: 30th May 2024
No other APPG Memberships
1 APPG Membership
Down Syndrome
Down Syndrome
Robert Buckland
Chair & Registered Contact
Conservative - Former Member for South Swindon
Joined: 5th April 2023Departed: 30th May 2024
No other APPG Memberships
Kate Osborne
Officer
Labour - Jarrow and Gateshead East
Joined: 15th June 2022Departed: 6th March 2024
Peter Gibson
Officer
Conservative - Former Member for Darlington
Joined: 5th April 2023Departed: 6th March 2024
No other APPG Memberships
Jonathan Reynolds
Officer
Labour (Co-op) - Stalybridge and Hyde
Joined: 30th July 2015Departed: 6th March 2024
No other APPG Memberships
Barry Sheerman
Officer
Labour (Co-op) - Former Member for Huddersfield
Joined: 15th June 2022Departed: 22nd February 2023
No other APPG Memberships
Huw Merriman
Chair & Registered Contact
Conservative - Former Member for Bexhill and Battle
Joined: 31st August 2016Departed: 22nd February 2023
No other APPG Memberships
Paul Bristow
Officer
Conservative - Former Member for Peterborough
Joined: 24th February 2020Departed: 22nd February 2023
No other APPG Memberships
Darren Henry
Officer
Conservative - Former Member for Broxtowe
Joined: 2nd June 2021Departed: 22nd February 2023
No other APPG Memberships
Sharon Hodgson
Officer
Labour - Washington and Gateshead South
Joined: 2nd June 2021Departed: 22nd February 2023
5 APPG Memberships
Art, Craft and Design in Education , First Do No Harm , Parents , School Food , Ticket Abuse
Art, Craft and Design in Education , First Do No Harm , Parents , School Food , Ticket Abuse
John Howell
Officer
Conservative - Former Member for Henley
Joined: 5th November 2019Departed: 4th May 2022
No other APPG Memberships
Kieran Mullan
Officer
Conservative - Bexhill and Battle
Joined: 2nd June 2021Departed: 4th May 2022
Lisa Cameron
Officer
Conservative - Former Member for East Kilbride, Strathaven and Lesmahagow
Joined: 21st November 2018Departed: 4th May 2022
No other APPG Memberships
No other APPG Memberships
James Cartlidge
Officer
Conservative - South Suffolk
Joined: 24th February 2020Departed: 4th May 2022
No other APPG Memberships
Marion Fellows
Officer
Scottish National Party - Former Member for Motherwell and Wishaw
Joined: 5th November 2019Departed: 4th May 2022
No other APPG Memberships
Lord Sterling of Plaistow
Officer
Conservative - Life peer
Joined: 21st November 2018Departed: 4th May 2022
No other APPG Memberships
No other APPG Memberships
Thangam Debbonaire
Officer
Labour - Former Member for Bristol West
Joined: 30th July 2015Departed: 4th May 2022
No other APPG Memberships
Christina Rees
Officer
Labour (Co-op) - Former Member for Neath
Joined: 31st August 2016Departed: 4th May 2022
No other APPG Memberships
Cheryl Gillan
Chair & Registered Contact
Conservative - Former Member for Chesham and Amersham
Joined: 31st January 2018Departed: 10th March 2021
No other APPG Memberships
Mike Wood
Officer
Conservative - Kingswinford and South Staffordshire
Joined: 21st November 2018Departed: 23rd October 2019
4 APPG Memberships
Bus and Coach , Cyprus , Ethnicity Transplantation and Transfusion , Global Education
Bus and Coach , Cyprus , Ethnicity Transplantation and Transfusion , Global Education
Anne-Marie Trevelyan
Officer
Conservative - Former Member for Berwick-upon-Tweed
Joined: 21st November 2018Departed: 23rd October 2019
No other APPG Memberships
Jim Shannon
Officer
Democratic Unionist Party - Strangford
Joined: 30th July 2015Departed: 10th October 2018
Maria Caulfield
Officer
Conservative - Former Member for Lewes
Joined: 28th September 2017Departed: 10th October 2018
No other APPG Memberships
Cheryl Gillan
Chair & Registered Contact
Conservative - Former Member for Chesham and Amersham
Joined: 30th July 2015Departed: 20th December 2017
No other APPG Memberships
Steve Brine
Officer
Conservative - Former Member for Winchester
Joined: 30th July 2015Departed: 2nd May 2017
No other APPG Memberships
Charlotte Leslie
Officer
Conservative - Former Member for Bristol North West
Joined: 30th July 2015Departed: 2nd May 2017
No other APPG Memberships
Robert Flello
Officer
Labour - Former Member for Stoke-on-Trent South
Joined: 30th July 2015Departed: 2nd May 2017
No other APPG Memberships
Flick Drummond
Officer
Conservative - Former Member for Meon Valley
Joined: 31st August 2016Departed: 2nd May 2017
No other APPG Memberships
Ronnie Cowan
Officer
Scottish National Party - Former Member for Inverclyde
Joined: 31st August 2016Departed: 2nd May 2017
No other APPG Memberships