Food Banks APPG

First Registered: 27/01/2021 • Last updated on: 24/01/2024

To bring together parliamentarians from all parties with an interest in and commitment to ending the need for food banks; discussing the solutions that are needed; making recommendations to the relevant government departments that are key to ending the need for food banks.

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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15 Current APPG Officers
Wendy Chamberlain Portrait
Wendy Chamberlain
Chair & Registered Contact
Liberal Democrat - North East Fife
Joined: 27th January 2021
Paulette Hamilton Portrait
Paulette Hamilton
Vice Chair
Labour - Birmingham, Erdington
Joined: 17th May 2023
Lord Bishop of Manchester Portrait
Lord Bishop of Manchester
Officer
Bishops - Bishops
Joined: 17th May 2023
No other APPG Memberships
Baroness D'Souza Portrait
Baroness D'Souza
Officer
Crossbench - Life peer
Joined: 27th January 2021
Clive Efford Portrait
Clive Efford
Officer
Labour - Eltham
Joined: 17th May 2023
Contact Details

Registered Contact:

Wendy Chamberlain MP, House of Commons, London, SW1A 0AA. Tel: 0207 219 4409.

Email: wendy.chamberlain.mp@parliament.uk

Public Enquiry Point:

Zoe Shippen, The Trussell Trust, The United Reformed Church, Church House, 86 Tavistock Place, London WC1H 9RT

Email: public.affairs@trusselltrust.org

Secretariat:

The Trussell Trust acts as the group's secretariat. https://www.trusselltrust.org/

Date
22 Mar 2023
Source
The Trussell Trust
Description
Inquiry costs (community workshop, report production and launch event)
Value
£4,501
Date
14 Dec 2022
Source
The Trussell Trust
Description
Secretariat   From : 14/12/2022 To : 13/12/2023
Value
£7,501
Date
14 Dec 2021
Source
The Trussell Trust
Description
Secretariat   From : 14/12/2021 To : 13/12/2022
Value
£12,001
Date
14 Dec 2020
Source
The Trussell Trust
Description
Secretariat   From : 14/12/2020 To : 13/12/2021
Value
£12,001

No direct financial benefits are on record for the Food Banks APPG

Former APPG Officers
Paul Maynard Portrait
Paul Maynard
Officer
Conservative - Blackpool North and Cleveleys
Joined: 29th December 2021
Departed: 1st November 2023
Neil Coyle Portrait
Neil Coyle
Chair & Registered Contact
Labour - Bermondsey and Old Southwark
Joined: 27th January 2021
Departed: 5th April 2023
Margaret Ferrier Portrait
Margaret Ferrier
Vice Chair
Independent - Former Member for Rutherglen and Hamilton West
Joined: 27th January 2021
Departed: 17th November 2021
No other APPG Memberships
Tom Tugendhat Portrait
Tom Tugendhat
Vice Chair
Conservative - Tonbridge and Malling
Joined: 27th January 2021
Departed: 17th November 2021
No other APPG Memberships
Janet Daby Portrait
Janet Daby
Treasurer
Labour - Lewisham East
Joined: 27th January 2021
Departed: 17th November 2021
Cheryl Gillan Portrait
Cheryl Gillan
Officer
Conservative - Former Member for Chesham and Amersham
Joined: 27th January 2021
Departed: 10th March 2021
No other APPG Memberships