To explore the issues faced by people with a learning disability and by their families. The group explores 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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Reticulating Splines
1 Additional APPG Publications
4 Current APPG Officers
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2 APPG Officer Positions
British Sign Language , Special Educational Needs and Disabilities
1 APPG Membership
Freight and Logistics
British Sign Language , Special Educational Needs and Disabilities
1 APPG Membership
Freight and Logistics
1 APPG Officer Position
Down Syndrome
11 APPG Memberships
Autism , Babies (Pregnancy to Age 2) , Beyond Pills , Carers , Christians in Parliament , Creative Health , Digital Identity , Obesity , Safeguarding in Faith Communities , Special Educational Needs and Disabilities , Stem Cell Transplantation and Advanced Cellular Therapies
Down Syndrome
11 APPG Memberships
Autism , Babies (Pregnancy to Age 2) , Beyond Pills , Carers , Christians in Parliament , Creative Health , Digital Identity , Obesity , Safeguarding in Faith Communities , Special Educational Needs and Disabilities , Stem Cell Transplantation and Advanced Cellular Therapies
1 APPG Officer Position
Climate, Nature and Security
4 APPG Memberships
Humanist , International Conservation , Marine Energy , Republic of Korea
Climate, Nature and Security
4 APPG Memberships
Humanist , International Conservation , Marine Energy , Republic of Korea
No other APPG Officer Positions
No other APPG Memberships
Contact Details
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Jen Craft MP, House of Commons, London, SW1A 0AA. Tel: 0207 219 7830.
Email: jen.craft.mp@parliament.uk
Public Enquiry Point:
Matthew Harrison, Royal Mencap Society. 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/all-party-parliamentary-group-learning-disability
Benefits in Kind
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Date
2 Apr 2025
2 Apr 2025
Source
Royal Mencap Society
Royal Mencap Society
Description
Secretariat From : 02/04/2025 To : 01/04/2026
Secretariat From : 02/04/2025 To : 01/04/2026
Value
£9,001
£9,001
Date
28 Jan 2023
28 Jan 2023
Source
Royal Mencap Society
Royal Mencap Society
Description
Secretariat From : 28/01/2023 To : 27/01/2024
Secretariat From : 28/01/2023 To : 27/01/2024
Value
£9,001
£9,001
Date
28 Jan 2022
28 Jan 2022
Source
Royal Mencap Society
Royal Mencap Society
Description
Secretariat From : 28/01/2022 To : 27/01/2023
Secretariat From : 28/01/2022 To : 27/01/2023
Value
£9,001
£9,001
Date
28 Jan 2021
28 Jan 2021
Source
Royal Mencap Society
Royal Mencap Society
Description
Secretariat From : 28/01/2021 To : 27/01/2022
Secretariat From : 28/01/2021 To : 27/01/2022
Value
£9,001
£9,001
Date
28 Jan 2020
28 Jan 2020
Source
Royal Mencap Society
Royal Mencap Society
Description
Secretariat From : 28/01/2020 To : 27/01/2021
Secretariat From : 28/01/2020 To : 27/01/2021
Value
£9,001
£9,001
Date
11 Jul 2018
11 Jul 2018
Source
Royal Mencap Society
Royal Mencap Society
Description
Secretariat From : 11/07/2018 To : 10/07/2019
Secretariat From : 11/07/2018 To : 10/07/2019
Value
£9,001
£9,001
Date
11 Jul 2017
11 Jul 2017
Source
Royal Mencap Society
Royal Mencap Society
Description
Secretariat From : 11/07/2017 To : 10/07/2018
Secretariat From : 11/07/2017 To : 10/07/2018
Value
£9,001
£9,001
Date
15 Jul 2016
15 Jul 2016
Source
Royal Mencap Society
Royal Mencap Society
Description
Secretariat From : 15/07/2016 To : 14/07/2017
Secretariat From : 15/07/2016 To : 14/07/2017
Value
£9,001
£9,001
Date
15 Jul 2015
15 Jul 2015
Source
Royal Mencap Society
Royal Mencap Society
Description
Secretariat From : 15/07/2015 To : 31/07/2016
Secretariat From : 15/07/2015 To : 31/07/2016
Value
£9,001
£9,001
No direct financial benefits are on record for the Learning Disability APPG
Former APPG Officers
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Baroness Thomas of Winchester
Officer
Liberal Democrat - Life peer
Joined: 24th November 2016Departed: 6th March 2024
No other APPG Officer Positions
No other APPG Memberships
Robert Buckland
Chair & Registered Contact
Conservative - Former Member for South Swindon
Joined: 22nd February 2023Departed: 6th March 2024
No other APPG Officer Positions
No other APPG Memberships
7 APPG Officer Positions
Classical Music , Film and Broader Screen , Music Education , Tennis , Theatre , Ticket Abuse , Young Carers and Young Adult Carers
Classical Music , Film and Broader Screen , Music Education , Tennis , Theatre , Ticket Abuse , Young Carers and Young Adult Carers
No other APPG Memberships
Neil Coyle
Officer
Labour - Bermondsey and Old Southwark
Joined: 24th November 2016Departed: 6th March 2024
3 APPG Officer Positions
Food Banks , Housing and Care for Older People , Shakespeare
Food Banks , Housing and Care for Older People , Shakespeare
No other APPG Memberships
Barry Sheerman
Officer
Labour (Co-op) - Former Member for Huddersfield
Joined: 29th September 2015Departed: 6th March 2024
No other APPG Officer Positions
No other APPG Memberships
Sally-Ann Hart
Officer
Conservative - Former Member for Hastings and Rye
Joined: 23rd March 2022Departed: 6th March 2024
No other APPG Officer Positions
No other APPG Memberships
Andy McDonald
Officer
Labour - Middlesbrough and Thornaby East
Joined: 29th September 2015Departed: 6th March 2024
5 APPG Officer Positions
Acquired Brain Injury , Chagos (British Indian Ocean Territory) , Medical Cannabis under Prescription , Palestine , Spinal Cord Injury
Acquired Brain Injury , Chagos (British Indian Ocean Territory) , Medical Cannabis under Prescription , Palestine , Spinal Cord Injury
No other APPG Memberships
Henry Smith
Officer
Conservative - Former Member for Crawley
Joined: 29th September 2015Departed: 6th March 2024
No other APPG Officer Positions
No other APPG Memberships
6 APPG Officer Positions
Beer , Commercial Sexual Exploitation , ITV , Medical Cannabis under Prescription , Modern Languages , Rugby Union Football Club
Beer , Commercial Sexual Exploitation , ITV , Medical Cannabis under Prescription , Modern Languages , Rugby Union Football Club
No other APPG Memberships
4 APPG Officer Positions
Cuba , Drugs, Alcohol and Justice , Racing and Bloodstock , Radiotherapy
Cuba , Drugs, Alcohol and Justice , Racing and Bloodstock , Radiotherapy
No other APPG Memberships
Rachael Maskell
Officer
Labour (Co-op) - York Central
Joined: 10th October 2018Departed: 6th March 2024
6 APPG Officer Positions
Adoption and Permanence , Ageing and Older People , Archaeology , Drugs, Alcohol and Justice , Dying Well , Sudan and South Sudan
Adoption and Permanence , Ageing and Older People , Archaeology , Drugs, Alcohol and Justice , Dying Well , Sudan and South Sudan
No other APPG Memberships
Stephen McPartland
Officer
Conservative - Former Member for Stevenage
Joined: 24th November 2016Departed: 6th March 2024
No other APPG Officer Positions
No other APPG Memberships
William Wragg
Officer
Independent - Former Member for Hazel Grove
Joined: 28th September 2017Departed: 6th March 2024
No other APPG Officer Positions
No other APPG Memberships
Lord Bishop of Lincoln
Officer
Bishops - Bishops
Joined: 13th December 2023Departed: 6th March 2024
No other APPG Officer Positions
No other APPG Memberships
No other APPG Officer Positions
No other APPG Memberships
Maria Miller
Officer
Conservative - Former Member for Basingstoke
Joined: 15th June 2022Departed: 1st November 2023
No other APPG Officer Positions
No other APPG Memberships
Lord Bishop of Lincoln
Officer
Bishops - Bishops
Joined: 28th September 2017Departed: 1st November 2023
No other APPG Officer Positions
No other APPG Memberships
Kate Green
Officer
Joined: 28th September 2017Departed: 11th January 2023
No other APPG Officer Positions
No other APPG Memberships
James Daly
Officer
Conservative - Former Member for Bury North
Joined: 23rd March 2022Departed: 11th January 2023
No other APPG Officer Positions
No other APPG Memberships
No other APPG Officer Positions
No other APPG Memberships
Mike Wood
Officer
Conservative - Kingswinford and South Staffordshire
Joined: 29th September 2015Departed: 11th January 2023
6 APPG Officer Positions
Bus and Coach , Cyprus , Ethnicity Transplantation and Transfusion , Global Education , Sepsis , Speech and Language Difficulties
Bus and Coach , Cyprus , Ethnicity Transplantation and Transfusion , Global Education , Sepsis , Speech and Language Difficulties
No other APPG Memberships
Lisa Cameron
Vice Chair
Conservative - Former Member for East Kilbride, Strathaven and Lesmahagow
Joined: 29th September 2015Departed: 11th January 2023
No other APPG Officer Positions
No other APPG Memberships
Lord Harper
Chair & Registered Contact
Conservative - Life peer
Joined: 24th November 2016Departed: 19th October 2022
No other APPG Officer Positions
No other APPG Memberships
Maria Miller
Officer
Conservative - Former Member for Basingstoke
Joined: 29th September 2015Departed: 4th May 2022
No other APPG Officer Positions
No other APPG Memberships
David Amess
Officer
Conservative - Former Member for Southend West
Joined: 29th September 2015Departed: 6th October 2021
No other APPG Officer Positions
No other APPG Memberships
Heidi Allen
Officer
Liberal Democrat - Former Member for South Cambridgeshire
Joined: 24th November 2016Departed: 5th November 2019
No other APPG Officer Positions
No other APPG Memberships
Tom Brake
Officer
Liberal Democrat - Former Member for Carshalton and Wallington
Joined: 29th September 2015Departed: 5th November 2019
No other APPG Officer Positions
No other APPG Memberships
Paul Williams
Officer
Labour - Former Member for Stockton South
Joined: 28th September 2017Departed: 5th November 2019
No other APPG Officer Positions
No other APPG Memberships
Justin Tomlinson
Officer
Conservative - Former Member for North Swindon
Joined: 24th November 2016Departed: 29th August 2018
No other APPG Officer Positions
No other APPG Memberships
Bishop of Ely
Officer
Joined: 24th November 2016Departed: 2nd May 2017
No other APPG Officer Positions
No other APPG Memberships
William Wragg
Officer
Independent - Former Member for Hazel Grove
Joined: 24th November 2016Departed: 2nd May 2017
No other APPG Officer Positions
No other APPG Memberships
Mark Durkan
Officer
Social Democratic & Labour Party - Former Member for Foyle
Joined: 29th September 2015Departed: 2nd May 2017
No other APPG Officer Positions
No other APPG Memberships
Chris Heaton-Harris
Chair & Registered Contact
Conservative - Former Member for Daventry
Joined: 29th September 2015Departed: 12th October 2016
No other APPG Officer Positions
No other APPG Memberships
No other APPG Officer Positions
No other APPG Memberships