Care-Experienced Children and Young People APPG

First Registered: 28/06/2023 • Last updated on: 18/06/2025

To promote the voice of care-experienced children and young people, in order to promote first-class government policy for children in care and care leavers.

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
41 Current APPG Members
Bayo Alaba Portrait
Bayo Alaba
Member
Labour - Southend East and Rochford
Olivia Bailey Portrait
Olivia Bailey
Member
Labour - Reading West and Mid Berkshire
No other APPG Officer Positions
2 APPG Memberships
Beer , Key Cities
Baroness Berridge Portrait
Baroness Berridge
Member
Conservative - Life peer
1 APPG Officer Position
Adoption and Permanence
1 APPG Membership
Christians in Parliament
Lord Bishop of Manchester Portrait
Lord Bishop of Manchester
Member
Bishops - Bishops
1 APPG Officer Position
Food Banks
4 APPG Memberships
Environment , Homelessness , Prostate Cancer , Safeguarding in Faith Communities
Lord Bishop of Southwell and Nottingham Portrait
No other APPG Officer Positions
1 APPG Membership
Adult Social Care
Baroness Hussein-Ece Portrait
Baroness Hussein-Ece
Member
Liberal Democrat - Life peer
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Sally Jameson
Member
Labour (Co-op) - Doncaster Central
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Ben Maguire Portrait
Ben Maguire
Member
Liberal Democrat - North Cornwall
2 APPG Officer Positions
Dairy , Pubs
6 APPG Memberships
Access to Justice , Beer , Healthcare Workers , Listed Properties , Prostate Cancer , Water Pollution
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Joe Robertson
Member
Conservative - Isle of Wight East
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Desmond Swayne
Member
Conservative - New Forest West
1 APPG Officer Position
Pro-Life
7 APPG Memberships
Beer , Carbon Monoxide , Christians in Parliament , Fair Banking , Taiwan , Tennis , Tidy Britain
Baroness Wheeler Portrait
Baroness Wheeler
Member
Labour - Life peer
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

John Whitby Portrait
John Whitby
Member
Labour - Derbyshire Dales
No other APPG Officer Positions
4 APPG Memberships
Climate Change , Environment , Music , Water Pollution
Baroness Young of Hornsey Portrait
Baroness Young of Hornsey
Member
Crossbench - Life peer
1 APPG Officer Position
Ethics and Sustainability in Fashion
5 APPG Memberships
Aid Match , Creative Health , Health , Humanist , Writers
Contact Details

Registered Contact:

Jess Asato MP, House of Commons, London, SW1A 0AA.

Email: jess.asato.mp@parliament.uk

Public Enquiry Point:

Matt Blow, Become. Tel: 07572 714 583

Email: appg@becomecharity.org.uk

Secretariat:

Become acts as the group's secretariat. https://www.becomecharity.org.uk/

Group's Website:

https://becomecharity.org.uk/become-the-movement/appg

Date
26 Nov 2024
Source
Become
Description
Secretariat   From : 26/11/2024 To : 25/11/2025
Value
£10,501
Date
28 Jan 2023
Source
Become
Description
Secretariat   From : 28/01/2023 To : 27/01/2024
Value
£9,001

No direct financial benefits are on record for the Care-Experienced Children and Young People APPG

Former APPG Officers
Josh MacAlister Portrait
Josh MacAlister
Chair & Registered Contact
Labour - Whitehaven and Workington
Joined: 2nd January 2025
Departed: 28th March 2025
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

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Lord McCabe
Chair & Registered Contact
Labour - Life peer
Joined: 28th June 2023
Departed: 30th May 2024
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Lord Watson of Invergowrie Portrait
Lord Watson of Invergowrie
Co-Chair
Labour - Life peer
Joined: 28th June 2023
Departed: 30th May 2024
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Tim Loughton Portrait
Tim Loughton
Officer
Conservative - Former Member for East Worthing and Shoreham
Joined: 28th June 2023
Departed: 30th May 2024
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Lucy Allan Portrait
Lucy Allan
Officer
Independent - Former Member for Telford
Joined: 28th June 2023
Departed: 6th March 2024
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Marie Rimmer Portrait
Marie Rimmer
Officer
Labour - St Helens South and Whiston
Joined: 28th June 2023
Departed: 6th March 2024
3 APPG Officer Positions
Industrialised Construction , Magnitsky Sanctions and Reparation , Rugby Football League

No other APPG Memberships

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David Simmonds
Officer
Conservative - Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner
Joined: 28th June 2023
Departed: 6th March 2024
3 APPG Officer Positions
British Jews , Heritage Rail , Migration

No other APPG Memberships

Kim Johnson Portrait
Kim Johnson
Officer
Labour - Liverpool Riverside
Joined: 28th June 2023
Departed: 6th March 2024
5 APPG Officer Positions
Child of the North , Cuba , Miscarriages of Justice , Race and Community , Somaliland

No other APPG Memberships

Edward Timpson Portrait
Edward Timpson
Officer
Conservative - Former Member for Eddisbury
Joined: 28th June 2023
Departed: 6th March 2024
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Munira Wilson Portrait
Munira Wilson
Officer
Liberal Democrat - Twickenham
Joined: 28th June 2023
Departed: 6th March 2024
5 APPG Officer Positions
Airport Communities , Children , Kinship Care , London , School Food

No other APPG Memberships

Rachael Maskell Portrait
Rachael Maskell
Officer
Labour (Co-op) - York Central
Joined: 28th June 2023
Departed: 6th March 2024
Wayne David Portrait
Wayne David
Officer
Labour - Former Member for Caerphilly
Joined: 28th June 2023
Departed: 6th March 2024
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships