Flexible and Family Friendly Working APPG

First Registered: 08/04/2024 • Last updated on: 18/06/2025

To support working families and promote flexible and family-friendly working arrangements through policy, law and employer practice.

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
4 Current APPG Officers
Sarah Russell Portrait
Sarah Russell
Chair & Registered Contact
Labour - Congleton
Joined: 18th June 2025
No other APPG Officer Positions
4 APPG Memberships
Access to Justice , Social, Cooperative, and Community Economy , Transport Safety , Water Pollution
Baroness Penn Portrait
Baroness Penn
Co-Chair
Conservative - Life peer
Joined: 18th June 2025
No other APPG Officer Positions
1 APPG Membership
Women in Parliament
Tom Morrison Portrait
Tom Morrison
Officer
Liberal Democrat - Cheadle
Joined: 18th June 2025
Contact Details

Registered Contact:

Sarah Russell MP, House of Commons, London, SW1A 0AA.

Email: sarah.russell.mp@parliament.uk

Public Enquiry Point:

Kyle Green, Working Families. Tel: 07815 706 277

Email: Kyle.green@workingfamilies.org.uk

Secretariat:

Working Families acts as the group's secretariat. https://workingfamilies.org.uk/

Group's Website:

http://www.appgflexworking.uk

Date
23 Apr 2025
Source
Working Families
Description
Working Families is paid by the following to act as the group's secretariat: Nottingham University Business School, TLT LLP, Zurich UK and Wates   From : 23/04/2025 To : 22/04/2026
Value
£21,001
Date
14 Feb 2024
Source
Working Families
Description
Working Families is paid by the following to act as the group's secretariat: Save the Children UK, SF Recruitment, TLT LLP, Wates Group, Zurich
Value
£30,001
Date
14 Feb 2024
Source
Working Families
Description
Working Families is paid by the following to act as the group's secretariat: Save the Children UK, SF Recruitment, TLT LLP, Wates Group, Zurich, Rolls Royce
Value
£34,501

No direct financial benefits are on record for the Flexible and Family Friendly Working APPG

Former APPG Officers
Tulip Siddiq Portrait
Tulip Siddiq
Chair & Registered Contact
Labour - Hampstead and Highgate
Joined: 6th March 2024
Departed: 30th May 2024
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Maria Miller Portrait
Maria Miller
Co-Chair
Conservative - Former Member for Basingstoke
Joined: 6th March 2024
Departed: 30th May 2024
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Claire Hanna Portrait
Claire Hanna
Officer
Social Democratic & Labour Party - Belfast South and Mid Down
Joined: 6th March 2024
Departed: 30th May 2024
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Baroness Thornton Portrait
Baroness Thornton
Officer
Labour - Life peer
Joined: 6th March 2024
Departed: 30th May 2024
3 APPG Officer Positions
Media , Parks and Green Spaces , Social, Cooperative, and Community Economy

No other APPG Memberships