Knife Crime and Violence Reduction APPG

First Registered: 20/05/2020 • Last updated on: 04/05/2022

Note: This APPG was last registered on 4th May 2022. The APPG was not registered in the latest release of the 20th November 2024 and may be defunct.

To evaluate policies and programmes aimed at reducing knife crime, gain better understanding of its root causes and the wider context of serious violence. To develop recommendations for new measures at both acute and preventative stages with a view to reducing levels of knife crime, and work with the cross-party Youth Violence Commission.

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
Former APPG Members
Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi Portrait
Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi
Officer
Labour - Slough
Joined: 20th May 2020
Departed: 4th May 2022
Ruth Cadbury Portrait
Ruth Cadbury
Officer
Labour - Brentford and Isleworth
Joined: 20th May 2020
Departed: 4th May 2022
Ian Byrne Portrait
Ian Byrne
Officer
Independent - Liverpool West Derby
Joined: 20th May 2020
Departed: 4th May 2022
No other APPG Memberships
Jo Gideon Portrait
Jo Gideon
Officer
Conservative - Former Member for Stoke-on-Trent Central
Joined: 20th May 2020
Departed: 4th May 2022
No other APPG Memberships
Jason McCartney Portrait
Jason McCartney
Officer
Conservative - Former Member for Colne Valley
Joined: 20th May 2020
Departed: 4th May 2022
No other APPG Memberships
Claudia Webbe Portrait
Claudia Webbe
Officer
Independent - Former Member for Leicester East
Joined: 20th May 2020
Departed: 4th May 2022
No other APPG Memberships
Meg Hillier Portrait
Meg Hillier
Officer
Labour (Co-op) - Hackney South and Shoreditch
Joined: 25th August 2021
Departed: 4th May 2022
No other APPG Memberships
Bell Ribeiro-Addy Portrait
Bell Ribeiro-Addy
Officer
Labour - Clapham and Brixton Hill
Joined: 20th May 2020
Departed: 4th May 2022
Fleur Anderson Portrait
Fleur Anderson
Officer
Labour - Putney
Joined: 20th May 2020
Departed: 4th May 2022
No other APPG Memberships
Helen Hayes Portrait
Helen Hayes
Officer
Labour - Dulwich and West Norwood
Joined: 20th May 2020
Departed: 4th May 2022
No other APPG Memberships
Marcus Fysh Portrait
Marcus Fysh
Officer
Conservative - Former Member for Yeovil
Joined: 20th May 2020
Departed: 4th May 2022
No other APPG Memberships
Crispin Blunt Portrait
Crispin Blunt
Officer
Independent - Former Member for Reigate
Joined: 20th May 2020
Departed: 4th May 2022
No other APPG Memberships
Felicity Buchan Portrait
Felicity Buchan
Vice Chair
Conservative - Former Member for Kensington
Joined: 20th May 2020
Departed: 4th May 2022
No other APPG Memberships
Lord Paddick Portrait
Lord Paddick
Vice Chair
Non-affiliated - Life peer
Joined: 20th May 2020
Departed: 4th May 2022
No other APPG Memberships
Kate Osamor Portrait
Kate Osamor
Vice Chair
Labour (Co-op) - Edmonton and Winchmore Hill
Joined: 20th May 2020
Departed: 4th May 2022
3 APPG Memberships
Africa , Haiti , Libya
Vicky Foxcroft Portrait
Vicky Foxcroft
Vice Chair
Labour - Lewisham North
Joined: 20th May 2020
Departed: 4th May 2022
No other APPG Memberships
Huw Merriman Portrait
Huw Merriman
Vice Chair
Conservative - Former Member for Bexhill and Battle
Joined: 20th May 2020
Departed: 4th May 2022
No other APPG Memberships
Taiwo Owatemi Portrait
Taiwo Owatemi
Co-Chair
Labour - Coventry North West
Joined: 4th November 2020
Departed: 4th May 2022
No other APPG Memberships
Florence Eshalomi Portrait
Florence Eshalomi
Chair & Registered Contact
Labour (Co-op) - Vauxhall and Camberwell Green
Joined: 4th November 2020
Departed: 4th May 2022
Imran Ahmad Khan Portrait
Imran Ahmad Khan
Officer
Independent - Former Member for Wakefield
Joined: 20th May 2020
Departed: 23rd March 2022
No other APPG Memberships
Meg Hillier Portrait
Meg Hillier
Officer
Labour (Co-op) - Hackney South and Shoreditch
Joined: 20th May 2020
Departed: 14th July 2021
No other APPG Memberships
Sarah Jones Portrait
Sarah Jones
Chair & Registered Contact
Labour - Croydon West
Joined: 20th May 2020
Departed: 24th September 2020
No other APPG Memberships
Contact Details

Registered Contact:

Florence Eshalomi MP, House of Commons, London, SW1A 0AA. Tel: 0207 219 6552.

Email: florence.eshalomi.mp@parliament.uk

Public Enquiry Point:

Dan Ward, Office of Florence Eshalomi MP, House of Commons, London SW1A 0AA. Tel: 0207 219 6552

Email: Dan.Ward@parliament.uk

Secretariat:

Barnardo's and Redthread jointly act as the group's secretariat. https://www.barnardos.org.uk and http://www.redthread.org.uk/

Group's Website:

http://www.preventknifecrime.co.uk/

Date
4 Feb 2021
Source
Redthread
Description
Joint Secretariat   From : 04/02/2021 To : 03/02/2022
Value
£1,501
Date
4 Feb 2021
Source
Barnardo's
Description
Joint Secretariat   From : 04/02/2021 To : 03/02/2022
Value
£1,501
Date
4 Feb 2020
Source
Redthread
Description
Joint Secretariat   From : 04/02/2020 To : 03/02/2021
Value
£1,501
Date
4 Feb 2020
Source
Barnardo's
Description
Joint Secretariat   From : 04/02/2020 To : 03/02/2021
Value
£1,501

No direct financial benefits are on record for the Knife Crime and Violence Reduction APPG