Design and Innovation APPG

First Registered: 30/07/2015 • Last updated on: 06/03/2024

Note: This APPG was last registered on 6th March 2024. The APPG was not registered in the latest release of the 18th June 2025 and may be defunct. Perhaps you are looking for the Cyber Innovation APPG?

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To encourage the exchange of knowledge and understanding between Parliament and the design industry and innovation communities, helping to raise the profile of design both inside and outside of Parliament.

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 Officers - Contact Details - Benefits in Kind - Financial Benefits
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Former APPG Officers
Barry Sheerman Portrait
Barry Sheerman
Chair & Registered Contact
Labour (Co-op) - Former Member for Huddersfield
Joined: 30th July 2015
Departed: 6th March 2024
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Lord Bilimoria Portrait
Lord Bilimoria
Officer
Crossbench - Life peer
Joined: 18th July 2018
Departed: 6th March 2024
5 APPG Officer Positions
Entrepreneurship , India , International Students , Maldives , Manufacturing

No other APPG Memberships

Sharon Hodgson Portrait
Sharon Hodgson
Officer
Labour - Washington and Gateshead South
Joined: 18th July 2018
Departed: 6th March 2024
6 APPG Officer Positions
Art, Craft and Design in Education , First Do No Harm - Mesh, Primodos, Valproate , Leamside Line , Parents , School Food , Ticket Abuse

No other APPG Memberships

Lord Freyberg Portrait
Lord Freyberg
Officer
Crossbench - Excepted Hereditary
Joined: 24th February 2020
Departed: 6th March 2024
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Jack Brereton Portrait
Jack Brereton
Officer
Conservative - Former Member for Stoke-on-Trent South
Joined: 31st July 2019
Departed: 6th March 2024
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Lord Vaizey of Didcot Portrait
Lord Vaizey of Didcot
Officer
Conservative - Life peer
Joined: 4th May 2022
Departed: 6th March 2024
6 APPG Officer Positions
Afrikan Reparations , Northern Culture , Performing Arts Education and Training , Sovereign Wealth Funds , Video Games and Esports , Visual Arts and Artists

No other APPG Memberships

Douglas Chapman Portrait
Douglas Chapman
Officer
Scottish National Party - Former Member for Dunfermline and West Fife
Joined: 4th May 2022
Departed: 6th March 2024
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

John Howell Portrait
John Howell
Co-Chair
Conservative - Former Member for Henley
Joined: 30th July 2015
Departed: 24th January 2024
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Daniel Zeichner Portrait
Daniel Zeichner
Officer
Labour - Cambridge
Joined: 24th February 2020
Departed: 23rd March 2022
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Lord Rogers of Riverside Portrait
Lord Rogers of Riverside
President
Labour - Life peer
Joined: 30th July 2015
Departed: 5th November 2019
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Lord Vaizey of Didcot Portrait
Lord Vaizey of Didcot
Vice Chair
Conservative - Life peer
Joined: 18th July 2018
Departed: 5th November 2019
6 APPG Officer Positions
Afrikan Reparations , Northern Culture , Performing Arts Education and Training , Sovereign Wealth Funds , Video Games and Esports , Visual Arts and Artists

No other APPG Memberships

Baroness Burt of Solihull Portrait
Baroness Burt of Solihull
Vice Chair
Liberal Democrat - Life peer
Joined: 28th September 2017
Departed: 19th June 2019
1 APPG Officer Position
Humanist

No other APPG Memberships

Lord Bichard Portrait
Lord Bichard
Vice-Chair
Crossbench - Life peer
Joined: 30th July 2015
Departed: 6th June 2018
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Angela Smith Portrait
Angela Smith
Vice-Chair
Liberal Democrat - Former Member for Penistone and Stocksbridge
Joined: 28th September 2017
Departed: 6th June 2018
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Baroness Whitaker Portrait
Baroness Whitaker
Vice Chair
Labour - Life peer
Joined: 30th July 2015
Departed: 2nd May 2017
2 APPG Officer Positions
Gypsies, Travellers and Roma , Speech and Language Difficulties

No other APPG Memberships

Contact Details

Registered Contact:

Mr Barry Sheerman MP, House of Commons, London, SW1A 0AA. Tel: 020 7219 5037.

Email: sheermanb@parliament.uk

Public Enquiry Point:

Claudia Jaksch, Policy Connect, 7-14 Dover Street, London SE1 4YR. Tel: 0207 202 8588

Email: Claudia.Jaksch@PolicyConnect.org.uk

Secretariat:

Policy Connect acts as the group's secretariat. http://www.policyconnect.org.uk/

Group's Website:

http://www.policyconnect.org.uk/apdig/

Benefits in Kind
Date
4 Feb 2023
Source
Policy Connect
Description
Policy Connect Ltd is paid by the following to act as the group's secretariat: Design Council, Sheffield Hallam University, CHEAD, University of Sheffield, Ulster University, Contemporary Visual Arts Network   From : 04/02/2023 To : 03/02/2024
Value
£6,001
Date
4 Feb 2022
Source
Policy Connect
Description
Policy Connect Ltd is paid by the following to act as the group's secretariat: Design Council, Crafts Council, Foster + Partners, CHEAD, Sheffield Hallam University, Design Business Association, PDR, Design and Technology Association, Ravensbourne, Royal College of Art, Contemporary Visual Arts Network, GovGrant, University of Sheffield, University of the Arts London Ulster University   From : 04/02/2022 To : 03/02/2023
Value
£25,501
Date
4 Feb 2021
Source
Policy Connect
Description
Policy Connect Ltd is paid by the following to act as the group's secretariat: Design Council, Crafts Council, Foster + Partners, CHEAD, Sheffield Hallam University, Design Business Association, PDR, Design and Technology Association, Ravensbourne, Royal College of Art, Contemporary Visual Arts Network, GovGrant, University of Sheffield   From : 04/02/2021 To : 03/02/2022
Value
£39,001
Date
4 Feb 2020
Source
Policy Connect
Description
Policy Connect is paid by the following to act as the group's secretariat: Design Council, Crafts Council, Chelsea College of Art, Foster and Partners, Council of Higher Education in Art and Design (CHEAD), Sheffield Hallam University, GovGrant, Design Business Association, PDR, Design and Technology Association, Ravensbourne, Royal College of Art, Contemporary Visual Arts Network   From : 04/02/2020 To : 03/02/2021
Value
£42,001
Date
10 Jul 2019
Source
Policy Connect
Description
Secretariat   From : 10/07/2019 To : 09/07/2020
Value
£39,001
Date
10 Jul 2018
Source
Policy Connect
Description
Secretariat   From : 10/07/2018 To : 09/07/2019
Value
£37,501
Date
10 Jul 2017
Source
Policy Connect
Description
Secretariat   From : 10/07/2017 To : 09/07/2018
Value
£49,501
Financial Benefits Received
Date
10 Feb 2017
Source
Design Business Association
Value
£5,000
Date
18 Nov 2016
Source
Council for Higher Education in Art and Design
Value
£1,680
Date
14 Nov 2016
Source
Knowledge Transfer Network
Value
£1,800
Date
29 Apr 2016
Source
Design Business Association
Value
£2,500
Date
23 Feb 2016
Source
CHEAD
Value
£1,680
Date
5 Feb 2016
Source
Design Business Association
Value
£3,000
Date
19 Oct 2015
Source
Design Business Association
Value
£3,000
Date
15 Oct 2015
Source
Design Council
Value
£1,800
Date
14 Aug 2015
Source
Knowledge Transfer Network
Value
£1,680
Date
13 Aug 2015
Source
Design Business Association
Value
£3,000
Date
11 Aug 2015
Source
University of Reading
Value
£2,070
Date
6 Feb 2015
Source
BAE Systems
Value
£7,500