Dyslexia and Other Specific Learning Difficulties 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 20th November 2024 and may be defunct.

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To understand Dyslexia and other specific learning difficulties and the need to keep government appraised of the situation in schools, education and in general in the UK. The group will also look at what statutory and non-statutory bodies are achieving in this field. The aim is to achieve a dyslexia friendly society by enabling individuals with dyslexia to achieve their potential across all ages and sectors of society.

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
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Former APPG Members
Sharon Hodgson Portrait
Sharon Hodgson
Vice Chair
Labour - Washington and Gateshead South
Joined: 30th July 2015
Departed: 30th May 2024
5 APPG Memberships
Art, Craft and Design in Education , First Do No Harm , Parents , School Food , Ticket Abuse
Lord Addington Portrait
Lord Addington
Vice Chair
Liberal Democrat - Excepted Hereditary
Joined: 30th July 2015
Departed: 30th May 2024
1 APPG Membership
Rugby Union Football Club
Henry Smith Portrait
Henry Smith
Vice Chair
Conservative - Former Member for Crawley
Joined: 28th September 2017
Departed: 30th May 2024
No other APPG Memberships
Tom Hunt Portrait
Tom Hunt
Chair & Registered Contact
Conservative - Former Member for Ipswich
Joined: 14th July 2021
Departed: 30th May 2024
No other APPG Memberships
Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi Portrait
Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi
Vice Chair
Labour - Slough
Joined: 15th June 2022
Departed: 6th March 2024
3 APPG Memberships
Malaria and Neglected Tropical Diseases , South East , Western Rail Link to Heathrow
Yasmin Qureshi Portrait
Yasmin Qureshi
Vice Chair
Labour - Bolton South and Walkden
Joined: 8th April 2020
Departed: 6th March 2024
2 APPG Memberships
Dentistry and Oral Health , Obesity
Martin Docherty-Hughes Portrait
Martin Docherty-Hughes
Vice Chair
Scottish National Party - Former Member for West Dunbartonshire
Joined: 28th June 2023
Departed: 6th March 2024
No other APPG Memberships
Matt Hancock Portrait
Matt Hancock
Vice Chair
Conservative - Former Member for West Suffolk
Joined: 15th June 2022
Departed: 6th March 2024
No other APPG Memberships
Ian Liddell-Grainger Portrait
Ian Liddell-Grainger
Vice Chair
Conservative - Former Member for Bridgwater and West Somerset
Joined: 30th July 2015
Departed: 6th March 2024
No other APPG Memberships
Peter Kyle Portrait
Peter Kyle
Vice Chair
Labour - Hove and Portslade
Joined: 8th April 2020
Departed: 4th May 2022
No other APPG Memberships
Janet Daby Portrait
Janet Daby
Vice Chair
Labour - Lewisham East
Joined: 8th April 2020
Departed: 2nd June 2021
No other APPG Memberships
Oliver Colvile Portrait
Oliver Colvile
Officer
Conservative - Former Member for Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport
Joined: 12th October 2016
Departed: 2nd May 2017
No other APPG Memberships
Corri Wilson Portrait
Corri Wilson
Officer
Scottish National Party - Former Member for Ayr, Carrick and Cumnock
Joined: 30th July 2015
Departed: 2nd May 2017
No other APPG Memberships
John McDonnell Portrait
John McDonnell
Officer
Independent - Hayes and Harlington
Joined: 12th October 2016
Departed: 2nd May 2017
1 APPG Membership
Drugs, Alcohol and Justice
Jake Berry Portrait
Jake Berry
Officer
Conservative - Former Member for Rossendale and Darwen
Joined: 12th October 2016
Departed: 2nd May 2017
No other APPG Memberships
Marie Rimmer Portrait
Marie Rimmer
Vice Chair
Labour - St Helens South and Whiston
Joined: 29th March 2017
Departed: 2nd May 2017
1 APPG Membership
Magnitsky Sanctions and Reparation
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Lord Storey
Vice Chair
Liberal Democrat - Life peer
Joined: 30th July 2015
Departed: 2nd May 2017
1 APPG Membership
Education
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Lord Evans of Rainow
Vice Chair
Conservative - Life peer
Joined: 30th July 2015
Departed: 2nd May 2017
2 APPG Memberships
Ethnicity Transplantation and Transfusion , Football
Marie Rimmer Portrait
Marie Rimmer
Vice Chair
Labour - St Helens South and Whiston
Joined: 12th October 2016
Departed: 15th February 2017
1 APPG Membership
Magnitsky Sanctions and Reparation
Kelvin Hopkins Portrait
Kelvin Hopkins
Chair & Registered Contact
Independent - Former Member for Luton North
Joined: 30th July 2015
Departed: 31st August 2016
No other APPG Memberships
Contact Details

Registered Contact:

Tom Hunt MP,

Email: No email supplied

Public Enquiry Point:

Chivonne Preston, British Dyslexia Association . Tel: 0333 405 4555

Email: policy@bdadyslexia.org.uk

Secretariat:

British Dyslexia Association acts as the group's secretariat. http://www.bdadyslexia.org.uk

Group's Website:

http://www.bdadyslexia.org.uk/about/appg-dyslexia-and-spld-all-party-parliamentarygroup

Benefits in Kind
Date
24 Feb 2023
Source
British Dyslexia Association
Description
Secretariat   From : 24/02/2023 To : 23/02/2024
Value
£1,501
Date
24 Feb 2022
Source
British Dyslexia Association
Description
Secretariat   From : 24/02/2022 To : 23/02/2023
Value
£1,501
Date
24 Feb 2021
Source
British Dyslexia Association
Description
Secretariat   From : 24/02/2021 To : 23/02/2022
Value
£1,501
Date
24 Feb 2020
Source
British Dyslexia Association
Description
Secretariat   From : 24/02/2020 To : 23/02/2021
Value
£9,001
Date
6 Sep 2019
Source
British Dyslexia Association
Description
Secretariat   From : 06/09/2019 To : 05/09/2020
Value
£7,501
Date
6 Sep 2018
Source
British Dyslexia Association
Description
Secretariat   From : 06/09/2018 To : 05/09/2019
Value
£1,501
Date
6 Sep 2017
Source
British Dyslexia Association
Description
Secretariat   From : 06/09/2017 To : 05/09/2018
Value
£1,501
Date
7 Sep 2016
Source
Dyslexia Action
Description
Secretariat   From : 07/09/2016 To : 07/09/2017
Value
£3,001
Date
1 Jan 2015
Source
Dyslexia Action
Description
Secretariat   From : 01/01/2015 To : 31/12/2015
Value
£1,501

No direct financial benefits are on record for the Dyslexia and Other Specific Learning Difficulties APPG