Inappropriate Institutional Care of Autistic People and People with Learning Disabilities APPG

First Registered: 07/09/2022 • 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 8th April 2024 and may be defunct.

To provide a cross-party forum to discuss the issue of the detention of autistic people and people with learning disabilities in Assessment and Treatment Units (ATUs) and other forms of inappropriate institutional care arrangements and to campaign to reduce the use of ATUs and other forms of inappropriate institutional care arrangements.

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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Barbara Keeley

Chair & Registered Contact

Labour - Worsley and Eccles South

Joined: 7th September 2022
Departed: 6th March 2024

4 APPG Memberships
Classical Music , Film and Broader Screen , Opera , Theatre

Helen Hayes

Vice Chair

Labour - Dulwich and West Norwood

Joined: 7th September 2022
Departed: 6th March 2024

1 APPG Membership
Community Energy

Sharon Hodgson

Vice Chair

Labour - Washington and Sunderland West

Joined: 7th September 2022
Departed: 6th March 2024

10 APPG Memberships
Art, Craft and Design in Education , Breast Cancer , Conception to Age Two - First 1001 Days , Dyslexia and Other Specific Learning Difficulties , First Do No Harm , Food and Drink , Leamside Line , Music Education , School Food , Ticket Abuse