Learning Disability APPG

First Registered: 29/09/2015 • 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 28th March 2025 and may be defunct.

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To look at the issues facing people with a learning disability and their families. The group looks at the key issues of the day, across areas including health, social care, education, employment and benefits.

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
Reticulating Splines
Former APPG Members
Henry Smith Portrait
Henry Smith
Officer
Conservative - Former Member for Crawley
Joined: 29th September 2015
Departed: 6th March 2024
No other APPG Memberships
Robert Buckland Portrait
Robert Buckland
Chair & Registered Contact
Conservative - Former Member for South Swindon
Joined: 22nd February 2023
Departed: 6th March 2024
No other APPG Memberships
Baroness Hollins Portrait
Baroness Hollins
Vice Chair
Crossbench - Life peer
Joined: 29th September 2015
Departed: 6th March 2024
1 APPG Membership
Down Syndrome
Baroness Keeley Portrait
Baroness Keeley
Vice Chair
Labour - Life peer
Joined: 24th February 2020
Departed: 6th March 2024
6 APPG Memberships
Classical Music , Film and Broader Screen , Music Education , Tennis , Ticket Abuse , Young Carers and Young Adult Carers
Neil Coyle Portrait
Neil Coyle
Officer
Labour - Bermondsey and Old Southwark
Joined: 24th November 2016
Departed: 6th March 2024
3 APPG Memberships
Food Banks , Housing and Care for Older People , Shakespeare
Lord Wigley Portrait
Lord Wigley
Officer
Plaid Cymru - Life peer
Joined: 29th September 2015
Departed: 6th March 2024
No other APPG Memberships
Barry Sheerman Portrait
Barry Sheerman
Officer
Labour (Co-op) - Former Member for Huddersfield
Joined: 29th September 2015
Departed: 6th March 2024
No other APPG Memberships
Sally-Ann Hart Portrait
Sally-Ann Hart
Officer
Conservative - Former Member for Hastings and Rye
Joined: 23rd March 2022
Departed: 6th March 2024
No other APPG Memberships
Andy McDonald Portrait
Andy McDonald
Officer
Labour - Middlesbrough and Thornaby East
Joined: 29th September 2015
Departed: 6th March 2024
5 APPG Memberships
Acquired Brain Injury , Chagos (British Indian Ocean Territory) , Medical Cannabis under Prescription , Palestine , Spinal Cord Injury
Tonia Antoniazzi Portrait
Tonia Antoniazzi
Officer
Labour - Gower
Joined: 28th September 2017
Departed: 6th March 2024
6 APPG Memberships
Beer , Commercial Sexual Exploitation , ITV , Medical Cannabis under Prescription , Modern Languages , Rugby Union Football Club
Grahame Morris Portrait
Grahame Morris
Officer
Labour - Easington
Joined: 29th September 2015
Departed: 6th March 2024
4 APPG Memberships
Cuba , Drugs, Alcohol and Justice , Racing and Bloodstock , Radiotherapy
Rachael Maskell Portrait
Rachael Maskell
Officer
Labour (Co-op) - York Central
Joined: 10th October 2018
Departed: 6th March 2024
5 APPG Memberships
Adoption and Permanence , Ageing and Older People , Drugs, Alcohol and Justice , Dying Well , Sudan and South Sudan
Stephen McPartland Portrait
Stephen McPartland
Officer
Conservative - Former Member for Stevenage
Joined: 24th November 2016
Departed: 6th March 2024
No other APPG Memberships
William Wragg Portrait
William Wragg
Officer
Independent - Former Member for Hazel Grove
Joined: 28th September 2017
Departed: 6th March 2024
No other APPG Memberships
Lord Bishop of Lincoln Portrait
Lord Bishop of Lincoln
Officer
Bishops - Bishops
Joined: 13th December 2023
Departed: 6th March 2024
No other APPG Memberships
Lord Adebowale Portrait
Lord Adebowale
Officer
Crossbench - Life peer
Joined: 24th November 2016
Departed: 6th March 2024
No other APPG Memberships
Baroness Thomas of Winchester Portrait
Baroness Thomas of Winchester
Officer
Liberal Democrat - Life peer
Joined: 24th November 2016
Departed: 6th March 2024
No other APPG Memberships
Lord Bishop of Lincoln Portrait
Lord Bishop of Lincoln
Officer
Bishops - Bishops
Joined: 28th September 2017
Departed: 1st November 2023
No other APPG Memberships
Maria Miller Portrait
Maria Miller
Officer
Conservative - Former Member for Basingstoke
Joined: 15th June 2022
Departed: 1st November 2023
No other APPG Memberships
None Portrait
Kate Green
Officer
 Joined: 28th September 2017
Departed: 11th January 2023
1 APPG Membership
Leasehold and Commonhold Reform
James Daly Portrait
James Daly
Officer
Conservative - Former Member for Bury North
Joined: 23rd March 2022
Departed: 11th January 2023
No other APPG Memberships
Lord Wei Portrait
Lord Wei
Officer
Conservative - Life peer
Joined: 10th October 2018
Departed: 11th January 2023
No other APPG Memberships
Mike Wood Portrait
Mike Wood
Officer
Conservative - Kingswinford and South Staffordshire
Joined: 29th September 2015
Departed: 11th January 2023
5 APPG Memberships
Bus and Coach , Cyprus , Ethnicity Transplantation and Transfusion , Global Education , SME (Small and Medium-sized Enterprises) House Builders
Lisa Cameron Portrait
Lisa Cameron
Vice Chair
Conservative - Former Member for East Kilbride, Strathaven and Lesmahagow
Joined: 29th September 2015
Departed: 11th January 2023
No other APPG Memberships
Mark Harper Portrait
Mark Harper
Chair & Registered Contact
Conservative - Former Member for Forest of Dean
Joined: 24th November 2016
Departed: 19th October 2022
No other APPG Memberships
Maria Miller Portrait
Maria Miller
Officer
Conservative - Former Member for Basingstoke
Joined: 29th September 2015
Departed: 4th May 2022
No other APPG Memberships
David Amess Portrait
David Amess
Officer
Conservative - Former Member for Southend West
Joined: 29th September 2015
Departed: 6th October 2021
No other APPG Memberships
Heidi Allen Portrait
Heidi Allen
Officer
Liberal Democrat - Former Member for South Cambridgeshire
Joined: 24th November 2016
Departed: 5th November 2019
No other APPG Memberships
Tom Brake Portrait
Tom Brake
Officer
Liberal Democrat - Former Member for Carshalton and Wallington
Joined: 29th September 2015
Departed: 5th November 2019
No other APPG Memberships
Paul Williams Portrait
Paul Williams
Officer
Labour - Former Member for Stockton South
Joined: 28th September 2017
Departed: 5th November 2019
No other APPG Memberships
Justin Tomlinson Portrait
Justin Tomlinson
Officer
Conservative - Former Member for North Swindon
Joined: 24th November 2016
Departed: 29th August 2018
No other APPG Memberships
None Portrait
Bishop of Ely
Officer
 Joined: 24th November 2016
Departed: 2nd May 2017
1 APPG Membership
Leasehold and Commonhold Reform
William Wragg Portrait
William Wragg
Officer
Independent - Former Member for Hazel Grove
Joined: 24th November 2016
Departed: 2nd May 2017
No other APPG Memberships
Mark Durkan Portrait
Mark Durkan
Officer
Social Democratic & Labour Party - Former Member for Foyle
Joined: 29th September 2015
Departed: 2nd May 2017
No other APPG Memberships
Chris Heaton-Harris Portrait
Chris Heaton-Harris
Chair & Registered Contact
Conservative - Former Member for Daventry
Joined: 29th September 2015
Departed: 12th October 2016
No other APPG Memberships
Lord Rix Portrait
Lord Rix
Co-Chair
Crossbench - Life peer
Joined: 29th September 2015
Departed: 21st July 2016
No other APPG Memberships
Contact Details

Registered Contact:

Sir Robert Buckland MP, House of Commons, London, SW1A 0AA. Tel: 020 7219 7168.

Email: robert.buckland.mp@parliament.uk

Public Enquiry Point:

Matthew Harrison, Royal Mencap Society, 123 Golden Lane, London EC1Y 0RT. Tel: 020 7696 6009

Email: matthew.harrison@mencap.org.uk

Secretariat:

Royal Mencap Society acts as the group's secretariat. https://www.mencap.org.uk/

Group's Website:

https://www.mencap.org.uk/get-involved/campaigning/our-work-parliament/all-party-parliamentary-group-learning-disability

Benefits in Kind
Date
28 Jan 2023
Source
Royal Mencap Society
Description
Secretariat   From : 28/01/2023 To : 27/01/2024
Value
£9,001
Date
28 Jan 2022
Source
Royal Mencap Society
Description
Secretariat   From : 28/01/2022 To : 27/01/2023
Value
£9,001
Date
28 Jan 2021
Source
Royal Mencap Society
Description
Secretariat   From : 28/01/2021 To : 27/01/2022
Value
£9,001
Date
28 Jan 2020
Source
Royal Mencap Society
Description
Secretariat   From : 28/01/2020 To : 27/01/2021
Value
£9,001
Date
11 Jul 2018
Source
Royal Mencap Society
Description
Secretariat   From : 11/07/2018 To : 10/07/2019
Value
£9,001
Date
11 Jul 2017
Source
Royal Mencap Society
Description
Secretariat   From : 11/07/2017 To : 10/07/2018
Value
£9,001
Date
15 Jul 2016
Source
Royal Mencap Society
Description
Secretariat   From : 15/07/2016 To : 14/07/2017
Value
£9,001
Date
15 Jul 2015
Source
Royal Mencap Society
Description
Secretariat   From : 15/07/2015 To : 31/07/2016
Value
£9,001

No direct financial benefits are on record for the Learning Disability APPG